Alastair Campbell tells Creedon he'd have preferred a pint with McGuinness rather than Adams

Author and former Tony Blair press secretary, Alastair Campbell, has said he would have preferred to go for pint with Martin McGuinness over his party colleague, Gerry Adams.

The former Downing Street spin doctors said he liked both politicians but there was something "very, very special" about the late McGuinness and that while Gerry Adams was more a "philosopher type politician" Martin McGuinness had a "directness" which Campbell admired.