Tag: Alastair Campbell

An excerpt from the article written by Alastair Campbell in the New European on 8 March 2023.

“Language not dissimilar to Germany in the 1930s,” says Lineker. Too bloody right. Swarms. Invasions. Left wing lawyers. The liberal elite. They all starred in the story of the rise of fascism. Judges as “Enemies of the People?” Remember that one, which not a single member of this government condemned? Exactly what the pro-Hitler press called judges in the 30s.

Indeed, if I were doing a media studies PhD right now I would be tempted to analyse the similarities between Der Stürmer and the Völkischer Beobachter in ‘30s Germany and the Mail, Express and Co of recent decades here, in terms of headlines, story selection, consistency of populist messaging, denial of critical voices.

Polarisation. Populism. Post-truth. The 3Ps of modern autocracy. I honestly thought Sunak might be different. He is certainly not as incontinently dishonest as Johnson, or as utterly useless as Liz Truss. But that is such a low bar it is hardly worth making the comparison. On the 3Ps, at his “stop the boats” press conference and in his exchanges with Keir Starmer in the Commons, he showed himself to be just as bad as his predecessors.

The comments made by Alastair Campbell, the former Director of Communications at 10 Downing Street, on Twitter on 1 November 2022.

Of course perfectly understandable that Matt Hancock loses the whip for deciding to become a national joke by going on I’m a celeb. But what about Johnson and his never-ending holidays? Added to which both should be charged over Covid misconduct in public office anyway!!

The comments made by Alastair Campbell, the former Director of Communications at Downing Street, on Twitter on 22 October 2022.

To think the poor guy had to pretend he flies economy – hard not to feel sorry for him. Until you remember he is a lying, lawbreaking, immoral charlatan who has trashed the UK reputation, made us poorer, weaker and less respected in the world, and cares only about himself.

The comments made by Alastair Campbell, the former Director of Communications, on Twitter on 20 October 2022.

Neither she [Liz Truss] nor Johnson should be allowed a resignation honours list. They have no honour. They have disgraced and debased an office they should never have held.

The comments made by Alastair Campbell, the former Director of Communications in Downing Street, on Twitter on 19 October 2022.

If true that Grant Shapps is now the Home Secretary it means that in Trussland your way to a top job is to go around with a spreadsheet and tell everyone “she’s toast!” Nobody will shed tears at Braverman departing but wtf …. This is omnishambolic on a gargantuan scale

The comments made by Alastair Campbell on Twitter on 14 October 2022.

I know we are talking small sums compared to the many billions spaffed on extra borrowing costs, not to mention the Covid billions wasted and lost to incompetence and corruption. But another consequence of the constant ministerial merry go round under Johnson and Truss is the continuing cost to the public purse after these useless charlatans lose their jobs. Johnson gets a huge PM allowance for life. They get pay-offs/pensions that rise because they have been “ministers.” The system has to be changed. Incompetence cannot keep being rewarded