I fell in love with someone and they wouldn’t go public and things started to go very badly wrong in the summer, and then the News of the World picked up the story.
That’s life in the public eye, I’m afraid, Mr Blunkett.
It’s weird, but 7 years ago I quite liked him. I thought he was a good chap, and when Blair named him Home Secretary in 2001 I was quite pleased. However, he turned into one of the most authoritarian Home Secretarys the UK has ever known, and, frankly, I don’t think he has been good for Britain.
It’s a shame that he had to resign for the reasons he did… but that’s politics in 2004. He should either have been sacked by the PM four weeks ago, or he should have stuck to his argument that he did nothing wrong until the election in June next year.