Alastair Campbell

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TRIGGERnometry · Alastair Campbell vs. TRIGGERnometry: Grooming Gangs, Immigration and Iraq · 15 Jul 2026 podcast

But Brexit happened because, you know, we allowed mass immigration and people. matched

And we didn't allow people to be angry about that. matched

But at the same time, I can hold to the view that... matched

that I think some of the anger is justified, but a lot of it is exaggerated and exploited. matched

Yeah, and let me just make it, the other point I was going to make, so I think it was the 2001 campaign. matched

So we win the election in 97, massive majority, and part of the debate on immigration was, I'll go back to my point about, you know, we needed immigration for the economy at that time. matched

That was the message we were getting from business the whole time, and we were trying to be the party, the business-friendly Labour government. matched

But I can remember, and this isn't just the diaries, I remember this. matched

Margaret McDonagh, who was General Secretary of the Labour Party, sadly died since. matched

I remember her coming in, and Margaret was one of those people who, even when we were in government, she was out canvassing every single weekend, right? matched

She was an on-the-ground Labour person. matched

I mean, I'll be honest, once Tony Blair got into government, you know, he didn't do that many constituency surgeries. matched

You know, he was busy. matched

He did loads of stuff. matched

I was, you know, you do, you have to force yourself not to be detached to some extent. matched

And Margaret was out every single weekend. matched

And I can remember she came back from one weekend. matched

She'd been in Kent. matched

And she was like, you know, this debate on immigration is becoming a real problem. matched

We have got to do something about this. matched

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