Is Nick Clegg already playing Prescott to Dave and George’s TB-GB?
I got in last night to catch sight of Nick Clegg talking about child benefit on the news. Now I didn't see the start of the report, but if I read the words and body language right, I thought that rath... Continue6 March 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Bit of a whiff developing around the Gove email saga
Michael Gove looked like a naughty boy caught with his hand in the sweet jar when Ed Miliband quizzed the Prime Minister about the Schools Secretary's ill-judged running commentary on the Leveson Inqu... Continue3 March 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Welcome to Black Dog Tribe, a welcome addition to the mental health campaign field
Short and sweet today. Just to say welcome to Black Dog Tribe, a new website started by Ruby Wax, one of my fellow Time to Change Ambassadors. Ruby asked me to answer a few readers' questions, which y... Continue2 March 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
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
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.