They Are Gone, Now Let Them Be Forgotten

Even before they have been published, the mere fact of Alastair Campbell’s diaries draws attention to the jaw-droppingly undistinguished character of the little court that Tony Blair has taken with him. Campbell, Peter Mandelson, Carole Caplin, Michael Levy, Ruth “Bad Girls” Turner, Tessa “Carmela Soprano” Jowell, and on, and on, and on. The last eunuch lingers on as Foreign Secretary, but that won’t last. Thank God.