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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

twenty tips for guarding against depression and anxiety in the era of self-isolation

Good morning fellow isolators … after last night’s announcement, it looks like we really are in it all together now.  I’ve pretty much been in self-isolation since Sport Relief eleven d... Continue

24 March 2020

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Posted by Alastair Campbell

Time for johnson to get serious about crisis management skills. my twenty check points for his briefing team

This is an updated piece of my column in this week's New European. Updated because I wrote it a few days ago, since when so much has happened. At the time Boris Johnson was still deciding whether to ... Continue

21 March 2020

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Posted by Alastair Campbell

Sport relief time folks – give generously in return for me knocking out Piers Morgan!!

Sport Relief time on Friday, and I’m sure any of you who watch Good Morning Britain on ITV will be looking forward to seeing me and Piers Morgan slug it out in what Tyson Fury’s promote... Continue

10 March 2020

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Posted by Alastair Campbell

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

4 February 2020

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Posted by Alastair Campbell

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

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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

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Posted by Alastair Campbell

Sad, but truth has to be told about People’s Vote crisis

Nobody would be happier than I if my time and energies were devoted to nothing but fighting the fight to get a second referendum, a task made more complicated by the election, but still not impossib... Continue

4 November 2019

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Posted by Alastair Campbell

As Johnson’s latest wheeze falls apart, my speech to French business on what is going on … spoiler alert JE NE SAIS PAS – ET LUI NON PLUS

I haven’t blogged for ages – twitter and telly so much easier!! – but as I am making a long speech today, I thought I would post it here. It is indeed long, though not Cummings-blog-length. Oh,... Continue

3 October 2019

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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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