Alastair Campbell was who appealing against his expulsion from the Labour Party has decided, reportedly, that he no longer wishes to be a member of the Party. Membership of political parties in the UK is voluntary so it is a matter for him and his decision must be respected.
Many given his role in the Iraq War will no doubt be content at his departure, while many others given that he resigned from a full time Government role over 15 years ago will probably who exactly he is anyway.
On his resignation on 29th August 2003
Tony Benn, no friend of his, recorded a balanced view of Campbell and his role during the New Labour years in his Diary:
Campbell is a charming, loyal, dedicated person, but nobody has ever been given such power as he was given by the Prime Minister, who’d made him effectively Deputy Prime Minister, part of the Cabinet, not accountable to Parliament
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