You wake up and hear [Harold] Shipman has topped himself. And you think, is it too early to open a bottle? Then you discover everybody's upset. You have be very cautious in this job.
David Blunkett quote My dog's gone to sleep!
David Blunkett quote This is a terrible tragedy, not just for those who knew and cared for him, but also for political life in this country, which will be all the poorer. [on the death of Robin Cook]
David Blunkett quote If Glenn Hoddle is right then I must have been a failed football manager in a previous existence. [Hoddle had commented on a link between disability and sins in a past life]
David Blunkett quote It is now in Gordon Brown's - and the Labour party's - best interests for those seeking the prime minister's immediate departure to back off
David Blunkett quote I believe whoever the Labour Party chooses to replace Tony Blair will beat David Cameron.
David Blunkett quote I'm extremely healthy, emotionally and physically. I think if every member of Cabinet could take a short sabbatical, we'd all be better off.
David Blunkett quote Biography
Member of Tony Blair's New Labour party, Home Secretary
