Alastair Campbell
05 September 2022
Lishi Trunak, not Joe Lycett, have made us a worldwide joke
In choosing Truss to succeed Johnson, it is pretty clear the Tory Party has not learned much from the reasons he turned out to be such a spectacular failure
Read the full article31 August 2022
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: Liz Truss’s cabinet will be a democratic disaster
Truss is preparing to form a cabinet filled with failures, opportunists and third-raters while we watch on helplessly
Read the full article24 August 2022
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: Sometimes, the BBC make it hard to support them
The BBC is an important part of our national and cultural identity and I remain a defender of them. But, on occasion, they make doing so quite difficult
Read the full article15 August 2022
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: The stabbing of Salman Rushdie gives new perspective to the ludicrous ‘war on woke’
This attack is what free speech is all about - not the ravings of Nadine Dorries
Read the full article10 August 2022
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: Liz Truss has some bizarre priorities for Downing Street
Strangely, Truss's beloved idol, Margaret Thatcher, didn't put office layout in any leadership and election manifestos
Read the full article03 August 2022
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: Liz Truss as prime minister is a reality no democracy should have to face
Yet, the words 'prime minister Liz Truss' will soon be part of our language and landscape
Read the full article26 July 2022
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: Leper Lane is in my ears and in my eyes
As competence joins fact-based debate in the dustbin of Brexit Britain’s history, queues mount at airports and Eurotunnel terminals
Read the full article18 July 2022
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: The media are normalising a deeply abnormal leadership race
There is too little questioning either of the process to choose the next prime minister or scrutiny of the half-baked proposals and vacuous slogans the candidates are bringing to the table
Read the full article13 July 2022
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: My heartfelt tribute to Boris Johnson
Long after he is forgotten, his legacy of Brexit will still be with us. That is the real tragedy and why I feel unable to celebrate his departure
Read the full article05 July 2022
Enough is enough: Johnson is toast
His toadies are finally finding their spines and the only thing left is for the PM to go
Read the full article05 July 2022
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: Boris Johnson has surrounded himself with second-rate minds, including Nadine Dorries
The prime minister has deliberately created an inner circle who pose no threat and never question any of his actions
Read the full article29 June 2022
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: Labour must challenge the government’s economic myths
At the next election, Labour must hit back against the Tories’ myths rather than playing into them
Read the full article27 June 2022
A tribute to Dr Ernest Bennie, the man who saved my life
Ours was a chance encounter but it was absolutely life-changing, and I will never forget his kindness
Read the full article21 June 2022
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: Six years on, Brexit remains an act of national self-harm
Brexit continues to hurt the country politically, diplomatically and culturally. On its sixth anniversary, I’ve decided to ignore No 10’s promises that it’s going smoothly and focus elsewhere
Read the full article15 June 2022
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: The battle facing the Treasury Devil
The government has landed itself in a legal mess over the Northern Ireland protocol
Read the full article08 June 2022
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: The Queen deserves better than Boris Johnson
His shtick and clowning around is an affront to her life and service
Read the full article06 June 2022
Don’t be fooled by this temporary reprieve, Johnson is toast
Tory MPs know, deep down, the prime minister is finished, and not a moment too soon
Read the full article01 June 2022
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: How Boris Johnson became an accidental fascist
The prime minister wasn't born a fascist. But his incompetence and desperation to survive is certainly driving him in that direction
Read the full article25 May 2022
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: The tainted legacies of Germany’s ex-chancellors
The war in Ukraine is seeing the reputations of Olaf Scholz's two immediate predecessors reassessed, and not for the better
Read the full article19 May 2022
François Hollande’s not done with politics and warns that populism, left and right, must be defeated
The former French president takes aim at flippant Boris Johnson, Putin, Orbán and more
Read the full article18 May 2022
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: Why birthdays aren’t my thing
Good wishes on my birthday do not make me feel any better about getting older. Besides, there were two other important anniversaries last week both involving leaders of the Labour party
Read the full article11 May 2022
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: The right-wing media’s coverage of Beergate is sheer hypocrisy
The right-wing press are wrongly trying to convince readers Keir Starmer and Boris Johnson are just as bad as each other. The reality couldn't be more different
Read the full article04 May 2022
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: Did Nadine Dorries libel me?
My criticisms of the culture secretary have nothing to do with her being a woman, and everything to do with her being hopeless and dangerously out of her depth
Read the full article28 April 2022
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: Politicians exploit our lack of agreement over the facts, including Boris Johnson
Social media has created a world with constant disagreements over objective factual truths. Political leaders abuse this and our prime minister is no exception
Read the full article26 April 2022
Dear Mr Klopp, you’re wasted in football…
Why can't politicians be more like Jürgen?
Read the full article21 April 2022
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: Putin’s fallen out of favour with the French – bar Marine Le Pen
As swear words go, “putain” is up there with the best. But considering what most French people think of the Russian Tsar, is it time to revert it to “Putin”?
Read the full article19 April 2022
Justin Welby is a good man, Boris Johnson is not. So no prizes for guessing who the Tories are backing
The prime minister is a proven liar and criminal. Of course his party and their rags will continue to support him
Read the full article15 April 2022
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: What Britain can learn from Côte d’Ivoire
Priti Patel should take note of the way the West African nation embraces migrants
Read the full article14 April 2022
A ten-point plan for Rishi Sunak
What should the chancellor do next? Here is Alastair Campbell’s verdict
Read the full article12 April 2022
The Tories are heading for oblivion if they prop up Johnson
The prime minister has no defence and no moral compass. Will his party finally act?
Read the full article07 April 2022
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: Boris Johnson’s litany of lies is an assault on our democracy
His lying isn't simply a question of his character, but a strategy aimed at undermining institutions that act as a check on power
Read the full article30 March 2022
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: Madeleine Albright’s warnings about fascism were spot on
They make for a fitting tribute to America’s first female secretary of state and the world should take heed of them
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