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Alastair Campbell’s diary: Trump’s dark legacy – the world now sees America as worse than China

MAGA has made the land of the free more of a global danger than a repressive surveillance state that spies, steals and kills... Continue

Alastair Campbell’s Diary: My election diary, week one

Is someone in the prime minister’s team deliberately trying to derail his campaign from within?... Continue

29 May 2024

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Alastair Campbell’s Diary: One school’s lesson in hope

It would take a lot more than a change in government to turn around the lives of some of the pupils at The Heath – but it would be a start... Continue

22 May 2024

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Alastair Campbell’s Diary: Britain’s mental health crisis is real – but Sunak doesn’t care

The prime minister's 'sicknote culture' wrongly blames the mentally ill for the country's economic problems... Continue

15 May 2024

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Alastair Campbell’s Diary: Mitsotakis’s lessons for Sunak

Unlike our PM, the Greek leader listens to questions and actually answers them... Continue

8 May 2024

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Alastair Campbell’s Diary: Britain is better with the NHS

Much of criticism the NHS receives is given by the ministers who helped create its problems... Continue

1 May 2024

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Alastair Campbell’s Diary: Sunak’s sick note moral mission is nothing of the sort

Targeting ill and disabled people is a desperate move from the prime minister. Sick, you might say... Continue

24 April 2024

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Alastair Campbell’s Diary: The Mail is hiding scandals of its own

The paper’s attacks on Angela Rayner reek of hypocrisy and double standards... Continue

17 April 2024

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Alastair Campbell’s Diary: Brexiteers’ Singapore-on-Thames promise was a con

Deceitful Brexiters always knew that a post-Brexit Britain and Singapore would be deeply incompatible... Continue

10 April 2024

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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.