Alastair Campbell
15 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
Read the full article22 November 2022
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: The “top” private schools are a big part of what’s wrong with Britain
They drive inequality, entrench the outmoded attitudes about our past and hold back the natural talents outside the gilded circles of wealth and privilege
Read the full article15 November 2022
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: My blue passport
The logic of a British passport is sound enough. But, it underlines how much we have lost for the little we have gained
Read the full article08 November 2022
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: Why I avoid Westminster
Nowadays, I tend to steer clear of SW1A 0AA. Perhaps, it's the bad memories, or maybe it's the horrific state of British politics today
Read the full article01 November 2022
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: What backing Braverman says about Sunak
The new prime minister is showing every sign of going down the same path as Boris Johnson
Read the full article27 October 2022
Brexit’s harvest
Brexit-induced labour shortages are going to be a limiting factor in the pursuit of growth, growth, growth
Read the full article25 October 2022
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: Only a general election can give us a new government
We used to laugh at Italy. But, after five Tory prime minister's in six years, we are now the global joke
Read the full article24 October 2022
Think Sunak will be a relief as prime minister? Think again
The new prime minister is a Brexit true believer who believes in making the rich richer
Read the full article18 October 2022
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: If I was a bookie, these would be my odds for next PM’s portrait on the Downing Street wall
The Tories could unite to topple Truss. However, they are so divided at the moment that it may not be possible
Read the full article11 October 2022
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: The dishonourable Paul Dacre
Why are so many stories that are bad for the government unreported in large sections of the press? Simple. Intellectual corruption
Read the full article05 October 2022
From austerity to Z-listers, it’s Liz’s alphabet
These 26 letters spell no confidence in the new PM and her party. Here’s what they stand for
Read the full article28 September 2022
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: Liz Truss is bringing about her own downfall
Kwasi Kwarteng's budget is so economically unsound that it makes you wonder if Liz Truss is secretly working for the Bring Back Boris campaign
Read the full article21 September 2022
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: Mark Drakeford is a breath of fresh air
Drakeford has been quietly effective in Wales. Now I've spoken to him, it's clear to see why
Read the full article09 September 2022
How the Queen saved the monarchy
With vital help from a rebuilt team of advisers and her close family, she navigated the institution through the trickiest of times by showing real leadership acumen
Read the full article07 September 2022
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: Liz Truss’s first cabinet in no way matches her idol’s
Liz Truss may have risen to the top by projecting herself as some kind of Margaret Thatcher tribute, but Thatcher's first cabinet contained serious political names. Truss's does not
Read the full article05 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
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