Westminster council’s attack on soup runs and the Big Society
Westminster council has often performed the role of vanguard experiment lab for Tory governments. It is doing so once more as it brings forward plans to remove rough sleepers from the streets. There i... Continue19 March 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Hard to disagree with anything Cameron said on Libya today
Having devoted many words on this blog to pointing out David Cameron's failings, it seems fair to point out how well he has done with regard to Libya in the last few days. It looked highly unlikely a... Continue18 March 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
NHS could be back as Number 1 issue at next election
I missed Prime Minister's Questions yesterday but it seems from what I read and hear that Ed Miliband got the better of David Cameron. I hope so because these exchanges matter, and even if the actual ... Continue17 March 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
In defence of Number 10’s top civil servant in face of FT gossip column
Sue Cameron is a journalist on the Financial Times who specialises in painting a picture of senior mandarins as all-knowing and jolly clever and so much better than those terrible politicians they hav... Continue16 March 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Britain least convinced of EU countries of need for massive cuts
It says something for the insularity of the UK media that The Guardian makes such a big deal of the idea of special reports from our European neighbours. Too often, the editor rightly says, the countr... Continue14 March 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
On the perils of shorthand and/or mumbling and/or not fully explaining
I don't know for sure that Euan Ferguson of the Observer does teeline (the form of shorthand in which I was once, many years ago, 120 words a minute proficient). But I think he might. Either that or I... Continue13 March 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Is it such a bad thing that London is PR capital of the world?
Phil Stephens had a very measured column in the FT last week about the fact that UK PR companies always seemed to be on hand to help less democratic countries than ours with a bit of image advice. I h... Continue12 March 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
11 March 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Support the Demoratic Life campaign to keep citizenship on the curriculum
The hints that the Government is thinking about removing citizenship from the curriculum are becoming a little louder. It would be yet another mistake by Michael Gove, at a time the government is de... Continue10 March 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.