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Alastair Campbell

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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The Rest Is Politics
527. Are American Tech Billionaires Threatening British Democracy?

But it all went wrong when he ran off with somebody from his swimming club.

The Rest Is Politics
527. Are American Tech Billionaires Threatening British Democracy?

So she went through, and she's, I mean, she had a terrible car crash in the middle of all this.

The Rest Is Politics
527. Are American Tech Billionaires Threatening British Democracy?

So it feels like she's got a misery memoir to tell, but it's not.

The Rest Is Politics
527. Are American Tech Billionaires Threatening British Democracy?

It's like, it's how you keep going.

The Rest Is Politics
527. Are American Tech Billionaires Threatening British Democracy?

And she talks, she says there's not a single...

The Rest Is Politics
527. Are American Tech Billionaires Threatening British Democracy?

hour of the day that she doesn't think about her daughter, Ellie, who would now be 37.

The Rest Is Politics
527. Are American Tech Billionaires Threatening British Democracy?

And we've stayed very, very close to her.

The Rest Is Politics
527. Are American Tech Billionaires Threatening British Democracy?

She comes with us to Scotland every Christmas, New Year.

The Rest Is Politics
527. Are American Tech Billionaires Threatening British Democracy?

It is incredible.

The Rest Is Politics
527. Are American Tech Billionaires Threatening British Democracy?

And so John's death, her husband, who was my closest friend, and he died.

The Rest Is Politics
527. Are American Tech Billionaires Threatening British Democracy?

I don't quite know how you get over that, but she then had all the other stuff on top.

The Rest Is Politics
527. Are American Tech Billionaires Threatening British Democracy?

But I think it's important, the point about grief

The Rest Is Politics
527. Are American Tech Billionaires Threatening British Democracy?

I mean, you do get through it in the main.

The Rest Is Politics
527. Are American Tech Billionaires Threatening British Democracy?

People do get through it.

The Rest Is Politics
527. Are American Tech Billionaires Threatening British Democracy?

Well, it's very different, isn't it, with different people?

The Rest Is Politics
527. Are American Tech Billionaires Threatening British Democracy?

I think that's how you create a good death.

The Rest Is Politics
527. Are American Tech Billionaires Threatening British Democracy?

Another great book about this, Philip Gould, I've had so many close friends who've died, and he wrote a book called When I Die, because he knew he was going to die.

The Rest Is Politics
527. Are American Tech Billionaires Threatening British Democracy?

And I just think we don't talk about death enough.

The Rest Is Politics
527. Are American Tech Billionaires Threatening British Democracy?

We don't think about it enough.

The Rest Is Politics
527. Are American Tech Billionaires Threatening British Democracy?

We're scared of it.