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

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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.” In May 2016, the International Business Times announced that Campbell had joined it as a columnist. [47]

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?' In chapters entitled Resist Cynicism and Develop a Campaigning Mindset, he cajoles and pleads younger people from every sector of society to overcome their disillusion, and to adopt the Obama mindset of Yes We Can. 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. Alastair Campbell". menshealth.com. Mens Health. Archived from the original on 10 March 2022 . Retrieved 5 April 2022. Alastair's Turf Moor Diaries". football.fanhouse.co.uk. Archived from the original on 31 December 2009 . Retrieved 30 December 2009.Political Awards: and the winner is..." Channel 4 News. Channel 4. 23 January 2008. Archived from the original on 24 February 2009 . Retrieved 16 October 2008. While Trump is an abhorrent character he doesn't mention George W's rigged election campaign or the fact Gordon Brown was appointed mid-term, losing his first general election. There is no mention about Labour offering no credible opposition for over a decade.

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] 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. Campbell has described himself as a pro-faith atheist, and his statement "we don't do God" is one of his more repeated soundbites. However, he was asked in late 2017 by the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, whom Campbell had interviewed for GQ, to contribute to his book on the meaning of Christmas.

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Alastair John Campbell (born 25 May 1957) is a British journalist, author, strategist, broadcaster and activist, known for his political roles during Tony Blair's leadership of the Labour Party. Campbell worked as Blair's spokesman and campaign director in opposition (1994–1997), then as Downing Street Press Secretary, and as the Prime Minister's Official Spokesperson (1997–2000). He then became Downing Street director of communications and spokesman for the Labour Party (2000–2003). He returned as campaign director for the 2005 general election in Blair's third win.

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Mason, Rowena. "Labour expels Alastair Campbell from party". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 8 April 2021 . Retrieved 11 June 2019. Exclusive interview: Alastair Campbell – 'families aren't equipped for mental illness' ". www.mentalhealthtoday.co.uk. Mental Health Today. Archived from the original on 9 November 2017 . Retrieved 9 November 2017. Campbell, Alastair (3 September 2020). Living Better: How I Learned to Survive Depression. John Murray. ISBN 9781529331844.In March 2022 he launched a new podcast, The Rest is Politics, discussing politics home and abroad with former Tory cabinet minister Rory Stewart. It became an instant hit, rising by week 2 to the top of the Apple UK podcast charts, and leading to calls that he and Stewart form a new centre ground party. [53] [54] The Burden of Power: Countdown to Iraq (2013). Arrow. ISBN 978-0-09-951473-2 (volume four, 2001–2003) Though he never liked Margaret Thatcher, she never sank this low. Boris Johnson, however? “I have considerable experience of prime ministers,” he writes. “Whether Tory or Labour, none were liars. Johnson was, and is. Fact.” In March 2017, the newspaper The New European announced that it had appointed Campbell as editor-at-large. [48]