Philip Gould, the best listener in politics
With thanks to The Guardian for asking me to pen a tribute to Philip for today's paper, and thanks also for the headline, below is the piece I wrote. Yesterday was a pretty wretched day for his many... Continue8 November 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
It is Philip Gould the friend and the positive life force I mourn today
Even when he entered what he called 'the death zone', Philip Gould brought hope and happiness to others - not accidentally, but deliberately, as one of his final, and selfless, acts of strategy. He wa... Continue7 November 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
25 reasons why Sir Alex Ferguson is the greatest manager of all time
Fiona and I are on the way to Manchester for a dinner to celebrate Alex Ferguson's 25th anniversary as Manchester United manager. Partly in response to a few tweets and messages asking why I hadn't bl... Continue6 November 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Rarely can the summit smiles, backslaps and trumpeteering have seemed so incongruous
I suppose our leaders have to do that smiling thing as they arrive at summits (though I can't think they and we would all be happier if a lot of the ceremonials were scrapped, the trumpeteers confined... Continue3 November 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Did nobody at the eurozone crisis summit ask Papandreou about the R-word?
Did the word 'referendum' cross anyone's mind, let alone anyone's lips, at the eurozone crisis summit last week? It certainly didn't appear in any of the coverage I read. Could it be, once more, that... Continue1 November 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
About time too – government recognising public money sometimes needed to get private money flowing
No cliche is being left unturned to emphasise the Prime Minister's determination to kickstart the sluggish economy. He is straining every sinew. He has found his passion (er ... again). He is on an al... Continue31 October 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
29 October 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
With crisis seemingly averted for now, Europe’s leaders need to explain the issues better
The mood music out of the eurozone crisis summit was pretty good, the reactions not bad, and so the sense is of disaster averted. The problem is that further difficult steps now have to be taken, and ... Continue27 October 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Ian Holloway and Paddy Harverson popular winners at PR awards
To the PR Week awards last night, to present 31 trophies, the first of which received one of the loudest cheers of the night. Some of the judges were worried that their peers would not quite understan... Continue26 October 2011
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.