UK News 07-12-2004 I`m Only Human who: Home Secretary David Blunkett what: Apologises to fellow Cabinet ministers over comments in biography as visa scandal drags on where: LONDON when: Yesterday snippet: "David Blunkett was forced yesterday to make a series of embarrassing apologies to fellow Cabinet ministers after claiming many of them were not up to the job," says The Telegraph. "His decision to eat humble pie was an indication of how vulnerable his position has become as he battles to save his political career." "In an interview for a new biography of him, Mr Blunkett laid bare his misgivings about his cabinet colleagues, including Tony Blair and Gordon Brown," says The Independent. "Although his remarks were made almost a year ago, their publication came at the worst possible moment." "Mr Blunkett, under growing pressure over allegations that his relationship with Kimberly Quinn led him to misuse his ministerial office, yesterday struggled to shrug off the scandal," says The Scotsman, "dismissing reporters` questions as `tittle-tattle`." "All of us in our lives have to rely on the support and wellbeing of others. Sometimes we make mistakes," the home secretary says, quoted in The Sun. "So actually understanding the way we pick up the pieces and work together to build a better world is in no way to actually undermine the fact that politicians are just as human as anybody else." [... more]

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