Making Hay while the sun shines
I was slightly dreading my session at the Hay Festival last night. Such a long way to go (Wales, and the part of Wales that is motorwayphobic). Plus I was expecting the massed ranks of anti-war, anti-... Continue5 June 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Cameron right to go to Cumbria
There are a few grumbles online about David Cameron and Teresa May hotfooting it to Cumbria to meet victims and emergency services who dealt with the terrible tragedy there. But I think the visit is ... Continue4 June 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
All alone in my own BBC studio
OMG, as the yoof says, if they (the BBC top brass of course) could see me now .. all alone in a BBC studio, sitting at a BBC computer, eating a BBC tuna melt. They're very trusting these BBC people -... Continue3 June 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Return to dialogue of the deaf is lasting damage
This is not the first time, and will not be the last, that Israel finds itself at the centre of a raging storm, with words of condemnation from around the world heaped upon it. It is precisely becaus... Continue2 June 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
1 June 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
ConDem sense of humour bypass never happened under Labour
Of all the insults that appear in response to anything I say or do, my favourites are those essentially saying nobody cares. Because it begs the question - why do they bother reading or listening? Or,... Continue31 May 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Cameron/Clegg will be regretting their expenses sanctimoniousness
Am about to leave for the Beeb to do my first broadcast interview on Prelude to Power, with Jon Sopel on The Politics Show. So just a quick word or two on the David Laws fallout. As I tweeted last ni... Continue30 May 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
I fear Laws will be victim of Cameron ruthless streak
I was rather hoping that we'd heard the last about MPs expenses. The election, and the huge influx of new members, alongside the new mood of 'new politics,' was a good break point. So as well as bei... Continue29 May 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Thanks to the Con-Dems for making Question Time such fun
Many thanks to the new coalition government for helping to make Question Time even more enjoyable. Their idiotic decision to try to get me kicked off the panel by refusing to field a minister if I wa... Continue28 May 2010
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.