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
Cameron looking weaker under twin attack from Sarko and Eurosceptic backbenchers
You'd have thought President Sarkozy would still have been in post-Libya mutual backslap mode with Dave, added to which a new baby usually puts a man in a good mood for a few days. So our PM must rea... Continue24 October 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
22 October 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Norway still refusing to play the blame game. The benefits of a Daily Mail free land
Just back from a run round still dark but very clean and pretty Oslo. My hotel is opposite the government buildings where on July 22 a bomb ripped through the heart of the city, in part as a decoy for... Continue20 October 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
A (very long) essay on political communications, French style
The post has just arrived and in it a very nice surprise, the discovery that Jacques Seguela, one-time adviser to President Mitterrand, now close confidant of President and Madame Sarkozy (indeed he i... Continue19 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.