Alastair Campbell
20 December 2023
Alastair Campbell’s heroes and villains of 2023
Our diarist gives his personal rundown of who has been good – and who has been bad – over the last 12 months
Read the full article14 December 2023
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: The remarkable Glenys Kinnock
The Kinnock family and the Labour party have lost a matriarch
Read the full article06 December 2023
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: Farewell Glenys Kinnock and Alistair Darling
Their passing has marked a sad week for the entire Labour family
Read the full article01 December 2023
My friend Alistair Darling
He was a better politician than he ever knew
Read the full article29 November 2023
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: Imagine if Boris Johnson had backed Remain…
Instead he chose the path to No 10 and we are all paying the price
Read the full article22 November 2023
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: Cameron is not the answer to Sunak’s problems
The prime minister clearly hoped Cameron’s heft would prevent him becoming a source of division
Read the full article15 November 2023
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: Brexit forever changed Irish politics
It is hard to overestimate the damage the combination of Brexit, Johnson and Truss has done
Read the full article08 November 2023
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: The findings of the Covid inquiry merit real punishment
The damage Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings did to the country is off the scale
Read the full article24 October 2023
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: The uplifting school which would take Farage to his breaking point
An academy where 85% of pupils have English as a second language found engaged, informed children with high aspirations and plenty of questions
Read the full article18 October 2023
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: What Yuval Noah Harari can teach us about Israel and Gaza
Harari believes prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu should accept responsibility, vow to see the crisis through, and then go
Read the full article11 October 2023
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: What Labour should do next
This week, Keir Starmer needed to show, in policy terms, how life in Britain would change if he became prime minister
Read the full article04 October 2023
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: For Labour, it’s all to play for
Polling suggests that a victory for the party at the next general election could be anything from a coalition to a landslide
Read the full article27 September 2023
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: Rishi Sunak brought the Tories to a new low
Sunak's U-turn on the environment makes Boris Johnson and Liz Truss appear honest and capable
Read the full article20 September 2023
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: The most brutal speech I ever heard
We need more great oratory in Westminster, not less
Read the full article13 September 2023
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: Westminster’s back-to-school omnishambles
London’s school-run traffic is reminiscent of a Tory government that takes a long time to get nowhere
Read the full article06 September 2023
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: Mental health is a vote-winner
A clear plan from Labour on how to repair the damage the Tories have done to our mental health services will reap enormous political dividends
Read the full article30 August 2023
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: Vladimir Putin’s belligerence must not be underestimated
The world, including myself, missed tell-tale signs that Putin was the murder machine and enemy of liberal democracies he’s proved to be
Read the full article23 August 2023
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: Real journalism is in decline
The Michelle Mone PPE scandal is a test of trust in modern democracy and needs to be at the forefront of media attention
Read the full article09 August 2023
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: Brexiteers won’t talk about the B-word
If Brexit was going well, we would never hear the end of it. Instead, there's an omertà on the subject
Read the full article02 August 2023
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: We have not had a serious media in the UK for years
Instead, we have dumbed-down political and commercial interests masquerading as purveyors of news, lurching from one spasm to another
Read the full article26 July 2023
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: Vote tactically to get rid of the Tories
Only Keir Starmer or Rishi Sunak can be PM after the next election. If you want to see the back of the Conservatives you need to vote Labour
Read the full article19 July 2023
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: The Tories’ silence on the climate crisis says it all
Across Europe, only Turkey has a higher respiratory death rate than the UK, but the government doesn’t appear to care
Read the full article12 July 2023
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: The NHS deserves better than this Tory government
As Labour left office in 2010, the NHS had the highest satisfaction ratings in its history. Today, ratings and morale could barely be lower
Read the full article04 July 2023
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: To undo the damage, we need to understand WHY people voted for Brexit
The key to winning Leave voters over to our side is not to tell them they were wrong, but that the liars in charge let them down. And the dial is shifting
Read the full article23 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
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