he was a close adviser of neil kinnock, going on holiday with the kinnocks, and worked closely with robert maxwell. shortly after maxwell drowned in november 1991, campbell punched "the guardian" journalist michael white after white joked about "captain bob, bob, bob...bobbing" in the atlantic ocean from where the tycoon's body had been recovered. campbell later put this down to stress over uncertainty as to whether he and his colleagues would lose their jobs.