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Dec 2023

My eulogy to Glenys Kinnock: a great woman, a true friend

A sad day; and a sad week for the Labour family. On Tuesday, Tony Blair led the tributes at the memorial for Alan Haworth and Maggie Rae, who both died recently, within a few weeks of each other.... Continue

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Jul 2023

Mental health seemed to have been largely forgotten again in all the NHS celebrations. Time to refight a fight we thought was being won

So on the 75th anniversary of the founding of the NHS, what better way to spend it than by being part of a graduation ceremony in which several hundred medical students won the right to put the lette... Continue

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Posted by Alastair Campbell

11

May 2023

SPEECH TONIGHT: ‘What one generation does, the next can undo’

I am making a speech this evening, in memory of Julian Priestley, a lovely man who served as general secretary of the European Parliament from 1997-2007, and who sadly died aged just 66, in 2016. The... Continue

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Posted by Alastair Campbell

9

May 2023

Love life, love languages; love languages , love life! We need to up our game in oracy and foreign language learning

I am speaking today at a conference in London, on the importance of learning foreign languages. It might seem a bit of a niche issue, but I believe it is central, and all too neglected in English spe... Continue

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Posted by Alastair Campbell

3

Feb 2023

BUT WHAT CAN I DO? – Trying to answer the question so many are asking

Book Number 18 is on its way. Number 17, Living Better, has been moved to the books section of the website, and 'BUT WHAT CAN I DO?' is now here on the front page ... and though I say so myself, ... Continue

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Posted by Alastair Campbell

7

Dec 2022

Mental health: feels like one step forward, two steps back. My speech in Glasgow this evening

This evening I am at Glasgow University making a speech about mental health at the invitation of the Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow. I have posted the speech below, and as you will see I have... Continue

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Posted by Alastair Campbell

17

Oct 2022

“Liz Truss laughed at me as she sacked me … and sold our 2.2million veterans down the river” – Johnny Mercer

Liz Truss laughed at Tory MP Johnny Mercer as she went back on the word she had given to him during the leadership election that veterans’ affairs would not be downgraded under her government, the ... Continue

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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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