Tactical voting now the only way to stop the horror of a Johnson landslide
Below is the short speech I made on Friday to the Vote for a Final Say rally in London, which saw...
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Author: Alastair Campbell
Tactical voting – a template that could help Labour and Lib Dem voters unite in opposition to a big Johnson majority
If the polls, and my sense of the current mood, are right, Boris Johnson is on for a majority....
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Sad, but truth has to be told about People’s Vote crisis
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Alastair Campbell Diaries Volume 7
From Crash to Defeat
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Alastair Campbell
Caught in the no man’s land between being a key figure in Downing Street and the relative anonymity of the world outside politics, Alastair Campbell finds himself being torn in several directions as this latest volume of diaries opens. Having succeeded Tony Blair as Prime Minister, Gordon Brown wants Campbell at his side. Campbell resists, flooding his reservoir of guilt as a general election looms and Brown’s indecision and fluctuating moods suggest the Labour administration is seriously threatened by the Tory ‘posh boy’, David Cameron.
Soon Campbell is earning not only praise but big money from motivational speaking and writing novels which darkly reflect the mood swings that continue to concern both him and his family. Serious journalism across platforms old and new puts him back in the public eye and together with live appearances and a love of sport – his enduring love affair with Burnley Football Club still smoulders – sees him board a celebrity merry-go-round that often leaves him far from his comfort zone.
With politics constantly tugging his sleeve, he eventually returns to the front line to marshal a party in disarray. The intensity of the months leading up to 6 May 2010 is as dramatic as any screenplay, with Campbell chronicling Brown’s struggle to win over a disillusioned nation and then his dignified departure from the main stage. For Campbell, another chapter closes. So what next?
From Twitter
My piece for the special edition of @TheNewEuropean out today — Want 'none of the above'? Send a clear message by voting tactically, says Alastair Campbell | Latest Brexit news and top stories | The New European https://t.co/WOOltLa8IJ
Cable knows what's at stake this election
That it will take collective effort to block @Conservatives
He understands why @DawnWelsh5 @LibDems must vote @VotePhilWilson @UKLabour
Because only battle for #Sedgefield is a shared one against @BorisJohnson
https://t.co/QZAGw6L3dM
To fellow longstanding Conservative voters in South West Herts.
The fact that John Major, Michael Heseltine, Ken Clarke, Chris Patten, George Osborne, Amber Rudd and Rory Stewart have all endorsed me suggests that the Party we’ve all supported in the past no longer exists.
1 day to go. I can unseat Redwood in Wokingham if Labour and Green supporters lend me their votes and #VoteTactically.
It's so close.
If you're voting tactically in #GE2019, please retweet.
Together we can #StopBoris and build a #BrighterFuture.
