Alastair Campbell breaks down Labour's election strategy | LBC analysis
Alistair Campbell has told LBC that Labour have to ‘fight like they can lose this’ after Rishi Sunak called a surprise General Election for July 4.
Labour are about 20 points ahead in the opinion polls but Tony Blair’s former strategist insists Sir Keir Starmer’s party cannot afford to be complacent.
Speaking to Andrew Marr, Mr Campbell said: “You will know about something called the Queensland strategy, which is a strategy operated in Australia.
“In Queensland, where the incumbent, who everybody said was going to lose, basically did the message; ‘don't give these guys a blank cheque, don't give them the landslide that they think they're going to get.’
“And guess what happened? The landslide never happened and they lost."
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Rishi Sunak should re-focus his campaign to avoid doing what isn't working for him. Never go out in public, meet people, talk to them or go anywhere near a camera or a microphone
@nicholasarrow2443
24 күн бұрын
Best if he just stayed in bed.
@SimonFrack
23 күн бұрын
Is there a way he can play to his strengths? Getting fined by the police or throwing a load of money at it?
@Haan22
23 күн бұрын
@@SimonFrackhiding in a fridge maybe? Nothing wrong with looking at what others have done.
@grateberk6435
23 күн бұрын
Or steal all our money, or be a chancellor ........................etc
@SimonFrack
23 күн бұрын
@@Haan22 I’m yet to hear his stance on Peppa Pig World.
Labour should campaign like they’re twenty points down instead of twenty up. They have the chance to bury the Tories for perhaps the next two general elections after this so they need to go for the jugular.
@oitoitoi1
23 күн бұрын
the tories won't survive opposition, they've empowered the far right so much that it will now tear them in half. the members will likely elect a far right figure like braverman or patel, which will completely alienate the merely hard right tories like hunt, cleverley etc., if they don't the far right will defect to reform.
@iancwright6298
22 күн бұрын
Labour are just red tories,all the corruption will never end . Twisted 👊💦💦💦 the lot of them,everytime labour have got in they brought country to its knees.
@Westlake72
20 күн бұрын
That is exactly what Starmer is doing and for all the criticism he receives from the left, and have some sympathy with those views, I am just happy to see a Labour leader who not only wants to to win a general election (unlike a certain former Labout leader - mentioning no names) but is desperate to totally annihilate the Tory party.
Fight for every vote and give something for people to vote for. Everyone is fed up.
Please keep this type of explanation and analysis going. Most of us are sick to death of political media and trolling on other platforms, but your presentation and knowledge is beyond compare.
The orange jacket that Sunak held today tells you everything, liars and con artists and ask yourself was that needed really
@AtheistfanGuava
23 күн бұрын
If he lost the election he wins anyway, Two wars , one at Europe's doorstep with use of nuclear warheads being threatened. I think he just wants labour party to go down that rabbit hole.
True. The best way to keep ahead is to race like you're behind...
And the 2024 Oscar nomination for best soundtrack goes to.......✉️ Steve Bray
Labour's only downfall could be complacency at this stage, they are so far ahead in the polls, even if the Tories could manage to do a deal with Reform or persuade all those who defected to them to vote back they still wouldn't have enough votes to win the GE.
@lynnevenables7193
24 күн бұрын
I just pray neither party gets a majority! Both are dangerous!
@pip1723
24 күн бұрын
Labour victory incoming👍 can't wait.
@warrenwright7165
23 күн бұрын
Starmer’s lies, if held under the same scrutiny as Corbyn will be a big blow.
@AtheistfanGuava
23 күн бұрын
@@pip1723ukraine russia war will give labour nightmares it didn't order
@Jonnyonthespot123
23 күн бұрын
@@warrenwright7165 If anyone in the past 14 years was held to the same scrutiny as Corbyn then the Conservatives would have been laughed out of office after month one. Johnson wouldn't have been able to get a word in!
The longer the campaign, the more exposure Sunak gets , the worse it'll become for the Tories.
Sunak hired a plane today to fly to Inverness. No idea why, it is being kept very secret and quiet. Most Tories visiting book a large fridge to have a supporters meeting. Tories would never come into contact with the general public, especially in the Highlands.
@user-xc8ir7ng9z
24 күн бұрын
There are still more sightings of Nessie than Tories in the Highlands. Although the southern settlers moving into El Gin and Fow ress might be still gullible enough to buy the Tory nonsense again.
@benwilson6145
22 күн бұрын
The surprise is that its a microlight
@mcg9864
19 күн бұрын
He did a small media appearance at a newly opened Japanese wind energy construction project there
@Alucard-gt1zf
19 күн бұрын
@@mcg9864poor people
@mcg9864
19 күн бұрын
@@Alucard-gt1zf ken
we need Campbell back to sort out the Moseley media.
