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Alastair Campbell says destructive campaigns are putting people off politics

The podcaster and former New Labour spin doctor said MPs needed to do more to look after their mental health.

The Independent UK

Best of frenemies: can George Osborne and Ed Balls’s blokey bantz erase austerity’s scars?

The former adversaries are launching an economics podcast. Somehow I doubt there will be a reckoning with the past

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Alastair Campbell: The public needs to know what change will mean for them

Setting out why a Labour government would be better must move to centre stage, Alastair Campbell writes in the Standard

Evening Standard

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Gogglebox viewers not impressed with 'nauseating' new celebrity signing for latest series

A number of people took to social media to comment on the new TV critics on the Channel 4 show

Chronicle Live

Gogglebox viewers fume over controversial celebrity signing for latest series

Gogglebox viewers had the same complaint as they heard the news that Alastair Campbell and his daughter joined the panel of the Channel 4 show, with many taking to social media to fume about the new additions to the popular series

Daily Mirror

Behold Waterstones Dad – and hurrah for Britain’s new demographic stereotype

The latest slicing of social segments is a floating voter and a welcome addition to the merry-go-round of political life, writes Andrew Anthony

The Guardian - UK

The Brexit Question Time’s audience backs up what our survey found: no regrets

Despite feeling that politicians have messed up, the leavers we heard from still think that Brexit has a future, say Anand Menon and Sophie Stowers of The UK in a Changing Europe

The Guardian - UK

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Serpentine splashers to Hampstead’s Bobble Hat Brigade — meet London’s power swimming tribes

Cold water swimmers are swaggering and shivering around the capital, with distinct types gathering at each place. Robbie Smith has your guide to the venues, the people and the wet networking

Evening Standard

Tory ministers refuse to appear on Question Time Brexit special

TORY ministers have been accused of cowardice after it was revealed that no senior government representative will appear on a BBC Question Time…

The National (Scotland)

'Cowardly' Tory ministers refuse to appear on Question Time Brexit special

Alastair Campbell, who will be appearing on the flagship BBC politics show in Clacton-on-Sea, said it is "quite something" that the government won't be represented in front of an audience made entirely of Leave voters

Daily Mirror

Covid inquiry: George Osborne ‘completely rejects’ claims austerity weakened health and social care capacity – as it happened

Evidence submitted by former chancellor claims austerity had ‘positive’ effect on UK’s ability to withstand Covid pandemic

The Guardian - UK

For Tony Blair, Silvio Berlusconi was shrewd, capable and true to his word. For others, not so much

Blair has joined in the praise for Italy’s former prime minister, a man who was as sad as he was repulsive

The Guardian - UK

Top Labour politicians pay tribute to Glenda Jackson who has died aged 87

Senior figures from Keir Starmer's party recalled their time working with the double Oscar-winning actress, who had a successful second career as a respected parliamentarian

Daily Mirror

Labour leader Keir Starmer: We won’t see talent like Glenda Jackson again

Famous faces from the world of politics and beyond have remembered the acting and political star.

Evening Standard

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The Week

Piers Morgan: five things you might not know about the contentious broadcaster

The columnist and broadcaster Piers Morgan hacked into Alastair Campbell’s bank accounts in order to destabilise the then Labour government, Tony Blair’s former spin doctor claimed last week at the High Court.

The Guardian - UK

Starting young on the politics of argument

Letters: John Sommer, Martin Cooper and Lyn A Dade respond to an article by Alastair Campbell on teaching politics in primary school

The Guardian - UK

‘We’re both romantic about what politics can be’: Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart on their double act

To judge by the huge success of their podcast The Rest Is Politics, the UK still has an appetite for political ideas and debate. But how do the Labour stalwart and the Tory maverick really get on?

The Week

Quiz of The Week 21 - 27 May

The Conservative Party faced another raft of damaging headlines this week amid fresh scandals involving senior members of the party.

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Daily Mirror

Teach primary kids 'arguing' to get them into politics, says Alastair Campbell

Tony Blair's former spin chief said children should be given a political education at a young age - and said state school pupils needed to learn to 'fight their corner' against their wealthier peers

The Guardian - UK

Politics should be taught in primary schools, Alastair Campbell says

Former spin doctor tells Hay festival politics lessons for young children could be called ‘arguing’ or ‘big issues’

The Week

The best politics podcasts of 2023: what the critics say

When it comes to British podcasting, politics seems to be king, said Patricia Nicol in The Sunday Times. Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart’s “The Rest is Politics” consistently tops the charts, and now has an interview offshoot show, “Leading”. “The News Agents” (with Lewis Goodall, Emily Maitlis and Jon Sopel)…

The Independent UK

Alastair Campbell tells hacking trial he was targeted by private investigators

Trial over claims brought by Prince Harry and other high-profile figures against Mirror Group Newspapers continues

Evening Standard

Alistair Campbell tells Mirror hacking trial he was targeted by private investigators

Mirror Group Newspapers is contesting the claims over allegations its journalists were linked to voicemail interception, securing information through deception and hiring private investigators for unlawful activities

The Guardian - UK

Alastair Campbell tells high court Piers Morgan authorised reporters to hack into bank account

Former editor allegedly told reporter to obtain details of Campbell’s mortgage payments in 1999

Manchester Evening News

"Very dangerous...": Tony Blair's spin doctor Alastair Campbell on Burnham, Brexit and losing the Red Wall

The former Number 10 Director of Communications discusses the North-South divide and whether Andy Burnham will remain Greater Manchester mayor

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