Minion Update

[drplokta]

First, all Minions are urged to resist the rebellion led by dalmeny, who appears to have some strange notion that Australia should be governed by Australians and not by a self-appointed global dictator living 10,000 miles away who has never been south of the equator.

Following drpete's suggestion of a Minion i/c Sekrit Police, michaelhoward has expressed an interest on my LJ. Sorry Michael, but davidblunkett has beaten you to it. Although if drpete wants it for himself, I might let him have it.

stillcarl is Minion i/c Hermits.
chance88088 is Minion i/c Kicking Margaret Atwood Every Time She Says She Doesn't Write Science Fiction.
frandowdsofa is additionally Minion i/c Eastercon, at least for the next three weeks.
rysmiel is additionally Minion i/c How To Spell "Delany".

I seem to have acquired my first non-human Minions.
galluskit is Minion i/c Purring, Being Fluffy, and General Cuteness.
therealsnufkin is Minion i/c The Fridge.
julian_tiger is Minion i/c Squirrels.

Comments

Minion i/c Sekrit Police

[davidblunkett.livejournal.com]

Given I have no recollection of issuing instructions to deal with the application, but only to continuing the elimination of the backlog in general, the easy thing would be to hide behind my officials. I will not do such a thing.

In no way is my office or any individual within the department to blame for what happened.

For 34 years, I have built my political career and earned the trust of the people I have served through being honest and truthful. Everything I have said in the last few weeks about this application I have believed to be true based on my own recollections and those of others despite the frenzy of allegations made in the media against me.

I want to thank the thousands of people who have contacted me over the last weeks with such supportive messages. I would also like to thank my ministerial and parliamentary colleagues.

Some people have called me arrogant over the last day or two and yes I am.

But I believe in making a difference to people's lives and in the 30 odd years I have been in formal politics I think I have contributed, along with colleagues, to changing the world and I'm going to carry on trying to do that.