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David Blunkett

 

David Blunkett - You can laugh David, but we wonder if his Himmler like approach to justice might be linked in some way with his affair in office. Blunkett overhauled 'Victorian' sex offences legislation in 2002, which modernised the sex offences laws dramatically in relation to same-sex and related issues by sweeping away the archaic laws governing homosexuality, while tightening protections against rapists, paedophiles and other sex offenders. The act closed a loophole that had allowed those accused of child rape to escape punishment by arguing the act was consensual and a new offence of adult sexual activity with a child, which covers any sex act that takes place between an adult and a child under 16, was introduced. It was supported by all major political parties in the UK.

 

In doing so he virtually eliminated any defendant's right to a fair hearing under Article 6, in an obsession bordering on a national eugenics programme, dressed up as a vote catching appeasement of women's rights activists who want no sex in the workplace and to emasculate the opposite sex as to the point where they are Under the Thumb, in that there is no evidence required to obtain a conviction, the mere say so of a woman who might be lying through her teeth in the dock, is sufficient to send a good man down for a very long time for a crime that he may not have committed.

 

Where most people in the street will be legally aided when it comes to defending a charge of rape the level playing field that the State is supposed to ensure as "equality of arms" is suddenly sent to the wall for a firing squad execution of any person accused - but mainly men of course because in Britain nobody would believe that a woman could rape a man. Thus, any trial becomes a witch hunt. if you are innocent you float and guilty you drown. Either way you die, in this case a public crucifixion.

 

 

David Blunkett's former lover Kimberly Quinn kept detailed diaries of their affair. Tout le monde has been buzzing with rumours about the Spectator publisher's close relationships with other prominent men.

 

DAVID Blunkett’s love life has long been a turbulent tale – revealing him as a man beset by the sort of passions usually found only in a bodice-ripping Mills and Boon novel.

 

But yesterday (27-01-09) it emerged that a new chapter is ready to be written, with the announcement that the former Home Secretary is set to marry again.

And in true romantic-novel style, the veteran Labour MP asked his fiancee’s parents for her hand in marriage.

Mr Blunkett, 61, who was born blind, and Dr Margaret Williams, 50, who works at a Sheffield health centre, made their engagement announcement last weekend at her birthday party.

They have been going out with each other for three years.

Mr Blunkett, MP for Sheffield Brightside and a former leader of the city council, said: “We’re looking to the future but have not yet arranged a date. We’re very pleased to be setting out on a new and happy journey together.”

Dr Williams proudly showed off a diamond engagement ring at the party.

The mother of twins Claire and Helen, 15, and Kate, 17, was previously married to dentist Phil Williams.

Two of Mr Blunkett’s four sons from his first marriage and all three of Dr Williams’ children were at the party at her home in Sheffield.

Dr Williams’ parents Peter and Joan, whom Mr Blunkett asked for permission to marry her, were also present.

Speaking yesterday at her Sheffield home, Dr Williams’ mother said: “We are absolutely delighted. We were introduced to David some time ago after he and Margaret met socially in Sheffield.

“He was a thorough gentleman and asked our approval to marry our daughter. Of course we said ‘yes’, and they announced the news at the birthday party.”

Mr Blunkett’s first marriage to Ruth ended in divorce in 1990.

But in 2004 he was drawn into a maelstrom of publicity after it emerged he had fathered a child by married magazine publisher Kimberly Quinn during a three-year affair. He resigned as Home Secretary in the wake of claims that a visa for Mrs Quinn’s Filipina nanny had been speeded up.

The relationship with Mrs Quinn – 14 years his junior – ended in bitterness and she returned to her husband.

But until the baby was a given a DNA test, Mr Blunkett also believed that he was the father of another son Mrs Quinn had been expecting.

Speaking of his “little lad” in a tearful resignation interview, Mr Blunkett said his son would “want to know not just that his father actually cared enough about him to sacrifice his career but he will want to know, I hope, that his mother has some regret.”

He later admitted that during the custody battle he had “cracked” and that “at one point I really did think I was going mad”.

Mr Blunkett appeared to dive headlong into London’s cafe society.

