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The weird virus infecting Labour debate

My partner Fiona has a piece in The Guardian today pointing out not merely how much the last Labour government achieved in education, but also how absurd it is for someone like Zarah Sultana, a newly... Continue

Tactical voting now the only way to stop the horror of a Johnson landslide

Below is the short speech I made on Friday to the Vote for a Final Say rally in London, which saw John Major, Tony Blair and Michael Heseltine share a platform to warn of the dangers for the country i... Continue

8 December 2019

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Tactical voting – a template that could help Labour and Lib Dem voters unite in opposition to a big Johnson majority

If the polls, and my sense of the current mood, are right, Boris Johnson is on for a majority. Nothing like the majorities we won for Labour when I was working with Tony Blair, but enough for him to c... Continue

3 December 2019

Posted by Alastair Campbell

‘Podcast community’ – maybe there is more to it than I thought

Many thanks for the kind messages about the podcast I launched a few weeks ago with my daughter Grace, Football, Feminism and Everything In Between. We have been very lucky in the guests so far - Ed ... Continue

24 June 2019

Posted by Alastair Campbell

DEMOCRATIC OBSCENITY – 0.25PERCENT OF THE UK, 81PERCENT OF WHOM DID NOT VOTE TORY, DECIDE OUR NEXT PM

I shall be returning to the theme in my next column for The New European, because I am determined that the stats in the headline become known by one and all as Boris Johnson lies his way to the Premi... Continue

9 June 2019

Posted by Alastair Campbell

I AM NOT SPARTACUS. I AM LABOUR, AND TRYING TO GET A PEOPLE’S VOTE

Well, I didn’t see that coming, neither the expulsion, nor the reaction there has been. It was certainly, as one of several Labour HQ staff members who contacted me in solidarity pointed out... Continue

29 May 2019

Posted by Alastair Campbell

The unleadership of the past three years has taken us to the first ever uncampaign

Having just watched Jeremy Corbyn on the Andrew Marr programme, I thought I would post my column in this week's New European. So if you have already read it, apologies for wasting a few seconds gettin... Continue

19 May 2019

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Humiliation for May and the UK; hope that the momentum to a People’s Vote is unstoppable

Here is the full text of an article I have done for The Guardian, on yesterday's EU Summit and what it means going forward. Yesterday was a day of humiliation for the UK, but also a day of hope. It ... Continue

11 April 2019

Posted by Alastair Campbell

May has handed real power to Corbyn. He can use it to cement no deal, win the long extension we need, and secure a referendum

- a piece I have written for the Daily Telegraph this morning, many of whose readers will have spluttered over their full English on the news that Theresa May is now relying on Jeremy Corbyn to dig ... Continue

3 April 2019

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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