Ideology is coming ahead of analysis for Osborne and Cameron tags along with it
I have not mentioned anywhere the attention-seeking, abusive and offensive remarks of a well-known TV presenter about strikers. He was on the TV at the time 'to launch a new DVD' so the abusiveness an... Continue2 December 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Transcript of evidence to Leveson Inquiry (of which straightest reporting is in the Mail SHOCK)
Technical hitches earlier. Here is link for transcript of my evidence to the Leveson inquiry. And here is the submission I made. And with thanks to one of my twitter followers, who has sent me cuttin... Continue1 December 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Final version of submission to Leveson Inquiry
I know it has been posted on several of the main news websites, as well as on the Inquiry website, but I thought for the record I should put it here too. SUBMISSION TO THE LEVESON INQUIRY FROM ALASTA... Continue30 November 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
29 November 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Cameron’s lack of understanding of lives of squeezed middle could be his undoing
Very good night at the fundraiser for Ed Miliband's constituency party in Doncaster last night. Good turnout, good mood, and after someone in the q and a had raised the crisis of capitalism, it duly e... Continue26 November 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Go online for the full Leveson story
As part of my new regime - lost 17 pounds in seven weeks, for which I was surprised to get a round of applause at an awards dinner I hosted last night - I now try to walk at least one journey per day ... Continue24 November 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Trying to explode myths about schizophrenia
If you listen to local radio, there is a chance you might hear me today, as I am heading for a marathon local radio session to talk about a new report on schizophrenia. Rethink Mental Illness have co... Continue22 November 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
I hope the Mail’s Irish fraud catches the eye of the Leveson Inquiry
What with my best friend dying, too many speeches I'd contracted to do, too many charity gigs I'd committed to, my film on bagpipes taking me to the Hebrides, not to mention an inability to live witho... Continue18 November 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Italian technocrats not political enough; our Bank Governor too political
It is easy to feel that anything or anyone would do a better job than Silvio Berlusconi, but I can't help feeling a bit uneasy about the installation of the new 'technocrat' government in Italy. No d... Continue17 November 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.