alistair campbell has said, iam guardian.abour. you would given —— you would expect the labour party to be doing better in the polls and a lot of people in the centre ground of politics say they feel homeless, previous supporters of the labour party unable to be loyal to this leadership. and alistair campbell is ina very leadership. and alistair campbell is in a very difficult —— different political position but he's done a long piece explaining his position. it's the complete end of an era. 0ne very, very big dominant new labour figure and it's the end of the road for him. he can't continue with the labour party anymore and for corbyn supporters, this will be no great loss. people will be very happy, i'm sure, i'm sure there are loads of vile comments about alistair campbell on twitter but itjust shows you can't remain in labour, he doesn't recognise it anymore as the party that he was so instrumental m, m party that he was so instrumental in, in the 90s and 2000s. he says that he does not think labour will wina that he does

the thing with alistair campbell as he was tribal labour. he knew that i geologically he had big differences withjeremy corbyn that he was still eight labour of corbyn that he was still eight labourof man, no corbyn that he was still eight labour of man, no prospect he would leave the party at that stage. on the one hand not that surprising. leave the party at that stage. on the one hand not that surprisingm it indicative of where labour is? you might think it would be higher in the opinion polls but labour support is fully fractured, partly over the brexit position. there are many people who support jeremy corbyn's leadership, and for them this is no great loss, for then it will show the transformation, the realisation that that is the way the labour party is going. but alistair campbell could not get behind them at all in europe. itjust highlights that huge division within the party that huge division within the party that they struggle with every day. this isjust a high profile person, the latest person to quit the party. i want to bring

he has built up no secret that alistair campbell is a fierce critic of jeremy corbyn and the directionrty. today, ina has taken the labour party. today, in a lengthy and coruscating denunciation of mr corbyn's leadership, he suggests that mr corbyn has changed for the worse the culture of the labour party, that it is no longer as the labour party of clement attlee or howard wilson or even clement attlee or howard wilson or eve n to ny clement attlee or howard wilson or even tony blair and gordon brown —— no longer recognisable. what has really driven his anger is the response from mr to brexit and his failure, in his view, to campaign vigorously on behalf of remain. since then, to have abducted a begrudging approach as labour has gradually shifted to a more pro—remain and pro—referendum petition. what i think has triggered him to announce that he does not wa nt to him to announce that he does not want to stay or rejoin the labour party is his view, bluntly, that mr corbyn is unelectable and therefore borisjohnson will win in any contest against him and he urges labour mps contest again

a party that can get rid of alistair campbell within 15 hours because of his voting tactic, if they want those complaints and lose them in a black hole. more to the point, party that's meant to be an anti—racist party that runs on an anti—racism ticket and a safe for women, and anybody in the workspace, to have these brave whistle—blowers come out, a party that supports whistle—blowers like seeing julian assange sancho is a hero, they bullied, frightened young people. within hours of the programme going out, these young people, who were so brave, who said, this is a culture of fear and secrecy, were being called disgruntled blairites, most of them were not even born when tony blair was prime minister! it has been horrific. the one mp who reached out to me, was tom watson, the deputy leader of the labour party, who was trying to do something, more than anyone else, was equally turned into the traitorous tom watson, he has to resign. instead of labour turning around and admitting and that leadership office saying, we have a problem, we have not dealt with it properly, we are hiding complai

tony blair's former director of communications, alistair campbell, has announced he does not want toeing destroyed as a "serious credible political force". he was expelled from the party after admitting voting for the liberal democrats in the european elections. she's an actress, mother and the wife of hollywood actor will smith. and nowjada pinkett smith has become one of the leading online entertainers, with her chat show, which is broadcast on facebook. she reaches millions of people every week with her online series red table talk, which she hosts with her mother and her musician daughter willow smith. she's been speaking to our correspondent chi chi izundu. this is red table talk. red table talk. it's a simple concept, a chat around a table featuring jada pinkett smith, her mum adrienne and her daughter willow. no topic is off—limits. there are some celebrity guests including her husband, actor will smith, where they have talked about their marriage. i think that's the worst i've ever felt in our marriage. wow. i was failing miserably. the red table talk is on a new facebook ser

alistair campbell, he was the director of operations, just this morning he hasjust said i can no longery hopes and my values. do you feel the same? not quite assembled by feel —— i understand exactly what he feels that for him to be expelled just like that in a millisecond, for having said that... just to be clear, for voting liberal democrat. against serious allegations of anti—semitism, have had their cases postponed. why on earth, lacking, can't you say, this is not a party i can be in? because i'm still a member of the labour party. blackburn labour party remains a very good party, it is a momentum free zone, it continues to attract support and for me to leave the labour party would be for me to betray people who voted for me. so you're burying into a little hole and you can't see the big picture? there may come a moment where i take a different view. if you ask me why, i'm giving you an explanation. you mouth i could but it's about my personal loyalty to people who have been loyal to me and to a town and toa been loyal to me and to a town and to a cause and blackburn which remains

tony blair's former director of communications, alistair campbell, has said he no longer wants to berbyn. in an open letter, he said mr corbyn could be weeks away from an election, in which he was unlikely to win a majority — allowing borisjohnson to claim a mandate for the hardest form of brexit. mr campbell was expelled from labour after admitting he voted liberal democrat in the european elections. attempts to close the gap in performance between poorer students and their classmates in secondary schools in england have stalled for the first time in eight years. the think—tank, the education policy institute, found that children who are eligible for free school meals are on average a year and half behind other pupils by the time they take gcses. frankie mccamley reports. tackling the gap in achievements between poorer pupils who are eligible for free school meals, and their peers, has always been a priority. in the last eight years, analysis showed progress in closing the gap was slowing down to a point where it's now at a standstill. researchers found between 2017 and 2018, the ga

