The day of the daredevil reporter who refuses to see obstacles to getting the truth, and seeing it with his or her own eyes, seems to have died. Alastair Campbell More Quotes by Alastair Campbell More Quotes From Alastair Campbell I had a happy childhood. Alastair Campbell happy-childhood childhood I have always been driven. I have always believed in what I believe very deeply. Alastair Campbell very-deep driven believe I think I'm highly loveable. Alastair Campbell thinking My dad, Donald, was a vet and had a practice in Yorkshire. Cats and dogs were his bread and butter, but his greatest love was large animals. Alastair Campbell dad cat dog There is something in me that makes me see things through. Alastair Campbell To me, marriage is partly a religious thing and I'm not religious. Alastair Campbell religious We should confine booing in sports arenas to sport. I love a good boo as much as the next football fan. Alastair Campbell fans football sports 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. Alastair Campbell media views people 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. Alastair Campbell skills hurt ideas My aunty says I'm the double of my father. He was a workaholic, which I've definitely inherited. And like me, he could be the life and soul of the party, but also quite withdrawn. Alastair Campbell party soul father My closest friend, who died not long ago, is buried near Marx's grave in Highgate cemetery, so I see the gaggle of admirers laying roses at the foot of his tombstone regularly. I have never been tempted to leave flowers there myself. Great theories, shame about the practice. Marx did many things. But inventing class was not one of them. Alastair Campbell long-ago flower tombstone There has been a shift to what may be defined as a culture of negativity which goes well beyond coverage of politics. Alastair Campbell beyond negativity politics culture The pressures to get the story first, if wrong, are greater sometimes than the pressures to get the story right, if late. Alastair Campbell wrong story late sometimes
