# Bye Bye Blunkett **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 16, 2004, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-bye-blunkett/280059 "2004-12-16T00:13:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![sinical\_brit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/48db29/32.png) [@sinical\_brit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinical_brit)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2004, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-bye-blunkett/280059/61 "2004-12-17T10:41:00Z")
Yup - honest, straight talking guy. Shame he got stuffed on such a crap reason to resign, but he was a menace to the nation and i am very pleased he has gone. Oh, and he was a cunt, as mentioned here previously. The worrying thing is that his “enthusiastic” policies are those of Blair, so it should be no suprise that Clark is currently not backing down on anything that Blunkett championed. See here: [http://www.guardian.co.uk/idcards/story/0,15642,1375758,00.html](http://www.guardian.co.uk/idcards/story/0,15642,1375758,00.html) Im thinking that Blair may be the real problem… not Blunkie Oh and c’mon the toon !! Sin ---
**Author:** ![tagos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@tagos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tagos)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2004, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-bye-blunkett/280059/62 "2004-12-17T10:55:06Z")
> [@amphibian](#): > > Damn smileys. > Um…who’s the alleged paedophile tory? Obviously can’t say - but he was moved to a nice, lucrative, un-elected post. ---
**Author:** ![tagos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@tagos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tagos)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2004, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-bye-blunkett/280059/63 "2004-12-17T10:56:43Z")
> [@owlstretchingtime](#): > > And you’re a charming young man yourself. > > As to your “point” about the economy; are you Rick from the Young Ones? Because other than him I really don’t know ANYONE who would agree with you. Right kids? > > I am plenty old enough (and mature enough - don’t worry you’ll get there in the end) to remember Britain pre Thacher - it was fucking vile. Are you old enough, or are you still at polyversity being indoctrinated with lefty cods? if you are old enough - do please tell me in what way the apparently pre-lapsarian world of 1978 was better than now (or pehaps more accurately 1997). We can share anecdotes about power cuts and Austin Allegros. > > And that rumour about jabba-the hut has been around for years. > > Also - feel free to pick up my typing errors - you see we didn’t learn how to type at Winchester, as it was, correctly, assumed that we would have some product of the wonderful labour-dominated state system to do it for us. However I think it would be a bit much to ask my PA to type up my SDMB posts - so I hunt and peck my way through all on my own - with pretty dreadfull typos abounding. GTFU moron. ---
**Author:** ![owlstretchingtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2004, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-bye-blunkett/280059/64 "2004-12-17T12:35:47Z")
> [@tagos](#): > > GTFU moron. That’s me told then. I’m almost too devastated to type, as I am now bereft of self esteem. But I will have a go… I really can’t improve on what **casdave** has said about the way that this government goes about implementing and managing change and policies. I know people who work in education (admin and teachers) and they would tell you almost the same thing, and the same applies across the board. In the private sector things are a little better but they still want to get their oily paws onto everything here too - with all their directives etc, and europe doesn’t help (and the kiddy fiddler tory has to take some of the blame here). So obviously I’m glad he’s gone but I’m not sure that Charles Clark is going to be much better. ---
**Author:** ![legion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/838e76/32.png) [@legion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/legion)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2004, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-bye-blunkett/280059/65 "2004-12-17T22:58:27Z")
Anyone see Have I Got News For You tonight? It was hosted by Ronnie Corbett and, predictabley, it made much of Blunketts resignation. For my money, Corbett came up with the best line saying : “Mr Blunkett has resigned in order to spend more time with someone elses family”. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-bye-blunkett/280059.md?page=3)