What is Alastair Campbell?
{{BLP sources|date=February 2012}} {{update|date=March 2011}} [[File:Alastair Campbell -Geoffrey Robinson -Channel 4 awards-23Jan2008-4c.jpg|right|thumb|Alastair Campbell seen on the left]] '''Alastair John Campbell''' (born 25 May 1957) was the Director of Communications and Strategy for the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] ([[Tony Blair]]) between 1997 and 2003. He used to work for the [[Daily Mirror]] as their politics reporter, and was an [[alcoholism|alcoholic]]. Then he had a breakdown, gave up drinking, and started working for Tony Blair in 1994. He was seen as one of the main [[spin doctors]] in the Labour Party. He eventually resigned over the [[45 minute claim]] in the dossier prepared over the [[Iraq War]], after the [[Hutton report]] had come out and Dr. [[David Kelly]] was dead. He currently works as a broadcaster, journalist and spokesman for [[Leukaemia]] Research. He is said to be re-joining the Labour campaign team for the 2010 election. He is an [[atheism|atheist]].<ref>''[[10 O'Clock Live]]'', 8 February 2012</ref> == References == <references/> {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Campbell, Alastair}} [[Category:1957 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:British atheists]] [[Category:English journalists]] [[Category:Labour Party (UK) people]] [[Category:People from West Yorkshire]]