@tajhussain7515
24 күн бұрын
n Iraq invasion too.
@inspectortanzi
24 күн бұрын
No, we don't. Nobody needs that war monger back.
As snug as Labour supporters think they are I can feel a bit of unease
@palestinev3722
21 күн бұрын
Niel Kinock comes to mind
@stephenhill545
19 күн бұрын
92
That's the problem with the Western political establishment . Instead of punishing those among them responsible for war crimes, they go on to become advisors and political pundits.
@lintburn
19 күн бұрын
Ah the big "war criminal " lie . Btw Campbell has never held public office
can we interview malcolm tucker?
Campbell didn't just lose with Gordon Brown. He also joined the LibDems in 2019 and campaigned for Jo Swinson against Corbyn. Perhaps not as tiring for him?
@andrewsmith78926
23 күн бұрын
when did he join the lib dems? any evidence. he voted for them but that is not even close to what you said
It’s been said a thousand times before but our whole political system needs updating. It’s crazy to think that after a fraught six week campaign a new PM is expected to roll into number 10 the morning after and immediately start governing. The Americans do the transition in a much more sensible way.
Rule number 1......Don't make up lies about weapons of mass destruction.....eh Ally ?
Ask the post office..the mails.
Campbell was central to the drive to war against Iraq . The huge civilian cost in Iraqi lives shouldn't be forgotten.
@andersaskjrgensen5468
22 күн бұрын
exactly. There're some crimes so big we shouldn't pardon people. Has he even apologised?
@keithparker1346
21 күн бұрын
@seriously it's probably why he suffered with depression...guilt andersaskjrgensen5468
Strategy...make up a dodgy dossier containing promises that don't exist.
"No such thing as a day off." Obviously Rishi "my plan is working" Sunak doesn't agree.
Sunak is over.
I do wonder why Mr Campbell never appeared at The Hague along with his mates Brown and Blair...
Get rid of mel stride first 😂😂
Your mic is not plugged in mate 😅
Slimey Billionaire Sunak will lose
When do all the parties put their manifesto's out for the public to read???
@bigslydoc
21 күн бұрын
At the public launch of their campaigns usually.
Online campaigning is missing in this campaigning period. Online presence is also organising online meetings. I wish the candidates could do that more often.
Peddling lies and false promises must be exhausting .
No one's in danger, they are not relevant anymore.
@andrewsmith78926
23 күн бұрын
you weren't around in 1994 and 2017 then?
6 weeks on, 5 years off. A great job if you can get it.1:12
The only part of the UK they'll really have to fight hard in is Scotland. There's a reason why Labour failed so spectacularly, there. Sarwar couldn't even get enough MSPs in Holyrood, to beat Douglas Ross, the last time of asking. 70% of Scots have no intention of voting Tory. Starmer and Sarwar have their work cut out for them, to secure more of that chunk than the SNP.
@keithparker1346
21 күн бұрын
Labour are dead Inthe south of England
A thousand great speeches will not build a single hospital. 40 were promised by 2030!!!
@MsPeabody1231
13 күн бұрын
😂😂😂 and you believed them?
I remember Alastair Campbell talking about the day after the election them all having had no sleep & Tony Blair going into No10 then being taken to be shown the nuclear codes & how to action them.
Absolutely no doubt about it. Labour can't lose. The Tories have blown it so big, we'll be funding despots and victims before anyone can say "shafted".
Labour under Blair Campbell were solid. Plenty of titans in cabinet. Modern Labour will bring this DEI division madness like SNP. Really frightening to think what they will do
Gosh, these people are totally out of touch, complaining about doing a full days work for 4 weeks, get a grip! And Tony Bliar “right hand” man is right!
Like voting for who is going to shaft the country the least for the next few years. Miserable state of British politics as both parties serve the same private interest and sell the people out every single time. I’ve had enough with it and I don’t think the turn out will anything special.
What stategy. Lies and lird. I hope the saying one week is a lo g time in polictics is true and people come to their senses
Cant stand Marr and Iraq War Campbell
How isn’t this man in jail. War criminal.
Here we go with the horse race. All day every day. Cause nobody gives the remotest toss about either of these tossers.
if Starmer hires you Alastair and you can spill the same yarns you did about Iraq he can't lose
It’s gonna be Tory Landfill. No worries
What chanel is talk tv theese days
Looking forward to the London Lib/Lab-pact of ‘change’ for the worst in everything!
@rivgacooper5330
18 күн бұрын
Given the nose dive the nation has witnessed in the past 14 years, it would be hard to do worse. Let's not forget the Tory stupidity they is Brexit will continue to erode British economic hopes so the Tory damage will not finish even when they leave No. 10.
On the one hand, I agree. On the other hand, Tony Blair is poison. If Labour brings Blair or Blairism back, they are dead to me.
