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539. Embezzlement, the Mandelson Texts, and Hasan Piker’s UK Ban

What does the SNP embezzlement case reveal about how scandal-ridden British politics is? Is the banning of prominent left-wing American commentators Hasan Piker and Cenk Uygur a sensible decision or a... Continue

Day 3, tory mps letters on cummings. my sense is media may have moved on, public have not. some vg replies, others truly awful … empathy bypass time

Here we go, round 3 of this highly revealing, deeply depressing analysis of Tory MPs, and their letters to constituents who complained about the Johnson/Cummings scandal. Depressing because it underl... Continue

1 June 2020

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Posted by Alastair Campbell

a lot more good ones today, but still lots of bad and bullshit: part 2, analysis tory mps’ letters re cummings

So here goes with Part 2 of the analysis of Tory MPs’ letters to the hundreds of thousands of people who have written in protest at the hypocritical and life-threatening Johnson/Cummings lockdown b... Continue

31 May 2020

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Posted by Alastair Campbell

On this, Matt Hancock, you really must apologise. Do it today

Before I turn to the latest, rather large batch of Tory MPs’ letters sent to me in response to my twitter campaign to find out how they are dealing with their constituents’ complaints about Domin... Continue

31 May 2020

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Posted by Alastair Campbell

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

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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