Alastair Campbell
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Campbell, in the midst of a midlife crisis, is still sucked into Blair vs Brown. In the background are the first signs of the dissatisfactions that ultimately led to Brexit
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Former No 10 director of communications calls on Theresa May to hold a second referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Union
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A summary of the summary of The Report of the Iraq Inquiry, as suggested by John Crace
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Senior members of the political, military and intelligence establishments have had their conduct closely scrutinised by the inquiry
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MacKenzie used part of an email from Tony Blair’s former spin doctor, criticising him for backing Vote Leave, in his latest Sun column
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Show focusing on mental ill health is result of artist Toby Brown’s own experience of clinical depression
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Not only is the East Midlands city the proud holder of the Premier League title, it can boast the likes of Graham Chapman, Sue Townsend and Anne Fine as natives
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Former No 10 spin doctor appeals to Irish people to help swing vote for Britain to stay within EU
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With 80% saying they will vote to leave the European Union, it is time for the remain campaigners to up their game by improving their propaganda
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Former spin doctor says SNP are arrogant and accuses Boris Johnson of spreading EU scare stories as he campaigns for Labour MSP
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Has ‘Queen backs Brexit’ scuppered Newton Dunn’s Newsnight chances and Charlotte Moore targets BBC2
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Former Labour spin doctor says rightwing press has plumbed fresh depths in its coverage of referendum debate
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Labour will need to grow a new generation of leaders before power can be wrestled back from ‘unelectable’ leader and his acolytes
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Former Labour No 10 communications director, writing for the Guardian, also points finger at lack of succession plan from successive party leaders
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Alastair Campbell, Sam Allardyce, Richard Curtis, Miranda Hart and Mary Beard among 200 diverse signatories to ask for increase in government funding
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The island of Tiree, off the west coast of Scotland, is windswept and treeless. But venture there in August and you will bump into famous artists, Britain’s best chefs and a slew of politicians. Bella Bathurst heads to the smart set’s Hebridean hideaway
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Negative newspaper coverage is tending to have the reverse effect, although Tory-supporting titles may well be very happy about that...
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Former No 10 communications director changes his mind about intervening in campaign, saying party would head for ‘car crash’ under Islington MP
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New Labour loved to compare their boss to Alex Ferguson. But there’s no way he would’ve nurtured an Andy Burnham
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Letter from Alastair Campbell: What I said, when he asked for my advice about how to handle the News of the World inquiries which had come to me, was that he should seek ‘clarity’ about the intentions in his private life
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The battles between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown seem small beer to the fearsome infighting of Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard and the Australian Labor party
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To have any hope of converting the ‘shy Tories’ who confounded the pre-election polls, the left must stop demonising them – and actually listen
A brush with greatness The day I played at Old Trafford with Maradona