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'Everything a manifesto should be: heartfelt, hectoring,
impassioned, rousing.' The i
__________________________________________________ 'Your country
needs you. Your world needs you. Your time is now.' Our politics is
a mess. Leaders who can't or shouldn't be allowed to lead.
Governments that lie, and seek to undermine our democratic values.
It's no surprise that so many of us feel frustrated, let down and
drawn to ask, 'But what can I do?' That question is the inspiration
behind this book. It's a question regularly posed to Alastair
Campbell, not least in reaction to The Rest is Politics, the
chart-topping podcast he presents with Rory Stewart. His answer,
typically, is forthright and impassioned. We cannot afford to stand
on the sidelines. If we think things need to change, then we need
to change them, and that means getting involved. But What Can I Do?
provides each of us with the motivation and the tools to effect
change for the better. It draws on Alastair's long experience to
offer practical tips on putting together and leading a campaign
team. It provides priceless advice on developing confidence and
coping with criticism and setbacks. And it sets out the practical
steps by which we can become political players ourselves. Part call
to arms, part practical handbook, But What Can I Do? will prove
required reading for anyone who wants to make a difference.
A warmly funny, intensely moving and startlingly personal account
of the lives of an urban parish priest and his parishioners. Father
Alex Frost was not always a man of the cloth. He found his calling
while running an Argos store in his native Burnley, moonlighting as
a stand-up comedian and die-hard fan of The Clarets and Depeche
Mode. But having achieved his profession, Fr Alex quickly
recognised the 17,000 inhabitants of his new parish were in dire
need of help. Burnley is typical of many towns across Britain: a
place of run-down council estates, severe poverty litter, crime and
drugs, but also a place where the sacred sits alongside the secular
in an intimate and personal way. And so it was that he found
himself running a food bank from a car park, helping the desperate
amid his flock as the pandemic raged. Fr Alex’s down-to-earth
style of ministry struck a chord with people of all faiths,
cultures and class at a time when the divide between rich and poor
is widening cataclysmically. But amid the tragedy, addiction,
appalling loss, illness and neglect, there also lies hope, joy and
moments of comedy. Our Daily Bread is as much the story of the rich
cast of characters that cross the threshold of any church as it is
our vicar’s. Through them it shows the continued relevance of the
church for those in peril: the poor and the marginalised. This
heartfelt and moving book seeks to give a voice to the voiceless,
charting the tragedy and pain, humour and hope which are
ever-present in his community. It is ultimately about modern
poverty – and how we all can, and should, espouse Christian
virtues of love, kindness, tolerance.
Bioethics: The Basics is an introduction to the foundational
principles, theories and issues in the study of medical and
biological ethics. Readers are introduced to bioethics from the
ground up before being invited to consider some of the most
controversial but important questions facing us today. Topics
addressed include: the range of moral theories underpinning
bioethics arguments for the rights and wrongs of abortion,
euthanasia and animal research health care ethics including the
nature of the practitioner-patient relationship public policy
ethics and the implications of global and public health '3
parents', enhancement, incidental findings and nudge approaches in
health care. This thoroughly revised second edition provides a
concise, readable and authoritative introduction for anyone
interested in the study of bioethics.
'If the face that Brexit Britain presents to the world today had
been the face we had presented when going for the Games... no
chance. In less than a decade it feels like we have taken that
Olympic spirit, the mood of London 2012, and created a Britain
which represents the very opposite of all it represented, and felt
like, at the time.' - Introduction, Alastair Campbell Diaries,
Volume 8 It's 2010 and Britain stands at a crossroads. After
thirteen years in power, Labour find themselves out in the cold as
David Cameron takes office - with a little help from the Liberal
Democrats. As the country begins its journey into austerity and,
eventually, to Brexit, Alastair Campbell must grapple with his own
future. The Blair-Brown years are over, with the stage set for a
bitter leadership contest that will test loyalties and friendships
to the limit. There are battles closer to home, too, with Campbell
still torn between domestic and political life while his own and
his family's mental health come under increasing strain. From the
controversial Rose Garden speech, through the sunny optimism of the
Olympics, to Cameron's cavalier attitude to not one but two
referendums, and culminating in the critical 2015 election, Volume
8 of Campbell's acclaimed diaries is a must-read for anyone
wondering how we got to where we are today - and how things might
have been different.
