May I share with you my earliest memory of a political row? It was with my mother, about the Queen – classic Freudian stuff, shrinks would say. I was eight, and refusing to watch the Queens Christmas Day broadcast. – Alastair Campbell
To me, marriage is partly a religious thing and Im not religious. – Alastair Campbell
Friends have suggested that I am the least qualified person to talk about happiness, because I am often down, and sometimes profoundly depressed. But I think thats where my qualification comes from. Because to know happiness, it helps to know unhappiness. – Alastair Campbell
By asking the question Am I happy?, and via the answer setting out what I mean by happiness, there is a political route that can be taken, by asking another question – Can politics deliver happiness, and should it try? – Alastair Campbell
We should confine booing in sports arenas to sport. I love a good boo as much as the next football fan. – Alastair Campbell
There has been a shift to what may be defined as a culture of negativity which goes well beyond coverage of politics. – Alastair Campbell
Failure, it is thought, is what sells, and what people want to hear and read about. I am not so sure. – Alastair Campbell
My dad, Donald, was a vet and had a practice in Yorkshire. Cats and dogs were his bread and butter, but his greatest love was large animals. – Alastair Campbell
