But What Can I Do?: Why Politics Has Gone So Wrong, and How You Can Help Fix It

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Passionate about sport, he was written about different sports for The Times, the Irish Times and Esquire magazine.

A mix of polemic, analysis and practical advice, this is a political masterclass from a master political commentator and strategist.

He has said that in ten years in the media, and a decade in politics, he saw his respect for the media fall and his respect for politics rise. In the run-up to the Iraq War, Campbell was involved in the preparation and release of the " September Dossier" in September 2002 and the " Iraq Dossier" (nicknamed the "Dodgy Dossier") in February 2003. In response, shadow minister Dawn Butler stated that it was common knowledge that voting for another party would result in automatic exclusion. Yes, he has since written many books, including novels and a volume about mental health (he suffers from depression).

Who on earth, I might have asked, wants to spend their hard earned money on two hours of unfiltered chat on such subjects as a recent presidential election in Turkey, what might constitute inappropriate behaviour in the House of Commons, and whether the manager of Burnley FC would make a better prime minister than Keir Starmer? He advised the Better Together campaign against Scottish independence in 2014, worked for the People’s Vote Campaign in the failed pursuit of a second Brexit referendum and remains an outspoken opponent of Brexit and the refusal of the main parties to recognise the damage it has done to Britain.

I’m a friend of Bill,” she said, with a little wink and a smile as she headed to the changing rooms. I would love the chance to go through my ideas with someone who could then let me know where they would best fit in , or indeed if they are worth pursuing. In November 2021 Campbell was featured in the BBC series Winter Walks, walking in the Yorkshire Dales along Ribblesdale, from a waterfall above the market town of Settle, to Catrigg Force near Stainforth, 5 mi (8. Lots worked for nothing, not least the thousands of volunteers that were engaged around the country. The podcast is made by Goalhanger, a company co-founded by the ex-footballer and Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker.

In the spring of 2022, he launched a podcast, The Rest Is Politics, with former Tory Cabinet minister Rory Stewart, which has regularly topped the UK podcast charts, and they have sold out some of the biggest and most prestigious venues in the UK, among them the Albert Hall and the Usher Hall, for live events.Having graduated from Cambridge University in modern languages, he went into journalism, principally with the Mirror Group. He is still engaged in politics in Britain and overseas and is also a leading advocate in the field of mental health, and co-presenter of the UK's most popular podcast of 2022, The Rest Is Politics. Recently, outside the Parliament Hill Lido on Hampstead Heath, where I swim most mornings, I had two random encounters, the first with someone I know, the second with someone I had never met before, and have never seen since. The problem was that while such polarisation may have yielded us a support base of millions, it also hardened the opposition of the Leavers and Tories whose support we needed but which it became ever more vanishingly unlikely that we would secure.