THE ALL-NEW DIARIES; "Alastair Campbell's diaries have the quality
of Pepys ...people will be looking for insights and finding them in
100 years' time." Lord Alex CarlileLaunched to a blaze of critical
acclaim, Alastair Campbell's explosive diaries became an instant
classic. Now, this eagerly anticipated new volume picks up where
its predecessor left off, with Campbell standing down as Tony
Blair's director of communications in 2003. Leaving Downing Street,
however, isn't as easy as it seems, with Campbell persistently
drawn back to the epicentre of power - often to the frustration of
his partner, Fiona.As Lord Hutton prepares to publish his report,
thus sparking a huge crisis for the BBC, any joy in No. 10 is
dwarfed by continuing difficulties in Iraq. Meanwhile, the
Blair/Brown relationship is fracturing almost beyond repair, and
Campbell is tasked with devising a plan that will enable the two
men to fight a united election campaign. At home, Campbell writes
frankly of his continuing battles with mental health issues as he
attempts to adapt to a new life beyond the confines of
Westminster.Lifting the lid on the power battles at the heart of
the Labour Party that sowed the seeds of today's turmoil, Outside,
Inside is a vivid and compelling insight into modern political
history, and a candid reflection on the personal impact of life in
the corridors of power.
Caught in the no man's land between being a key figure in Downing
Street and the relative anonymity of the world outside politics,
Alastair Campbell finds himself being torn in several directions.
Having succeeded Tony Blair as Prime Minister, Gordon Brown wants
Campbell at his side. Campbell resists, flooding his reservoir of
guilt as a general election looms and Brown's indecision and
fluctuating moods suggest the Labour administration is seriously
threatened by the Tory `posh boy', David Cameron. Soon Campbell is
earning not only praise but big money from motivational speaking
and writing novels which darkly reflect the personal mood swings
that continue to concern to both him and his family. Serious
journalism across platforms old and new puts him back in the public
eye and together with live appearances and a love of sport - his
enduring love affair with Burnley Football Club still smoulders -
sees him board a celebrity merry-go-round that often leaves him far
from his comfort zone. With politics constantly tugging his sleeve,
he eventually returns to the front line to marshal a party in
disarray. The intensity of the months leading up to 6 May 2010 is
as dramatic as any screenplay, with Campbell chronicling Brown's
struggle to win over a disillusioned nation and then his dignified
departure from the main stage. For Campbell, another chapter
closes. So what next?
A warmly funny, intensely moving and startlingly personal account
of the lives of an urban parish priest and his parishioners. Father
Alex Frost was not always a man of the cloth. He found his calling
while running an Argos store in his native Burnley, moonlighting as
a stand-up comedian and die-hard fan of The Clarets and Depeche
Mode. But having achieved his profession, Fr Alex quickly
recognised the 17,000 inhabitants of his new parish were in dire
need of help. Burnley is typical of many towns across Britain: a
place of run-down council estates, severe poverty litter, crime and
drugs, but also a place where the sacred sits alongside the secular
in an intimate and personal way. And so it was that he found
himself running a food bank from a car park, helping the desperate
amid his flock as the pandemic raged. Fr Alex's down-to-earth style
of ministry struck a chord with people of all faiths, cultures and
class at a time when the divide between rich and poor is widening
cataclysmically. But amid the tragedy, addiction, appalling loss,
illness and neglect, there also lies hope, joy and moments of
comedy. Our Daily Bread is as much the story of the rich cast of
characters that cross the threshold of any church as it is our
vicar's. Through them it shows the continued relevance of the
church for those in peril: the poor and the marginalised. This
heartfelt and moving book seeks to give a voice to the voiceless,
charting the tragedy and pain, humour and hope which are
ever-present in his community. It is ultimately about modern
poverty - and how we all can, and should, espouse Christian virtues
of love, kindness, tolerance.
