'I Did Try to Convince Him That I Was Tall and Blonde'; How a Glamorous American Publisher Ended Up with the Home Secretary
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THEIRS is an unlikely liaison, from a superficial perspective: she is a glamorous 42-year-old American who publishes a right-wing magazine; he is a 57-year old Labour cabinet minister who is widely admired for overcoming the handicap of blindness, but would not be widely regarded as one of the world's most desirable bachelors.
Probe beneath the surface, though, and the overlap in their personal and political philosophies becomes clearer: Kimberly Fortier is a self-confessed Democrat who once said she would vote Labour if she could, and David Blunkett is seen by most commentators as a leading Blairite, well to the right in the New Labour movement.See the full content of this document
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'I Did Try to Convince Him That I Was Tall and Blonde'; How a Glamorous American Publisher Ended Up with the Home Secretary
So who is the woman that the home secretary turns to for love and affection, even if it has had to be in private?
Ms Fortier is a brunette who painted an indelible picture of herself in Mr Blunkett's mind. When quizzed by a journalist on how she m...See the full content of this document
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