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...most tangled and agonizing of the Spectator trysts involves its publisher, a 44-year-old American named Kimberly Quinn, and British Home Secretary David Blunkett, 57, the country's chief law-enforcement officer and one of its most powerful men. He admits that "many people will be bewildered and confused" by the tale. The basic outline of what happened is clear. Blunkett and Quinn took up together in 2001, 11 years after the breakup of his first marriage, but less than three months after her (second) marriage, to Stephen Quinn, 60, the publishing director of British Vogue. Quinn reversed...
...vote, it was Prime Minister Tony Blair's Labour Party that came in third, with just 26% - the first time a British ruling party had fared so poorly. Blair's support for the Iraq war made him so radioactive that he barely campaigned, and Home Secretary David Blunkett declared himself "mortified" by the battering Labour took. But the Tories' happy days looked likely to be here and gone by Sunday, when the European Parliament results were due. British voters remain so deeply divided about what place they want for their country within the European Union that they were expected...
Another audience member challenged Blunkett’s blanket call for increased political participation. Blunkett was asked if people should be encouraged to participate in politics even if they support entities like the British National Party, which is staunchly anti-immigration...
...Blunkett, who referred to this party as “neo-fascist,” said the government should directly face the fears of insecurity that foster these type of sentiments...
...Blunkett, who has been blind since birth, has served as the British home secretary since 2001. He was first elected to the British Parliament...