Alastair Campbell
15 November 2021
What I was desperate to tell the Question Time audience
ALASTAIR CAMPBELL shares some of the secrets from behind-the-scenes of the latest airing of BBC Question Time.
Read the full article09 November 2021
Will the HOOSIAL principles catch up with Boris Johnson?
They may not matter to Boris Johnson and the same old faces from the Brexit campaign, but these principles cannot be discarded.
Read the full article04 November 2021
Alastair Campbell on the Owen Paterson U-turn: ‘The point of this is that it is about principles – and Boris Johnson has none’
The government is doing irreparable damage to the country, its global standing, and its democracy.
Read the full article04 November 2021
How the rest of the world views Global Britain
ALASTAIR CAMPBELL's weekly diary looks at how 'Global Britain' exists as just a slogan.
Read the full article28 October 2021
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: Disappointing Greta Thunberg and a night out with the Kinnocks
In his weekly diary ALASTAIR CAMPBELL gives his account of his engagements around Europe, experiencing pangs of guilt that he's disappointing the climate activist.
Read the full article21 October 2021
Ireland’s sadness and pity for Britain over Brexit
In his weekly diary ALASTAIR CAMPBELL gives his account of his experience in Ireland talking British politics.
Read the full article14 October 2021
Why footballers are the best defenders of our values
You could now almost fill a team with the number of players and pundits ready to take a stand against this abysmal government.
Read the full article06 October 2021
Like Nicolas Sarkozy’s, Boris Johnson’s career should end in a courtroom
The UK used to consider itself above the political chicanery found on the Continent. It can’t afford to now.
Read the full article29 September 2021
Journalists are letting us all down by treating Boris Johnson like he’s honest
From the BBC downwards, the UK media is consistently failing in its reporting of this government.
Read the full article23 September 2021
Keir Starmer needs to confront the electorate with hard truths on Brexit
The Tory silence on Brexit is understandable.. Labour's much less so.
Read the full article16 September 2021
Arsène Wenger: “Why I want to start a world football revolution”
Arsène Wenger changed the Premier League forever. Now, he tells ALASTAIR CAMPBELL he’s creating radical ideas about how the sport itself should evolve while sharing a few thoughts on the present day
Read the full article09 September 2021
Not all Tories are awful… here’s my dream cabinet
Needs must, even picking a cabinet for a prime minister he considers the worst in living memory. ALASTAIR CAMPBELL grits his teeth and offers Boris Johnson some valuable advice.
Read the full article02 September 2021
Germany’s CDU struggle to cope without Angela Merkel as polls get tighter
Angela Merkel has taught Germans to crave stability... but they are still turning away from her party.
Read the full article26 August 2021
An A to Z guide of Boris Johnson’s failures in government
Editor-at-large ALASTAIR CAMPBELL offers an A to Z of his withering assessment of government performance this summer
Read the full article13 August 2021
Not leadership, but a moral vacuum: Britain’s disgrace in Afghanistan
ALASTAIR CAMPBELL on the shameful moral vacuum that is the British government of today
Read the full article10 August 2021
The horrors and the hope in the diary of Anne Frank
ALASTAIR CAMPBELL on his first reading of one of the most important books of the 20th century
Read the full article27 July 2021
Boris Johnson’s latest offence shouldn’t be overlooked
Boris Johnson’s role in wrecking the Rugby League World Cup might rank low in his long list of offences, but should not be overlooked.
Read the full article21 July 2021
Has something shifted in sado-populist Britain?
As disquiet grows, Boris Johnson may not hold the whip hand for much longer.
Read the full article15 July 2021
Boris Johnson: The sado-populist prime minister
Editor-at-large ALASTAIR CAMPBELL on a concept that helps explain the politics of Boris Johnson
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30 June 2021
Telling the truth is now the only sackable offence
British politics now exists in a moral vacuum. It cannot last
Read the full article25 June 2021
Holy Moses! Attack ads show the Greens have a real chance in Germany
12 May 2021
Labour needs more positivity, more patriotism, more policy… and less wokery
23 April 2021
Politics is moving back to a battlefield which does not suit Boris Johnson
