He had played the bagpipes at a concert in Glasgow earlier in the year, staged entirely by musicians with links to Tiree. People's Vote march was attended by a third of number that organisers claimed, official estimate says". On balance – how romantic, like, on the one hand, it is sometimes bearable, and on the other, it’s not. They invent, they exaggerate, they deny saying things they've said' – Alastair Campbell on Boris Johnson and Donald Trump". Blair, who seems wholly in denial about his departure, rings for advice within hours before firing off a 15-page “weekend note” to the man who no longer works for him.

The following year, he was portrayed by Mark Bazeley in the Stephen Frears film The Queen – a role reprised by Bazeley in 2010 follow-up The Special Relationship, also written by Peter Morgan but this time directed by Richard Loncraine.

But the council wanted to offer Iraq a last opportunity, one that the UK and the US in the end did not wait for. Of interest to journalists and political aficionados, these repetitive tales will test the stamina of the general reader. As well as the poor performance of British troops in southern Iraq, there were multiple problems over lack of proper equipment. Scarlett produced the first draft of the “dodgy” dossier in September 2002, which included the infamous claim that a British target – the UK base in Cyprus – was only 45 minutes from an Iraqi attack.

Campbell wrote the speech that led to the party's review of Clause IV and the birth of "New Labour". The report notes that “it was the responsibility of the chiefs of the defence staff and the chief of joint operations to ensure that appropriate rules of engagement were set, and preparations made to equip commanders on the ground to deal with it effectively. In his autobiography, Blair would later reveal that Campbell had coined the name " New Labour" and described Campbell as a "genius". It emerged McGuinness was helping Campbell with a novel which had an IRA active service unit as part of the plot. He urged the French to be patient with the United Kingdom and to give them a chance to change course and reverse Brexit.He initially argued that military action would require a second United Nations resolution but it never came. It shows that right from the start, relations at the top were prone to enormous strain, suspicions and accusations of betrayal.

These are the years that saw the creation of New Labour and the forging of a formidable campaign team of which Campbell was unquestionably a key part.No fewer than 15 references to rows about when to leave Number 10, and one reference to her being “happy and relaxed”, on page 755.

He has published six volumes of diaries, including the number one Sunday Times bestseller, The Blair Years, a memoir on depression, The Happy Depressive, and three novels. He was awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (FRCPsych) on 6 November 2017.He acts as a consultant strategist and as an ambassador for Time to Change and other mental health charities. It went to No 1 in the Sunday Times bestseller list in the first week of publication, meaning Campbell had both the most popular podcast and the best selling non-fiction hard back book in the UK at the same time. Campbell appeared as a mentor in the BBC Two series The Speaker in April 2009, offering his advice on persuasive speaking.