Bioethics: The Basics is an introduction to the foundational
principles, theories and issues in the study of medical and
biological ethics. Readers are introduced to bioethics from the
ground up before being invited to consider some of the most
controversial but important questions facing us today. Topics
addressed include: the range of moral theories underpinning
bioethics arguments for the rights and wrongs of abortion,
euthanasia and animal research health care ethics including the
nature of the practitioner-patient relationship public policy
ethics and the implications of global and public health '3
parents', enhancement, incidental findings and nudge approaches in
health care. This thoroughly revised second edition provides a
concise, readable and authoritative introduction for anyone
interested in the study of bioethics.
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Last Christmas I almost killed myself.
Almost. I've had a lot of almosts. Never gone from almost to deed.
Don't think I ever will. But it was a bad almost. Living Better is
Alastair Campbell's honest, moving and life affirming account of
his lifelong struggle with depression. It is an autobiographical,
psychological and psychiatric study, which explores his own
childhood, family and other relationships, and examines the impact
of his professional and political life on himself and those around
him. But it also lays bare his relentless quest to understand
depression not just through his own life but through different
treatments. Every bit as direct and driven, clever and candid as he
is, this is a book filled with pain, but also hope -- he examines
how his successes have been in part because of rather than despite
his mental health problems -- and love. We all know someone with
depression. There is barely a family untouched by it. We may be
talking about it more than we did, back in the era of 'boys don't
cry' - they did you know - and when a brave face or a stiff upper
lip or a best foot forward was seen as the only way to go. But we
still don't talk about it enough. There is still stigma, and shame,
and taboo. There is still the feeling that admitting to being sad
or anxious makes us weak. It took me years, decades even to get to
this point, but I passionately believe that the reverse is true and
that speaking honestly about our feelings and experiences (whether
as a depressive or as the friend or relative of a depressive) is
the first and best step on the road to recovery. So that is what I
have tried to do here.
After helping Tony Blair to secure a historic third term in office,
Alastair Campbell might have hoped to make good his long-planned
escape from Downing Street. Blair, and Gordon Brown, had other
ideas. Having negotiated Brown's pivotal role in the 2005 election
victory, Campbell then became fundamental in the transition from
one Prime Minister to another. As this volume opens, Blair's joy at
his election victory is short-lived and he knows he is running out
of road. By the volume's close, two years later, Brown is Prime
Minister - and leaning on Campbell almost as much as Blair had
done. Meanwhile, a fresh-faced young PR man named David Cameron
becomes the new Leader of the Opposition and struggles to unite his
party over Europe. Beyond Westminster, a psychiatrist enters
Campbell's life; we follow his attempts to rebuild a normal family
life, and a plethora of new challenges, from advising the British
and Irish Lions to playing a charity match with footballing legend
Diego Maradona. Packed with revelations, this latest instalment in
the bestselling and critically acclaimed series of diaries is an
intimate account of the last days of the Blair government, and the
power struggles along the way.
'Your country needs you. Your world needs you. Your time is now.'
Our politics is a mess. Leaders who can't or shouldn't be allowed
to lead. Governments that lie, and seek to undermine our democratic
values. Policies that serve the interests of the privileged few.
