Alastair Campbell

London

Writer, communicator, consultant, strategist, mental health campaigner. Does podcast The Rest is Politics with ex Tory minister Rory Stewart.

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Articles

137. Jacinda Ardern: Why I Stepped Down as Prime Minister of New Zealand

6 days ago | alastaircampbell.org | Alastair Campbell

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136. Ed Miliband: Farage, Starmer and The Fight for Net Zero (Part 2)

1 week ago | alastaircampbell.org | Alastair Campbell

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409. Question Time: Trump's Golden Dome, Gaza's Global Outcry and Starmer's Prison Gamble

1 week ago | alastaircampbell.org | Alastair Campbell

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Alastair Campbell's diary: The corrupt state desperate for EU membership

1 week ago | theneweuropean.co.uk | Alastair Campbell

I have been visiting Albania regularly for 14 years. This enduring relationship began when then-opposition leader Edi Rama, fresh from losing an election he said had been rigged, asked me to help devise his strategy for the next one when it came. He won it, with a landslide, to become prime minister in 2013. Fast-forward to May 2025, and he has just won his fourth term in power, a stunning achievement for any leader in the modern democratic world.
408. Broken Britain: Farage’s Plot to Outflank Labour

1 week ago | alastaircampbell.org | Alastair Campbell

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135. Ed Miliband: Blair, Brown, and Battling his Brother (Part 1)

1 week ago | alastaircampbell.org | Alastair Campbell

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Alastair Campbell insists he and Tony Blair didn’t lie over Iraq: ‘It turned out to be untrue’

2 weeks ago | inkl.com | Alastair Campbell

The former prime minister’s long-time adviser spoke at Hay Festival - (Billie Charity and Hay Festival)The former No 10 spin doctor made the comments during a talk at The Hay Festival in Wales, which The Independent has partnered with. “I got called a liar a lot; Tony Blair got called a liar a lot over Iraq,” he said. “I know that we didn’t lie. We made a decision based upon a premise that turned out to be untrue.
407. Question Time: The U-turn Starmer Can’t Avoid

2 weeks ago | alastaircampbell.org | Alastair Campbell

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406. Biden, Springsteen, and Trump: Dancing in the Dark

2 weeks ago | alastaircampbell.org | Alastair Campbell

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Alastair Campbell's diary: Labour must reverse the winter fuel allowance cuts

2 weeks ago | theneweuropean.co.uk | Alastair Campbell

On Monday morning, as news broke of the UK’s reset deal with the EU, I tweeted this:“Despite all the damage Brexit has done, despite all the lies told and the promises broken by the charlatans who led the fight for it, despite all the bullshit fake patriotic coverage in the right wing rags over decades, the broadcasters continue to take their lead from the same people and papers who got us into the mess in the first place. The real surrender has been to their lies and propaganda.