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Pat McFadden: the most powerful Labour politician most have never heard of

Role preparing for election will see McFadden shape party’s direction, but it is likely to be done quietly

The Guardian - UK

Huw Edwards: the presenter at centre of the BBC’s new crisis

Huw Edwards is facing the end of his broadcasting career after he was named by his wife as the presenter at the centre of a sexual impropriety scandal that has dominated headlines.

The Week

Nicky Campbell among broadcasters voicing compassion for Huw Edwards

Huw Edwards’ wife, Vicky Flind, said he is ‘suffering from serious mental health issues’ and receiving in-patient care.

The Independent UK

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Huw Edwards: Dan Walker and Alastair Campbell among those sending support to ‘superb broadcaster’

A statement from Huw Edwards’ wife, Vicky Flind, said he is ‘suffering from serious mental health issues’ at this time

Evening Standard

TV presenters and politicians react to news about BBC's Huw Edwards

'There was no criminality, but perhaps a complicated private life. That doesn’t feel very private now'

Wales Online

Sunday Brunch chaos as Tim Lovejoy forced to apologise over Alastair Campbell swear

Alastair Campbell, who worked as Tony Blair’s spokesperson and the Labour Party’s communications director, now hosts the hugely successful podcast The Rest is Politics with former Tory MP Rory Stewart

Daily Mirror

So George Osborne has a new podcast. What do the victims of his austerity policies get?

Entertainment launders reputations. No wonder washed-up politicians are so keen to invest in this great speech bubble, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

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Alastair Campbell says destructive campaigns are putting people off politics

The podcaster and former New Labour spin doctor said MPs needed to do more to look after their mental health.

The Independent UK

Best of frenemies: can George Osborne and Ed Balls’s blokey bantz erase austerity’s scars?

The former adversaries are launching an economics podcast. Somehow I doubt there will be a reckoning with the past

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Alastair Campbell: The public needs to know what change will mean for them

Setting out why a Labour government would be better must move to centre stage, Alastair Campbell writes in the Standard

Evening Standard

Gogglebox viewers not impressed with 'nauseating' new celebrity signing for latest series

A number of people took to social media to comment on the new TV critics on the Channel 4 show

Chronicle Live

Gogglebox viewers fume over controversial celebrity signing for latest series

Gogglebox viewers had the same complaint as they heard the news that Alastair Campbell and his daughter joined the panel of the Channel 4 show, with many taking to social media to fume about the new additions to the popular series

Daily Mirror

Behold Waterstones Dad – and hurrah for Britain’s new demographic stereotype

The latest slicing of social segments is a floating voter and a welcome addition to the merry-go-round of political life, writes Andrew Anthony

The Guardian - UK

The Brexit Question Time’s audience backs up what our survey found: no regrets

Despite feeling that politicians have messed up, the leavers we heard from still think that Brexit has a future, say Anand Menon and Sophie Stowers of The UK in a Changing Europe

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Serpentine splashers to Hampstead’s Bobble Hat Brigade — meet London’s power swimming tribes

Cold water swimmers are swaggering and shivering around the capital, with distinct types gathering at each place. Robbie Smith has your guide to the venues, the people and the wet networking

The National (Scotland)

Tory ministers refuse to appear on Question Time Brexit special

TORY ministers have been accused of cowardice after it was revealed that no senior government representative will appear on a BBC Question Time…

Daily Mirror

'Cowardly' Tory ministers refuse to appear on Question Time Brexit special

Alastair Campbell, who will be appearing on the flagship BBC politics show in Clacton-on-Sea, said it is "quite something" that the government won't be represented in front of an audience made entirely of Leave voters

The Guardian - UK

Covid inquiry: George Osborne ‘completely rejects’ claims austerity weakened health and social care capacity – as it happened

Evidence submitted by former chancellor claims austerity had ‘positive’ effect on UK’s ability to withstand Covid pandemic

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For Tony Blair, Silvio Berlusconi was shrewd, capable and true to his word. For others, not so much

Blair has joined in the praise for Italy’s former prime minister, a man who was as sad as he was repulsive

Daily Mirror

Top Labour politicians pay tribute to Glenda Jackson who has died aged 87

Senior figures from Keir Starmer's party recalled their time working with the double Oscar-winning actress, who had a successful second career as a respected parliamentarian

Evening Standard

Labour leader Keir Starmer: We won’t see talent like Glenda Jackson again

Famous faces from the world of politics and beyond have remembered the acting and political star.

The Week

Piers Morgan: five things you might not know about the contentious broadcaster

The columnist and broadcaster Piers Morgan hacked into Alastair Campbell’s bank accounts in order to destabilise the then Labour government, Tony Blair’s former spin doctor claimed last week at the High Court.

The Guardian - UK

Starting young on the politics of argument

Letters: John Sommer, Martin Cooper and Lyn A Dade respond to an article by Alastair Campbell on teaching politics in primary school

The Guardian - UK

‘We’re both romantic about what politics can be’: Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart on their double act

To judge by the huge success of their podcast The Rest Is Politics, the UK still has an appetite for political ideas and debate. But how do the Labour stalwart and the Tory maverick really get on?

The Week

Quiz of The Week 21 - 27 May

The Conservative Party faced another raft of damaging headlines this week amid fresh scandals involving senior members of the party.

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