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184. President of Ukraine: Volodymyr Zelenskyy

At a time when the United States is threatening to withdraw from NATO, how can Europe maximise its power to deter Russia's threat? If Vladimir Putin were given the territory Donald Trump offered in hi... Continue

amid huge mental health implications of covid, there is a lot we can do to help ourselves and each other

I'm writing this on a train south from Manchester, having taken a train north with Fiona last night, to pre-record an interview this morning for tomorrow morning's BBC Breakfast show. Yes, Covid-19 k... Continue

1 September 2020

Part 4, covid rants, rAmbles and ruminations

My need to tidy up is kicking in again, so here goes with putting some of my published Covid rants, rambles and ruminations over the last few weeks into some kind of order. It should be easier than t... Continue

23 July 2020

RIP Jack Charlton … AND IF WE DON’T GET CROWDS BACK SOON, MY FAN-LESS MATCH TELLS ME IT COULD BE RIP FOOTBALL FOR MANY

Half way through writing this, the death of Jack Charlton was announced. A sad day for football, in England and Ireland especially, and the fact that it will dominate the news for much of the day, as... Continue

11 July 2020

Who would you rather have in charge of your life right now?

Klopp and Dyche? Or Johnson and Jenrick? Though there are occasionally some wonderful historical features on sport further into the paper, nobody would subscribe to The New European o... Continue

8 July 2020

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.