Merkel unique and her campaign uniquely German, but still lessons in there

Below is a short piece I did for Der Spiegel on the German election campaign, first in English and then, a part translated (not by me) German version. I do so wish I had not lost my German. Used to be... Continue

25 September 2013

Posted by Alastair Campbell

One terrific speech does not change the weather overnight – the whole Party must now raise its game to beat these oh-so-beatable Tories

Barack Obama's strategist David Axelrod once said that political conventional wisdom is almost always wrong and we have had a good example of that in Britain recently. Over the summer the convention... Continue

25 September 2013

Posted by Alastair Campbell

My anger at McBride is not his gift to the Tories now, but the one he and other GB people gave in helping Labour lose power

I really like Iain Dale, and believe the Tories missed a trick when he tried and failed to become an MP for them. He would have been a good MP, and perhaps a good minister. But he has fulfilled an im... Continue

22 September 2013

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Memo to Labour – energy, fight, future policy, stand up for Labour record, Britain, NHS, immigration too, and demolish worst govt in memory

Having been in hospital from Monday to Thursday I watched more TV news than usual this week, and spotted a trend, one which is useful to Labour as the party conference begins. It is that the Tory Go... Continue

21 September 2013

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Cameron, Clegg and Miliband should listen to police and doctors re costs of booze

I was going to spend part of today's sickbed sojourn writing a blog about the Lib Dem conference, but Chief Constable Adrian Lee's remarks that Britain needs to take a long hard look at its drinking c... Continue

15 September 2013

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Extracts from speech to Royal Television Society dinner last night – as requested by a few of you

RTS cambridge sept 12 2013 Hope you’re enjoying the conference. Hope you’re enjoying the latest round in the longest running soap opera of our lifetime, BBC leadership … Is it really ten years ... Continue

13 September 2013

Posted by Alastair Campbell

More rebuttal on book interview headlines – and reminder to Labour re ‘mess we inherited’ rebuttal on economy

Another day, another perfectly fair, accurately quoted interview, this time in the Daily Telegraph, with Celia Walden. There are various reasons why I said 'yes' when she asked to do the piece. First,... Continue

9 September 2013

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Blog as rebuttal and media monitoring

I was probably being a little churlish last night, on seeing the Guardian headline on my interview with Decca Aitkenhead - 'you have to have at least the threat of military action' - and tweeting that... Continue

7 September 2013

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Have we got the balance right between the ‘war on drugs’ and dealing with alcohol abuse?

I am about to do some interviews about my new novel, My Name Is ..., out next week, which tells the story of a young girl's descent into alcoholism. It is a novel, a story, but I hope one that makes p... Continue

4 September 2013

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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