Alastair Campbell posts hilarious photo with ‘old friend’ Peter Capaldi

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Former Labour Party strategist Alastair Campbell has shared a photo of himself with Peter Capaldi, making reference to the latter’s character in The Thick of It. In a reference to his believed fictional alias, Campbell added: “Malcolm Tucker and I do not approve of honours system.” But Iannucci was quick to respond, tweeting: “It’s probably more establishment to order your army to march into other countries for no reason. Plan auto-renews until cancelled Try for free Alastair Campbell and Peter Capaldi Capaldi, who also played Tucker in the 2009 film In The Loop, said in January that he believes The Thick of It would be too pertinent given the current climate of contemporary British politics. And I think that problems are profound.” “We’re in the middle of a climate crisis, we’re in the middle of a time when we can’t trust the government, there seems to be a level of corruption that’s going on that’s quite extraordinary.” He continued: “Listen, we could do The Thick Of It, which was really funny, that would make jokes about all that, but I think it would be letting them off in some way.” Asked if he believes a reboot of The Thick Of It would “trivialise” the current issues in contemporary politics, he replied: “Yeah, I think it’s too serious.