Alastair Campbell
15 July 2026
Britain isn't America - and that's why Farage had to fall
Expecting to escape scrutiny over that £5m donation was a huge blunder – and a gift to Burnham
Read the full article08 July 2026
The WWI ‘butcher’ who inspired Putin’s meat-grinder warfare
Douglas Haig’s willingness to trade thousands of lives for a few miles of ground has proved sadly durable
Read the full article01 July 2026
We are living in the age of climate unreality
The charlatans who said we had nothing to fear from Brexit now make the same claim about the world getting hotter
Read the full article24 June 2026
In a world of chancers and charlatans, we need facts at our fingertips
Get a FREE signed copy of A history of Brexit: in 256 disasters when you subscribe to The New World
Read the full article22 June 2026
Burnham must learn the lessons of Starmer’s failure – and they start with Brexit
Be optimistic, don’t ignore the party and find new ways to cut through lies and disinformation
Read the full article22 June 2026
What Starmer never understood about being PM
The nature of how his landslide was won demanded more inclusive government
Read the full article17 June 2026
Let’s make Farage wear Brexit like a badge of shame
In a world of chancers and charlatans, we need facts at our fingertips as vital ammunition for the battles ahead: Beating Reform and joining the EU
Read the full article15 June 2026
Meet the Trump hire who says the president is now out of control
Former chief of staff Mick Mulvaney would have stopped the money-grabbing mixing of political and family business
Read the full article10 June 2026
My journey to see what makes the Finns so happy
The Nordic nation has been named the ‘happiest country in the world’ for the last eight years. Why?
Read the full article03 June 2026
My airport row with a Trump supporter
It started badly – and when he said the UK was unreliable, I lost it
Read the full article27 May 2026
I asked an audience of building experts if Starmer should stay - you’ll be amazed by the response
If you listen to the 24/7 media blah factory right now, you’d think it would be a landslide for the PM to quit
Read the full article20 May 2026
I doubted that Burnham had a ruthless streak. Not any more
If I had to put my life on it, I’d guess that he will be PM by Christmas
Read the full article11 May 2026
It’s too soon for a leadership challenge to Starmer
The PM must show fight and passion - and his critics must consider what they really want
Read the full article10 May 2026
Farage wants to dodge the blame for Brexit. We can’t let him
Labour are letting Reform’s leader get away with it - the upcoming 10th anniversary is time to change that
Read the full article06 May 2026
What two musician brothers from Carlisle can teach JD Vance about Ukraine
If the VP ever becomes president, there is truly no hope for America
Read the full article29 April 2026
I went head-to-head with Aleksandar Vučić - and we still don't agree
The Serbian president still blames Nato and New Labour over Kosovo
Read the full article21 April 2026
The bizarre truth about my own vetting for No 10
Hours after being grilled by an ex-military man, I ran into him again – in very strange circumstances
Read the full article13 April 2026
Orbán is out – and now the world knows another way is possible
The autocrat’s defeat is a blow to Trump, Putin - and populists like Nigel Farage
Read the full article09 April 2026
Here's what Zelensky really thinks of JD Vance
After the madness of MAGA in Iran, meeting Ukraine’s president is a lesson in empathy and emotion
Read the full article01 April 2026
How Jon Stewart told me the brutal truth about Trump and Hegseth
A tour of top podcasts featured savagings of Brexit – and the man baby in the White House
Read the full article24 March 2026
My late friend’s final message: Never work for the Daily Mail
After saying goodbye to old mates, I’ve got a new philosophy: Stay young, no matter how old you are
Read the full article15 March 2026
Pedro Sánchez is outclassing Trump with the president’s own tactics
The Spanish prime minister succeeds because he thinks, speaks and acts in bold, primary colours
Read the full article11 March 2026
Trump’s dark legacy: The world now sees America as worse than China
MAGA has made the land of the free more of a global danger than a repressive surveillance state that spies, steals and kills
Read the full article24 February 2026
I’m in Ukraine, a nation let down by America
Four years after the all out invasion, Ukrainians want more than just warm words. They want real help to end this war. Trump isn’t going to give it – so it’s down to us
Read the full article23 February 2026
Trump’s Ukraine delusion
After four years of war, Putin isn't winning. So why does the president insist he is?
Read the full article16 February 2026
The coercive control of Marco Rubio’s Munich doctrine
The US secretary of state told his audience he was only being tough on Europe because he loved it. It was almost as offensive as JD Vance a year earlier
Read the full article11 February 2026
Am I still a friend of Peter Mandelson? It's complicated
I find it hard to think he didn’t hear and see things that made him feel he had to get Epstein out of his life
Read the full article09 February 2026
I’m sleepless, angry and anxious over this – and I know I’m not alone
Editor-at-large Alastair Campbell on the reaction to the Mandelson affair, the calls for Starmer to go, and what happens to this government - and the United Kingdom - next
Read the full article04 February 2026
Trump's lies are trashing the dollar
Economic facts are catching up with the political untruths of the Trump administration
Read the full article28 January 2026
Heckling Trump in Davos
The Orange Man Boy’s speech was so full of lies that I had to do something. But as a former US vice president told me, it’s probably not the best way to deal with him
Read the full article20 January 2026
A lesson for Robert Jenrick: How to plot a proper defection
My secret plan once wrecked a Tory conference, but this turncoat has only wrecked himself
Read the full article13 January 2026
It’s time for a European army
Keir Starmer wants Britain to get closer to the EU. The war in Ukraine and Trump’s military posturing put European security at the heart of that realignment
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