At the opening of the edition, presenter David Dimbleby said that the new Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition would not allow a frontbench member of the government to appear on the show unless Campbell was dropped.

He oversaw new co-ordination and rebuttal systems which gave birth to a communications machine which became both feared and respected, and the model for modern communications in politics and business. Telling someone they have no right to a view is not a great opening gambit if you’re hoping to win them over. The march was described by the media as the second biggest ever, after the protest against the Iraq war in 2003. We have witnessed leaders who can't - or shouldn't be allowed to - lead, policies that are either self-serving or don't work, and world views that are corrosive or short.He continues to advise progressive parties, in particular in the Balkans, where he has for some years been a strategic director for the Albanian Socialist Party, who won a landslide victory in June 2013, making Edi Rama Prime Minister, a second term four years later, and a third in 2021. We must all do what we can to find such people, inspire them, build them up and get them into the political arena so they can deliver the massive kick up the backside it needs.

I think it would actually make an interesting interview as I’m sure there must be many hard working folks like myself who just stay away from politics as they have ideas not political opinions . He continued on that day, following Kinnock to Perth, Scotland and finally Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, where he had a nervous breakdown and was arrested by two Special Branch detectives.He was an adviser to the People's Vote campaign, campaigning for a public vote on the final Brexit deal. He has also made an award-winning documentary about Burnley FC, another BBC documentary about alcoholism, and a film about wildlife.