Alastair Campbell - National Newspapers

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Campbell moved to the London office of the Daily Mirror in 1982, England's sole remaining big-circulation supporter of the Labour Party. He became a political correspondent before moving to The Today newspaper in 1986, a full-colour tabloid newspaper which was now trying to turn leftward where he worked as a news editor. His rapid rise and its accompanying stress led to alcohol abuse.

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