Tendance Coatesy

“David Blunkett and Patriotic Friend.”

Good News always comes doubly: Blunkett looks set to return to Cabinet as Mandy wrecks Miliband’s leadership bid (Mail on Sunday).

Tendance Coatesy has had its differences, with former Home Secretary, and all round good-natured, working-class, Sheffield-lad-made-extremely-good, David Blunkett.

Hence the threatening letter which comrade Blunkett sent us, menacing legal proceedings were it suggested that the Man brimming with Blunt Commonsense had spoken utter reactionary gibberish at some public meeting (details lost in the mists of time).  True it’s value has depreciated over the years as many (how many? we shall never total them all) similar communications have been sent out to all who cross the Man of the People, Mr David Blunkett.

Some may ask, rudely, why a laughing-stock, a grasping right-wing pillock, and an enemy of all progressive humanity, should be sought, or be seeking, a position, under Gordon Brown. Ian Bone may have made, in impolite terms, suggestions about the ex-Secretary of State for Work and Pension’s alleged weakness for pecuniary reward, and asked why he was such as “fecking greedy bastard”. Others point to his toadying to right-wing toffs, and his own private welfare-state. Then there is his overweening dippy vanity.  Is this the man for the job of getting Gordon re-elected, and dealing with approaching State bankruptcy?

Frankly, do we need to pose such questions?

We at the Tendance are rolling up our sleeves  and learning to love Peter. David, though a hard-case, will make good our word of law.