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Alastair Campbell

@alastaircampbell2.bsky.social
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Writer, strategist, co-presenter the U.K. No1 podcast The Rest Is Politics … love Britain hate Brexit, loved Twitter loathe Musk n Trump

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 20h
New @restispoliticsus.bsky.social Q and A - Michael Gove and I cross swords on Brexit, Israel Gaza, Jason Arday and Enoch Powell. Plus Man City scandal and a bit of praise for Jacob Rees-Mogg for showing up Tucker Carlson for the lightweight charlatan he is. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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Alastair and Michael Gove Disagree Agreeably on Brexit and Israel
Podcast Episode · The Rest Is Politics · 7 October · 53min
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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
With @rory-stewart.bsky.social otherwise engaged Michael Gove joins me on @therestpolitics.bsky.social - we discuss both main party conferences, French school violence, elections Spain Brazil and Bosnia. And how Burnham hated shadowing MG at education!! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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Is Badenoch Finally Stopping Farage and Why Are French Schools on Fire?
Podcast Episode · The Rest Is Politics · 6 October · 55min
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The Rest Is Politics @therestpolitics.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
What would happen if the Europeans were to lock Trump up?
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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Tree of the Day
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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
New @therestpolitics.bsky.social LEADING with @shabanamahmood.bsky.social - fascinating on so many levels - faith; Palestine, immigration, why Starmer had to go and so much more. We were both impressed. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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Shabana Mahmood: Palestine Action, Faith and What I Told Starmer
Podcast Episode · The Rest Is Politics: Leading · 4 October · 1hr 15min
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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Tree of the day
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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Courtesy of Fiona primary school friend Fiona Campbell in Canada - Tree of the Day
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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Just did an event at @crowneplaza Gerrards Cross. Don’t recall many hotels with so many great trees in the car park. No 1 Tree of the Day
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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
New @therestpolitics.bsky.social QndA - who is winning the Trump Xi power battle? Tensions in N Ireland. And Ethiopia. Elections in Brazil Klopp and the flag. Bayeux Tapestry podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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How Xi is Outplaying Trump and Tensions in Northern Ireland
Podcast Episode · The Rest Is Politics · 30 September · 52min
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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Printed book arrived today. Number 22. But always nice to get your hands on the final thing. Coincided with doing the Children’s Book Project podcast. Great campaign and great cause.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
President Macron, "Brexit has cost the UK 8% of GDP.. Brexit is the biggest lie of the last 30 years" My view: Brexit was sold as a route to greater prosperity: less bureaucracy, more money, new trade opportunities Instead, Britain put new barriers between itself and its largest trading market.
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Pathetic…..
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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
New @therestpolitics.bsky.social on @andyburnham.bsky.social speech a lot to talk about and a lot of it good. Plus I quiz Rory on the viral swivel and stare podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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Alastair Reacts to Burnham’s Speech and Rory’s Viral Stare
Podcast Episode · The Rest Is Politics · 29 September · 50min
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John Greenwood @greenwoodjohn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Prefer mine - sorry Alastair
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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Tree of the Day
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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
New @restispoliticsus.bsky.social QandA - what next for Germany after another electoral disaster for Merz? Challenges facing rural Britain. Whither the Lib Dems and more podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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Germany’s Political Disaster and Can the Lib Dems Fight Back?
Podcast Episode · The Rest Is Politics · 23 September · 45min
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Just because I strongly oppose any measure to tackle Russian misinformation, doesn’t mean I’m on Russia's side. In unrelated news, one of the few times I bothered turning up for work as an MEP was to vote AGAINST measures to tackle the spread of Russian misinformation...
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The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
When a real scandal comes along, some parts of the press just can’t bring themselves to acknowledge it ✏️ @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social
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Alastair Campbell's diary: The right wing media hounded Jason Arday and ignored James Orr. It’s obvious why
When a real scandal comes along, some parts of the press just can’t bring themselves to acknowledge it
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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
New @therestpolitics.bsky.social- if the old world order is collapsing what can replace it, and are Carney and Burnham part of the answer? Plus Charles v Charles, and Keynes v Hayek in new play podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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Burnham and Carney vs. Trump, and the Diana Dispute
Podcast Episode · The Rest Is Politics · 22 September · 48min
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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
New @therestpolitics.bsky.social LEADING with Gordon Brown. As UNGA gathers we discuss how to rid a fractured world, look back on the crash and I try to retrieve my stolen tie!! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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Gordon Brown: How to Fix a Fracturing World
Podcast Episode · The Rest Is Politics: Leading · 20 September · 54min
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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Tree of the Day. Spoilt for choice between Hebden Bridge and Burnley. Winner pic 1. Pic 4 the match. So close to first win of the season. Long journey home #utc
Tree of the Day near Burnley
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Dee Lomas @deelomas.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
They’ve closed the Portsmouth RNLI station. This is who we are now. The silent ‘majority’ have just been too bloody silent. They no longer live amongst us. We live amongst them. We have all got to do more and bloody loudly…
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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New @therestpolitics.bsky.social - Houthi Red Sea assault another hit on Trump failing Iran strategy and global economy. Why A.I. bosses are panicking the world. And the latest Reform funding scandals podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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Trump’s Next Middle East Crisis and Reform’s £72m Megadonation
Podcast Episode · The Rest Is Politics · 16 September · 53min
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Newshound411 @newshound411.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
If only it had been this way. Justice denied 👇 👇 👇 👇
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 16/09/2026
Ukrainians have proven countless times that their spirit cannot be broken. And this summer, Sasha has shown the whole world the true essence of this ↓
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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Tree of the Day. Westminster. The first U.K. winner for a while. My last ten TotDs were all snapped a couple of weeks ago on a short walk in Baden Baden, surely the tree porn capital of Germany if not the world!
