195. Alastair Campbell: Good Friday Agreement
8 October 2025
About This Episode
The Good Friday Agreement, signed in 1998, brought peace to Northern
Ireland after decades of conflict by establishing a power-sharing
government and ensuring that any constitutional change would happen only by
consent. Alastair Campbell, then Tony Blair’s Director of Communications
and Strategy, played a key role in the negotiations, helping to shape the
messaging, diplomacy, and relationships that made the agreement possible.
He shared his reflections and behind-the-scenes stories with *The Ireland
Podcast* when Fender Jackson visited him at his home in London on Thursday,
25 September 2025.
Alastair Campbell
Alastair Campbell is a British writer and former political adviser, best known for his role as Director of Communications for UK Prime Minister Tony Blair. He was closely involved in the political environment surrounding the Good Friday Agreement.
Since leaving frontline politics, he has become an author, broadcaster, and advocate for mental health awareness, reflecting publicly on politics, media, and personal experience.