Alastair Campbell
11 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
Read the full article07 January 2026
Maia Sandu, the leader who stood up to Putin
The president of Moldova saw off a vicious campaign from Russia by educating the public about the threat and mobilising them against it. Would we do the same here?
Read the full article31 December 2025
How we must fight the global populist threat in 2026
Crime, corruption and cruelty show how leaders like Trump and Bukele exploit power, and why they must be stopped
Read the full article17 December 2025
American civilisation is at risk – but I’m still going
If they check my social media posts at the border, I might well be on the first plane back, which tells you Trump’s talk about free speech is nothing but a sham
Read the full article10 December 2025
Our politicians should be more like Peter Malinauskas
On political funding and social media, Malinauskas has shown real leadership. Our government should take note
Read the full article03 December 2025
Where is Reform's money coming from?
Real journalists would want to know whether any of the party's finances came in rouble form
Read the full article26 November 2025
We expect politicians to lie - and that's the problem
We have become too accustomed to figures like Donald Trump, who see misinformation as a weapon rather than an issue
Read the full article19 November 2025
This government is like The Thick Of It, but unfunny
It is ludicrous that, in little over a year, Keir Starmer has gone from landslide high to record low satisfaction ratings
Read the full article12 November 2025
Dick Cheney, the unlikely anti-Trump symbol
In Trump’s eyes, Cheney was a non-person who did not even merit a comment upon his death
Read the full article10 November 2025
The malign right can’t be allowed to destroy the BBC
Panorama made mistakes but this ‘scandal’ is the work of populists trying to control the airwaves. They won’t rest
Read the full article05 November 2025
Elon Musk's role in funding fascism
What Musk calls free speech, I call the promotion of fascism. The Tesla CEO needs to leave our politics alone
Read the full article22 October 2025
Dear young Republicans, JD Vance is no role model
Students in the US believe the UK has a free speech problem and the vice president is spinning this myth as a reality
Read the full article15 October 2025
Why Trump should never be given the Nobel peace prize
Peace is not just about bombs falling silent, but the humanity that goes into maintaining it
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