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David Blunkett

David Blunkett is right to bemoan the Tory leadership race but 'democracy is hostage to people’s willingness to participate in it', says reader.

'Democracy is hostage to people’s willingness to participate in it' - YP Letters Letters

'The Conservative leadership campaign, which will eventually end in a new Prime Minister, is, for all but a tiny handful, a spectator sport.'

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No answer to my ordeal on radio’s Any Questions? – David Blunkett Columnists

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Why lockdown must now end and freedoms return – David Blunkett Columnists

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