Alastair Campbell is known as a journalist, editor, strategist, broadcaster and activist known for his political roles during Tony Blair’s leadership of the Labour Party.
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Campbell is the editor of The New European and chief interviewer for GQ. He continues acting as a consultant strategist and ambassador for Time to Change and other mental health charities. He was an adviser to the People’s Vote Campaign, demanding a public vote on the final Brexit deal.
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Campbell moved into government when Labour won the general election in May 1997 and served as the Prime Minister’s chief press secretary until 2000. In government, he implemented many radical changes to both procedure and operational management.
In March 2022, he launched the Rest is Politics podcast with Rory Stewart, which has been the top politics podcast in the UK in the Apple rankings since its launch, and often the leading podcast in the UK.
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