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Alastair Campbell’s diary: The door that leads back to the EU is finally open. Now let’s walk through it

How fitting that new talk of joining again coincided with the 500th issue of The New World, originally founded to oppose Brexit... Continue

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... Continue

24 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... Continue

17 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... Continue

10 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... Continue

3 September 2025

Alastair Campbell’s diary: Does Trump deserve the Nobel?

His desperation to follow in Barack Obama’s footsteps deepens day by day, unsolved war by unsolved war... Continue

27 August 2025

Alastair Campbell’s diary: What cricket tells us about life

Americans may have Apple, Amazon and the lead in the AI race, but Donald Trump is killing their soft power... Continue

13 August 2025

Alastair Campbell’s diary: Trump isn’t World King, he’s a narcissist

The president's trip to Scotland proves there's a real harm in not holding his actions to account... Continue

4 August 2025

Alastair Campbell’s diary: My date with Ghislaine Maxwell

If you had said to me then she might end up attached to a powerful man, able to build and exploit connections wherever he found them, I could well have seen how it may happen... Continue

30 July 2025

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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.