I remember talking to Alex Ferguson about Tony [Blair] and Gordon [Brown], and he said: "Why doesn't Tony just get rid of him?" But if you sack someone in football, they can't turn up to training the next day. In politics they're still on the pitch. Gordon would still have been a big player.
Alastair CampbellIn an ideal world, it would not take a film star to get the media focused on mental illness.
Alastair CampbellHe [Tony Blair] was always ambivalent about the [Rupert] Murdoch papers. But he gave other papers the chance to believe it was just about 'The Independent.' And that was wrong.
Alastair CampbellWe should confine booing in sports arenas to sport. I love a good boo as much as the next football fan.
Alastair Campbell