David Blunkett

I have always been honest about my recollection of events. ”

I have built my reputation on honesty, I have sometimes been too honest. ”

I have never tried to fiddle my role as leader of the city of Sheffield, as an MP or as a minister. ”

Being an MP is not a desperately hard life, like going down the pit or working in the steelworks - with which I am all too familiar, having been brought up in the city of Sheffield; and it certainly isn't badly paid compared with any of my constituents. ”

Despite being in public life, I value my own privacy immensely and would be as concerned as anyone else if I thought my mobile phone records could be easily available to officials across government. ”

I love the walk although my security team weren't too sure to begin with but I was anxious to be able to lead a near normal life. Whilst walking I do get the chance to meet people and keep in touch. ”

Parents don't believe that lifting life-chances in one school means reducing them in another. ”

Throughout my political life, I've not been a stranger to controversy. ”

I did not in late November start the plethora of linking my private life with public events again. ”

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. ”