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Christmas comes early

Feeling a little uninspired, as a blogger? Is the moribund state of British politics sapping you of your pith and vinegar? Has your fire, as Paul Weller once asked of himself, really gone out?

Well, help is at hand. Rejoice, for the Baby Jesus has smiled on us once more:

Brand Republic: Blunkett boosts media profile by joining Sun as columnist

The Sun has snapped up disgraced former minister David Blunkett as a columnist, just weeks after his resignation as Work and Pensions Secretary.

The Sun has announced that Blunkett’s “forthright and outspoken views on life and politics” will be aired in a weekly column starting tomorrow and then every Thursday.

Every Thursday morning bloggers Left, Right and Centre can (finally) buy The Sunt with a clear conscience, make a nice cup of coffee, turn to their keyboards with a song in their heart and begin…

As Kelvin MacKenzie famously said to John Major: “I’ve got this big bucket of shit and I’m going to tip it all over your head.” I do hope you’ll join me.

(Hat tip: Tim Ireland)


Posted on November 30th, 2005 at 4:21pm under Uncategorized

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  1. Anonymous on 30.11.2005 at 17:01 Permalink | Reply

    Oh, Justin…it would simply be too easy doing over Blunkie every week: “In my last constituency surgery in Spearmint Rhino, Crystal asked me what the government was going to do about all these Movanian lap-dancers that are coming over here and stealing our jobs…”

    Presumably the Automatic Blunkett Generator will not be out of a job either.

    Game On!!

  2. Postman on 30.11.2005 at 17:25 Permalink | Reply

    Those awake early enough and of sufficiently strong constitution will also be able to enjoy(?) the Today program edited by the Ex Ex Minister before Christmas.

    Humphreys interviewed BY Blunkett ?

    What is next … Up all Night on Channel 5 ?

  3. Rachel on 30.11.2005 at 22:18 Permalink | Reply

    Ohhhhhhhhh, ‘kin DREAMY. o/

    Who’d a thunkett?

    I always said he was channelling Richard Littlejohn and – ta-da!

    Have not ben this gleeful since Courtney Love was allegedly up the duff by Alan Partridge, or since Rebekah lamped Grant Mitchell
    ( sorry, slebs and facts have carcrashed and morphed in my fevered imagination. As they so often do in the Snu.)

  4. Justin on 01.12.2005 at 10:45 Permalink | Reply

    It’s even better than I’d hoped

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