This Hour Has 22 Minutes publicity for the show and contributed to the general air of farce surrounding Day's election campaign. Day did, however, have a very appropriate response to the petition: ""Que será, será"." It was later revealed by Alastair Campbell, former aide to British Prime Minister Tony Blair, that Prime Minister Jean Cretien and the Liberal Party had come up with the idea- not Mercer or the show's writers. 2003–04 – Shaun Majumder, in character as "Raj Binder", was sent to report on the 2003 outdoors Edmonton Oilers and Montreal Canadiens old timers game, preceding the night's actual NHL regular season game, which
Alastair Campbell, Lord Bracadale Majesty the Queen, to the Privy Council. He retired as a judge in 2017. Alastair Campbell, Lord Bracadale Alastair Peter Campbell, Lord Bracadale, QC is a retired senior Scottish judge. Campbell was born on 18 September 1949 in Skye, Scotland, to Rev. Donald Campbell and Margaret Campbell. His family moved to Edinburgh when he was two years old, where he was brought up. He was educated at George Watson's College, and took an MA at the University of Aberdeen. He worked as an English teacher at the Vale of Leven Academy in Dumbartonshire during 1973–75, before returning to university to