So farewell David Blunkett <br />We knew you as a forthright man <br />With that Edwardian beard <br />Making you seem as if you <br />Were from another age of politics <br />In which principle not opinions counted <br />So farewell David Blunkett <br />England hopes to see your kind again <br />Of honest and defiant men.<br /><br />David Keig<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/farewell-david-blunkett/