Archive for david blunkett
Charles Kennedy: I’ve learned to love the coalition
In a piece for Prospect magazine, published today, former Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy gives his backing to the coalition government. Though Kennedy didn’t vote in favour of the coalition last May, abstaining instead, he now backs it: I admit that this coalition wasn’t exactly my preferred option. I’ve always considered myself in the reforming, [...]
Michael Gove encourages people to vote Liberal Democrat
From yesterday’s Hansard: Michael Gove: … In Liberal Democrat-controlled Hull, any student in receipt of education maintenance allowance also receives a travel grant to cope with the full cost— Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough) (Lab): They won’t now. Michael Gove: I suspect they won’t if a Labour council takes power, but if people [...]
Hansard gems: Blunkett talks confectionary
It’s 2003. Parliament is debating foreign surveillance. The then Home Secretary, David Blunkett, is debating a point with Liberal Democrat MP David Heath. Blunket makes a one word interjection. The word? Chocolate. Obvious, really. It sets off a whole debate about how a hypothetical case of Belgians smuggling chocolate into the UK might be handled [...]
