Alastair Campbell is best known for his role as the Chief Press Secretary and official spokesperson for the former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, but he has continued to lead a very busy work life since departing from the role back in 2003.
In his latest career move, Campbell will be popping up during Channel 4’s election coverage tonight. Krishnan Guru-Murthy, 54, is set to lead the election special for the channel alongside former BBC Newsnight presenter Emily Maitlis as the results come in after the polls close at 10pm.
Throughout the night, the duo will be joined by The Rest is Politics podcast hosts Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart, as well as some familiar faces from the reality TV show Gogglebox.
As Campbell’s latest broadcasting endeavour begins, here’s what else Alastair Campbell has been up to recently, his net worth, and whether he is married.
What is Alastair Campbell doing now?
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Alastair Campbell is currently editor-at-large for The New European, a newspaper that he helped set up in the wake of the Brexit referendum and hosts the podcast The Rest is Politics alongside former Tory MP Rory Stewart.
Following Piers Morgan’s dramatic exit from Good Morning Britain last year, Alastair was also asked to join the ITV breakfast show as part of a pool of new presenters.
Campbell also hosts a podcast alongside his daughter Grace titled Football, Feminism & Everything in Between, which sees the father and daughter duo interviewing prominent figures in the world of sport, politics, business and culture.
In a recent endeavour, Campbell co-hosted the Channel 4 Make Me Prime Minister alongside Baroness Sayeeda Warsi. Together, the hosts put 12 Brits to the test as they competed to be crowned Channel 4’s “alternative Prime Minister”.
Outside of his work, Campbell also continues to be an avid supporter of mental health charities and has spoken openly about the nervous breakdown that he had in the mid-1980s.
What is Alastair Campbell’s net worth?
According to Net Worth Post, Alastair Campbell’s estimated net worth currently sits at $700,000 (£650,000). Before embarking on a career in journalism, Campbell graduated from Cambridge University, where he studied modern languages.
From there he began training as a journalist with the Mirror Group before joining the Mirror itself in 1982. From 1994 to 2003, Campbell worked as director of communications and strategy and the official spokesperson for Tony Blair.
Since then, he has continued to earn a living through various writing, public speaking and consultancy roles as well as his broadcasting career.
Is Alastair Campbell married?
Alastair Campbell isn’t married, but he is in a civil partnership with his long-term partner Fiona Millar. Alastair and Fiona first met as trainee journalists 42 years ago and within weeks of meeting each other had already moved in together in Devon.
The couple have been together ever since, and last year entered into a civil partnership with each other during a small ceremony at Camden Register Office in front of four witnesses. Explaining why they decided to legally confirm their commitment after decades together and three children, Alastair said that it was simply “because we could”.
In a piece for the Guardian, the journalist explained that when the Blair government legalised civil partnerships for same-sex couples and David Cameron later brought in the right to same-sex marriage, heterosexual couples became disadvantaged in law. He explained: “The only choice for us was what my mother used to call ‘living in sin’ or marriage, and even though it meant less protection under the law, we both continued to see the former as preferable. There was the option of a non-religious civil marriage ceremony, but it was still ‘marriage’.”
After hearing about another unmarried heterosexual couple who were legally challenging the government over civil partnerships, Fiona became involved in a six-year campaign for equal civil partnerships. Now that both homosexual and heterosexual couples can enter into civil partnerships, Alastair explained: “We and many other couples and families can enjoy the same rights and protections as the married, but without the cultural baggage of marriage.”
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