Alastair Campbell
Alastair Campbell
Alastair John Campbellis a British journalist, broadcaster, political aide and author, best known for his work as Director of Communications and Strategy for prime minister Tony Blair between 1997 and 2003. He resigned in August 2003 during the Hutton Inquiry into the death of David Kelly...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth25 May 1957
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Clinton is a big personality who has led a big life, and for some of the media conventional wisdom to boil it down to a view that 'all people are really interested in' are a few moments of madness in the Oval Office gets him, the importance of the presidency, and the significance of his life, all wrong.
self media regulation
Paul Keating told us before we were elected that you can do deals with [Rupert] Murdoch without saying you were doing a deal. Did we do that kind of thing? Maybe. But from around about the turn of the century, I felt strongly that we had to do something about media ownership and self-regulation. Tony [Blair] disagreed.
taken eye media
The bad news for journalists today is that the media, however seriously people who are in the public eye take it, is not taken as seriously as it once was - by the public.
medicine doctors media
The media are obsessed with spin doctors and with portraying them as a bad thing, yet seem addicted to our medicine.
stars media world
In an ideal world, it would not take a film star to get the media focused on mental illness.
blaming found hilarious media press second test
He found it hilarious that some of the press - the more one-eyed of the NZ media - were blaming me for the second Test defeat.
announced considered hoping meant occasion players rare team test
When Clive announced the team to play Southland on Tuesday, it was a rare occasion where players were hoping not to be selected. Because if they were, it meant they were not in the 23 being considered for a Test place on Saturday,
coverage defined goes negativity politics shift
There has been a shift to what may be defined as a culture of negativity which goes well beyond coverage of politics.
pressures
The pressures to get the story first, if wrong, are greater sometimes than the pressures to get the story right, if late.
jobs decision sometimes
Sometimes Jonathan [Powell] and myself would go to Tony [Blair] and ask him if he was absolutely sure about this or that. That was our job. But ultimately it was his decision.
regret thinking iraq
I do think it's strange that I get associated with Iraq more than the people who were Foreign Secretary or Defence Secretary. It's because of my closeness to Tony [Blair], which I don't regret at all. I think that was a privilege.
dream killing-each-other months
I have a nightmare about Tony [Blair] and Gordon [Brown] killing each other. Not every month, but now and then. I also have a recurring dream about losing.
spiritual thinking moments
Tony's [Blair] convinced I'm going to find God. I do have spiritual moments, but I don't think it's God.
government people gone
All of this is happening because there has still been no reckoning post the financial crisis. So governments have fallen, one bloke has been to prison, the banks have gone pretty well back to status quo, the rich are getting richer, and the poor are getting poorer. And it's fuelling anger. And somehow [Donald] Trump, who represents the worst aspects of capitalism, has persuaded people he can deal with that.