Alastair Campbell’s diary: Elon Musk’s role in funding fascism
What Musk calls free speech, I call the promotion of fascism. The Tesla CEO needs to leave our politics alone... Continue-
5 November 2025
Alastair Campbell’s diary: Dear young Republicans, JD Vance is no role model
Students in the US believe the UK has a free speech problem and the vice president is spinning this myth as a reality... Continue22 October 2025
Alastair Campbell’s diary: Why Trump should never be given the Nobel peace prize
Peace is not just about bombs falling silent, but the humanity that goes into maintaining it... Continue15 October 2025
Alastair Campbell’s diary: How to spot the charlatans
Moisés Naím’s new book unpacks how these snake-oil shysters deceive the public... Continue8 October 2025
Alastair Campbell’s diary: Don’t take Curtis Yarvin seriously
Yarvin believes liberal democracy has failed and that monarchy should replace it. He just has absolutely no idea how to achieve this... Continue1 October 2025
Alastair Campbell’s diary: Smash the populists, Keir
The prime minister needs to set out the path to a much better Britain than the one we have, before Nigel Farage does it for him... Continue24 September 2025
Alastair Campbell’s diary: Where Starmer went wrong with the Mandelson debacle
Politics is as much about relationships and an understanding of human nature as it is about policy and legislation. The PM must learn this before it’s too late... Continue17 September 2025
Alastair Campbell’s diary: When I unpacked the Putin papers
Today, the west sees Putin as a bloodthirsty dictator hellbent on destroying peace democracy in Europe. 25 years ago, the picture was very different... Continue10 September 2025
Alastair Campbell’s diary: How Trump lost the moral high ground to China
Right now, Xi Jinping is letting Trump do all the soft power heavy lifting for him... Continue3 September 2025