Alastair Campbell says destructive campaigns are putting people off politics

Alastair Campbell says destructive campaigns are putting people off politics

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pin doctor-turned-podcaster Alastair Campbell said campaigns where rivals “try to destroy each other” are putting people off politics.

The former Downing Street press secretary in Sir Tony Blair’s New Labour government said MPs need to better look after their own mental wellbeing as he described Parliament as being a “laboratory” for mental illness.