He became a well-known face at Annabel’s, the London nightspot more used to minor royalty and flashy millionaires than Labour politicians.

There was another storm when it emerged that Mr Blunkett had failed to declare an honorary membership to the club worth £3,000.

He returned to high office after the 2005 general election as Work and Pensions Secretary but was forced to quit again following a row over his business interests.

It was at Annabel’s that Mr Blunkett developed a close friendship with 29-year-old estate agent Sally Anderson – who betrayed him and sold her story to a newspaper.

As a boy of four, Mr Blunkett was packed off to a council boarding school and his parents were allowed to visit him only once a month.

Then, when he was 12, his father was killed in a horrific accident at work, falling into a vat of boiling water.

Mr Blunkett and his mother were left virtually penniless and fought a long battle for compensation from the gas company.

 

 

 

BLUNKETT'S BABY - The introduction of this legislation in Britain is not that far removed from installing concentration camps at Dachau, Buchenwald and Auschwitz, in that in taking away the right of any person to a fair trial was every bit as damning a arresting political prisoners and working them to death, or crafting a judicial system akin to a witch hunt.

 

 

Rt Hon David Blunkett MP                                                                               FAX REF: 
Secretary of State (Home)
House of Commons
London SW1A 0AA                                                                                        6 November 2001

Dear Mr Blunkett

 

WEALDEN DISTRICT COUNCIL & THE PREVENTION OF HARASSMENT ACT

 

I am writing to you in your capacity as Secretary of State dealing with crime. Please find enclosed copy of my letter to Sir Neil Cossins OBE of 5th Nov.

It appears to me that while the above Council are not prepared to issue a corrective statement in respect of this historic building (to enable restoration), they are more than happy to spend the ratepayers money nursing a lie and see a monument deteriorate. This seems both unreasonable and in common law terms a misuse of public authority. I have written to the Sussex Police on this matter but so far had nothing back.

Why is this happening? Well, it’s either a kind of internal job creation scheme, or they enjoy harassing me, or they are hoping their earlier error will not be revealed as I become worn down and go away. There have been 180 recorded site visits and many others not recorded since 1991 – a visit every 20 days on average. The Prevention of Harassment Act describes such vexing as a criminal offence. The Council claim the purpose of each visit is to monitor unauthorised use, however in hiding the truth they are causal in keeping the building redundant and negligent in carrying out the function of their office.

After English Heritage advised they could not Review the matter for me, I made significant effort to secure a Review privately but there are no solicitors willing to make or amend an application for funding. I’ve approached nearly 30 law firms in all and the RCJ CAB. It appears access to the legal system is not available to me – no matter what the Chancellors Department or Commission may say. Yet the Human Rights Act is supposed to guarantee me a fair hearing where my rights are violated. I note too under Articles 8 & 14 I am entitled to enjoy my home and possessions without interference from local authority

Where the system seems set to perpetuate an injustice and harassment bound to escalate could I ask that this matter is looked into at the Parliamentary level as appropriate?

Yours sincerely 



Nelson J Kruschandl 

 

Enclosures: Letters EH 20-9-00 & 5-11-01
                Letter RCJ 22-10-01

C.C. Rt Hon Margaret Beckett MP
Rt Hon Tessa Jowell MP
Rt Hon Dr Kim Howells MP
Lord Irvine QC -Lord Chancellor
Rt Hon Gregory Barker MP
Steve Orchard - Ch Exe L S C

 

 

Rt Hon David Blunkett MP                                                                               FAX REF: 
Secretary of State (Home)
House of Commons
London SW1A 0AA                                                                                         15 June 2002

Dear Mr Blunkett

 

WEALDEN DISTRICT COUNCIL & MISUSE of AUTHORITY - MALICE

 

I am writing to you again in your capacity as Secretary of State dealing with crime recording procedures as per the attached press of 12-7-01. Please find enclosed copy of my letters to Ken Jones and PC Crichton dated 7 June 2002 and 27th May 2002 respectively. I last wrote concerning the above Council on 6th November 2001. I cannot recall receiving reply.

Where I have provided information to show that crimes have not in fact been recorded or investigated and it appears to me that new crimes will also be subjected to the same inaction, I thought you would be interested and may wish to support the call for an examination of the Force in question and why they appear content to sit back while the Public purse is at risk.

