How a Brexit breakfast vote and a Brixton Prison trip restored my sense of hope
As we slide one more week closer to the calamity that Brexit will bring, two memorable meetings stand out for me from the past few days. The first, of which more later, was on Monday evening inside Br... Continue2 March 2017
Posted by Alastair Campbell
10 February 2017
Posted by Alastair Campbell
If you can’t swear properly in the fucking Guardian about mental health, where the fuck can you?
So, first of all, many thanks to The Guardian, who have once more allowed me a platform to argue the basic case that we are light year away from parity between mental and physical health. Here is the ... Continue18 January 2017
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Brexit increasingly means shambles, and one which prevents NHS shambles being sorted too
It seems that tomorrow Theresa May intends to say once more that mental health is a priority of hers. She said the same on the day she became Prime Minister. So I wish she could have been at the Roya... Continue8 January 2017
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What Trump, Brexit and the rise of populism say about politics and media now and in the future
Yesterday I made a speech to a conference organised by Fremantle Media, the independent production company that has given us such delights – depending on your taste – as Pop Idol, The Price is Rig... Continue8 December 2016
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An essay on the poison to our national life that is Paul Dacre’s Daily Mail
Some of you may know I do a monthly interview for GQ magazine. This month's, out this week, features Nicola Adams. But last month the editor asked me to take a different tack and use my usual space ... Continue7 November 2016
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Another day, another important mental health campaign – #StopTheCharge and end a scandal
Yesterday was World Mental Health Day, and I spoke about stigma - again - at the Leeds Community Foundation where the signs of change coming were all around. The city council's brilliant CEO Tom Rior... Continue11 October 2016
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What’s not to like? A free copy of my new diaries for every new subscriber to the New European…
I have a new book out next week and have found a new way of getting extra copies out there (good for me, good for the publisher) in a way that helps a good media/political cause (good for the world no... Continue29 September 2016
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Corbyn has won, the fundamentals are unchanged, non-Corbyn PLP must fill policy vacuum
Ok first things first. WHOOSH BREAKING NEWS ... Jeremy Corbyn has won and probably by a considerable margin. In the hope some of the broadcasters read this - thanks for your interest in my views but ... Continue24 September 2016
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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.