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Charles Kennedy Memorial Lecture – on friendship, mental health, addiction (and what he would have made of the Brexit fiasco)

When I agreed to do this event, I was determined – and I think Lesley was keen – that I did not dwell too long on Brexit. And fear not, the bulk of what I talk about will be Charles. But how to ta... Continue

It’s my book and I’ll plug if I want to (…at least until the alcohol crisis subsides)

We were up in Scotland for Christmas, internet connection suitably weak, cycling conditions wet but beautiful, mental health conditions the usual end of old year/start of new up and down, so I laid of... Continue

3 January 2014

Posted by Alastair Campbell

My night in a ‘brothel’, and a warning for my friends at Twitter

Out last night to one of the most extraordinary venues I have ever spoken at. A club in Soho which - not that I have ever knowingly been in a Paris brothel - felt like, well, a Paris brothel. It was... Continue

8 November 2013

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Another day, another TV programme showing the dreadful damage alcohol does to Britain

Make sure you watch Channel 4 at 9pm tonight, and see how the wonderful people who work for our ambulance services are drowning in a sea of alcohol. Like Tommy Lemon, who lays to rest the myth that '... Continue

14 October 2013

Posted by Alastair Campbell

On women and booze, and why more and more women are getting more and more worried

When I made a documentary on alcoholism for the BBC a couple of years ago, one of the first people to get in touch was Lucy Rocca who, together with a friend, had set up an online self-help group for ... Continue

13 October 2013

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Time to Change gathering momentum – big new names signing up on World Mental Health Day

Every day seems to be something or other day, but when my 'top tweet' is from the United Nations no less, telling me today is 'World Mental Health Day,' I reckon it matters more than most. As an amba... Continue

10 October 2013

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Asda, Tesco, Amazon show we are still in the dark ages re mental illness stereotyping

With apologies to Angela Merkel - I had intended to keep my praise of her as lead blog over the weekend - I feel I have to say something about the current furore raging about the 'mental patient Hallo... Continue

26 September 2013

Posted by Alastair Campbell

One terrific speech does not change the weather overnight – the whole Party must now raise its game to beat these oh-so-beatable Tories

Barack Obama's strategist David Axelrod once said that political conventional wisdom is almost always wrong and we have had a good example of that in Britain recently. Over the summer the convention... Continue

25 September 2013

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Memo to Labour – energy, fight, future policy, stand up for Labour record, Britain, NHS, immigration too, and demolish worst govt in memory

Having been in hospital from Monday to Thursday I watched more TV news than usual this week, and spotted a trend, one which is useful to Labour as the party conference begins. It is that the Tory Go... Continue

21 September 2013

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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