Blunketts Replacement..

Posted by: Paul Hutchings on 15 December 2004

Doubtless some are glad he's gone.. so who would you like to see replace him?

I always got the impression that whether you agreed with the policies or not, the man was pretty straight.. curious who the "better" option is?

Paul
Posted on: 15 December 2004 by long-time-dead
Mick P - a man whose views never change.
Posted on: 15 December 2004 by graham55
What about his dog? He could continue to dispense "ruff" justice.

Sorry, but I'm glad to see the back of the man.

G
Posted on: 15 December 2004 by Tim Jones
Easy - John Denham, the first minister I ever worked for. He left Dept of Health to go to Home Office, did a fine job of the difficult police brief by all accounts, before resigning very honurably over Iraq.

Now Chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee. Very good policy manager as distinct from some other ministers...

Tim
Posted on: 15 December 2004 by Paul Hutchings
quote:
Originally posted by graham55:

Sorry, but I'm glad to see the back of the man.

G


That's fair enough, I'm just interested if people think we'd be better off with the likes of Margaret Hodge or whichever one of Tonys chums lands the job?

There's a distinction between not being liked and not being good at your job.

And if John Denham is who I think he is, I'd probably agree, but isn't he way too "low profile"?
Posted on: 15 December 2004 by Simon Perry
It's good news indeed that he has gone. I am delighted.
Simon
Posted on: 15 December 2004 by graham55
Margaret Hodge should have been drummed out of Cabinet years ago over the Islington homes child abuse fiasco. But then, she is - and is married to - one of Tony's cronies.

Personally, I think that it's time now for Tony to go quietly and let Gordon take over.

G
Posted on: 15 December 2004 by MichaelC
quote:
Originally posted by graham55:
and let Gordon take over


Not a good idea unless of course you wish to see the IMF bailing the UK out again

Mike
Posted on: 15 December 2004 by matthewr
It'll be Charles Clarke.

Matthew
Posted on: 15 December 2004 by rodwsmith
Oh no! It's Fungus the Home Secretaryman...

Posted on: 15 December 2004 by Berlin Fritz
quote:
Originally posted by matthewr:
It'll be Charles Clarke.

Matthew


True genius our Matty, and we all thought it would be George Galloway esq, innit !!!!

Your Fritz Smile
Posted on: 16 December 2004 by Rasher
I read in The Evening Standard on the train on Tuesday that Prince Charles is preparing to marry Camilla. The re-marriage of a royal, I believe, has to go through the Home Secretary - now Charles Clarke. I seem to remember that they don't exactly see eye-to-eye. Big Grin
(It probably has nothing to do with the HS, but I just wanted to stir it up).
Posted on: 16 December 2004 by Berlin Fritz
I shall be King Dilly Dilly, but you shant be Queen, innit.
Posted on: 16 December 2004 by graham55
Although I strongly object to what D Blunkett did in his time as Home Secretary, I admired his overcoming of adversity.

I was appalled at the pictures of him on the front pages of today's newspapers. Am I alone in thinking that it was a gross invasion to print photographs of a tearful blind man like that? I doubt whether a sighted person would ever have allowed cameras to get close to him in such circumstances,

(And, yes, I do remember the pictures of Maggie leaving Downing Street.)

G
Posted on: 16 December 2004 by paul_g
quote:
Originally posted by graham55:
I was appalled at the pictures of him on the front pages of today's newspapers. Am I alone in thinking that it was a gross invasion to print photographs of a tearful blind man like that? I doubt whether a sighted person would ever have allowed cameras to get close to him in such circumstances,


Quite so
Posted on: 17 December 2004 by long-time-dead
quote:
Originally posted by graham55:
Am I alone in thinking that it was a gross invasion to print photographs of a tearful blind man like that? I doubt whether a sighted person would ever have allowed cameras to get close to him in such circumstances,


Invasion or not, this "blind" man wanted our photographs on ID cards along with our biometric data - we got no choice as he was Home Secretary.

He took the job, resigned and now suffers the same fate on the front page as all public figures do.

Let him wallow in his mire of self pity and chase his bastard off-spring. Hope the CSA is going to screw him to the wall - he has plenty cash.

After all, was he not part of the "all-seeing eye" that is on course to plot our every movement ?
Posted on: 17 December 2004 by Mick P
Chaps

Quote....." I doubt whether a sighted person would ever have allowed cameras to get close to him in such circumstances,"

Margaret Thatcher did

Regards

Mick
Posted on: 18 December 2004 by Steve Toy
Yup. Straight-down-the-line Maggie did.

She was inflexible, and blinded by her own dogma, but her integrity remained intact to the end.

We benefit from her legacy to this day, although our manufacturing industry is in poor shape in part because of her, and I believe that you need a healthy manufacturing base to secure the long term prosperity of your nation.

Germany may be suffering a prolonged slow patch, but its export-led manufacturing economy will ultimately pull them through, or at least stop them going under.

Regards,

Steve.