It's no surprise that so many of us feel frustrated, let down and
drawn to ask, 'But what can I do?' That question is the inspiration
behind this book. It's a question regularly posed to Alastair
Campbell, not least in reaction to The Rest is Politics, the
chart-topping podcast he presents with Rory Stewart. His answer,
typically, is forthright and impassioned. We cannot afford to stand
on the sidelines. If we think things need to change, then we need
to change them, and that means getting involved. But What Can I Do?
provides each of us with the motivation and the tools to make a
difference. Opening with an acute analysis of our polarised world
and the populists and extremists who have created it, it goes on to
show how we can effect change for the better. It explains how we
can develop our skills of advocacy and persuasion. It draws on
Alastair's long experience to offer practical tips on putting
together and leading a campaign team. It provides priceless advice
on developing confidence and coping with criticism and setbacks.
And it sets out the practical steps by which we can become
political players ourselves. Part call to arms, part practical
handbook, But What Can I Do? will prove required reading for anyone
who wants to make a difference.
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Football manager Charlie Gordon is
struggling with one defeat after another at the club he loves. Only
a decent Cup run is keeping him in work, but tensions are running
close to the surface ahead of the next round: Chelsea away.
Footballers fall into two categories: artists or assassins. Soon
Charlie is going to find out which players can deliver - and just
how much pressure they can all stand. Meanwhile, as the country
prepares for a general election, one of the most dangerous
political assassinations in the IRA's history is being planned in
London. An active service unit await the critical signal to
proceed... Both sides will converge on the capital for a result
that will shake everyone's lives, with consequences far beyond
football.
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Last Christmas I almost killed myself.
Almost. I've had a lot of almosts. Never gone from almost to deed.
Don't think I ever will. But it was a bad almost. Living Better is
Alastair Campbell's honest, moving and life affirming account of
his lifelong struggle with depression. It is an autobiographical,
psychological and psychiatric study, which explores his own
childhood, family and other relationships, and examines the impact
of his professional and political life on himself and those around
him. But it also lays bare his relentless quest to understand
depression not just through his own life but through different
treatments. Every bit as direct and driven, clever and candid as he
is, this is a book filled with pain, but also hope -- he examines
how his successes have been in part because of rather than despite
his mental health problems -- and love. We all know someone with
depression. There is barely a family untouched by it. We may be
talking about it more than we did, back in the era of 'boys don't
cry' - they did you know - and when a brave face or a stiff upper
lip or a best foot forward was seen as the only way to go. But we
still don't talk about it enough. There is still stigma, and shame,
and taboo. There is still the feeling that admitting to being sad
or anxious makes us weak. It took me years, decades even to get to
this point, but I passionately believe that the reverse is true and
that speaking honestly about our feelings and experiences (whether
as a depressive or as the friend or relative of a depressive) is
the first and best step on the road to recovery. So that is what I
have tried to do here.
How people succeed - and how you can, too. ***Sunday Times no. 1
bestseller*** Alastair Campbell knows all about winning. As Tony
Blair's chief spokesman and strategist he helped guide the Labour
Party to victory in three successive general elections, and he's
fascinated by what it takes to win. How do sports stars excel,
entrepreneurs thrive, or individuals achieve their ambition? Is
their ability to win innate? Or is the winning mindset something we
can all develop? Drawing on the wisdom of an astonishing array of
talented people - from elite athletes to top managers, from rulers
of countries to rulers of global business empires - Alastair
Campbell uses his forensic skills, as well as his own experience of
politics and sport, to get to the heart of success. He examines how
winners tick. He considers how they build great teams. He analyses
how they deal with unexpected setbacks and new challenges. He
judges what the very different worlds of politics, business and
sport can learn from one another. And he sets out a blueprint for
winning that we can all follow.
The legendary Claude C Hopkins wrote 'Scientific Advertising', his
classic on the art of advertising, nearly 100 years ago. It is a
tribute to the vision of this pioneer of modern advertising that
the insights contained in this slim volume remain, for the most
part, relevant today. Digital channels may have superseded the
print media that dominated in his day, but the principles of how to
create a compelling message that sells to potential customers are
as true now as they were when Hopkins was formulating them.
