“One day, we will look back and wonder how on earth we used to believe that depression was a lifestyle choice, only to be debated and taken seriously when an A List film star took his life, and the world filled with people saying how shocked and saddened they were.” PeopleWorldBelieveLooksEarthFilmUsedChoicesStarsWonderTakenOne DayFilledListsLifestyleShockedSaddenedFilm StarsPeople With DepressionLifestyle Choices Author:Alastair Campbell
“What concerns me is that the Independent is going, and there are job cuts at the Guardian, but the wretched Daily Mail is still rampant, making lots of money by millions of people clicking on pictures of cellulited women. I think that's sad.” PeopleThinkingStillsJobsMillionsCuttingConcernIndependentMailLots Of MoneyWretchedGuardianDaily Mail Author:Alastair Campbell
“If you look at the other people around at the time - Charles Clarke, Alistair Darling, Jack Straw - they've all gone. And they're not old. What's happened is that someone who is quite old - Jeremy Corbyn - is now leader. We have to take some responsibility for that.” PeopleIfsLooksResponsibilityLeaderGoneHappenedDarlingStraws Author:Alastair Campbell
“I never met David Kelly, but I knew from what he told other people that this was not his view. The BBC were saying that Tony Blair was making up lies so that he could send young men and women to war, maybe to die. I think that if the BBC had done their jobs professionally, they'd have realised that you couldn't justify what they said. And nothing has emerged since to justify that report.” PeopleIfsThinkingMenSaidWarDoneJobsYoungLyingDiesViewsMetsMen And WomenYoung ManReportsJustifyThey SaidRealisedMaking UpBlair Author:Alastair Campbell
“All of this is happening because there has still been no reckoning post the financial crisis. So governments have fallen, one bloke has been to prison, the banks have gone pretty well back to status quo, the rich are getting richer, and the poor are getting poorer. And it's fuelling anger. And somehow [Donald] Trump, who represents the worst aspects of capitalism, has persuaded people he can deal with that.” PeopleWellsHas BeensStillsGovernmentPoorDealsGoneRichWorstTrumpHappeningsCapitalismAspectCrisisPrisonFinancialPostsFallenStatus QuoGet RichFinancial CrisisReckoningBlokes Author:Alastair Campbell
“I do think it's strange that I get associated with Iraq more than the people who were Foreign Secretary or Defence Secretary. It's because of my closeness to Tony [Blair], which I don't regret at all. I think that was a privilege.” PeopleThinkingStrangeRegretIraqPrivilegeSecretaryDefenceClosenessBlairDon't Regret Author:Alastair Campbell
“I feel like thanking Paul Dacre every time, because the reason they ask me is because they think I've come through the other end with a pretty good reputation. Loads of people get a bad press but have a good reputation. [David] Beckham - think what he went through. [Bill] Clinton, likewise. You just have to be true to yourself.” PeopleThinkingFeelsEndsReasonAsksBillsPressesClintonReputationBeing TrueAsk MeLoadBe True To YourselfTrue To YourselfBeckhamGood ReputationBad Press Author:Alastair Campbell
“Failure, it is thought, is what sells, and what people want to hear and read about. I am not so sure.” PeopleWantSells Author:Alastair Campbell
“One in four of us will have a mental illness at some point. That is a lot of people.” PeopleFourIllnessMental Illness Author:Alastair Campbell
“The bad news for journalists today is that the media, however seriously people who are in the public eye take it, is not taken as seriously as it once was - by the public.” PeopleEyeTodayTakenMediaNewsJournalistBad NewsPublic Eye Author:Alastair Campbell
“Clinton is a big personality who has led a big life, and for some of the media conventional wisdom to boil it down to a view that 'all people are really interested in' are a few moments of madness in the Oval Office gets him, the importance of the presidency, and the significance of his life, all wrong.” PeopleMomentsBigsViewsMediaPersonalityOfficeImportanceMadnessClintonSignificanceConventionalPresidencyConventional WisdomOval Author:Alastair Campbell
“I hold no candle for George Osborne whatsoever. He has no strategic skills, is a hopeless chancellor, has no idea how most people have to live and his policies are failing and hurting millions.” PeopleIdeasHurtMillionsFailingPolicySkillsNo IdeaHopelessCandleStrategic Author:Alastair Campbell
