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Alastair Campbell

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The Resume

    (May 25, 1957- )
    Born in Keighley, west Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
    Political editor for The Daily Mail and Today
    Editor-at-large for The New European
    Campaign strategist for Tony Blair
    Downing Street Press Secretary and Prime Minister's Official Spokesperson (1997-2003)
    Spokesperson for the Labour Party (2000-03)

Why he might be annoying:

    His first journalistic job was inventing sexual exploits for the Penthouse Forum under the byline 'the Riviera Gigolo.'
    He was hospitalized for a nervous breakdown while covering Neil Kinnock's tour of Scotland (1986).
    He punched out a fellow journalist who joked about Robert Maxwell's drowning death.
    In the buildup to the Iraq war, he ordered British intelligence agencies to alter their findings to support the weapons of mass destruction claims being made by President Bush and other American officials.
    He said about WMDs in Iraq, 'Come on, you don't seriously think we won't find anything?'
    He sent BBC journalists an email telling them, 'Fuck off and cover something important you twats.' (2005)
    He plays bagpipes to relieve stress.

Why he might not be annoying:

    Tony Blair called him a genius.
    He persuaded the Queen to make her broadcast to the nation after Princess Diana's death more personal.
    He was brought in to overhaul NATO communications during the second Kosovo crisis; General Wesley Clark credited him with bringing order and discipline to the communications system and freeing the military to do its job.
    Six inquiries into the Iraq war cleared him of any legal wrongdoing.
    He ran the London Marathon to raise money for the leukemia research charity Bloodwise (2003).
    He has been a prominent supporter of the Time to Change campaign to reduce mental health related stigma and discrimination.

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying