But What Can I Do?: Why Politics Has Gone So Wrong, and How You Can Help Fix It

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A visceral sense of individual impuissance, rooted in apathy and bathed in disgust, threatens to silence the voices of those who could challenge the status quo and worse still, leave society per se soporifically walking into the maws of those least interested in its common good. Having diagnosed the disease, the second half of his book abandons the conspicuously jarring notes of the minor key for the major, powerfully articulating its author’s solution to our political woes - individual political engagement.

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In July 2019, in the week Boris Johnson became prime minister, Campbell penned a 3,500-word open letter to Jeremy Corbyn saying he no longer wished to be re-admitted to the party despite legal advice saying he would win a court case against his expulsion. He called on Corbyn to step down and cited his "failure" on Brexit, antisemitism, broader policy and "above all the failure to develop and execute a strategy". The story was broken in The Guardian and the full letter published in The New European. Corbyn said he was "disappointed", prompting Campbell to ask why he had been expelled. [76] [77] Just the other day, I was doing a debate with Gary Neville for Debate Ma Mason, Rowena (30 June 2013). "Tony Blair more truthful about war than liar Winston Churchill, says Alastair Campbell". telegraph.co.uk. London. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013 . Retrieved 1 July 2013.

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This new approach of embracing different experiences and expertise from outside politics and Whitehall feels a long way from top-down targets. THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE BULLSHIT – HOW TORY MPS ARE DEALING WITH COMPLAINTS ABOUT CUMMINGS". Archived from the original on 1 October 2020 . Retrieved 8 October 2020.