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It is now in Gordon Brown's - and the Labour party's - best interests for those seeking the prime minister's immediate departure to back off
— David Blunkett
It's not just parliament that requires radical modernisation. It's our democratic processes.
— David Blunkett
Politics is only worthwhile if you are doing what you believe, regardless of the slings and arrows.
— David Blunkett
I'm as keen as the next person to preserve the right to free speech.
— David Blunkett
We need to reaffirm that politics is not merely compatible with economic progress and development in the 21st century, but essential to it.
— David Blunkett
I have always been honest about my recollection of events.
— David Blunkett
Being home secretary involves having to face some of the worst of human behaviour and challenges of modern society.
— David Blunkett
We've got to get back to old-fashioned politics that's in touch with the people we seek to represent and to avoid self-inflicted wounds.
— David Blunkett
I don't like prolonged, highly expensive commissions, especially if they are chaired by judges. We seem to have overwhelming faith in judges.
— David Blunkett
I believe whoever the Labour Party chooses to replace Tony Blair will beat David Cameron.
— David Blunkett
Politics is about the participation and engagement of the wider citizenry - to miss that point would doom us to irrelevance.
— David Blunkett
It is a mistake to separate learning for work and for community and personal development.
— David Blunkett
I grew up in one of the most deprived parts of Britain. I know the problems which inner-city children face.
— David Blunkett
I should have been a Trappist monk.
— David Blunkett
The democratic state can sometimes abuse its power as much as those who seek to destroy it abuse fundamental rights and democratic practices.
— David Blunkett
I have never tried to fiddle my role as leader of the city of Sheffield, as an MP or as a minister.
— David Blunkett
I was affected by the harshness of government, the reality of 16-hour days, and the pressures of modern communications.
— David Blunkett
I've been fortunate when in government to have a car at my disposal, which takes away the nightmare of getting a taxi.
— David Blunkett
Look at Abi Titmuss. This year she's been tied to more bed posts than David Blunkett's guide dog.
— Jonathan Ross
If surveillance infiltrates our homes and personal relationships, that is a gross breach of our human and civil rights.
— David Blunkett
Parents don't believe that lifting life-chances in one school means reducing them in another.
— David Blunkett
My job as Labour Home Secretary is to ensure people are prepared to listen to us when we take on our opponents across the political spectrum.
— David Blunkett
In primary schools, I set two main objectives - to cut infant class sizes and improve literacy and numeracy.
— David Blunkett
That is why with enormous regret I have tendered my resignation to the prime minister today.
— David Blunkett
In an ageing society, it makes sense to support older adults to develop new skills, prolonging their working lives.
— David Blunkett
I personally guarantee that now that bear wouldn't get past Dover without being shot.
— David Blunkett
Without the political parties and the volunteering work of their members day in, day out, we would have a very different sort of politics and society.
— David Blunkett
Being a Labour home secretary in the 21st century means fighting a constant battle against both extreme Right and Left.
— David Blunkett
With every day that passes, David Blunkett becomes more insensitive in his language and more intemperate in his actions.
— Charles Kennedy
But any perception of this application being speeded up requires me to take responsibility.
— David Blunkett
History teaches us that, whatever we say, racists will always distort the words of mainstream politicians to make themselves sound more respectable.
— David Blunkett
I prefer a positive view of freedom, drawing on another tradition of political thinking that goes all the way back to the ancient Greek polis.
— David Blunkett
As home secretary, I gained a reputation for being 'tough'; less concerned with liberty than with public protection.
— David Blunkett
I am not a parliamentarian. I am a politician. Some MPs leave and are itching to get back. I don't feel that. This is just a work environment.
— David Blunkett
Bishops and judges are some of the best politicians in the world. They know how to manipulate the political process.
— David Blunkett
Strengthening our identity is one way of reinforcing people's confidence and sense of citizenship and well-being.
— David Blunkett
Where asylum is used as a route to economic migration, it can cause deep resentment in the host community.
— David Blunkett
None of us believe countering terrorism is about party politics
— David Blunkett
I did not in late November start the plethora of linking my private life with public events again.
— David Blunkett
We need dynamic and thriving businesses and a skilled and adaptable labour force to produce competitiveness and prosperity.
— David Blunkett
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
I must have been a failed football coach in a previous incarnation.
— David Blunkett
I regret the time and resources needed to undertake this but ... it is right to lay this accusation to rest.
— David Blunkett
In the U.K., we have always been an open, trading nation, enriched by our global links. Contemporary patterns of migration extend this tradition.
— David Blunkett
I can hear people smile.
— David Blunkett
