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108 quotes by David Blunkett

David Blunkett (born 6 June 1947) is a British Labour Party politician and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough, having represented Sheffield Brightside from 1987 to 2010. Blind since birth, and coming from a poor family in one of Sheffield's most deprived districts, he rose to become Education and Employment Secretary, Home Secretary and Work and Pensions Secretary in Tony Blair's Cabinet following Labour's...
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I don't like prolonged, highly expensive commissions, especially if they are chaired by judges. We seem to have overwhelming faith in judges.

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I have made mistakes in the past, but when I have, I have always said so.

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I prefer a positive view of freedom, drawing on another tradition of political thinking that goes all the way back to the ancient Greek polis.

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I should have been a Trappist monk.

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I was affected by the harshness of government, the reality of 16-hour days, and the pressures of modern communications.

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I'm as keen as the next person to preserve the right to free speech.

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I've been fortunate when in government to have a car at my disposal, which takes away the nightmare of getting a taxi.

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I've had a guide dog since 1969. Not the same one, of course: I've had five.

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In an ageing society, it makes sense to support older adults to develop new skills, prolonging their working lives.

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In primary schools, I set two main objectives - to cut infant class sizes and improve literacy and numeracy.

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In the U.K., we have always been an open, trading nation, enriched by our global links. Contemporary patterns of migration extend this tradition.

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It is a mistake to separate learning for work and for community and personal development.

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It's not just parliament that requires radical modernisation. It's our democratic processes.

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