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463. Question Time: How Truth Became Optional In Trump’s America

How serious are Trump’s hints about serving a third term? Is the US sleepwalking into a civil war? And does the Labour Party really understand rural Britain?  Join Rory and Alastair as t... Continue

day after day, same questions, same answers … there is still time to get a grip, but not much

Another day, another terrific New European front page, the SIXTH since I went into self-isolation while Boris Johnson was still shaking hands in hospitals, encouraging people to go to the races in th... Continue

23 April 2020

Ten very good questions for today’s briefing

Though I am sorry he can't sleep, I am very happy if I helped inspire the blog posted this morning by former Welsh government minister Leighton Andrews. Like me, Leighton knows both sides of the gove... Continue

14 April 2020

my rants, rambles and ruminations on this wretched covid crisis so far

I'll be honest, this is partly just a bit of personal auditing, my tidy mind needing to keep track of what I have been writing over recent days and weeks of lockdown. It helps when I am writing to ke... Continue

13 April 2020

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Thank you for the music … in every language in the world

If you're not a regular reader of The Article, (I recommend it) you will have missed this, which I would say of the many many pieces I have written since lockdown, is my favourite ... It is time f... Continue

9 April 2020

How the queen, and an act of kindness by a stranger, have brought fond memories flooding back

A couple of weeks go, I wrote here setting out some tips for guarding against depression and anxiety. So far so good for me; indeed I am adapting to self-isolation perhaps too well! But I am aware ma... Continue

7 April 2020

taking stock of government handling of the crisis so far … time for someone to get a grip …

I always write a lot, but at the moment, I seem to be in an unstoppable overdrive. That, insomnia, and really weird dreams in the few hours that I do sleep, seem to be the main side effects of the Co... Continue

5 April 2020

Hard fact and detail beat rhetoric and SLOGAN EVERY TIME – 20 random observations on the crisis so far

If you've been here before, you will know this is not a new theme for me. But it is worth keeping going, not least for the message received from inside government yesterday, 'some of them are listeni... Continue

4 April 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.