Mark Smith: What Blair's PR man told me about the future of politics I know, you know, he knows that Alastair Campbell is not a man people feel neutral about. Mention his name to friends and family, as I did when I was preparing to interview him the other day, and you get smile or snarl. Smile means they’re probably a fan of The Rest is Politics podcast; snarl means you-know-what: Blair, Iraq, WMD, 45 minutes.