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Podcast: The Bunker – News without the nonsense
Episode: Alastair Campbell on fighting populism, his mistakes and the Brexit fallout
Description: Alastair Campbell has a plan to fix the crisis in our politics. Andrew Harrison talks to one of politics’ most controversial figures about where our democracies are going wrong, the poison of populism, the long shadow of Iraq, why Boris Johnson was so dangerous, and his new book But What Can I Do? Why Politics Has Gone So Wrong And How Can You Help Fix It.
“In my lifetime, most politicians have genuinely been trying to wrestle with problems. Populists try to exploit those problems.”
“You can’t be a leader without some moral compass. Johnson was...