As home secretary, I gained a reputation for being 'tough'; less concerned with liberty than with public protection. — David Blunkett Copy Share Image
Being a Labour home secretary in the 21st century means fighting a constant battle against both extreme Right and Left. — David Blunkett Copy Share Image
My integrity had been called into question; I was being called a liar, and I am not a liar. And I just… — David Blunkett Copy Share Image
Being home secretary involves having to face some of the worst of human behaviour and challenges of modern society. — David Blunkett Copy Share Image
Despite being in public life, I value my own privacy immensely and would be as concerned as anyone else if I thought… — David Blunkett Copy Share Image
The Home Office culture was one of being just above the problem, of hovering just out of reach of knowing what was… — David Blunkett Copy Share Image
Crucially, I'd like to thank Labour party members up and down the country for sticking with us. For their active citizenship, their… — David Blunkett Copy Share Image
If you have a sense of irony or humour, you're usually cut down, as you're usually distorted or misinterpreted. So it does… — David Blunkett Copy Share Image
Being an MP is not a desperately hard life, like going down the pit or working in the steelworks - with which… — David Blunkett Copy Share Image
We have a media that presents every politician as being as bad as the next. There is no distinguishing between one good… — David Blunkett Copy Share Image
Strengthening our identity is one way of reinforcing people's confidence and sense of citizenship and well-being. — David Blunkett Copy Share
Politics is about the participation and engagement of the wider citizenry - to miss that point would doom us to irrelevance. — David Blunkett Copy Share
I don't think anyone can say I have said one thing in public and done another in private. — David Blunkett Copy Share
As a former home secretary, I have access to and knowledge of the workings of the system in a way that individuals unfamiliar with… — David Blunkett Copy Share
The Home Office culture was one of being just above the problem, of hovering just out of reach of knowing what was going on… — David Blunkett Copy Share
And we think that our citizens and yours would be very angry if they thought that we hadnt taken every possible step for prevention… — David Blunkett Copy Share
I was affected by the harshness of government, the reality of 16-hour days, and the pressures of modern communications. — David Blunkett Copy Share
Yes, it will go through the disciplines that all puppies go through including house training and puppy walking, then at twelve month old it… — David Blunkett Copy Share
At school, I was brought up on revolting food - sausages, sausages and Spam - but at home, I had the most wonderful sponge… — David Blunkett Copy Share
Let's not allow the voice of the people to be overwhelmed by the siren song of those who opposed regulation, who demanded that government… — David Blunkett Copy Share
The clash between capital and labour, between those seeking to maximise profit and those with only their toil to sell, was the driving force… — David Blunkett Copy Share
Without the political parties and the volunteering work of their members day in, day out, we would have a very different sort of politics… — David Blunkett Copy Share
If I pleaded guilty to a mistake while I was home secretary, it wasn't that I didn't get tough - my God, I put… — David Blunkett Copy Share
We have put over £2bn in the last three years into counter-terrorism and we are developing the electronic border surveillance and identity cards — David Blunkett Copy Share
