Another Sunday, with several Sunday Newspapers shamelessly copying the News of the World's "story" contained in their serialisation of the former Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Lord Stevens' autobiography.
Liar Blunkett tried to stab me in the back
The Sunday Times, the Observer and the Independent on Sunday just clone the same "juicy" quotes where Lord Stevens criticises the disgraced ex-Home Secretary David Blunkett for having an "anti-police attitude", in contrast with his predecessors the NuLabour Jack Straw and the Tory Michael Howard, both of who also managed to cock up relations with the Police, the Judiciary, the Prison staff etc., but not, presumably as much as David Blunkett did.
Lord Stevens , who is by no means above criticism himself, does appear to be justifiably peeved by the media briefings after the September 11th 2001 attacks:
"There were only three people in that office - myself, the Home Secretary and his dog. And it didn't come from the dog."
The Sunday Telegraph, which originally broke the immigration visa scandal story (as opposed to the News of the World's claim that it broke the scandal about Blunkett's adulterous affair) which led to the resignation of David Blunkett, where he appeared to have nearly got away with an almost criminal misuse of his official position, for the benefit people embroiled in his scandalous private life, has an even more worrying twist to their report, repeating the claims that Tony Blair is set to bring back David Blunkett as Home Secretary in a Cabinet re-shuffle before Christmas.
One would have thought that the NuLabour Politburo would be reacting to this sort of media spin in the same wway that the Soviet one did after the death of Stalin, when his secret police chief Beria appeared to be holding the reigns of power, and that they would summon up enough collective courage to ensure that, above all, Blunkett could never be allowed to return as Home Secretary.
Are Sir John Stevens' comments meant to help to drive stake through the undead flesh of Blunkett's political anbitions for power ?
Or is this all just Blunkett inspired media spin, to keep his wreteched name in the media every week, come what may ?
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