Alastair Campbell cites Hopkins as a major influence in his
successful marketing career. He has approached the task of revising
and updating 'Scientific Advertising' with the care and reverence
of an acolyte, and the experience of putting these theories to the
test in today's marketplace. Readers will find up-to-the-minute
references and examples drawn from the world of television, the
Web, social media, handheld digital devices, live streaming and
options for instant communication that Hopkins could not have
anticipated but which we now use daily.
Are you ready for your best year ever? If one great idea is enough
to change your business forever, imagine 52 ideas -- one for every
week of the year - that you can apply to your business. '52 Ways to
Grow Your Business' gives you just that. Written in a simple and
straightforward style for today's busy business owner or manager,
'52 Ways to Grow your Business' is full of practical marketing
ideas and business concepts designed to inspire and motivate you to
take steps that will help build your business. The author, Alastair
Campbell, has helped dozens of companies over the last two decades
by advising them on marketing, PR and now social media strategies.
This is your chance to gain insights into techniques that work and
apply these proven and tested ideas to your business.
Football manager Charlie Gordon is struggling with one defeat after
another at the club he loves. Only a decent Cup run is keeping him
in work, but tensions are running close to the surface ahead of the
next round: Chelsea away. Footballers fall into two categories:
artists or assassins. Soon Charlie is going to find out which
players can deliver - and just how much pressure they can all
stand. Meanwhile, as the country prepares for a general election,
one of the most dangerous political assassinations in the IRA's
history is being planned in London. An active service unit await
the critical signal to proceed... Both sides will converge on the
capital for a result that will shake everyone's lives, with
consequences far beyond football.
The Marketing Launchpad crystalises theory, best practice and
experience into one practical volume that provides exactly what its
title says: a launchpad to help your business lift off with
successful marketing. In six concise chapters, marketing mentor
Alastair Campbell offers advice and ideas that work to get your
business off the ground through effective marketing. Learn how to
build a brand that gives you visibility in the marketplace; the
most appropriate ways of advertising your goods or services; the
secrets behind brochures and leaflets that get noticed; how to get
better results with direct mail and e-mail; how to tap into the
hidden riches of niche marketing; how to harness the power of the
Internet. Alastair Campbell has had years of success using the
ideas contained in this book. Now you too can see the benefits at
work as your business lifts off the 'marketing launchpad'.
Are you happy? Does it matter? Increasingly, governments seem to
think so. As the UK government conducts its first happiness survey,
Alastair Campbell looks at happiness as a political as well as a
personal issue; what it should mean to us, what it means to him.
Taking in economic and political theories, he questions how
happiness can survive in a grossly negative media culture, and how
it could inform social policy. But happiness is also deeply
personal. Campbell, who suffers from depression, looks in the
mirror and finds a bittersweet reflection, a life divided between
the bad and not-so-bad days, where the highest achievements in his
professional life could leave him numb, and he can somehow look
back on a catastrophic breakdown twenty-five years ago as the best
thing that happened to him. He writes too of what he has learned
from the recent death of his best friend, further informing his
view that the pursuit of happiness is a long game. Originally
published as part of the Brain Shots series, the pre-eminent source
for high-quality, short-form digital non-fiction.
The Burden of Power is the fourth volume of Alastair Campbell's
diaries, and perhaps the most eagerly awaited given the ground it
covers. It begins on September 11, 2001, a day which immediately
wrote itself into the history books, and it ends on the day
Campbell leaves Downing Street. In between there are two wars:
first Afghanistan, and then, even more controversially, Iraq. It
was the most difficult decision of Tony Blair's premiership, and
almost certainly the most unpopular. Campbell describes in detail
the discussions with President Bush and other world leaders as the
steps to war are taken, and delivers a unique account of Blair as
war leader. He records the enormous political difficulties at home,
and the sense of crisis that engulfed the government after the
suicide of weapons inspector David Kelly. And all the while, Blair
continues to struggle with two issues that ran throughout his time
in government - fighting for peace in Northern Ireland, and trying
to make peace with Gordon Brown. And Campbell continues to struggle
balancing the needs of his family with one of the most pressurised
roles in politics. Riveting and revelatory, The Burden of Power is
as raw and intimate a portrayal of political life as you are ever
likely to read.