tony blair's former director of communications, alistair campbell, has said he no longer wants to be letter, he said mr corbyn could be weeks away from an election, in which he was unlikely to win a majority — allowing borisjohnson to claim a mandate for the hardest form of brexit. mr campbell was expelled from labour after admitting he voted liberal democrat in the european elections. attempts to close the gap in performance between poorer students and their classmates in secondary schools in england have stalled for the first time in eight years. the think—tank, the education policy institute, found that children who are eligible for free school meals are on average a year and half behind other pupils by the time they take gcses. frankie mccamley reports. tackling the gap in achievements between poorer pupils who are eligible for free school meals, and their peers, has always been a priority. in the last eight years, analysis showed progress in closing the gap was slowing down to a point where it's now at a standstill. researchers found between 2017 and 2018, the gap has actually w

alistair campbell, the former number 10 director of communications under tony blair, has said he believesnger wants to be a member of the labour party. i mean, i've been a labour supporter since the days of harold wilson and i can't quite believe i've given up on it but basically, a year ago my partner fiona left the party and she cited three reasons, she wrote a piece, one was the failure to lead on brexit, one was the failure to tackle the hideous anti—semitism and the third was the lack of a genuinely modern, radical, forward—looking policy agenda. and i think it's fair to say i've been hoping against hope that there'd be improvement across all fronts. i think on brexit they've got to a better position but it's still to my mind not good enough and jeremy corbyn has to be dragged kicking and screaming every step of the way and i think on the other two they've gone backwards and i think, i've just come back from australia and it was partly being there that crystallised my thinking. they've just had an election, the labour party whose ratings were way better than labours are at the moment

followed up by buy it because it is never followed up by any action for the party can get rid of alistair campbelley will take those complaints and lose them ina will take those complaints and lose them in a black hole and a party thatis them in a black hole and a party that is supposed to be an anti—racist party and a safe place for women and anyone in the workspace, to have these brave whistle—blowers come out, a party that supports whistle—blowers, who seejulian that supports whistle—blowers, who see julian assange that supports whistle—blowers, who seejulian assange as a hero, they bullied and frightened these people, decent people. within hours of the programme going out these young people who were so brave and went to say that this is a culture of fear and secretary, they were called disgruntled playwrights. most of them were not even born when tony blair was prime minister. and the one mp who reached out to me, tom watson, the deputy leader of the labour party, who was trying to do something more than anyone else, he was equally turned into the traitorous tom watson, he has to resign. inste

another story on the front page is former labour spin—doctor alistair campbell saying he no longer wantsil has an interview with a formerjudge who says police may have broken the law in the way they investigated claims of a paedophile ring at westminster. carl beech was jailed last week for making up the claims. and the best headline of the morning comes from the mirror. "boris hires mirror chicken as advisor". this is a story about the prime minister's new head of communications lee cain. he's not only a former reporter at the paper, but he was the man they used to send out to political events dressed up in a chicken costume to heckle prominent tories. pm's aid under masks feathered heroes. you can't make it up. i genuinely didn't understand the headline. there are chicken, something to do with the mirror chicken? i get it now. now, you might remember a few weeks ago american rapper lil nas x joined us on the sofa to talk about his hit single ‘old town road'. i'm going to take my horse to the old town road. i'm going to ride till i can't know more. i'm going to ta ke till i can't know m

doesn't agree and he has contrasting the way that anti—semitism is dealt with with people like alistair campbellanti-semitism. lord triesman has resigned the labour party whip. president trump fires off more personal tweets calling the uk ambassdor "wacky" and "a very stupid guy". jeremy corbyn calls for a second referendum before the uk leaves the eu — saying labour will campaign for remain. a technique called gene—silencing — which doctors say will be life changing — is given the go—ahead for use on the nhs in england. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. online delivery firm ocado says the fire that ripped through its andover warehouse in february cost £110 million. the company has already claimed millions of pounds back from its insurers but the fire did force it to report a half year loss of £143 million last year, and hit sales by 2%. a new survey from the shopkeepers association — the brc — shows consumer spending injune was at its weakest since the mid—1990s. it says it's further evidence that the british economy is shrinking. total sales fell injune by 1.3%, while the annua

tony blair's former director of communications, alistair campbell, has said he no longer wants to bey corbyn. in an open letter, he said mr corbyn could be weeks away from an election, in which he was unlikely to win a majority — allowing borisjohnson to claim a mandate for the hardest form of brexit. mr campbell was expelled from labour after admitting he voted liberal democrat in the european elections. a former high courtjudge, who led a review into the police investigation of an alleged vip paedophile ring, says officers involved might themselves have broken the law. sir richard henriques said there were inconsistencies in the evidence provided by the main witness, carl beech, but that police did not reveal this when applying for search warrants. among those whose homes were searched were the former cabinet minister leon brittan, the former head of the armed forces lord bramall, and the ex mp harvey proctor. beech was jailed last week for inventing the claims. angus crawford reports. carl beech, described in court last week as a manipulative, devious liar, whose false allegations