“I remember talking to Alex Ferguson about Tony [Blair] and Gordon [Brown], and he said: "Why doesn't Tony just get rid of him?" But if you sack someone in football, they can't turn up to training the next day. In politics they're still on the pitch. Gordon would still have been a big player.” IfsHas BeensSaidStillsBigsRememberTurnsNextTalkingPlayerFootballTrainingBrownNext DayAlexBlairFerguson Author:Alastair Campbell
“As Tony [Blair] said in his book, Gordon [Brown] was brilliant and impossible. If he'd just been one of those things, the options are obvious.” IfsSaidBookImpossibleObviousBrilliantBrownBlair Author:Alastair Campbell
“For all that the papers would say I was a liar, I took the words I was saying at briefings as seriously as Tony Blair took what he would say at the Despatch Box. I find it very difficult not to tell the truth. I felt I was accountable for what I said.” SaidFeltDifficultPaperBoxesTelling The TruthLiarsPapersBlairBriefing 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
