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What with Covid and Brexit, Burnley’s game being postponed at the weekend, and my local Lido now...
Read MorePosted by Alastair Campbell | Jan 6, 2021 | Articles |
What with Covid and Brexit, Burnley’s game being postponed at the weekend, and my local Lido now...
Read MorePosted by Alastair Campbell | Dec 28, 2020 | Articles |
This is one of my longer posts, dear reader. Not quite as long as Dominic Cummings’ blogs,...
Read MorePosted by Alastair Campbell | Nov 25, 2020 | Articles |
So Diego is dead, and that is really, really sad. Football is the greatest game on earth. And he...
Read MorePosted by Alastair Campbell | Nov 9, 2020 | Articles |
On such a wonderful day, as most of the world breathes a high sigh of relief that a very good man...
Read MorePosted by Alastair Campbell | Sep 27, 2020 | Articles |
Dear Paul, I know I am fairly low down the list of those from whom you are likely to take advice,...
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"If the face that Brexit Britain presents to the world today had been the face we had presented when going for the Games… no chance.
In less than a decade it feels like we have taken that Olympic spirit, the mood of London 2012, and created a Britain which represents the very opposite of all it represented, and felt like, at the time."
– Introduction, Alastair Campbell Diaries, Volume 8
It’s 2010 and Britain stands at a crossroads. After thirteen years in power, Labour find themselves out in the cold as David Cameron takes office – with a little help from the Liberal Democrats.
As the country begins its journey into austerity and, eventually, to Brexit, Alastair Campbell must grapple with his own future. The Blair–Brown years are over, with the stage set for a bitter leadership contest that will test loyalties and friendships to the limit. There are battles closer to home, too, with Campbell still torn between domestic and political life while his own and his family’s mental health come under increasing strain.
From the controversial Rose Garden speech, through the sunny optimism of the Olympics, to Cameron’s cavalier attitude to not one but two referendums, and culminating in the critical 2015 election, Volume 8 of Campbell’s acclaimed diaries is a must-read for anyone wondering how we got to where we are today – and how things might have been different.
Francis Maude Associates. How nice ... #sleaze #ffswakeupbritain
Revealed:
PM’s deputy chief of staff Simone Finn retained 35% ownership of company that advises foreign Governments after entering No 10
Clients of Francis Maude Associates include Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Kazakhstan
She denies conflict of interest
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/e6a65a00-9d51-11eb-a908-ec96e110073e?shareToken=462082e00ede7d65efe31564bf51c858
I’ve never seen a psychotic break depicted so incredibly. The acting from Denise Gough is astounding #TooClose
We are seeing the return of Tory sleaze.
Today, MPs can vote to uncover the truth, or they can vote to cover up cronyism.
The choice this Conservative government makes will tell us everything we need to know about them.