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  • UK needs a Christmas Island: ex-minister 12 Nov 2009 22:30 GMT
    ... just like Australia, a former British home secretary says. "We always wished that we had ... (processing) simpler and easier to deal with," David Blunkett told ABC Television on Friday. Processing claims ...

  • Labour thoughts on a Conservative leader 11 Nov 2009 10:35 GMT
    ... big thumbs down. The likely next prime minister is the Conservative leader David Cameron. David Blunkett MP held some of the senior ministries ... still learning. MARK COLVIN: Former British home secretary, David Blunkett. ...

  • Rudd stresses need for calm on refugees 12 Nov 2009 05:51 GMT
    ... Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has again stressed Australia's plan ... make this journey again." Former British home secretary David Blunkett has given the tick of approval to ...

  • Shoddy blogging and democracy 12 Nov 2009 22:14 GMT
    ... confidence in parliamentary democracy, former British home secretary David Blunkett says. ''We are sleepwalking into a situation ... gave his tick of approval to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd for his handling of the ...

  • Thursday's Letters: To remember is forever, not just for one week of the year 12 Nov 2009 06:58 GMT
    ... be completely at odds with our Prime Minister regarding his policy of sending troops to ... Hellifield, North Yorkshire. THE remarks of Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth on Remembrance Sunday yet again ... attention From: Don Alexander, Knab Road, Sheffield. DAVID Blunkett talks condescending rubbish in his article about ...

  • Traditional media 'needs to lift game' 12 Nov 2009 07:11 GMT
    ... of "information anarchy" if the traditional media don't lift their game, former British home secretary David Blunkett says. The rise of the new media, such as online sites, blogs, and Twitter, ...

  • Blunkett calls for voting change 12 Nov 2009 08:15 GMT
    ... to end the "deep cynicism" with politics, David Blunkett MP has said. The Sheffield Brightside MP ... due on November 18. The former Home Secretary replied: "The younger the voter, the more ...

  • Do Labour's immigration scaremongers fool anybody? 9 Nov 2009 07:52 GMT
    ... can be put. Last week, Phil Woolas, minister for immigration, told us that the war ... the past 12 years, which the Home Secretary, Alan Johnson, last week described as maladroit. ... one study, number another one million. Remember David Blunkett, as Home Secretary, saying that there wasn't ...

  • Gordon Brown offers too little, too late on immigration 12 Nov 2009 21:32 GMT
    ... very few he or any other senior minister has made on the subject. With an ... had such a policy. Yet one Home Secretary, David Blunkett, said there was "no obvious limit" to ...

  • David Dimbleby misses Question Time for first time after being struck by bullock 13 Nov 2009 01:25 GMT
    ... is not the first public figure to fall foul of pugnacious cattle. In June, David Blunkett the former Labour Home Secretary, suffered a broken rib when he was struck by a stampeding cow in Derbyshire. ...

  • Drugs panel members quit in protest 10 Nov 2009 21:35 GMT
    ... The drugs advisory row surrounding Home Secretary Alan Johnson has increased because two members ... back to 2002 with (then home secretary) David Blunkett who was minded to reclassify cannabis downwards. ...

  • Police support officers to get new uniforms 9 Nov 2009 06:37 GMT
    ... end any confusion with the police. The civilian role was introduced by former Home Secretary David Blunkett in 2002. Concerns were also sparked by the uniforms issued to community support officers ...

  • The candidates 6 Nov 2009 16:31 GMT
    ... Charlie Baillie has stood in two local elections and ... now teaches public law. Mr Bain, the secretary of the Glasgow North East Constituency Labour ... MacDonald, who was the first Labour prime minister. The party says its members have a ...

  • Britain: Labour government sacks chief drugs adviser 6 Nov 2009 06:16 GMT
    ... Labour government sacks chief drugs adviser Home Secretary Alan Johnson has sacked the government’s chief ... policy. Johnson’s actions were supported by Prime Minister Gordon Brown and the Conservative opposition. However, ... softer class C by then Home Secretary David Blunkett. Smith ignored the ACMD’s advice to keep ...

  • The Lisbon Treaty explained 8 Nov 2009 07:32 GMT
    ... Treaty is up and running. Not really. David Blunkett joked in the Commons this week that ... politicians can't understand it. A French Government Minister said the Conservative policy was “pathetic and ...


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