At school, I was brought up on revolting food - sausages, sausages and Spam - but at home, I had the most… — 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
How to strike the right balance between our privacy and our expectation that the state will protect us and facilitate our freedom… — David Blunkett Copy Share Image
It is certainly true that as we grow older, our need for healthcare also grows. It is also true that those who… — David Blunkett Copy Share Image
I grew up in one of the most deprived parts of Britain. I know the problems which inner-city children face. — 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 Image
Politics is about the participation and engagement of the wider citizenry - to miss that point would doom us to irrelevance. — David Blunkett Copy Share Image
I don't think anyone can say I have said one thing in public and done another in private. — David Blunkett Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
I was affected by the harshness of government, the reality of 16-hour days, and the pressures of modern communications. — David Blunkett Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