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The Rest Is Politics @therestpolitics.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
How Ed Miliband's late mum was at the forefront of his mind during his statement on Israel-Palestine.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A reminder that the "generosity" he refers to here follows Nigel Farage announcing Crypto tax policies that would net them both hundreds of millions of pounds in additional profits
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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
In the movie version of this, after Piddington runs out of food water and money as a result of leaving the UK, the residents apply for asylum and end up housed in a military base, with HILARIOUS consequences. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Piddington in Oxfordshire votes to leave UK over asylum plans
Piddington residents voted over proposals to house up to 1,256 male asylum seekers nearby
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The Rest Is Politics @therestpolitics.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 Is the two-state solution still an achievable goal? Rory and Alastair sit down with Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband to discuss Britain's stance on Israel-Palestine, and the bigger picture on UK foreign policy. Link in the replies 👇
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Really is amazing how many Reform and UKIP elected officials have been arrested over years. So unlucky.
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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
New @therestpolitics.bsky.social in which we are joined by Ed Miliband to discuss new stance on Israel Gaza, next steps, the war in Iran, dealing with Trump’s US, and whether the U.K is part of the Carney middle powers vision podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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"Not Enough?" | Rory and Alastair Challenge Ed Miliband on Israel-Palestine
Podcast Episode · The Rest Is Politics · 15 September · 54min
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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Tree of the Day
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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
New @therestpolitics.bsky.social LEADING with former Finland PM Sanna Marin podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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How Putin's War Changed Finland Forever (Sanna Marin)
Podcast Episode · The Rest Is Politics: Leading · 13 September · 55min
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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Riddle me this. If somebody donates £36 million to a political party and £5 million to its leader, how is the £5 million not political? Asking for a parliamentary standards commissioner.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne has now matched Ben Delo's record-breaking £36m donation to Reform, months after Nigel Farage's party promised to slash crypto sales taxes in half Reform UK is now a wholly owned subsidiary of the crypto industry www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/reform-uk-...
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Reform UK Is Now a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Corrupt Crypto Industry
As criminal investigations into Reform’s funding continue, much of the British press continues to give a free pass to Nigel Farage’s shady funders
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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Tree of the Day
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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Tree of the Day
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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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Farage’s Foreign Funding Scandal and Germany’s Far-Right Breakthrough
Podcast Episode · The Rest Is Politics · 8 September · 51min
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Watching BBC News and it's striking to hear the presenters repeatedly referring to the AfD as "far-right" whilst refusing to ever say the same about the hundreds of actual masked blackshirts currently swarming British ports
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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Very good evening with Luke Harding talking about his new book BETRAYAL. The betrayal is that of Trump and Putin and their working together against the interests of Ukraine.
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Benjamin Faude @benjaminfaude.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Sehr hoerenswerter Podcast mit @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social, der eine ganze Reihe von Problemen praeziser beschreibt als viele in Deutschland, u.a. die politische Positionierung von Mathias Döpfner. m.youtube.com/watch?v=yDg2...
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Jetzt schaut die ganze Welt auf Deutschland. Mit Alastair Campbell
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roland wyss @rolandwyss.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
ganz tolles Interview. @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social erklärt @ronzheimer.bsky.social die drei P "populism", "polarisation" und "post-truth politics", und dass sein Chef Matthias Döpfner Teil des Problems ist. Wie wahr. ronzheimer.podigee.io#latest-episo...
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Der 2025 mit einem Bambi ausgezeichnete Podcast von Journalist und Kriegsreporter Paul Ronzheimer, Journalist des Jahres 2022. Täglich mit den großen Themen, die unser Land bewegen, innen- und außenp...
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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Part 3 @restispoliticsus.bsky.social Becoming Burnham series podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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Becoming Burnham: The Manchester Arena Call, Westminster Plotting and Keir vs Andy
Podcast Episode · The Rest Is Politics · 3 September · Subscribers Only · 55min
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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
New @restispoliticsus.bsky.social QandA - Iceland vote blow to EU enlargement; why we need to wake up to Russia threat; why MAGA lies about Broken Britain; looking ahead to party conferences podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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MAGA's Plan to Make Britain Look Broken and Iceland's 'Brexit' Moment
Podcast Episode · The Rest Is Politics · 2 September · 52min
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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Plenty of agreeable disagreement on latest @therestpolitics.bsky.social as we discuss Artificial Intelligence. Who benefits? Do the benefits outweigh the risks? And do we need it? I am getting more and more sceptical. Plus (related) we discuss Nepal catastrophe podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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Who Really Benefits from AI and Will Data Centres Decide the Midterms?
Podcast Episode · The Rest Is Politics · 1 September · 59min
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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Absolutely brilliant. Moving. Funny. Significant and relevant. Best film I’ve seen for a while. And that was just part 1.
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