Alastair Campbell Diaries Volume 5: Never Really Left, 2003 - 2005

Alastair Campbell

Alastair Campbell Diaries Volume 5: Never Really Left, 2003 - 2005
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Biteback Publishing
Country
United Kingdom
Published
1 January 2017
Pages
608
ISBN
9781785900617

Alastair Campbell Diaries Volume 5: Never Really Left, 2003 - 2005

Alastair Campbell

Never Really Left is the first of four new volumes of diaries from Alastair Campbell, Tony Blair’s former chief press secretary and director of communications and strategy. It begins in 2003, where the previous instalment, The Burden of Power, ended, with Campbell’s departure from Downing Street. Despite having left government, Campbell’s level of involvement barely abated: he continued to advise Blair - and later Gordon Brown and Ed Miliband - and played a key role in every election campaign since. The diaries open as Lord Hutton prepares to publish his report, sparking a huge crisis for the BBC. But any joy in No. 10 is dwarfed by continuing difficulties in Iraq. Meanwhile the Blair-Brown relationship is fracturing almost beyond repair and Campbell is tasked by both with devising a plan that will enable the two men to come together to fight a united election campaign. Away from politics, the diaries talk frankly about Campbell’s continued struggles with mental health issues, as well as his work in sport and his return to journalism as he tries to find a new purpose in life. Never Really Left is a vivid and essential record of an important period in modern political history.

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