Ames, Chris; Norton-Taylor, Richard (10 January 2010). "Alastair Campbell had Iraq dossier changed to fit US claims". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 12 January 2010 . Retrieved 12 January 2010. Alastair Campbell at GQ". www.gq-magazine.com. GQ. Archived from the original on 8 August 2017 . Retrieved 15 May 2017. Rory Stewart and Alastair Campbell's odd-couple podcast". Financial Times. The Financial Times. 28 March 2022. Archived from the original on 20 April 2022 . Retrieved 5 April 2022. In May 2016, the International Business Times announced that Campbell had joined it as a columnist. [47]

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Alastair Campbell was born in Keighley, Yorkshire in 1957, the son of a vet. Having graduated from Cambridge University in modern languages, he went into journalism, principally with the Mirror Group. When Tony Blair became leader of the Labour Party, Campbell worked for him first as press secretary, then as official spokesman and director of communications and strategy from 1994 to 2003. He continued to act as an advisor to Mr Blair and the Labour Party, including during subsequent election campaigns. He now splits his time between writing, speaking, politics in Britain and overseas, consultancy and charity, as chairman of fundraising for Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research, and a leading ambassador for the mental health campaign Time to Change. Roll of Honour March 2022" (PDF). The Royal College of Psychiatrists. March 2022 . Retrieved 15 October 2022.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. But What Can I Do? Why Politics Has Gone So Wrong, And How You Can Help Fix It by Alastair Campbell ( Penguin Random House ) is out now Political Strategist, New European editor-at-large, mental health campaigner and co-host of the country’s Number 1 podcast, The Rest is Politics, Alastair Campbell comes to UCL for a special opening event of the UCL Department of Political Science's Policy & Practice seminar series for 2023-24 in partnership with the European Institute and UCL Policy Lab. In 2018 Campbell worked for the People's Vote campaign's planning and organisation of a march on Parliament on 20 October, which drew an estimated 250,000 people [59] onto the streets. The march was described by the media as the second biggest ever, after the protest against the Iraq war in 2003. Walker, Amy; Mason, Rowena. "Labour plays down Alastair Campbell expulsion review comments". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 11 June 2019 . Retrieved 11 June 2019.

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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] Adam Boulton Vs Alastair Campbell". YouTube GB. Sky News. Archived from the original on 13 May 2010 . Retrieved 15 May 2017. When will the Establishment afford us with a fully codified Constitution available to all Citizens any place any time? Urgent discussion and action needed. When Campbell was a boy, he would cross the county boundary to Lancashire to watch Burnley F.C. with his father. [82] He remains a lifelong Burnley supporter and writes about their exploits in a column titled "Turf Moor Diaries" for the FanHouse UK football blog. [83] He is regularly involved in events with the club. [84] He was heavily involved in rescuing the club from potential bankruptcy, gaining the support of many high-profile public figures. He was one of the founders of the University College of Football Business, based at Burnley's stadium. [85] He is also a fan of the rugby league club Keighley Cougars, it having been a childhood dream to play for the team. [86]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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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. In August 2016 Campbell's older brother, Donald, who had schizophrenia, died at the age of 62 due to complications resulting from his illness. Campbell has talked extensively about how Donald, the Principal's official bagpiper at Glasgow University and a competitor in high-level Piobaireachd competitions, had inspired him to fight for better mental health services and understanding, and to become the ambassador for several mental health charities. [80] [81]

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