There are many reasons for the decline in royal esteem. One is that so many of the royals are thick.
Alastair CampbellWhat concerns me is that the Independent is going, and there are job cuts at the Guardian, but the wretched Daily Mail is still rampant, making lots of money by millions of people clicking on pictures of cellulited women. I think that's sad.
Alastair CampbellOne in four of us will have a mental illness at some point. That is a lot of people.
Alastair CampbellMy public caricature - that of a self-confident alpha male - is only partly accurate.
Alastair CampbellPaul Keating told us before we were elected that you can do deals with [Rupert] Murdoch without saying you were doing a deal. Did we do that kind of thing? Maybe. But from around about the turn of the century, I felt strongly that we had to do something about media ownership and self-regulation. Tony [Blair] disagreed.
Alastair Campbell