Goodbye Blunkett and Good Riddance. Now Let's Ditch His Laws Home Secretary S Resignation
Sunday Herald › January 12, 2005
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IF, as Ian Bell argues in this week's Seven Days section, we should judge politicians by their policies rather than their personal lives, we should celebrate the resignation of David Blunkett as Home Secretary.
Of course, it is impossible to ignore the events leading up to his departure, which in themselves were enough to justify his resignation. He may continue to claim that he did not directly order the speeding up of a visa application for his then lover's nanny. But his version of events is likely to be severely disputed when Sir Alan Budd publishes his inquiry report tomorrow. Blunkett will be criticised;See the full content of this document
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Goodbye Blunkett and Good Riddance. Now Let's Ditch His Laws Home Secretary S Resignation
his explanations pointing not to a mere lapse of memory, but to a politician attempting to cover mistakes which he probably knew a man of his position should never have made.
His explanation that everything he said was "an honest recollecti...See the full content of this document
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