Quote by Alastair Campbell
May I share with you my earliest memory of a political row? It was

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

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There has been a shift to what may be defined as a culture of negativity which goes well beyond coverage of politics. – Alastair Campbell

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Failure, it is thought, is what sells, and what people want to hear and read about. I am not so sure. – Alastair Campbell

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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

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Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love! – Hamilton Wright Mabie

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Were I a philosopher, I should write a philosophy of toys, showing that nothing else in life need to be taken seriously, and that Christmas Day in the company of children is one of the few occasions on which men become entirely alive. – Robert Lynd

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Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart. – Washington Irving

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Id like to do a Christmas album. Ive never done a Christmas album. – Tanya Tucker

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