@pinkpanther7030
24 күн бұрын
In fact they should propose a new vision in politics. I fear that they are not doing what people want and that's change.
@kerryfry1857
24 күн бұрын
@@pinkpanther7030 i understand what you're saying. However imagine 'you' don't speak for the 'people.' I wish you did btw. You might think you do but trust me you don't.
@pinkpanther7030
24 күн бұрын
@@kerryfry1857 you are right I speak for myself and my ideals and that's my opinion I am entitled to.😁
@lynnevenables7193
24 күн бұрын
@@kerryfry1857 “trust you” what, are you a politician! Oh and you really don’t need to repeat yourself!
@kerryfry1857
24 күн бұрын
@@pinkpanther7030 your opinion is correct nice one 👍
Ìt is there job
Why didn't Alastair Campbell end his days in prison along with his mate Blair? Can't LBC find a guest better than this proven deceitful liar?
@benwilson6145
22 күн бұрын
You mean like Bozo the Clown, the Lettuce or the Prime miniature, far better liars!
This ballbeg is even more unpopular than Hancock
@user-xc8ir7ng9z
24 күн бұрын
Ballbeg? That's a bit posh 😂
@alanmckeown5377
24 күн бұрын
@@user-xc8ir7ng9z that's how we say it over here in Ulster
@robbielad
24 күн бұрын
@@alanmckeown5377 ❤ Ulster
Not to worry. If you saw Bridgit Philson on question time last night there is no chance of Labour winning.
@andrewsmith78926
23 күн бұрын
want to bet?
Campbell the war criminal.
@johnnyb9829
23 күн бұрын
He’s not a war criminal, people forget that the whole of Parliament voted on and approved going to war. It’s not a decision of one or two politicians…
@thomasmorin749
23 күн бұрын
@@johnnyb9829 He and his master fellow war criminal Blair lied to Parliament in the run up to the vote.
@andrewsmith78926
23 күн бұрын
don't like the bloke, but how did he decide what to do? he had no power
@andersaskjrgensen5468
22 күн бұрын
@@andrewsmith78926 righthand man of war criminals, then
@lintburn
19 күн бұрын
He did something worse in the eyes of the left. Won elections
Starmer will bring back British rail 😂😂😂😂
@Litheon11
24 күн бұрын
You should focus on which party brought rail to its knees instead.. because it isn't labour. Every single public service worked better before 14 years of Tory rule.. every single one.
@lester9448
23 күн бұрын
@@Litheon11 didn't know thanks 👍
@daveball137
23 күн бұрын
@@Litheon11It’s Thatcher’s neoliberal ideas come home to roost ultimately.
Usually anew prime minister will have a couple of months grace. I think that's optimistic for Kier, and soon people will move against him mark my words, he's going to maybe last ayear
Campbell for The Hague
@Garwfechan-ry5lk
24 күн бұрын
William already has a partner
@blazzz13
23 күн бұрын
Does that same logic apply to Cameron for Libya?
@daveball137
23 күн бұрын
@@blazzz13And the Tories who supported the invasion. If they were in power, they would have done the same.
@keithparker1346
21 күн бұрын
@@daveball137and?
Never Vote LabCon Uniparty
@pip1723
24 күн бұрын
Labour haven't been in power for fourteen year's ..why not.
Campbell has the blood of a million Iraqis and Afghans on his hands. Never forget this.
@rrstows3522
24 күн бұрын
And then think , how many camaron has , Syria and Libya.
@andrewsmith78926
23 күн бұрын
don't like him but was he a MP who voted on this?
Propaganda
You’ve all got selective memories on here Illegal invasion of Iraq-millions dead
@andrewsmith78926
23 күн бұрын
was it decided by the courts it was illegal? plus where did that millions died come from, highest calculated figure is around 1.033 million
@keithparker1346
21 күн бұрын
@@andrewsmith78926only 1million and a bit so it doesn't matter 😂
Campbell's advice to people concerned about Labours position on Gaza is to "get off your high horse"
Andrew Feinstein Independent to dispatch Stammer in his own constituency!!! Vote for the Citizen Independents or The Workers Party of Britain to end the reign of the Uniparty Crime Collective!!!
I'm voting labour, work is for mugs.
@andrewsmith78926
23 күн бұрын
more are on benefits under this tory government
@scooble
23 күн бұрын
Tell that to Liz Kendall!
@jeremymanson1781
23 күн бұрын
Poor trolling
@chrisbutcher6670
23 күн бұрын
@jeremymanson1781 you bit though so 🤷♂️
Labour frankly don't deserve to win. The Tories will definitely lose the election, but I hope Labour isn't able to form a majority and they have to rely on smaller parties. Mostly because I think Labour offer absolutely nothing that will change his country for the better.
A simple vote pact with the other opposition parties would eliminate the tories to single digits. But guess what, Starmer isn't interested, he's an establishment placeholder and nothing more
@daveball137
23 күн бұрын
So it seems but there is the establishment media to counteract.
