My theory on happiness – we can only know if we have found it when we reach the end
With barely a mention of phonehacking (but a nice line on the Mail) here by popular(ish) twitterdemand is the speech on happiness I made at Birmingham University last night. It was the Baggs Memorial... Continue13 July 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
12 July 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Time and chance for a new settlement between politics, media and public – we should all seize it
In 2009 I attended the wedding of News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks. The ceremony took place by a lake, at a country estate. I stood next to TV presenter Piers Morgan, while Paul Dacre... Continue11 July 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Sunday papers show Cameron, Yates, Murdoch and Mail still don’t really get it
With my usual thanks to the Labour Party media monitoring department for their excellent summary of the press, a few points before I settle down to a cup of coffee in front of Ed Miliband on Andrew Ma... Continue10 July 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Steve Coogan spot on in asking where Paul Dacre is in all this. But his time is surely coming
I don't know Steve Coogan but I thought he did a very good job on Newsnight last night, in particular in seeking to make sure the focus from the phonehacking scandal is not just restricted to the News... Continue9 July 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
The day I tried to talk to David Cameron about doing some of the things he announced today
Apart from his weakness over BSkyB, David Cameron - finally - said and did a lot of the right things in his opening statement at his press conference today. Once the questions got under way, however,... Continue8 July 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Clegg must win the fight for a tough inquiry into press standards
Greetings from Burnley where the rain has just started to fall on the Turf Moor pitch and the first meeting of the advisory board of the new University and College of Football Business is about to beg... Continue7 July 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Cameron should announce wide-ranging press inquiry as soon as he gets to his feet
Sorry to sound like a tired old record, but one of the reasons the phone-hacking story will not go away is because at so many stages, the key players have handled it so badly. The latest example is t... Continue6 July 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
If Cameron does not order broader press inquiry it will expose lack of leadership and moral courage
The latest phone-hacking allegations are without doubt THE media story of the week, and possibly the tipping point which will make it one of the media stories of the decade, which ushers in a genuin... Continue5 July 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.