Alastair Campbell

Friday, 7 June, 2024

Monday, 28 March, 2022

ReviewArts

Rory Stewart and Alastair Campbell’s odd-couple podcast

In ‘The Rest is Politics’, the pair take on the week’s news and tell tales from their time in power

Monday, 1 February, 2021

Media

Former FT editor and BBC chief among investors to buy The New European

Weekly publication launched after 2016 referendum has been focal point for Brexit resistance

Saturday, 14 November, 2020

Bronwen Maddox

Downing Street ructions shed light on the mysterious role of the ‘spad’

Special advisers have power in British government, but no one knows how much until they test it

Friday, 13 December, 2019

News in-depthLabour party UK

Labour leadership fight will decide if hard-left shift is abandoned

Contest to replace Corbyn after devastating election defeat is likely to be bruising

Friday, 15 November, 2019

UK politics

Roland Rudd quits as chair of People’s Vote campaign

Highly public tussle for power within Brexit referendum group claims another scalp

Tuesday, 28 May, 2019

Labour party UK

Alastair Campbell expelled from Labour party

Tony Blair’s former spin-doctor revealed he voted for Lib Dems in European elections

Friday, 26 January, 2018

Brexit

Jeremy Corbyn should attack the government, not his own side

Why is the Labour leader meddling in local councils rather than fighting Brexit?

Thursday, 9 March, 2017

Special Report

Alastair Campbell on whether extraordinary achievement has a dark side

Tony Blair’s former head of communications and psychologist Oliver James delve deeper into drive, ambition and mental health

Wednesday, 8 March, 2017

Work & Careers7 min

Does success strain mental health?

Alastair Campbell discusses the stress of a high-pressured job

Thursday, 24 November, 2016

Robert Shrimsley

Tony Blair plans his second coming

Notebook: After his exile from UK politics, the ex-PM believes his country needs him

Wednesday, 6 July, 2016

The FT ViewChilcot inquiry

A damning indictment of Blair’s failures over Iraq

Chilcot’s long-awaited report cannot be accused of pulling its punches

Saturday, 16 April, 2016

Brexit

How to win the Europe referendum in an age of disbelief

Each of us is an opinion-former and we must argue for Remain, writes Alastair Campbell

Friday, 27 February, 2015

ReviewLife & Arts

‘Winners: And How They Succeed’, by Alastair Campbell

A star-struck guide to the mindset of high achievers

Friday, 6 February, 2015

UK general election

Blairites sounded out Alan Johnson on Labour leadership

Labour’s Mandelson and Campbell deny move against Miliband

Wednesday, 19 November, 2014

beyondbricsMarkets

Guest post: China’s “rule of law” is a Xi Jinping power grab

Monday, 22 September, 2014

beyondbricsMarkets

Guest post: China’s rule of law campaign is a political sledgehammer

Friday, 25 July, 2014

Sport

A captain should be pitch perfect at a multitude of skills

In some sports, all the skipper does is call heads or tails. Not so in cricket, says Alastair Campbell

Wednesday, 14 May, 2014

European companies

Unionists feed on Salmond’s gaffes

Friday, 18 April, 2014

World

Cameron’s attempt to ‘do God’ is not blessed with success

Friday, 24 January, 2014

ObituaryEuropean banks

Chris Chataway, athlete, politician, businessman, 1931-2014

Track star able to turn his hand to politics and profit

Tuesday, 12 November, 2013

Leveson inquiry and phone hacking scandal

Alastair Campbell to praise Ed Miliband for taking on newspapers

Friday, 11 October, 2013

ReviewLife & Arts

My Name Is ..., by Alastair Campbell; A Possible Life, by Sebastian Faulks; The Elephant Keepers’ Children, by Peter Høeg

Sunday, 29 September, 2013

ReviewBooks

Power Trip, by Damian McBride

An unsparing yet defiant confession from a media manipulator provides a pub tale-like glimpse into the days of New Labour

Thursday, 26 September, 2013

Westminster blogJim Pickard

Lord Mandelson comments prompt backlash from Labour figures