Campbell tipped as Cambridge Master

Tony Blair’s former henchman alastair Campbell was 2013’ s Humanitas Visiting Professor of Media at Cambridge University.

There is now excitable talk among students that he could succeed Professor sir alan Fersht, who stands down as Master of Caius College in september 2018.

‘The College is at an early stage of seeking a Master,’ says a spokesman.

‘ We have used several methods to secure a diverse field of possible names, including a circulation to our 7,700 alumni and the engagement of professional headhunters.’

Might Campbell, an alumnus of Caius, propel himself forward? He is unavailable for comment, but friends think not. ‘ He bitterly regrets any link with Cambridge because it’s elitist,’ says a contemporary.

Perhaps other Blairites will have no such qualms.

labour has an impressive hold on no fewer than three Cambridge colleges — Pembroke, Queens’ and Clare, respectively headed by Tony Blair’s first Culture secretary Chris smith (now lord smith of Finsbury), neil Kinnock’s former chief economic adviser lord Eatwell and lord Grabiner, who remains a party member despite his distaste for Jeremy Corbyn.