A sad, but heart-lifting letter from a young woman struggling for change

Every now and again, a letter comes in out of the blue that manages both to sadden, but also to make the heart soar a little. Below is one such letter, from a 19-year-old student, Emily Oldfield. It ... Continue

27 January 2015

Posted by Alastair Campbell

The truth about the altercation which has become George Galloway’s latest ‘film’-promoting propaganda

I understand that The Times are today running a story, based on a story in this week's 'Ham and High', about an altercation I had with a member of the public last week. Should any other media be minde... Continue

15 January 2015

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Time for Labour to regain initiative on the politics of the economy amid Osborne’s failures and flailings

Alan Johnson is my next interviewee for GQ, out later this week. Yesterday the magazine's spin doctors (they're everywhere you know) put out a few selected quotes and some of the papers have focused o... Continue

1 December 2014

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Politics has so much to learn from business and sport in the art of winning

It is always a nice moment when the publisher sends through the final, final version of the cover of a planned new book. It is especially nice when the designer has taken an idea given by the author -... Continue

21 November 2014

Posted by Alastair Campbell

What Cameron should say (and won’t) when he loses the Rochester by-election

'Mr Cameron did not cause the rise of UKIP, and he can't stop it.' In an otherwise very intelligent analysis of the Prime Minister's problems, the FT's Janan Ganesh is wrong in the first part of that ... Continue

18 November 2014

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Is ‘spin’ dead in the era of social media?

Here is the text of a speech I gave this morning to the Festival Of Marketing in London. There was also a good q and a, some of which might be on twitter hashtag #FoM14 Ok. So a while back I am flyin... Continue

13 November 2014

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Cameron, Clegg, Hunt, how can someone wait six months for mental healthcare if suicide is the other option?

Earlier this week, as I blogged at the time, I was on the panel of a BBC3 FreeSpeech mental health special. It was fantastic to see and hear so many young people prepared to be open about their menta... Continue

24 October 2014

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Huge thanks to the BBC3 audience of mentally ill youngsters for re-igniting my passion

Oh my Lord, it is more than a month since I posted a blog, the morning after the Scottish independence referendum. That has to be the longest - yes, it definitely is the longest - I have ever gone wit... Continue

22 October 2014

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Whatever the final result, the whole of UK politics has to wake up to some powerful lessons of Scotland

Whether it is YES or NO, one thing is certain - UK politics has changed forever as a result of this referendum. I will rephrase that - if UK politics does not change, does not wake up to some of the ... Continue

18 September 2014

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Alastair Campbell is a writer, communicator and strategist best known for his role as former British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s spokesman, press secretary and director of communications and strategy. Still active in politics and campaigns in Britain and overseas, he now splits his time between writing, speaking, broadcasting, charities and consultancy.

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