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被視為英國首相貝理雅盟友的內政大臣白文傑宣布辭職。他被指以權謀私，又在自傳中批評官員，均遭非議。
白文傑承認他所管轄的內政部，的確為他前情人的褓母加快辦理了簽證。Zf $/N
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Born in Sheffield, he grew up in poverty after his father was killed in an industrial accident.0
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Blind since birth, and educated at schools for the blind in Sheffield and Shrewsbury, his chances in life seemed limited. Indeed, he was apparently told at school that one of his few options in life was to become a lathe operator. Nevertheless he won a place at the University of Sheffield, and went on to enter local politics immediately on graduation.d:.w
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Blunkett became the youngest-ever councillor on Sheffield City Council at the age of 22. He became well-known as a left-wing figure whilst serving for 7 years as the council's leader during the 1980s, and was elected to the Labour Party's National Executive Committee.|;It
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At the 1987 general election he was elected MP for Sheffield Brightside. He became a party spokesman on local government, joined the shadow cabinet in 1992 as Shadow Health Secretary, and became Shadow Education Secretary in 1994. Combining reforming zeal with social conservatism, he became a favourite of new party leader Tony Blair.xJL
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As Education SecretaryPS
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After Labour's landslide victory in the 1997 general election, he became the UK's first blind cabinet minister as Secretary of State for Education and Employment. The Education Secretary was a vital one in a government whose Prime Minister had in 1996 described his priorities as "education, education, education", and which had made reductions in school class sizes a key pledge. In the event it was higher education that proved to be the most controversial issue for Blunkett, as he moved towards the imposition of tuition fees at public universities which had traditionally been free.[sTiV
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At the start of the Labour government's second term in 2001, Blunkett was promoted to become Home Secretary, a long-term ambition of his.%Fyxh
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Appearing to be tough on immigration and asylum was a central issue for Blunkett during his time at the Home Office. In December 2001 he controversially called for immigrants to develop a greater "sense of belonging" to Britain. In April 2002 he proposed new powers to crack down on illegal immigration and unfounded claims for political asylum.n1l}
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Another controversial area for Blunkett was civil liberties (which he famously described as "airy fairy"[1]
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/special_report/1999/02/99/e-cyclopedia/1666371.stm)); as Education Secretary he had repeatedly expressed the intention that, were he to become Home Secretary, he would make the then-incumbent Jack Straw, who had been criticised for being somewhat hard-line, seem overly liberal.b
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In 2003 he announced an extension of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (RIP) Act which critics condemned as a "snoopers' charter". His Criminal Justice Act 2003 reduced legal safeguards such as the right to trial by jury and double jeopardy rules. He also attempted to introduce compulsory national identity cards (initially called "entitlement cards", though this euphemism was later dropped).|M&8
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These measures earnt him the nickname Big Blunkett[2] (http://big-blunkett.blogspot.com/), a reference to the Orwellian concept of Big Brother.f
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During his time as Home Secretary, Blunkett had a relationship with Kimberly Fortier, the American-born publisher of The Spectator. This relationship ended non-amicably in August 2004, with Fortier choosing to return to her husband, Stephen Quinn; Fortier has since reverted to her married name of Quinn.z,55>
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At the end of November 2004, it was alleged that Blunkett abused his position to assist his ex-lover's Filipina nanny, Leoncia "Luz" Casalme, speeding up ('fast-tracking') her residence visa application and later using his influence to ensure that she successfully obtained an Austrian tourist visa.An investigation into these allegations was launched, led by Sir Alan Budd. Shortly before Budd was due to report his findings, an email emerged confirming the visa application had been fast-tracked. Though Blunkett still denied any wrong-doing, he resigned as Home Secretary on 15 December 2004, saying that questions about his honesty were damaging the government.9
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Blunkett's situation was not helped by a series of stinging critcisms of his Cabinet colleagues, made by Blunkett to his biographer, which became public days before he resigned. His increasingly high-profile paternity battle (see Private life) was also believed by many to be harming his position.:
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Blunkett's guide dogs — Teddy, Offa, Lucy, and most recently Sadie — have become familiar characters at Westminster, inspiring occasional witty comments from Blunkett and his fellow MPs on both sides of the house. In one memorable incident, Lucy vomited in Parliament during a speech by opposition member David Willetts. However, Blunkett's blindness does not generally arouse much comment.b4E?
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Blunkett divorced his wife, by whom he had three sons, in 1990. He also believes that he is the father of former lover Kimberly Quinn's son William (born 2002) and the baby she is expecting in January 2005. Mrs Quinn denies this, claiming that both children are her husband's. In late 2004, Blunkett began a legal challenge to gain access to William, more of which is covered in the David Blunkett Story section of the Fathers' rights movement in the UK article. |
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