David Blunkett

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David Blunkett, Baron Blunkett, is a British politician and Labour Party figure who served in Parliament from 1987 to 2015. He was Secretary of State for Education and Employment from 1997 to 2001, Home Secretary from 2001 to 2004, and Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in 2005. He represented Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough in the House of Commons for nearly three decades, then was made a life peer in 2015 and moved to the House of Lords. His public career is closely tied to domestic policy, especially education, policing, and welfare.

“Privacy is a right, but as in any democratic society, it is not an absolute right.”

PRIVACY

“If you don't create a sense of order and stability, if people do not feel secure, then progressive politics is dead. That is a fact of history. The right has always emerged supreme when destabilisation and insecurity prevail.”

HISTORY ORDER

“The clash between capital and labour, between those seeking to maximise profit and those with only their toil to sell, was the driving force for the creation of the trade unions in the 19th century.”

REFLECTIONS

“That is why with enormous regret I have tendered my resignation to the prime minister today.”

REGRET

“I should have been a Trappist monk.”

REFLECTIONS

“My job as Labour Home Secretary is to ensure people are prepared to listen to us when we take on our opponents across the political spectrum.”

HOME

“Politics is about the participation and engagement of the wider citizenry - to miss that point would doom us to irrelevance.”

ENGAGEMENT

“Back in 2003, when I was home secretary, I introduced the victim surcharge on offenders to substantially expand the support available and, I hoped, the protection of witnesses who were brave enough to come forward.”

COURAGE HOME