#Blunkett
Shafted by David Blunkett
October 13, 2026 at 3:10 PM
full Blunkett more like
October 12, 2026 at 6:35 PM
well this is something else ... and we have loads of questions here eh ?? and as Mimi and Claire says in replies if this was a former senior lab cabinet minister ? Gove was at the level of say a Blunkett etc
Ok, firstly, how did I miss this and secondly, why isn’t Michael Gove’s name not mentioned in the second article???

Can you imagine if this was a former Labour MP???????
October 12, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Blunkett calls it his biggest mistake.
October 8, 2026 at 7:45 AM
Truly the modern day David Blunkett
October 7, 2026 at 11:16 AM
A question on #CivilServants #Training tabled by Lord Blunkett on 01-09-2026 has been answered by Baroness Twycross. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-09-01/HL2806
October 9, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Especially after several senior Labour MPs blocked the alternative coalition saying it would be a coalition of losers and they would vote it down. The likes of Blunkett, Reid, Straw and Woolas all preferred opposition to sharing power. With very tight numbers anyway this killed it off.
October 8, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Several senior Labour MPs blocked the alternative coalition saying it would be a coalition of losers and they would vote it down. The likes of Blunkett, Reid, Straw and Woolas all preferred opposition to sharing power. With very tight numbers anyway this killed it off.
October 8, 2026 at 12:15 AM
I’m old enough to remember plenty of people saying Thatcher would never become PM after she ousted Heath as Tory Leader. I also remember Blunkett telling us during Blair’s 2nd term to underestimate the Tory Party at our peril.
October 8, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Several senior Labour MPs blocked the alternative coalition saying it would be a coalition of losers and they would vote it down. The likes of Blunkett, Reid, Straw and Woolas all preferred opposition to sharing power. With very tight numbers anyway this killed it off.
October 8, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Curtice and Calder: the media's automatic go-to on elections and travel.

The two should get together for a podcast interviewing TV default gobshites: McTernan, Blunkett, Tominey, Campbell, Varoufakis, Hazarika, Moran and any Johnson you can name!

Call it 'Poll to Pole'.

#JohnCurtice #SimonCalder
October 3, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Coincided with those market stalls selling shrooms, right? Before Blunkett ruined everything.
September 30, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Labour governments seem to equate government with authoritarianism. David Blunkett (especially) and Jack Straw are cases in point from the Blair/Brown governments.

It's sort of "our credibility as a govt depends on our being uber harsh on our citizens"
September 29, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Who was Blunkett shagging in the day? #Newsnight
September 29, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Burnham also faces calls to eliminate the state pension triple lock as a way to finance a proposed national care service estimated to cost £18 billion annually. Lord Blunkett, a former work and pensions secretary, has suggested that reforming or removing the triple lock could generate savings of
September 30, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Reminds me of when Blunkett sent tanks to Heathrow and Gatwick and allegedly stopped surface to air missiles being shot at planes….Labour have Bliar skills at PR and spin remember…
September 29, 2026 at 7:43 AM
Since when has being a Labour Home Secretary automatically implied being somewhere to the right of Dedra Meero on national security? John Reid? Jack Straw? David Blunkett? Earlier?
September 28, 2026 at 6:52 AM
A question on #DemocraticEngagementFund tabled by Lord Blunkett on 16-09-2026 has been answered by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-09-16/HL3601
September 28, 2026 at 1:00 PM
The reality is that Burnham has inherited Starmer and Reeves two year legacy of rising unemployment for under 25s

www.theguardian.com/business/202... #c4news
September 28, 2026 at 6:03 PM
The back peddling afterwards is more characteristic of that era (Blunkett 'swamping' etc)
September 26, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Neil Kinnock and David Blunkett want voting to become compulsory, backed by a £10 fine.

Would that strengthen democracy or interfere with personal freedom? Link in the comments. 👇
September 25, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Nude David Blunkett as a children’s party entertainer. ‘Come on, kids! We’re going to play ‘Blind Man’s In The Buff!’
September 25, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Steady on David Blunkett
September 24, 2026 at 7:48 PM