Alastair Campbell
23 June 2023
Alastair Campbell: Question Time and an audience full of Leavers
The Brexit-voting audience was friendly and open to argument – but why was there no one from the government on the panel?
Read the full article21 June 2023
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: Why John Major is right about Boris Johnson
Going forward, the less we hear from and of Johnson, the better for all of us
Read the full article14 June 2023
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: To go or not to go to Clacton, that is the question
BBC Question Time is marking seven years of Brexit with an audience made up entirely of 2016 Leave voters. Wish me luck...
Read the full article13 June 2023
Boris Johnson lied so often, so effortlessly
Boris Johnson was a winner but he won on falsehoods, and the truth caught up with him at last. Nothing is left but cold, hard anger
Read the full article07 June 2023
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: Keir Starmer’s Brexit strategy is baffling
Labour has put economic growth at the heart of their electoral campaign, but they will not succeed until they resolve the damage Brexit continues to inflict
Read the full article31 May 2023
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: Hands up if you think Brexit has failed
Seven years on, populist politicians are running out of targets for their Brexit blame game
Read the full article24 May 2023
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: Keir Starmer needs to focus on policy
Starmer must not get distracted by the assumption that Labour are home and dry
Read the full article17 May 2023
Alastair Campbell: How you can fix politics
In this extract from his new book, our editor-at-large reflects on why The People’s Vote failed... and what makes a successful campaign
Read the full article16 May 2023
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: Brexiteers are the real snowflakes
They don't like to be called out for their Brexit lies - which is why it needs to happen more often
Read the full article09 May 2023
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: Don’t read Hate Mail
Supporting our journalism shows nasty and nationalist papers like the Daily Mail the cold shoulder
Read the full article02 May 2023
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: We need to broaden the political gene pool
If we are serious about levelling up, we need to ensure all children have a voice
Read the full article25 April 2023
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: Hillary Clinton and the raid for the world’s most wanted man
The former First Lady’s account on The Rest Is Politics LEADING is one of the most remarkable pieces of explanation I have ever witnessed
Read the full article18 April 2023
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: Looking back on 25 years of the Good Friday Agreement
The role of Tony Blair and Bertie Ahern during the talks, to this day, simply cannot be overstated
Read the full article11 April 2023
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: Kompany’s all-conquering Clarets are back in the big time
Burnley’s triumphant return to the Premier League has been masterminded by the son of a refugee who became Belgium’s first elected black mayor
Read the full article28 March 2023
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: Boris Johnson and Liz Truss have no shame
Both left office in disgrace and dishonour. Yet they still believe a resignation honours list is their right
Read the full article21 March 2023
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: The double standards at the heart of Tory Britain
As with everything else, there is one rule for them, and another for everyone else
Read the full article14 March 2023
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: When the grillers become the grilled
An annual event sees those used to asking the questions in the hot seat
Read the full article08 March 2023
Alastair Campbell: Don’t be a bystander. We all have to stand alongside Gary Lineker
It’s the right and the duty of anyone with a platform to speak out against this cruelty
Read the full article07 March 2023
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: How ABBA became a phenomenon
It was a real privilege to sit down with Björn Ulvaeus this week to discuss the band's social impact
Read the full article28 February 2023
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: Thérèse “Let them eat turnip” Coffey is channelling Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette was probably deeply upset by her fate. The environment secretary, however, appears unbothered by the current state of affairs
Read the full article22 February 2023
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: The Groucho Marx approach to levelling up
I am #StateSchoolProud. Hopefully, Groucho would approve, as would those who are genuinely committed to "levelling up"
Read the full article15 February 2023
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: Suella Braverman got the Prevent report she wanted
The report's conclusion was no surprise. Nor was the fact that it failed to address the reality of how terrorism impacts our country
Read the full article07 February 2023
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: My advice to Rishi Sunak
It's hard to believe that he will listen to my guidance. But I offer it nonetheless
Read the full article01 February 2023
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: Nadhim Zahawi made his own departure inevitable
But the question remains: will Rishi Sunak learn from this?
Read the full article24 January 2023
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: Bank of Dave is essential watching in post-Brexit Britain
This feelgood film offers the perfect escapism from Brexit disasters and Tory governance
Read the full article17 January 2023
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: The Retained EU Law bill is damaging – and Rishi Sunak knows it
But, he also knows that going back on it would result in Brexit true believers and Johnson opportunists making a move
Read the full article10 January 2023
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: The right wing media are, finally, waking up to the reality of Brexit
Now even the cheerleading hacks who propped up this government are seeing the truth about Britain after Brexit
Read the full article03 January 2023
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: What Glencoe can teach us about national memory
The mythology of the Glencoe massacre endures to this day. It would take historians and spin doctors far greater than I to erase this
Read the full article20 December 2022
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: What the World Cup revealed about our society
England may do better in the future if their fans and media stopped going into every tournament fixated on the past. As is often the case, attitudes need to change
Read the full article13 December 2022
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: It’s Britain that isn’t working
Less of a political slogan and more of a statement of fact, Britain's decline under the Tories is now recognised well beyond our shores
Read the full article06 December 2022
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: The government’s Brexomertà is hurting the country
Neil Kinnock introduced me to a new word this week and it perfectly sums up the silence and dishonesty surrounding the Brexit debate
Read the full article29 November 2022
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: Brexit regret is on the rise
Brexit created an economic black hole. But, some politicians would still rather fall in it than fill it in
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