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... Continue24 July 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
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... Continue21 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... Continue20 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 ... Continue15 July 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
13 July 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
My first ever rebuttal of a sex scene after Fifty Shades of crap Guardian editing
Unsurprisingly, Guardian readers have been rubbishing my so-called sex scene in today's paper, where I was one of several writers asked to try to turn on women with words and so further help fuel ... Continue7 July 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Osborne should avoid the weekend press – unless he wants to learn from his failure as a strategist
George Osborne is an avid reader of his press cuttings, but his advisers may well be tempted to get him away to a newspaper free zone this weekend. The Chancellor still has plenty of admirers in the ... Continue7 July 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Strategy is God – this and other lessons learned from sport and elsewhere
I have been a bit snowed under, and travelling, in the last few days, so apologies to anyone who came on here and found a short and rather tired blog on why David Cameron was avoiding having an inquir... Continue4 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.