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171. Neil Kinnock: A Labour Rebel’s Path To Power (Part 1)

Whilst an early career MP, why did Neil Kinnock rebel against the Labour Party so regularly? As Labour leader, how did Kinnock take on militant and the ‘ultra-left’ within the Labour Party? What r... Continue

Huge thanks to the BBC3 audience of mentally ill youngsters for re-igniting my passion

Oh my Lord, it is more than a month since I posted a blog, the morning after the Scottish independence referendum. That has to be the longest - yes, it definitely is the longest - I have ever gone wit... Continue

22 October 2014

Whatever the final result, the whole of UK politics has to wake up to some powerful lessons of Scotland

Whether it is YES or NO, one thing is certain - UK politics has changed forever as a result of this referendum. I will rephrase that - if UK politics does not change, does not wake up to some of the ... Continue

18 September 2014

Phone a friend with a vote – and urge a NO vote for the sake of Scotland and the UK

  Here is a piece on the separation referendum I have written for the Telegraph. I have it on the authority of Alex Salmond no less that I am Scottish. He told me so - indeed he insisted on it ... Continue

16 September 2014

May Robin Williams’ tragic end herald the start of new attitudes to depression

Though an inquest might provide some of the answers to questions people are asking today, the truth is that none of us will ever know, even if he left a note, what was going through Robin Williams'... Continue

12 August 2014

If Lineker can speak out against booze and gambling in sport, so can politicians. And they should

So he goes from the World Cup in Rio to the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, and next stop the Edinburgh TV Festival for Gary Lineker. Busy man. Lineker is my latest GQ interviewee, the magazine out th... Continue

4 August 2014

Poor Piers Morgan cannot bear to admit the truth about my sporting prowess

For two days in a row I have to rebut the heinous slurs of the right-wing media. Yesterday The Sun on Sunday on my work in Albania, today mon vieux ami-ennemi Piers Morgan in the aptly named Mail on S... Continue

13 July 2014

Albania, me and the Sun on Sunday – a little context via prebutttal

Not blogged for a while, as some of you have been reminding me. No, not depression, but working hard on my next book, about Winning and Winning Mindsets, travelling, interviewing, writing, and general... Continue

12 July 2014

Labour must expose Gove’s politicisation of education curriculum for what it is

First, I will declare an interest, in pointing out that my partner Fiona Millar is a founder of, and regular contributor to, the Local Schools Network, which exists to support and promote the many g... Continue

21 May 2014

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.