Alastair Campbell: Political strategist on his financial fears and life inside Downing Street
Series 2 kicks off with Gabby Logan speaking to author, political strategist and podcaster Alastair Campbell.
Having started out as a journalist, Alastair is best known for his six-year stint as former British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s director of communications, previously serving as his press secretary while in Opposition. Despite returning briefly as an adviser to Gordon Brown and Ed Miliband, Alastair left frontline politics behind in 2003 to focus on his partner Fiona and their three children, alongside writing and raising awareness about mental health issues, drawing on his own…
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