At home and abroad, Cameron sets up policies which cannibalise each other
It has been mildly comical to hear David Cameron for so long bemoaning the centralising, strategising ways of the Blair government, and now seeking to emulate the systems he decried. As his new Number... Continue2 March 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Lessons in life from Ryan Giggs’ longevity and the relatively short list of team-mates
Come on, be fair, it is ages since I did a blog on football. There is only so much I can say about David Cameron's muddled foreign policy, his failure to explain the Big Society, or the ideological dr... Continue1 March 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
28 February 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Cameron, Clegg, Hague and Fox could do with some basic lessons in government and politics
My God they are still blessed, this Tory government. Can you even begin to imagine the hue and cry, the howling, raging, screeching tone of the papers and the tellybabblers if a Labour government's ha... Continue25 February 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
A word of defence for William Hague, and a reminder of Gaddafi and WMD
I didn't hear William Hague's interview on the Today programme - I am a silence person first thing - but the avalanche on twitter suggested he didn't do terribly well. I thought I would offer a word ... Continue24 February 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
I am now confused re Big Society and DC’s foreign policy. Someone please explain
I remain confused by the Big Society concept, as I think are we all, including its author. My hunch is that when DC was trying to 'rebrand' the Tory Party, he wanted something that set himself apart f... Continue23 February 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Olympic project takes a big step in the morning
Just back from seeing West Ham sneak a 5-1 win over Burnley, allowing us to concentrate on the League while they concentrate on relegation. Depending on who goes up and who goes down, it could be the... Continue21 February 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Operation Get-a-Grip – hilarious to see Cameron going back to Blairite centralisation
David Cameron was always quite fond of criticising the centralising Number 10 system which operated under Tony Blair. So it is highly amusing to watch him steadily shift towards the kind of centralis... Continue20 February 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
A few weeks trying to teach challenging kids makes me respect teachers even more
March 2 sees the start of Jamie Oliver's latest TV project, Dream School, in which he, I and other non-teachers try to teach 20 young people who have gone through the school system without success. Th... Continue19 February 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.