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If you can’t swear properly in the fucking Guardian about mental health, where the fuck can you?

So, first of all, many thanks to The Guardian, who have once more allowed me a platform to argue the basic case that we are light year away from parity between mental and physical health. Here is the ... Continue

If Fifa were a country, it would not look like Britain

Here is the piece I have done for today's Daily Telegraph on the fallout from the Fifa decision to hand the 2018 and 2022 World Cups to Russia and Qatar. The Telegraph headline is 'If Fifa were a coun... Continue

4 December 2010

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Clegg the real loser in the proximity of Royal wedding to big vote

At Glasgow airport yesterday, I got chatting to a woman working in one of the bookshops who wondered how I thought the proximity of the Royal Wedding so close to elections would play out. Not entirely... Continue

25 November 2010

Posted by Alastair Campbell

No wonder Cameron’s smiling. Broken pledges can be buried beneath Royal news

With Royal weddings top of the news agenda, it won't be too long (in historical terms) before Royal babies come along ... which brings me neatly to the subject of midwives, which brings me swiftly to ... Continue

17 November 2010

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.