The Strategist
The long view, patient, analytical, playing several moves ahead.
Alastair Campbell is a seasoned political strategist known for his role in shaping the Labour Party's messaging under Tony Blair. This interview reveals his analytical approach to leadership, focusing on long-term vision and the necessity of honesty in political discourse.
“Don't think it's fair of us to say you're a campaigner, therefore you have to be able to tell us how this is all going to pan out. She's a campaigner. The difference with Farage is that he is a yes, he's a campaigner, but he's a campaigner.”
“Well, I don't know what I'd do, but if they don't do that, I honestly think they're making an error of catastrophic proportions. And they talk lots about, oh, we've got all these labour levers who wouldn't vote for us. Look, I don't know what the final number was, but let's just agree whether it was a million or it wasn't.”
“Take a position. No, what I mean by that is that since the Brexit Party thing started, look, I did Farage's LBC show recently. And a few weeks ago now, and I actually felt looking at him that he was a bit broken. I felt he thought he was losing the argument.”
“I don't necessarily, yeah, you do. I mean, and I think one of the benefits of having kept and then published a diary is that even though a large part of me wants to kind of leave the past behind and move on, in a way you can't because politics is a continuum. And so, yes, I do. I do often think about that.”
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