“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
“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
“Tony's [Blair] convinced I'm going to find God. I do have spiritual moments, but I don't think it's God.” ThinkingMomentsSpiritualConvincedBlair 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
“Friends have suggested that I am the least qualified person to talk about happiness, because I am often down, and sometimes profoundly depressed. But I think that's where my qualification comes from. Because to know happiness, it helps to know unhappiness.” ThinkingKnowsPersonsSometimesHelpingHappinessDown AndUnhappinessQualifiedQualifications Author:Alastair Campbell
