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Europe needs to get real on defence; Britain needs to get real on Europe

Below is the text of a speech I am making this evening to the Labour Movement for Europe, urging a change in approach by Labour, to be bolder in the terms of the "reset" that is promised, clearer in ... Continue

the good, the bad, the bullshit – how tory mps are dealing with complaints about cummings

Well, I asked for that … if you urge people to send letters to MPs, and keep me in touch with their replies, I shouldn’t be surprised then to get bombarded. So this post has been edited down from... Continue

30 May 2020

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Posted by Alastair Campbell

i take no lectures on anything from a tory minister: help for heroes is a different matter

This morning, I posted a series of satirical musical videos about the Johnson/Cummings scandal. In one, I wore a Guards tie and military medals, and impersonated (not as well as Matt Lucas) Boris Joh... Continue

28 May 2020

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Posted by Alastair Campbell

Why it took cummings’ rule breach to expose the full horror of the national catastrophe for which johnson and the most useless cabinet in history are responsible

‘Blind Ali’ – it sounds like me on my driving test after completing my course of lessons with the Barnard Castle School of Driving. In fact it is the twitter handle of someone called Ali Samson... Continue

27 May 2020

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Posted by Alastair Campbell

I know i was not alone in feeling sickened, and ashamed to be british, as cummings’ nodding dog spoke up for him

En route to the Serpentine with Fiona for a swim this morning, I was stopped in Hyde Park by someone who introduced himself as a civil servant. He worked for one of those ministers who had yesterday ... Continue

24 May 2020

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Posted by Alastair Campbell

covid delays my book on depression; but this crisis will herald more mental illness than ever

Today should have been a good day. Publication day. My book on depression. It is my sixteenth book, and it's always a nice moment when a new one pops up in bookstore windows, or lands on the doormats... Continue

12 May 2020

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Posted by Alastair Campbell

Lockdown rants, rambles and ruminations – part 2

It is almost three weeks since I curated my various blogs and articles in one single place, not least to help me keep tabs on what I was saying in a somewhat manic, over-productive phase, but also fo... Continue

3 May 2020

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Posted by Alastair Campbell

even in these days of so many deaths, one that has really shocked. rip jordan cox

A few years ago I got an email out of the blue from Karl Fitzpatrick, chief executive of Warrington Wolves. He had read my book, WINNERS AND HOW THEY SUCCEED, and he and the Wolves’ then coach, Aus... Continue

1 May 2020

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Posted by Alastair Campbell

No babytalk, no softballs, no homilies – today is a day for tough questions in grim times. journos need to step up. here are some ideas for questions

This is one of those rare days when I wish I was still a political editor, able to ask a question of Boris Johnson at this afternoon’s Downing Street briefing. Earlier today, in a piece for the ... Continue

30 April 2020

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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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