آلاستیر کمپبل: کارگر جدید و ظهور طبقه رسانه‌ای

1. Spin Cycle: Thirty-six Hours in the Life of Alastair Campbell -- 2. Fair and False like a Campbell -- 3. Busking with Bagpipes -- 4. In which Our Hero's Fortunes Sink Very Low -- 5. Serving Kinnock and Maxwell -- 6. 'Oh, sod off Prime Minister, I'm trying to do my expenses' -- 7. The Rise of the Media Class -- 8. 'The Most Brilliant Election Campaign in History' -- 9. Downing Street -- 10. Blairites and Brownites -- 11. Managing the Media -- 12. 'Deputy Prime Minister' -- App. New Labour and the Civil Service Alastair Campbell Is The Second Most Powerful Man In Britain. Although His Official Title Is Special Adviser And Chief Press Secretary To The Prime Minister, He Wields Far More Power And Influence Than Cabinet Ministers. Campbell Is The Prime Minister's Main Adviser And His Closest And Most Trusted Political Friend. He Sits In The Cabinet, Has An Overview Of Government That Is Denied Even To Ministers And Controls The Flow Of Information. And Yet He Lives His Life In The Shadows. This Book Is The First To Shine The Spotlight On The Man Known At Westminster As 'the Real Deputy Prime Minister' Without Whose Knowledge No Important Decision Is Ever Made. It Shows How This Unelected Official Has Assumed A Dominant Position In Whitehall And Argues That He Has Gained This Position Thanks To The Emasculation Of The Cabinet And The Irrelevance Of Parliament.--book Jacket. Peter Oborne. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 221-222) And Index. Alastair Campbell sits in the Cabinet, has an overview of government denied to ministers with control over the flow of information. Here is chronicled his Rabelaisian early years as a busker, porn-merchant and hard-drinking Fleet Street pugilist until a nervous breakdown in mid 1980s led to his conversion to focused political animal.