Rt. Hon Lord David Blunkett

Conversations on Character

Episode five of Conversations on Character's second series welcomes former Home Secretary and Secretary of State for both the Departments of Work and Pensions and Education, the Rt. Hon Lord David Blunkett of Brightside and Hillsborough.

Still one of the UK most prominent parliamentarians, Lord Blunkett is now a Life Peer, President of the Association for Citizenship Teaching, and a Patron of National Citizens Service (NCS) among many other roles. With host Dr. Tom Harrison, he discusses his time in politics over the last four decades, the meaning of character in public life, his reflections on how to inspire young people into social action and who for him best personifies the virtue of courage.