But What Can I Do?: Why Politics Has Gone So Wrong, and How You Can Help Fix It

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After leaving the Daily Mirror in 1993, Campbell became political editor of Today. He was working there when Labour leader John Smith died in 1994. Campbell was a well-known face and helped to interview the three candidates for Labour Party leader; it later became known he had already formed links with Tony Blair. Kazakhstan". Freedom House. Archived from the original on 11 February 2013 . Retrieved 5 July 2013. Final Say: Alastair Campbell to answer questions on Reddit". The Independent. 19 September 2018. Archived from the original on 11 October 2018 . Retrieved 11 October 2018.

McCoid, Sophie (29 April 2021). "Alastair Campbell to take over as GMB host despite 'dreading it' ". Liverpool Echo. Archived from the original on 29 April 2021 . Retrieved 29 April 2021. 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] Jeremy Corbyn fronts cover of GQ – but rejects Campbell interview". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 10 December 2017 . Retrieved 9 December 2017. it's a call to prayer for young floating voters to vote Labour. It highlights how polarisation, populism and post-truths are deployed to influence the public then he continues to deploy all 3 within this narrative in an attempt to compel the reader to take a stand and rectify the issues in the world by engaging in politics (no bad thing obviously) but ultimately voting Labour. His latest authorial outing, But What Can I Do? was published recently. Part call to arms, part practical handbook, Campbell presents us with his trenchant analysis of why our nation’s politics has become a septic imbroglio threatening to undermine our democratic values, and democracy itself. For Campbell, contemporary political dialogue has been insidiously corrupted by a divisive culture of ad hominem argument, ignored malfeasance and the shrewd promulgation of falsehoods designed to sustain the influence of elitist dissemblers at the expense of the societal good.Alastair Campbell views In the Loop". YouTube. 4 August 2009. Archived from the original on 13 October 2014 . Retrieved 4 April 2014. 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. Mason, Rowena (30 June 2013). "Tony Blair more truthful about war than liar Winston Churchill, says Alastair Campbell". telegraph.co.uk. London. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013 . Retrieved 1 July 2013.

The Brexit Special". YouTube. People's Vote. Archived from the original on 24 September 2018 . Retrieved 11 October 2018. Hear the latest from Alastair's Blog: Sign up for RSS feed". Alastaircampbell.org. Archived from the original on 23 April 2009 . Retrieved 11 May 2009. 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. He oversaw Blair's successful 2001 UK general election campaign for re-election and also returned to assist with the successful 2005 UK general election campaign. They invent, they exaggerate, they deny saying things they've said' – Alastair Campbell on Boris Johnson and Donald Trump". The Independent. Archived from the original on 28 July 2020 . Retrieved 5 May 2020.In May 2022 it was announced that Campbell would appear in the Channel 4 political entertainment series Make Me Prime Minister, due to broadcast at the end of September 2022. [98] [99] Just the other day, I was doing a debate with Gary Neville for Debate Mate” the charity that pairs working class young people with adults to help them gain confidence in debating. “I was arguing that politics was the best route to changing the world.” Gary’s argument was fascinating. He argued that much of the change and improvements in Manchester have been made despite politics and not because of it”. Neville stressed that this wasn’t a criticism of the Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham. His powers remain limited, and much of this work predates the creation of the mayoralty but has more to do with the passion and brilliance of local campaigners, businesses, and communities. Campbell, Alastair (23 May 2012). "Joining Portland". Portland Communications. Archived from the original on 27 May 2012 . Retrieved 5 July 2013. It started out as a letter to the next generation. But it turned into something very different. Speaking to young people, I soon realised it could be a guide based on what I’ve learnt and what they can do.”

Stars shine for Keighley". Keighley News. Archived from the original on 8 June 2022 . Retrieved 8 June 2021. Jones, Nicholas (2000). Sultans of Spin: The Media and the New Labour Government. Orion Books. ISBN 0-7528-2769-3. I’ve written it in three parts. The first is an analysis of how we got to this state of affairs, with the global financial crisis a key moment, and the 3Ps of the modern age, populism, polarisation and post-truth politics, exploited by opportunistic politicians around the world to change the nature of political debate in a way that threatens to undermine democracy itself. Chapter 5, The Threat of Fascism, underlines how seriously I think we need to take the danger. Chapter 6, on the perils of disengagement, acts as a bridge to Part 2. Alastair Campbell". menshealth.com. Mens Health. Archived from the original on 10 March 2022 . Retrieved 5 April 2022. Campbell is a master communicator. He knows the power words have to change the world. Such is his love of language and the ideas it conveys, he’s even coined his own neologisms. Combining ‘reliance’ with ‘perseverance’ saw him invent a word sitting at the epicentre of his thinking and his book’s can-do optimism - ’Perseviliance’…

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Politics and government [ edit ] Campbell lecturing at the LSE series 'From Kennedy to Blair,' 7 July 2003 In 1982, Campbell moved to the London office of the Daily Mirror, Fleet Street's sole remaining big-circulation supporter of the Labour Party. He became a political correspondent, then in 1986 moved to Today, a full-colour tabloid newspaper which was at the time trying to turn leftward, where he worked as a news editor. His rapid rise and its accompanying stress led to alcohol abuse. [13] Alcoholism and depression [ edit ] But what can I do" then takes the listener into practical steps offering advice on how one can help fix and get involved. The great thing about these sections is that they draw on previous Campbell , writings ,work and insights, so we have hints and tips on areas such as teamship, leadership, formulating strategies and better mental health. I love James, but I just don’t see it like that”. He says, reflecting on the election victories with Labour. Campbell has published a number of books, including eight volumes of memoirs. In February 2018, he wrote, with Paul Fletcher, a novel on football and terrorism in the 1970s, Saturday Bloody Saturday. The book has a front cover quote from commentator John Motson describing it as "the best football novel I have ever read". [104]

Our politics is a mess. We have leaders who can't or shouldn't be allowed to lead. We endure governments that lie, and seek to undermine our democratic values. And we are confronted with policies that serve the interests of the privileged few. It's no surprise that so many of us feel frustrated, let down and drawn to ask, ' But what can I do?' He was awarded the Gold Medal of Honorary Patronage by the Philosophical Society of Trinity College Dublin on 16 October 2019. [103] We need big change in the way politics is done. I strongly favour lowering the voting age, compulsory voting, and political education in schools, including primary schools, just on the basics of what politics is and why it matters. Children need to learn how to argue and how to communicate and make decisions. I also think we need greater devolution to the nations and the regions of the UK.”

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