Why was Sam Altman fired from OpenAI? Would a secret ballot have saved a soft Brexit? What options are left for Rishi Sunak after supreme court’s Rwanda ruling? Final Say: Alastair Campbell to answer questions on Reddit". The Independent. 19 September 2018. Archived from the original on 11 October 2018 . Retrieved 11 October 2018. MPs, he stresses, don’t have to be rotten, corrupt, self-serving; they can effect change. Wary of “dadsplaining”, he speaks to millennials for their perspective, and is admiring of Greta Thunberg, a lone young voice who spoke up against the global establishment. If she can, so can others. Inspired by what he saw as a crisis of loneliness across the UK, Alex set up Cares UK to ‘help people find connection and community in a disconnected age.’ Alex sits alongside countless other inspiring examples in the book—stories of ordinary people who have done extraordinary things. Shortly after Tony Blair was elected as Leader of the Labour Party in 1994, Campbell left Today to become Blair's press secretary. Having recovered and become teetotal, he told Blair about his alcoholism, which Blair did not see as a problem. In his autobiography, Blair would later reveal that Campbell had coined the name " New Labour" and described Campbell as a "genius". Campbell wrote the speech that led to the party's review of Clause IV and the birth of " New Labour". In addition to being press spokesman, Campbell was Blair's speechwriter and chief strategist. He oversaw new co-ordination and rebuttal systems which gave birth to a communications machine which became both feared and respected, and the model for modern communications in politics and business. He earned a reputation for ruthless news management which made him many enemies in the media. But even the Conservatives conceded they were partly defeated by their inability to find someone to match him. [17] Campbell played an important role in the run-up to the 1997 UK general election, working with Peter Mandelson to co-ordinate Labour's successful election campaign. He also worked hard to win support from the national media for the Labour Party, particularly from newspapers that for many years had been anti-Labour. By March 1997, many of the leading newspapers—including The Sun, once a staunch Thatcherite paper; had declared their support for Labour. [18]

McGowan, Michael (23 July 2019). "Q&A: Alastair Campbell compares Donald Trump to Hitler". Guardian Australia. Archived from the original on 8 December 2019 . Retrieved 5 March 2020. Join Rory and Alastair as they discuss all this and more in today's episode of The Rest is Politics.

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Halliday, Josh (23 May 2012). "Alastair Campbell gets job at PR agency Portland". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 23 May 2012 . Retrieved 5 July 2013. Those countries who have compulsory voting, where the penalty for not voting is a fine, and where spoiling your ballot paper is allowed as a way of signalling general discontent, tend to have healthier democracies. And healthier democracies tend to be happier places. The idea that ensuring everyone’s voice is heard is some kind of infringement on freedom is absurd.

They invent, they exaggerate, they deny saying things they've said' – Alastair Campbell on Boris Johnson and Donald Trump". The Independent. Archived from the original on 28 July 2020 . Retrieved 5 May 2020. While Trump is an abhorrent character he doesn't mention George W's rigged election campaign or the fact Gordon Brown was appointed mid-term, losing his first general election. There is no mention about Labour offering no credible opposition for over a decade. Alastair Campbell views In the Loop". YouTube. 4 August 2009. Archived from the original on 13 October 2014 . Retrieved 4 April 2014. History of Aireworth Veterinary Surgery". Archived from the original on 30 December 2011 . Retrieved 11 July 2012.Campbell, Alastair (2011). Power and the people 'the alastair campbell diaries' vol two. Arrow Books. ISBN 9780099493464.