From: PUT_YER_TROUSERS_ON_YOUR_NICKED@HOTMAIL.COM   
      
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   > Of course he looks old. He is 75.   
   >   
   > Blunkett was a student of Crick's at Sheffield University.   
      
   I know   
      
      
    I don't   
   > think he was defending the actions that got Blunkett into trouble, but   
   > expressing sorrow that Blunkett had got himself into such a mess. At   
   > least that is what he said on Radio 4.   
      
   He was wriggling.   
      
      
   >   
   > Blunkett has had a very remarkable career   
      
   I know   
      
      
   , especially when you consider   
   > that he was born into poverty, was blind from birth, and lost his   
   > father at a young age when his father fell into a vat of boiling water   
   > in the workplace.   
      
   I know- how could I not know?   
      
   Gimme that violin one more time boy - can you play My Grandfather's Clock   
   while you're at it?   
      
      
   >   
   > He has made a few errors, from the point of view of a professional   
   > politician   
      
   He's become greedy and arrogant. Happens to the poor as well you know...   
      
   , but then again, how many of us are willing to run for   
   > political office, knowing that our every act will be scrutinized.   
      
   Plenty- he loves politics and power. His friends all say that.   
      
      
   >   
   > Thatcherite? Are you sure?   
   >   
      
   sixty grand in a month undeclared? Executive directorships on companies that   
   are bidding for contracts with his ministry? It ain't socialism buddy...   
      
   ROBBIE   
      
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