To quite like Alastair Campbell?

[WellAlwaysHaveParis]

It’s a bit of a guilty pleasure thing.

I think it’s because we seem to share a lot of the same interests (France, French, Jacques Brel, anti-Brexit etc.), and I find him really engaging to listen to as he’s quite passionate about things he finds interesting and is a good public speaker, but.. I find it a bit embarrassing.

I never used to like him, but am now warming to him. I mentioned it to a couple of friends though, and they think I’m bonkers.

So help me, Mumsnet - am I being U?

(Needless to say, this is light-hearted).

OP:
Interestingly, he has been mentioned before on a thread about an ‘embarrassing crush’!

I agree with you; there is definitely something about him...

Shit - i’ve got competition

love him!

I’m another one who finds him hot. I think it’s partly the hint of thuggishness! I listened to him on James O’Brien’s podcast recently, he’s really interesting too.

I like him. I like everything about him. Just my type.

is a mix of cheeky, posh, cute, and slightly fanciable.

Haha he'd be furious if he heard himself described as posh.
Can't stick the man personally, and as for fancying him I'd rather go to bed with my veg garden scarecrow.

I heard him speak last year. Came across as really articulate and charismatic. I always thought of him as smug and slimy when he worked for Blair but he sounded very genuine and passionate.

www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/alastair-campbell-death-brother-who-8675024.amp

This is a very moving piece.

Really decent man.quietly supportive of mental health in his burgh

I admire him for the work he has done on mental health.

YA all BVU he is symptomatic of so much that is wrong with contemporary society, and yet he refuses to see he's part of the problem.

Don’t agree.i think he’s decent,principled and took on the media as ferociously as the media usually assailed labour

Don't you all find fictitious WMDs created to wage an illegal war that results in the death of thousands a bit of a passion killer?

Think the Chilcott report says he didn't make up the claim about WMDs. But maybe others here know better?

I agree with you all about the WMD thing.

I can’t get really past what he is alleged to have got away with when he was advising Tony Blair, and do struggle with that. I do like what he does now though.

I’m just really impressed, if I’m honest, about how he seems to have come out of all smelling of roses, while Tony Blair’s a bit of a pariah.

I find him a hell of a lot more likeable and charming than Tony Blair though. I can imagine going for a drink with him (AC) and trying to put the world to rights.