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... Continue15 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 ... Continue13 September 2013
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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... Continue7 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... Continue4 September 2013
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Burnley getting on the map for all the right reasons
I really hope Burnley's award as 'The Most Enterprising Area in the UK' gets a bit of national attention. It has been a long hard struggle for the town, its businesses, its politicians and people to f... Continue27 August 2013
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Women and alcohol – when ‘normal’ drinking slips into problem territory
A while back I posted a guest blog by the founders of Soberistas.com an online group set up to help women worried about their drinking. Now Lucy Rocca, one of the Soberistas, has co- written a book wi... Continue22 August 2013
Posted by Alastair Campbell
‘The mess we inherited’ – some facts with which to fight the Tory Big Lies
I am indebted to Professor Vernon Bogdanor, who among other things was David Cameron's tutor at Oxford, for drawing my attention to a recent report by the LSE Growth Commission. Anyone who look... Continue19 August 2013
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Labour must rebut ‘the mess we inherited’ to expose the mess the Tories are making
Just before the summer break, I did a fundraiser for Labour Welsh Assembly member Leighton Andrews, and during the q and a was asked if it was too late for Labour to fight back against the coalition m... Continue13 August 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.