#davidblunkett — Public Fediverse posts
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‘Nepotism and bias’ rife in England and Wales police leadership, report finds https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jul/06/nepotism-bias-england-wales-police-leadership-report #Police #DavidBlunkett #England #Wales #UkNews #Politics
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CW: UKpol: David Blunkett and George Monbiot on where we stand
Poltics Live on BBC2 lunchtime TV often has an interesting panel of guest commentators. Today it was Labour old hand David Blunkett, as incisive in his judgement as ever. At 79 he feels younger and fresher than any of the current Labour crop. (His guide dog was with him, of course.) When Blunkett was a minister, I almost always disagreed with what he did, but --- hell! --- he is the real thing.
Also present was George Monbiot, whom I did not appreciate enough in the past. The panel discussed the upcoming Makerfield by-election. It was remarkable that Monbiot, the lifelong Labour critic, was making the case for Labour, since the overwhelming aim must be to keep Reform out. A good man he is, Monbiot.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002xt0m/politics-live-17062026
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Five former education secretaries urge Labour MPs to back government’s Send reforms in open letter https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/feb/20/former-education-secretaries-urge-labour-mps-government-send-reform #SpecialEducationalNeeds #Politics #Labour #DavidBlunkett #RuthKelly #AlanJohnson #Schools #EducationPolicy #Education #UkNews
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Starmer says X reportedly now complying with law over Grok image abuse – UK politics live https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/jan/14/pmqs-live-digital-id-cards-keir-starmer-kemi-badenoch-labour-conservatives-latest-news-updates #Politics #UkNews #Pmqs #KeirStarmer #KemiBadenoch #IdentityCards #Labour #Conservatives #DavidBlunkett #RachelReeves #EdMiliband #WindPower #HeidiAlexander #Police #WestMidlands #MaccabiTelAviv #HouseOfCommons #Environment #ZackPola...
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Labour government discussed Tanzania asylum camp plan in 2004, files show https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/dec/31/labour-government-2004-tanzania-asylum-camp-plan-national-archives-files #Immigrationandasylum #NationalArchives #DavidBlunkett #HilaryBenn #HomeOffice #JackStraw #Tanzania #Refugees #England #UKnews #Africa #Labour
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I think it's guaranteed enough Trumper Brits will vote for Farage to spite fuck the rest of us no matter what happens with the Economy.
#UKPOL #UKpolitics #DavidBlunkett #Labour #ReformUK #Trump #NigelFarage #Farage
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Ex-ministers press #Sunak on ‘persecution’ of #carers who broke earnings rules
#DavidBlunkett and #AlanJohnson join #IainDuncanSmith in dismay at #DWP’s treatment of benefit recipients’ minor mistakes
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/12/carers-persecution-ex-ministers-dwp
#ToryPoliciesInAction #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #NastyParty -
Vile from #DavidBlunkett, viler to watch #BBC panel openly cheering it. Even defends #MiriamCates' despicable, hateful speech as "perfectly reasonable"!
I'd forgotten just how reactionary he and so many New Labour figures were, including in his case trying to keep #Section28. What on earth is he doing advising #Labour now? Surely #Starmer didn't take advice from him on what line to take on #Section35 given his history?