Geburtsdatum | Samstag, 25. Mai 1957 |
Geburtsort | Keighley, West Riding of Yorkshire, England |
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Beschreibung | Alastair John Campbell (geboren am 25. Mai 1957) ist ein britischer Journalist, Autor, Stratege, Rundfunksprecher und Aktivist, der vor allem durch seine Rolle während der Führung der Labour-Partei durch Tony Blair bekannt wurde. Campbell arbeitete als Blairs Pressesprecher und Wahlkampfleiter (1994-1997), dann als Pressesprecher der Downing Street und als offizieller Sprecher des Premierministers (1997-2000). Danach wurde er Direktor für Kommunikation in der Downing Street und Sprecher der Labour Party (2000-2003). Nach Blairs drittem Wahlsieg kehrte er 2005 als Wahlkampfleiter für die Parlamentswahlen im Vereinigten Königreich zurück. |
Failure, it is thought, is what sells, and what people want to hear and read about. I am not so sure.
To me, marriage is partly a religious thing and I'm not religious.
So here is one of my theories on happiness: we cannot know if we have lived a truly happy life until the very end. This view of life and death was reinforced by my close witnessing of the buildup to the death of Philip Gould. Philip was without doubt my closest friend in politics. When he died, I felt like I had lost a limb.
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.
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?'
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 that's where my qualification comes from. Because to know happiness, it helps to know unhappiness.
