10. Bad politics, local elections, and toxic debates

Rory Stewart and Alastair Campbell work out a plan for improving the quality of debate in Westminster. They also wonder what it would take for the electorate to dump Boris Johnson from power.... Continue

4 May 2022

Posted by Alastair Campbell

9. Biggest snakes, Basic Instinct, and meeting Miley

Defeating populism, the way to win a leadership contest, and Boris Johnson meeting Miley Cyrus.Join Alastair and Rory from Scotland in our first ever live episode - it's certainly not one to ... Continue

27 April 2022

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Tony Blair's Coat

Special branch blast from the past – now help me settle an argument with Cherie about a coat! 

In an early episode of The Rest Is Politics, my new podcast with Rory Stewart, I told the story of an argument I had with Tony and Cherie Blair, about a coat. It was a row which escalated sufficient ... Continue

20 April 2022

Posted by Alastair Campbell

8. Rwanda, Religion and the Return of Trump

Join Alastair and Rory for this week's pod, where they discuss Patel's plans to send refugees to Rwanda from Britain, the role of religion in politics, and the mysterious ideologue that some ... Continue

20 April 2022

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Archbishop of Canterbury vs Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson – bad man, liar, crook. Justin Welby – good man, thoughtful, humane. So no prizes for guessing who the Tories and their rags are backing

Boris Johnson is a proven liar and a proven criminal, who broke his own laws, and continues to insist this is compatible with remaining as Prime Minister. The Archbishop of Canterbury is not a proven... Continue

18 April 2022

Posted by Alastair Campbell

7. Partygate fines, political partners, and voting at 15?

In today's pod Alastair and Rory discuss the police fines that Johnson and Sunak have received for their roles in Partygate, the current political situation in both France and Pakistan, and t... Continue

13 April 2022

Posted by Alastair Campbell

The party is over

They broke their own emergency laws. They lied. Repeatedly. They trashed the ministerial code. If Tory MPs prop up these lying charlatans now, the whole lot deserve to be swept away

Here is the piece I banged out quickly for The New European on the back of the breaking news about the criminals in Number 10 and Number 11 .... Right, let’s have the four by-elections on the sa... Continue

12 April 2022

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Collage from Cote d' Ivoire

When you fall in love with a country … Côte d’Ivoire a very special place …

If you follow me on social media, you will know I have spent recent days falling in love with a country I had never visited before, Côte d’Ivoire. Hot without being unbearably so; warm, friendly p... Continue

9 April 2022

Posted by Alastair Campbell

6. Globalism, Scottish Nationalism, and Rory’s new job

Could this be the final ever episode of The Rest Is Politics after Rory's revelation last Friday, 1st April? Hopefully not! After more terrible news from Ukraine and some countries refusing t... Continue

6 April 2022

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Alastair Campbell is a writer, communicator and strategist best known for his role as former British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s spokesman, press secretary and director of communications and strategy. Still active in politics and campaigns in Britain and overseas, he now splits his time between writing, speaking, broadcasting, charities and consultancy.

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