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Britain
UK Home Secretary David "Mad Dog" Blunkett in Deep Doo-Doo
2004-12-01
The future of David Blunkett was plunged into fresh doubt last night after new evidence emerged about claims that he speeded up his lover's nanny's visa application. An independent inquiry led by Sir Alan Budd has started into claims, which the Home Secretary strongly denies, that he interfered in the Filipina nanny's application for permanent leave to stay in Britain. But Home Office letters painted a picture of a visa application that could have taken months suddenly being fully granted in weeks. One letter to the nanny, Leoncia Casalme, dated April 23, 2003, said her application had been accepted as valid but that it could take up to a year. Only 19 days later, the nanny - who was working for Mr Blunkett's then lover Kimberly Quinn - was told that her request to stay permanently had been approved. The letters, published in today's Daily Mail, will heighten speculation about whether Mr Blunkett had a role in granting the visa.
I am singularly not distraught over this. Since Kimberly was presumably making whoopee regularly with the Home Secretary, I don't find it in the least unusual that she'd be able to get her nanny's visa application greased. My friends come to me for help with computers or with questions on WoT. His friends come to him for help with visas. If there's sin, it would appear to be pretty venial.
The new material appeared only hours after he made an embarrassing apology for giving a parliamentary first-class rail warrant, reserved for the spouses of MPs, to Mrs Quinn.
Sorry. That doesn't make my indignator quiver, either.
Is it time to build an Acme Indignator™?
Last night Mr Blunkett's office said the Home Secretary, who has admitted checking over the application before it was submitted, stood by his denial of wrong-doing.
Whoopdy doo. That's the best scandal you can come up with? What's Christine Keeler doing? Maybe you should hire her as a consultant.
Posted by:Bulldog

#15  SPOD: Well at least he was able to attract a women at some point. He is a squinty eyed half shaved git after all.

She's actually quite a looker.
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2004-12-01 6:18:21 PM  

#14  SPOD: Well at least he was able to attract a women at some point. He is a squinty eyed half shaved git after all.

She's actually quite a looker.
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2004-12-01 6:18:21 PM  

#13  SPOD: Well at least he was able to attract a women at some point. He is a squinty eyed half shaved git after all.

She's actually quite a looker.
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2004-12-01 6:18:05 PM  

#12  SPOD: Well at least he was able to attract a women at some point. He is a squinty eyed half shaved git after all.

She's actually quite a looker.
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2004-12-01 6:18:05 PM  

#11  wow! the kids really ugly. Looks like a bunch of pixelated blocks...oh wait. Nevermind

Frank g/Emily Latella
Posted by: Frank G   2004-12-01 10:55:35 PM  

#10  I think he is a statist prick who gets it (including the WoT).
Posted by: phil_b   2004-12-01 10:39:24 PM  

#9  Holy cow! I didn't realize that he's the father of the woman's son, whom her husband has been raising as his own. Blunkett wants "access" to the kid. Now that's just cold. Hey, Sparky, next time knock up a single woman, why don't ya?

If Blunkett wore shades, he might look kinda cool, like a white Ray Charles. We wouldn't want that.
Posted by: Angie Schultz   2004-12-01 8:13:37 PM  

#8  Doesn't excuse his lack of either a full beard or a neat shave. I have blind friends they all can shave. One is even a damed lawyer.

So being blind excuses his squinty eyed gittiness? He can't afford some shades? I have yet to see him in a picture with a white cane therefore I was un aware of his bing unsighted. I intensely dislike the man. He is a statist prick.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2004-12-01 6:24:02 PM  

#7  SPOD: Well at least he was able to attract a women at some point. He is a squinty eyed half shaved git after all.

She's actually quite a looker.
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2004-12-01 6:19:37 PM  

#6  SPoD - he's blind!
Posted by: Bulldog   2004-12-01 6:13:15 PM  

#5  Well at least he was able to attract a women at some point. He is a squinty eyed half shaved git after all.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2004-12-01 1:41:36 PM  

#4  Forget the nanny, I'm holding out for a perky young French Maid to chase around the estate.
Posted by: Steve   2004-12-01 12:03:47 PM  

#3  I'd rather like to have a nanny. No children, but the idea remains attractive nonetheless. Could the Secretary be of any assistance?

I never knew that the Brits called having wild monkey sex "giving a parliamentary first-class rail warrant".
Posted by: Chuck Simmins   2004-12-01 11:32:58 AM  

#2  His guide dog?
Posted by: Howard UK   2004-12-01 11:16:33 AM  

#1  Not sure how many laws were broken (if any), but we should be glad that he is in a straight relationship! When I read 'lover' I feared the worst!
Posted by: Cyber Sarge   2004-12-01 8:21:28 AM  

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