Diaries Volume One: Prelude to Power (The Alastair Campbell Diaries, 1)

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The Burden of Power: Countdown to Iraq (2013). Arrow. ISBN 978-0-09-951473-2 (volume four, 2001–2003) Stars shine for Keighley". Keighley News. Archived from the original on 8 June 2022 . Retrieved 8 June 2021. He told Iraq that many countries still believed it had WMD. But the council wanted to offer Iraq a last opportunity, one that the UK and the US in the end did not wait for. John Williams There is also a brief but fascinating passage about Blair’s promised (and ultimately abandoned) referendum on the EU constitution, and his desire to “get to a position on Europe where the question was in or out”. Campbell could hardly be expected to draw these threads together and predict Brexit in one late night diary entry in 2004, but it would be fascinating to see him try to retrace the steps. What a shame it’s too late for his publishers to skip the next two diary volumes, and ask Campbell instead for the definitive book on why New Labour ultimately failed.

Ryan, Anya (5 August 2022). "Comedian Grace Campbell, 'I don't give a f**k, I get that from my dad' ". Evening Standard . Retrieved 17 February 2023. Immediately after the UK's referendum on membership of the European Union in June 2016, Campbell stated that he thought it was "the worst decision Britain had made in his lifetime" and would do what he could to change people's minds. In addition to establishing The New European, he was one of the early movers in the People's Vote campaign for a referendum on the outcome of the Brexit negotiations. [56] 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] Goldsmith comes out badly from the Chilcot report – maybe second only to Blair in terms of damage to his reputation. Lewis, Jason (29 October 2011). "Oil rich dictator of Kazakhstan recruits Tony Blair to help win Nobel peace prize". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 30 October 2011 . Retrieved 5 July 2013.

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Alastair's Turf Moor Diaries". football.fanhouse.co.uk. Archived from the original on 31 December 2009 . Retrieved 30 December 2009. ALASTAIR CAMPBELL: Why I no longer want to be readmitted to Labour". The New European. Archived from the original on 4 August 2019 . Retrieved 2 August 2019. It’s striking, too, that while Iraq naturally casts a long shadow over this period, only once does Campbell record a conversation between himself, Blair and chief of staff Jonathan Powell about whether it was actually right to invade. (For the record it’s Campbell, who describes himself feeling somewhat “used” by the Americans and wonders if they did the “right thing in the wrong way”, whose view perhaps best stands the test of the time.) The Happy Depressive: In Pursuit of Personal and Political Happiness (2012). Arrow. ISBN 0-09-957982-0 Jones, Nicholas (2000). Sultans of Spin: The Media and the New Labour Government. Orion Books. ISBN 0-7528-2769-3.

In 2012, Campbell made his first appearance in an acting role with a small part in an episode of the BBC drama Accused. [38] Three personal films airing as part of BBC's mental health season". bbc.co.uk. The British Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 10 May 2019 . Retrieved 14 May 2019.Alastair Campbell: Why I no longer want to be readmitted to Labour". The New European. Archived from the original on 8 January 2020 . Retrieved 3 February 2020. Campbell moved into government when Labour won the general election in May 1997 and served as the Prime Minister's chief press secretary until 2000. In government, he implemented many radical changes to both procedure and operational management. He persuaded Cabinet Secretary Sir Robin Butler that government communications had to be modernised, and the government set up the Mountfield Review. He created a Strategic Communications Unit which gave Downing Street the power to co-ordinate all government activity, using what became known as "the grid" as its main apparatus. He set up a rapid rebuttal unit similar to the one he had used in opposition. He put Downing Street briefings on record for the first time, and although he was only identified as "The Prime Minister's Official Spokesman", he became one of the most high-profile and written about figures in British politics, earning the epithet "the real deputy Prime Minister". He opened briefings to the foreign media, among a raft of modernisation and efficiency strategies he introduced. [19] In 2001, Campbell claimed that the days of the bog standard comprehensive school were over due to educational policies of the Labour government. [20] [21] [22] Members of the public get a chance to become prime minister in new show". The Independent. 18 May 2022.

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