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5 unusual facts about Alastair Campbell


Alistair Campbell

Alastair Campbell (born 1957), British political aide and Labour Party strategist associated with Tony Blair

Courtesy titles in the United Kingdom

For example, Alastair Campbell is known as The Honourable Lord Bracadale, whilst Ronald Mackay is known as The Right Honourable Lord Eassie.

Greg Pope

The move was described as an attempt to "bounce" MPs on the committee into clearing Alastair Campbell of "sexing up" the so-called Dodgy Dossier of evidence into the threat posed by Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.

International Journalism Festival

Amongst the speakers that have previously attended the festival are Seymour Hersh, Carl Bernstein, Alastair Campbell, Stephen Doig, Hans-Gert Pöttering and Eugenio Scalfari.

Morning Advertiser

Charles Dickens was an early contributor to the paper and Alastair Campbell cut his teeth as a reporter on the paper early in his career.


Blatcherism

Blair, in conjunction with Peter Mandelson, Gordon Brown and Alastair Campbell, created the New Labour ethos by embracing many aspects of Thatcherite beliefs into Labour as the "Third Way".

Covert listening device

In 2003, Alastair Campbell (who was Director of Communications and Strategy from 1997-2003 for the UK PM) in his memoirs The Blair Years: The Alastair Campbell Diaries alleged that two bugs were discovered in the hotel room meant for visiting British PM Tony Blair planted by Indian intelligence agencies.

Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia

The book was used extensively by American analysts and British politicians including Tony Blair and Alastair Campbell in the wake of the attacks.


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