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190. How the Media Still Misunderstands Trump (Tina Brown)

Why does Trump understand the media better than the media understands him? Are tech billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos more dangerous to journalism than Rupert Murdoch ever was? What did Tina ... Continue

Living Better in Lockdown ep 2: Maro Itoje and Ben Ainslie

30 June 2020

Interview

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Living Better in Lockdown ep 1: Kelly Holmes

26 June 2020

Interview

Posted by Alastair Campbell

7: Lockdown #7

We're back for another heavy week. This is an episode focussed on mental health, less politics, and we are still continuing the conversation around #blacklivesmatter.  Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See aca... Continue

19 June 2020

Podcast

Posted by Alastair Campbell

6: Lockdown #6

We took a week out last week to listen and learn and offer our platforms to the #blacklivesmatter movement. This week we're back and talking about BLM, the end of lockdown, and JK Rowling's comments a... Continue

12 June 2020

Podcast

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Jacinda or johnson? proper leader puts charlatan to shame

Below is the behind-a-paywall piece I wrote for the New Zealand Herald on their government's success in dealing with Covid, compared with the national catastrophe that has befallen their old colonial... Continue

11 June 2020

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Posted by Alastair Campbell

PART 7, ANALYSIS Tory MP letters re cummings – rees-mogg and david davis late contenders for major BULLSHIT, CRAWLING AND BAD GRAMMAR prizes!

Just when I was thinking, thank God for that, the flood has slowed to a trickle, and I can have a day free of reading badly-written, horribly punctuated, politically tone-deaf letters from Tory MPs t... Continue

9 June 2020

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Posted by Alastair Campbell

Covid rants, rambles and ruminations, part 3

First, I want to thank all those people - the well-meaning ones, not the bots with lots of numbers after their social media names asking if I have gone insane - who have asked me to take care of myse... Continue

6 June 2020

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Posted by Alastair Campbell

Part 6, tory mps letters re cummings … the badness starts at the top, and runs deep

Just a dozen today, including a repeat offender. Well, I say repeat in that I mentioned Adam Holloway in Part 2 of this venture, when his emailed response to a Gravesham constituent asking ... Continue

6 June 2020

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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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