Alastair Campbell's powerful first novel is a gripping portrait of
the strange dependency between patient and doctor.
Martin Sturrock desperately needs a psychiatrist. The problem? He
is one.
Emily is a traumatized burn victim; Arta a Kosovan refugee
recovering from a rape. David Temple is a long term depressive,
while the Rt. Hon. Ralph Hall MP lives in terror of his drinking
problem being exposed. Very different Londoners, but they share one
thing: every week they spend an hour at the Prince Regent Hospital,
revealing the secrets of their psyche to Professor Martin Sturrock.
Little do they know that Sturrock's own mind is not the reassuring
place they believe it to be. For years he has hidden in his work,
ignoring his demons. But now his life is falling apart, and as his
ghosts come back to haunt him, the only person he can turn to is a
patient.
Set over a life-changing weekend, Alastair Campbell's astonishing
first novel is both a comedy and tragedy of ordinary lives. It is
rich in compassion for those whose days are spent on the edge of
the abyss.
Last Christmas I almost killed myself. Almost. I've had a lot of
almosts. Never gone from almost to deed. Don't think I ever will.
But it was a bad almost. Better to Live is Alastair Campbell's
honest, moving and life affirming account of his lifelong struggle
with depression. It is an autobiographical, psychological and
psychiatric study, which explores his own childhood, family and
other relationships, and examines the impact of his professional
and political life on himself and those around him. But it also
lays bare his relentless quest to understand depression not just
through his own life but through different treatments. Every bit as
direct and driven, clever and candid as he is, this is a book
filled with pain, but also hope -- he examines how his successes
have been in part because of rather than despite his mental health
problems -- and love. We all know someone with depression. There is
barely a family untouched by it. We may be talking about it more
than we did, back in the era of 'boys don't cry' - they did you
know - and when a brave face or a stiff upper lip or a best foot
forward was seen as the only way to go. But we still don't talk
about it enough. There is still stigma, and shame, and taboo. There
is still the feeling that admitting to being sad or anxious makes
us weak. It took me years, decades even to get to this point, but I
passionately believe that the reverse is true and that speaking
honestly about our feelings and experiences (whether as a
depressive or as the friend or relative of a depressive) is the
first and best step on the road to recovery. So that is what I have
tried to do here.
"Power and Responsibility" is the third volume of Alastair
Campbell's unique daily account of life at the centre of the Blair
government. It begins amid conflict in Kosovo, and ends on
September 11, 2001, a day which immediately wrote itself into the
history books, changing the course of both the Bush presidency and
the Blair premiership. In this volume, we see that New Labour's
honeymoon is well and truly over. In addition to detailing the
continuing tensions at the top, here we find graphic accounts of a
variety of domestic crises: foot-and-mouth disease and protests
over fuel prices which almost brought Britain to a halt. Volume
Three includes Peter Mandelson's second resignation, the agonies of
the Millennium Dome, and the most unexpected slow-handclapping in
memory, when the Women's Institute turned against Tony Blair. Yet
despite all the problems - not least the most accident-prone
manifesto launch in history, complete with deputy prime minister
John Prescott punching a voter - Labour won a second successive
landslide election victory. That triumph is intimately recorded
here, alongside the high points of this period, such as devolution
to Northern Ireland and the fall of Milosevic.
The second volume of Campbell's riveting diaries, rejoining New
Labor as they come into power. "Power and the People i"s the second
of four volumes, and covers the first two years of New Labor
government, beginning with their victory at the polls in 1997.
Volume Two details the initial challenges faced by Labor as they
come to power and settle into running the country. It covers many
of the memorable events of the period: from the Omagh bombing to
President Clinton's 'relations' with Monica Lewinsky.
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