I was signatory to a Petition in 1997 calling for an independent investigation into Wealden’s Planning department. Wealden looked at certain matters internally, but their remit would not allow them to consider any Petitioners Criminal allegations, which were referred to the Sussex Police. Some months later a letter was read out to Wealden’s Full Committee exonerating their officers and confirming a Police investigation had taken place. Later still, a member of the public and a Councillor were told by other Police officers there had in fact been no investigation and the letter read to Committee had been drafted by the Council’s Chief Executive (Derek Holness) who left the Council shortly afterward. It appears a gross deception has taken place in an attempt to pervert the course of justice. 

Naturally, I supplied this information to the Council’s then current Chief Executive (Sheelagh Douglas) and called for an investigation – which she refused. She then resigned.

This Council are currently nursing a lie, seeking to deny the historic importance English Heritage have accorded this building (one of considerable local interest). Conversely, they are spending public money pursuing actions based on no history for this building in perversity. There has been and continues to be a gross injustice which appears set to continue unless the matter is investigated independently at a higher level. Where the Sussex Police have so far failed to respond, might I suggest that this matter is looked into at Parliamentary level and I look forward to hearing from you on this.

Yours sincerely 

 

 

 

Nelson J Kruschandl – VICTIM OF CRIME

 

Enclosures*

C.C. Rt Hon Margaret Beckett MP
Rt Hon Tessa Jowell MP
Rt Hon Dr Kim Howells MP
Lord Irvine QC -Lord Chancellor
Rt Hon Gregory Barker MP 

 

 

 

 

David Blunkett and Tony Blair

 

 

CAROLINE ANSELL - CHARLES CLARKE - CHARLES HENDRY - CHRIS GRAYLING - DAVID BLUNKETT - DAVID CAMERON

DAVID MILIBAND - ERIC PICKLES - GEOFFREY JOHNSON-SMITH - GEORGE OSBORNE - GORDON BROWN - GREG CLARK

GREGORY BARKER - JACK STRAW - JOHN GUMMER - JOHN PRESCOTT - KENNETH CLARKE - KIM HOWELLS DR

MARGARET BECKETT - MARGARET THATCHER - NICK CLEGG - NORMAN BAKER - NUS GHANI - PATRICIA HEWITT

PHILIP DUNNE - PHILIP HAMMOND - SAJID JAVID - STEPHEN LLOYD - TERESA MAY - TESSA JOWELL - TONY BLAIR - VINCE CABLE

 

 

 

Buchenwald concentration camp (German: Konzentrationslager (KZ) Buchenwald, in English: beech forest) was a German Nazi concentration camp established on Ettersberg hill near Weimar, Germany, in July 1937, one of the first and the largest of the concentration camps on German soil, following Dachau's opening just over four years earlier.

Today the remains of Buchenwald serve as a memorial and permanent exhibition and museum.

 

 

 

 

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Hi there, adorables. Well, here I am, still in little old England, and simply on top of the world - not to mention half London's menfolk.

My New Year resolution? To limit myself. "Kimberly," I said to myself as I stared at the looking glass this morning and did a twirl in my ra-ra skirt, high heels and Barbie curls, "Kimbo precious, we're gonna start a new regime."

From now on it's no more than three guys in any one week.

Sundays don't count, of course. A girl's gotta be allowed to nibble on a bone once in a while.

Leoncia, our new Filipina servant, has made a good start. Has learned to stand to attention when I enter the room, do the correct salute, sing the Horst Wessel song and call me 'princess'.

English not perfect, but better than John Prescott's. (JP has compensating virtues, though. Am sure he'd be all man. Grrrr!)

 

February

Folk sometimes say English men are cold. Not once I've warmed them up a little, they ain't. Had Blunkers round here this morning, hot as a Spanish sausage. Touched me all over like a Braille menu.

Had only just shown him the door an hour later, and was barely through with restoring my Alice band and smoothing the creases out of my fat-ankle length skirt, when boyfriend number two came on the line to demand one of our 'business lunches'.

