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
Britain- an Alcocracy sitting on a Boozequake
I am very pleased that The Times pulled out my invented word - alcocracy - as one of their headings on my piece on alcohol today. Here's hoping that it has more success than my last deliberately inven... Continue16 February 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Cameron’s new alcohol strategy a chance to deal with a big and growing issue
I must thank David Cameron ... Calm down dear, wait till you see the end of the sentence ... I must thank David Cameron for getting alcohol up the agenda just in time for my Panorama on the subject on... Continue15 February 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Credit rating agencies must be covered by banking crisis inquiry (if only there was one)
Having ranted and raved (moderately) whenever credit rating agencies have delivered their Deus Ex Cathedra pronouncements on other European economies, I intend to do so again now that they have turned... Continue14 February 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Cameron facing serial rebellion from Thatcher’s ministers in the Lords
I had been hoping to do a post-Question Time blog yesterday, but events conspired against me. The first, and saddest, was the funeral of Nigel Doughty, to whom I posted a tribute here on Wednesday. It... Continue11 February 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
A great piece from an Aussie sports commentator and mental health advocate Glenn Mitchell
Unless I have bumped into him at a Test Match, I don't recall meeting Australian sports commentator Glenn Mitchell. But I couldn't resist posting this piece he wrote, which was sent to me on twitter v... Continue9 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.