Crack the empty seats problem and we are on for best Games start ever

There is something very British about the obsession (which I confess to sharing) with empty seats at big events. I am not aware of any other country where 'you couldn't sell all your tickets' is a pop... Continue

29 July 2012

Posted by Alastair Campbell

The long and winding road to 2012 – and the turning point of a stack of handwritten letters to Tony Blair

It was as a result of a mid morning phone call from Tessa Jowell that I went to my diaries for 2002 and 2003 and tweeted some of the key moments in the history of the Olympic Bid. She was calling fro... Continue

27 July 2012

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Bruce Springsteen on depression and the economy – a guest blog from Elvis

I have introduced you before to my friend Mark Wright, a Labour activist and Elvis impersonator. He does however have an even bigger musical passion than The King, namely The Boss, and alerted me to a... Continue

26 July 2012

Posted by Alastair Campbell

More people care about planet’s future than Osborne’s, so Ed Davey needs to win coalition battle

If I may use a Bullingdon-type expression, I never much fancied the cut of the jib of Chris Huhne when he was Secretary of State for Environment and Climate Change (remember that.) Too much about hims... Continue

24 July 2012

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Wiggins’ win the start of a great British summer for sport – and the chance to rescue Olympics legacy

Out this morning for a pre-Wiggo-triumph two-hour ride through small French towns and villages, I popped into a little bike shop to get a few bits and bobs. Bradley Wiggins' yellow helmet took pride... Continue

22 July 2012

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Papers should do a few Olympic focus groups and listen to what people are saying

Greetings from France, where this weekend Bradley Wiggins will write himself into the list of great British sportsmen. The Tour de France is one of the greatest and toughest sporting events in the cal... Continue

21 July 2012

Posted by Alastair Campbell

IMF report another step towards the end of this unelected one-term Tory government

TweedleGeorge and TweedleDanny were out the other day, dressed in G4S style security jackets, announcing a bit of infrastructure spending. TweedleDanny appeared to have lost the power of speech, but h... Continue

20 July 2012

Posted by Alastair Campbell

G4S boss needs a haircut – and Cameron and May need to get a grip

First impressions matter. Nowhere is that more important than in the growth industry of event security. I like my security guards to look like Howard Webb, tall and strong, with a pleasing manner but ... Continue

15 July 2012

Posted by Alastair Campbell

After a period of silence, an omniblog on Dave-George-Vince omnishambles, Ed and TB, and Bank of Dave

One of the nice things about writing your own blog, rather than a newspaper column, is that you can write what you want when you want, and not be driven by the agenda or deadlines of others. So when ... Continue

13 July 2012

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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