Word: blunkett
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...which leaves the possibility for what is believed to be the first recorded use of the 2003 Anti-social Behaviour act which for the first time gives councils the ability to enter private premises and force the removal of graffiti. A measure introduced by the (blind) MP David Blunkett and which Banksy attacked at the time in a series of paintings and statements...
Brown's speed-of-light transformation from champion of market liberalization to strict regulator has left even his allies shaking their heads in disbelief. "Who would have dreamed that a financial crisis would have given Labour a lifeline?" marvels former Home Secretary David Blunkett. One reason is that Brown has shifted blame to greedy bankers (he inveighs against "the age of irresponsibility") and to America's subprime mortgage debacle. "It is pretty clear to me that this problem started in America," Brown declared as he unveiled the bank bailout. The idea of a global contagion originating in a distant country...
...bracing effect. A recent mutiny against his leadership in Labour ranks evaporated after a bold Cabinet reshuffle, and rebels shrank back from a coup attempt at such a tense time. "Who would have dreamed that a financial crisis would have given Labour a lifeline?" former Home Secretary David Blunkett wondered aloud at a drinks reception on London's South Bank, as across the river Treasury officials sweated over the final details of the bank rescue. "Labour is still on the ropes. It just looks different," he concluded. With confidence levels running so low even among Labour grandees...
...Playing Blair for the second time after his performance in the 2005 Beaton play A Very Social Secretary, about the decline and fall of Home Secretary David Blunkett, actor Robert Lindsay is spot on with the PM's speech patterns, mannerisms and tics. Lindsay visibly swells when an aide advises Blair to shun the press after his resignation, telling Blair "You're Olympian." But while waiting for the U.N. to call and offer him "something big" or for Bono to get in touch, Blair sits around toying with the idea of setting up the "Blair Foundation for International Peace...
...weird, sad exit for an honorable public servant. British Home Secretary David Blunkett, the country's chief law-enforcement officer, had no choice but to resign when an inquiry unearthed an e-mail and fax showing his office had helped speed up a residency permit for his ex-lover's nanny. The offense was tiny - the nanny was entitled to the permit anyway - but Blunkett had insisted there had been no intervention at all. (He later said he had forgotten the e-mail and fax.) Several missteps had steered him toward this patch of political quicksand. The public seemed willing...