For the Westminster village, the prospect of the foreign affairs select committee grilling Alastair Campbell was mouthwatering. The committee is investigating the decision to go to war in Iraq. Mr Campbell's job title is the government's director of strategy and communications, but he is variously known as "the real deputy prime minister" and "the third most powerful man in Britain". This has also made him one of the most hated men in the land, even among people who have only the haziest idea what he does.
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