Tag: Neil Kinnock
Twenty ANNIVERSARY EVENTS THAT CONFIRM JOHNSON’S CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE on covid
by Alastair Campbell | Mar 13, 2021 | Articles | 2 |
A year ago today, the World Health Organisation declared that Europe was now the epicentre of the...
Read MoreRemembering Charles Kennedy – we could do with more like him today!
by Alastair Campbell | Feb 24, 2021 | Articles | 0 |
BBC ALBA broadcast a fine one hour documentary last night, about the late lamented Charles...
Read Morewhy johnson will appoint paul dacre to head ofcom
by Alastair Campbell | Feb 12, 2021 | Articles | 0 |
My column in this week’s New European ponders the question why the media gives Boris Johnson...
Read MoreHow dare Jordan North threaten the one title i am proud of?
by Alastair Campbell | Feb 10, 2021 | Articles | 0 |
If you’re not interested in football, or more specifically football fandom, look away now,...
Read MoreCelebrate – a longform news and comment site being crossed with a book club
by Alastair Campbell | Jan 6, 2021 | Articles | 0 |
What with Covid and Brexit, Burnley’s game being postponed at the weekend, and my local Lido now...
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My Latest Book

Alastair Campbell Diaries
Volume 8
by
Alastair Campbell
"If the face that Brexit Britain presents to the world today had been the face we had presented when going for the Games… no chance.
In less than a decade it feels like we have taken that Olympic spirit, the mood of London 2012, and created a Britain which represents the very opposite of all it represented, and felt like, at the time."
– Introduction, Alastair Campbell Diaries, Volume 8
It’s 2010 and Britain stands at a crossroads. After thirteen years in power, Labour find themselves out in the cold as David Cameron takes office – with a little help from the Liberal Democrats.
As the country begins its journey into austerity and, eventually, to Brexit, Alastair Campbell must grapple with his own future. The Blair–Brown years are over, with the stage set for a bitter leadership contest that will test loyalties and friendships to the limit. There are battles closer to home, too, with Campbell still torn between domestic and political life while his own and his family’s mental health come under increasing strain.
From the controversial Rose Garden speech, through the sunny optimism of the Olympics, to Cameron’s cavalier attitude to not one but two referendums, and culminating in the critical 2015 election, Volume 8 of Campbell’s acclaimed diaries is a must-read for anyone wondering how we got to where we are today – and how things might have been different.
From Twitter
My Paparazzi style chase of @schooltruth in full post-lido regalia ... I did 25 mins she did 20 today ... temp into double figures (10degs) for first time since Re-opening
Not that NO10 will admit it until after the PMs Indian trip, but the new Indian #coronavirus mutation is far more dangerous then publicised. Indian citizens who have had x2 #vaccine jabs are still contracting the variant!. More death coming due to @BorisJohnson!
The return of sleaze: @robertshrimsley on lax practices and a disregard for the rules in Johnson’s government, with a cavalier Cameron in the wings https://www.ft.com/content/4362e62f-00fc-4cd9-a20b-9134bc2f0699 via @financialtimes
Well considering all the restrictions that was quite a funeral. Fabulous music. Good to hear Flowers of the Forest played so well on the pipes. Tree of the Day the one closest to the chapel pic 2. Hope the Queen feeling a little easier now. Cannot have been easy on so many levels