I look forward to Gove’s next contribution on (or perhaps to) Leveson
Even after all that emerged at Leveson yesterday, the Tory strategy to undermine the Inquiry continues. Boris Johnson, journalist and Mayor, talked about the need for 'the caravan to move on'. Not ... Continue28 February 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Cameron needs to take on the flat-earthers and win the argument for wind power
Back in the days when people seemed to accept at face value David Cameron's commitment to the environment, today's revelations that billions of pounds worth of investment in wind farms is on hold woul... Continue27 February 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
The component parts of the Sunday Express mental health campaign launch
Here are the component parts of the Sunday Express mental health campaign I mentioned yesterday. The paper's draft charter on the issue here, Nick Clegg's backing for the campaign here, editor Martin ... Continue26 February 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Forget the Sun on Sunday ballyhoo/arrogance … get The Sunday Express tomorrow
Forget the overblown, well-funded hype surrounding the Sun on Sunday, and the arrogance of Murdoch and Co sticking up two fingers to a judicial inquiry and police investigations into his papers ... if... Continue25 February 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
23 February 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Far from being a ‘rogue’ minister, Gove is part of Cameron strategy to undermine Leveson
A very rare sighting today - a Daily Mirror editorial in support of a Tory Minister. What could be the issue that gets my old paper supporting Michael Gove? The answer is the press, and his remarkabl... Continue22 February 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
The lack of a proper inquiry into banking catastrophe seems odder by the day
Am I missing something here? Am I the only one - with the exception I hear of Tory MP David Ruffley - who thinks there should be a full public inquiry into the banking catastrophe? The thought came t... Continue21 February 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
BBC website piece on tonight’s Panorama on alcohol
Alastair Campbell, Tony Blair's former spokesman, examines the British middle class's troubled relationship with alcohol and his own long and complicated history with drink. To read the headlines abo... Continue20 February 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Two telly films in two days risks AC overkill, but I hope you enjoy them
As the people I make the programmes with will testify, I have a somewhat ambivalent relationship with TV. It's the F factor, as in F for faff, that holds me back from doing more, and it surprises me t... Continue18 February 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.