FALLOUT FROM AFFAIR

David Blunkett has spoken of the emotional distress he suffered during the
fallout from his affair with Kimberly Quinn.
Mr Blunkett said he had trouble sleeping for weeks following a series of
revelations relating to his three-year affair with Mrs Quinn, the
44-year-old publisher of The Spectator.


He told the Guardian: "It was inevitably taking its toll on all of us who
were involved. I'm saying all of us, because I don't want anyone to think
that somehow exclusively I had a bad time.

"All those who were engaged in this tragedy, because it is a tragedy, were
equally affected. We all now need to pull round."



Mr Blunkett was forced to quit as Home Secretary in December when an inquiry
found he had given a false account of his involvement in a visa application
for Mrs Quinn's nanny.

He said of his resignation: "I faced the most enormous harassment for about
seven weeks.

"I felt very clearly that at that moment in time I couldn't do justice
either to my job as Home Secretary or to my task as a father and as an
individual, so it was in retrospect quite right to step down."

The Sheffield Brightside MP has been tipped for a swift return to frontline
politics after being appointed a key campaigner for Labour in the run-up to
the General Election, expected on May 5.




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