@andrewsmith78926
23 күн бұрын
that won't get rid of right wing voters, infact it would probably make them worse
Why is a war criminal being asked for his opinion about anything?
@bl00m1mgt0n
23 күн бұрын
What laws did Campbell break? Name them, specifically.
@andrewsmith78926
23 күн бұрын
what power did he have to decide we would invade?
@daveball137
23 күн бұрын
Tories were up for it too and for further deregulation of the banks by the way
Both rishi sunak and kier starmer are both members of the world economic forum so it's two wings of the same diseased bird welcome to wefminster folks
Campbell sounds incredibly out of touch on this - millions of people in the UK have more tiring jobs than this, we're not going to go outside and clap for political leaders
War criminal
@jake751
24 күн бұрын
Sunak and starmer
@lynnevenables7193
24 күн бұрын
@@jake751and Campbell!
@Garwfechan-ry5lk
24 күн бұрын
Why is he a War Criminal?
@bl00m1mgt0n
23 күн бұрын
What specific laws has he broken? Nobody seems able to answer this.
Red Tories and blue ones... Nice one...
@Jonnyonthespot123
23 күн бұрын
The country has proven for 14 years that it doesn't want your version of the Labour party. What do you expect Starmer to do, lose again?
@mr_incognito9305
23 күн бұрын
@Jonnyonthespot123 I'd go further. The country has proven since 1983, it doesn't want a hard left labour party.
@keithparker1346
21 күн бұрын
@@mr_incognito9305you do realise the UK is not one country?
@mr_incognito9305
21 күн бұрын
@@keithparker1346 don't be a smart a###. We are a union of four nations but we are one political entity when it comes to foreign affairs and Westminster elections
So long as Starmer is in charge they could well lose this Mr Campbell, for the simple reason that like Blair he's a Tory, not to mention his attitude towards what's happening in Gaza.
@bradleybeaumont9202
23 күн бұрын
Blair wasn’t a Tory 😂 he was right of the labour party and there IS a difference
@andrewsmith78926
23 күн бұрын
centre leaning labour leaders win. left wing leader don't
@scooble
23 күн бұрын
@@andrewsmith78926 ....what's the prize for 'winning'?
@andrewsmith78926
23 күн бұрын
@@scooble what do you get from always losing? If labour had a centre-left leaning leader in 2017, labour would have won. then no boris, truss etc
@rivgacooper5330
18 күн бұрын
@@andrewsmith78926I think a left leaning candidate could win, but it needs to be one of two ways 1. A hugely charismatic left leaning leader 2. First get a left of centre and after a few successful terms move to a more left leaning leader. As a nation we moved left when Blair was in power, but Blair was only going to go slightly left. Let's not forget minimum wage was classed as Radical left pre Blair, all the papers were telling us that it was the end of the UK economy with this one policy.
Starmer to be unseated as well
@bigslydoc
21 күн бұрын
Very unlikely.
Vote Reform 🇬🇧✌️
@andrewsmith78926
23 күн бұрын
😂😂😂 even farage has abandoned them
Vote reform 2024
@rusty911s2
24 күн бұрын
Erm .... no.
@FranzBieberkopf
24 күн бұрын
No
@user-ol6rd7pl5t
24 күн бұрын
Not while I've still got my sanity.
@johnburrows3385
24 күн бұрын
Er ....that's a no from me.
@DaleHanson-nw9yc
24 күн бұрын
LOL
Alistair Campbell is not on the same planet as the vast majority of the UK. The Tories have lost over half of their councillors, and have no boots on the ground. Imagine a Tory knocking on doors in June?
@chaipup7045
24 күн бұрын
well they knocked in the local elections. Seems Campbell knows what he's talking about and you're just a keyboard warrior.
@lynnevenables7193
24 күн бұрын
I doubt labour have many door knockers now they’ve kicked all the socialists out and turned it into the establishment’s B team!
@dmizzle73
24 күн бұрын
Councillors don't just leave a party if they lose their seat. Morale of the local parties would be affected but the numbers of members will be largely the same.
@inspectortanzi
24 күн бұрын
@@chaipup7045 The only thing Campbell knows about is lying a country into war. And driving government scientists to 'suicide'.
@andrewsmith78926
23 күн бұрын
yes they did lose half, but not to labour. Labour only picked up like a third of them
Alistair Campbell, really ! Who is interested in this self-confessed rent boy's opinions?
@chaipup7045
24 күн бұрын
people who want to learn for a Labour winning strategist? Just a thought....
@Jtwenty2wo
24 күн бұрын
Quite a lot of people it seems!
@robbielad
24 күн бұрын
Wwinward. No one that's why no one is asking you
@paulsparks7035
23 күн бұрын
Me