"Simon Hoggart, you are insatiable!" I exclaimed with a girlish gasp. And with that I whipped out my Filofax, conjured a pen out of thin air and fitted him in before my trip to the gynaecologist.

The Spectator is doing well. Naturally, I take all the credit. Boris, the editor, is in no position to complain. He and I have a little secret.

Dan Colson, sidekick of our owner Conrad Black, came on the squawk box this afternoon saying he wanted to fix dinner so he could 'look over one or two figures' and 'talk options'.

Say, Dan, that's not such a bad idea, big boy. Let's fix on somewhere cosy where the lighting is not too bright.

 

March

Leoncia brings in the morning mail while I'm in my asses' milk bath, having a facepack - cucumber and essence of hazelnut, said to be soothing for the pores and a good source of karma and humility.

Not that I need any humility. It's only for the little people.

"Lady," says Leoncia. "Here big stiffy." My left eye sure popped wide open at that, let me tell ya.

Leoncia was speaking the truth. In her hands was a big, gilt-lettered invitation. Kimberly Solomon shall go to the ball! Naturally, my mind flew straight back to November 2003, when Blunkers took me to the Buckingham Palace state dinner for George Bush.

What a night. The cream of London 'society', and I was the cat that got to lick it. Purr, miaow, purr. Lick, lick, lick.

How will I ever forget the sight of Prince Philip? So handsome in his outfit, and just the age I like them frisky pensioners.

Didn't think much of the Queen's tiara but was impressed by the constructive, silent way Her Maj took my criticisms.

"Liz, honey," I said, "believe me, diamonds are so last year - and is that gem-encrusted choker truly such a great choice? Should we really be drawing attention to the royal neck at our age? I don't think so!

"As I was telling Barbara Amiel only the other day, scraggy dewlaps do nothing for a girl."

Sadly, this invitation was not to another do at the palace. (Told it may be some time before I get asked back though am sure it was nothing I can have said.) It was just some boring publishing party.

Publishing? Who cares? Boring words, words, words. It's not as if I ever have much time for reading - though I wouldn't mind taking a John Mortimer to bed occasionally. Or a Melvyn Bragg. Now there's a thought.

 

April

Drove Lazlo to the vet this morning to get him castrated. I did warn him not to misbehave but he simply would not listen. So snip, snip, it was.

Lazlo? Didn't I tell you? No, he's not some new Italian waiter friend. He's my pet dog, a Dandie Dinmont terrier, and he has been fighting with Blunkers's guide dog, Sadie. Castration is the only way to make him less aggressive.

I wonder if the same is true of men. Take that John Humphrys. Not a bad idea, say I. Take him anytime, I would.

But seriously, there is one ballsy guy. Maybe a trip to the vet would calm him down. Blunkers is always complaining about Humphrys. Maybe I should have a discreet word with gorgeous Alastair Campbell.

Talking of broadcasting swoons, I caught Sir Trevor McDonald on my box later on. Trev, baby, you can bing my bongs any day you like. What a great newscaster. The way he tilts that noble head of his. Woof, woof, says Kimbo!

 

May

Why DO I get the flushes over these media boys? Take those Guardian guys - they're just so sweet I feel I could eat them.

Their editor, Alan Rusbridger, is the little lost boy, with his Harry Potter glasses and ruffled hair... far too young for Kimbo.

But the other day, I came across Hoggart's colleague, political editor Michael White. An authoritarian little pencil moustache to go with a champagne socialist house in France. Now, he could be my type.

I feel positively itchy for more.

 

June

Still awaiting the call-up to Sir David Frost's summer drinks party. Have decided that if none is forthcoming by the end of this week I am going to walk round to Frostie's house and give the old fella a flash of my assets the moment he opens the door.

"Hello, good morning, and you're welcome to it," I could say, while flinging wide my very best Bloomingdale's fur coat.

I must, must, must get to that party. Michael Grade, Yentob, wicked Willie Hague, pert cock Robin Cook. All likely to be there. It is the Everest of social-climbing - and I am Sherpa Tenzing.

Leoncia's residency documents have all been 'sorted', with Blunkers's people so v. helpful, saying: "Of course, Mrs Quinn, whatever you say, Mrs Quinn."

