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I'm a great aficionado of history. I was deeply affected by seeing the disintegration of any chance of democracy coping with fascism in the Weimar republic, where woolly-minded, well-meaning liberalism actually allowed the forces of darkness to use democracy, to exploit democracy, to overturn democracy.

~David Blunkett

Topics: Actually Affected Allowed Any Chance Coping Darkness Deeply Democracy Disintegration Exploit Fascism Forces Great History Liberalism Republic Seeing Use Well-Meaning Where

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There are some really good experiments with the youth offending service, joining up youth offending teams with the youth justice board, and good local authority and primary care trusts working together.

~David Blunkett

Topics: Authority Board Care Experiments Good Joining Justice Local Offending Primary Really Service Some Teams Together Trusts Up Working Working Together Youth

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We need to build on what we know works - local oversight of schools to keep a check on performance, timely interventions in schools to support those at risk of failing, and partnerships between schools to help each one to improve.

~David Blunkett

Topics: Between Build Check Each Each One Failing Help Improve Keep Know Local Need Oversight Partnerships Performance Risk Schools Support Those Timely Works

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When it comes to those who are accused and their right to defend themselves, it is perfectly reasonable to expect relevant evidence to be made public, and I am in favour of open justice.

~David Blunkett

Topics: Accused Am Defend Evidence Expect Favour Justice Made Open Perfectly Public Reasonable Relevant Right Themselves Those Who I Am

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By confirming the importance of politics and politicians in Britain, we can build from the bottom up and begin to reverse the worrying anti-politics trend, which will empower the elite technocrats and leave defenceless the man or woman in the street with a mere vote to cast.

~David Blunkett

Topics: Begin Bottom Britain Build Cast Elite Empower Importance Leave Man Mere Politicians Politics Reverse Street Trend Up Vote Which Will Woman Worrying

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Children whose parents return to study do much better at school. Offenders who persist with studies are much less likely to reoffend. The national mental health strategy recognises the important role adult learning can play for people recovering from mental illness.

~David Blunkett

Topics: Adult Better Children Health Illness Important Important Role Learning Less Likely Mental Mental Health Mental Illness Much National Offenders Parents People Persist Play Recovering Return Role School Strategy Studies Study Who Whose

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Changes to parliamentary procedure won't transform the lives of the people whom I represent. Decentralising, devolving decision-making and renewing civil society will.

~David Blunkett

Topics: Changes Civil Civil Society Decision-Making Lives Parliamentary People Procedure Represent Society Transform Whom Will

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Much extremist activity falls short of directly inciting people to violence or other crimes and so is not caught by laws on incitement. Neither does the Public Order Act, used to protect groups of people from harassment, deal with the problem.

~David Blunkett

Topics: Act Activity Caught Crimes Deal Directly Does Extremist Falls Groups Harassment Laws Much Neither Order Other People Problem Protect Public Short Used Violence

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Solidarity and interdependence, a sense of worth, a pride and hope in the future: these are positive gains for those who believe in progressive politics and the beneficial role of government, rather than a detriment.

~David Blunkett

Topics: Believe Beneficial Detriment Future Gains Government Hope Interdependence Politics Positive Pride Progressive Rather Role Sense Solidarity Than Those Who Worth

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People from all over the world were killed in the attacks on the World Trade Centre. They came from many different cultural, ethnic and religious backgrounds. Christian, Jewish, Muslim and Hindu believers were killed together as they worked in the towers.

~David Blunkett

Topics: Attacks Backgrounds Believers Came Centre Christian Cultural Different Ethnic Hindu Jewish Many Muslim Over People Religious Together Towers Trade Were Worked World World Trade

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Politician

Born: June 6th, 1947

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