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Alastair Campbell on what’s wrong in the UK and right in Australia

The Australian Financial Review (AFR) •
November 12, 2026 • 10:00 PM
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The podcaster, author and once-political villain ruminates on past woes and his hopes for post-truth backlash ahead of an Australian tour.

Alastair Campbell on what’s wrong in the UK and right in Australia

If it had been up to a political junkie like me, I would have loved to have taken Alastair Campbell out for an eight-course banquet for hours on end to listen to one of the sharpest minds on current affairs today.

Alas, that’s not how Lunch with the AFR works. So instead I’m on Campbell’s home turf in north London’s people’s republic of Primrose Hill, heading into Greenberry Cafe, one of his local haunts.

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