Wonder if I can call on their good offices again. Our TV licence renewal form has arrived and it is just so complicated for a poor, tiny American girl like me.

Maybe they could have a word with the authorities and get us let off it for just this weeny teeny year. Please? You will? Oh that's wonderful. Big kisses.

 

July

More paperwork. Leoncia says we need new photographs for our sports centre membership cards.

I wonder if Lord Snowdon is available? Well, silly question. There's one Brit who is always available. His motordrive is always set to automatic.

Been feeling a bit sick in the mornings recently. Went to the doc - a Harley Street hunk with attractive hands and a really cute way with that ticklish stethoscope. Turns out I'm pregnant.

"Now comes the hard part," says the doc kindly, showing that he understands how pregnancies can be painful.

"Hard part? Too right," I snarled. "We've gotta work out who the goddamn father is, for starters."

 

August

Houston, we have a problem. The papers have got hold of my little friendship with Blunkers and have splashed it all over their front pages.

My husband, Stephen, is being soooo understanding. That dear man is the most sweet-hearted doormat any woman ever had.

Of course, the paparazzi have been lodged outside the door. And of course I have been giving a lot of thought to my wardrobe.

Do we play it glamorous? Or do we go for victim chic - you know, dark clothes and black make-up under the eyes?

My PR friend Julia Hobsbawm is always full of ideas. Maybe Yves St Laurent and Fendi would be interested in chucking me a few free outfits to model in front of the nation's press.

 

September

My little secret with Boris is out. As the entire free world now knows, Goldilocks has been at it like a man on a pneumatic drill. Takes one to know one!

The object of his affection was that cussed little floozy Petronella Wyatt, she of the cocktail-stick legs and posh English accent. Calm down, Kimbo. Don't hyperventilate. Where are the 'erbal sedatives? Deep breaths, now.

Despite massive Press interest, Boris is still cycling to work and leaves his Raleigh in the downstairs corridor.

"Is that the office bicycle?" inquired one dashing Labour MP who is currently meant to be spending more time with his family (yeah, likely one).

"Darling," I replied, "we have several office bicycles here. And you can step up into my saddle any time you like."

 

October

Andrew Neil has been appointed to run the Spectator. I suppose I should feel outraged at his being appointed over my head, but, you know, I have enormous respect for Andrew. I consider him a visionary. He is a goliath, a leviathan. Which shows you, I hope, that this little New York girl has not forgotten the art of flattery.

Hey, look. If Sven Goran Eriksson can be appointed manager of the England football team, what's to stop me strutting my stuff as queen bee of the British magazine world? The Boris story has brought lots of photographers to the doorstep of the Spectator.

This caused a bit of a problem for one of the boyfriends today (a leading journalist not averse to interrupting me and making me catch my breath at his boldness).

He was about to pay me an unexpected visit, to ravish me across my office desk or something like that, when he suddenly saw all the lensmen and had to do a rapid handbrake turn, before fleeing in the other direction down Doughty Street.

 

November

A business lunch with D. Lawson, editor of the Sunday Telegraph. No, no, not that sort of 'business lunch', like I used to have with Hoggart.

This was a more serious matter. I was able to tell Dominic a few Home truths (note the capital H, friends).

Blunkers has become positively loopy about which kids are his. Says he wants to know who the father is. Join the club, buster! Things getting really ugly and so it was decided that I should play the tragedy card and limp off to hospital.

Stephen thought this might be 'overdoing' it, whatever that means.

 

December

Blunkers has resigned. Drat. That takes away much of the leverage I had over him.

Had to go and see a man called Sir Alan Budd who was holding some sort of inquiry into the whole fandangle.

Bearded. Gloomy. Just my kind of little bunny rabbit. Sadly, he didn't quite fall for my mesmerising charms, but I did get a telephone number, you can rest assured.

The end of the Blunkers affair means I now have a vacancy for a leading man.

Will start auditions once I have this baby shot out of the cannon. But one sadness. No more Home Secretary means I'll never ever get to ride in one of his ministerial limousines again.

They were fun, you know. I liked practising my pretend royal wave from the windows as we were sped through the streets with the motorbike outriders.

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