A friendly letter to David Cameron
Dear David, First the good news. We had our wobbles too. No, not this week (and by the way perhaps I should send you the 'what Cameron will do' note I did pre-debate. Of my top ten that you should ha... Continue18 April 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Clegg rise good news for the campaign
The rise in Lib Dem support since the TV debate is the best thing that can happen to this election. Oh ok, a sudden ten point rise for Labour, matched by a Tory slide, would have been better, but it ... Continue17 April 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
The election landscape has changed. Exciting times
My old mate Bruce Grocott, Tony Blair's parliamentary aide and a top top man, once said that if he and I ever wrote a book, we should call it 'why I was right all along.' It was a variation on the the... Continue16 April 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Clegg wins on style, Brown on substance, Cameron on shallowness
As I do a fair bit of media-whacking, let me start my post-debate analysis with a few words of praise for Alastair Stewart. The ITV chair of the first leaders' debate resisted the temptation to make h... Continue16 April 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Eddie Izzard’s brilliant broadcast on brilliant Britain
15 April 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Bring on the big debate. And don’t miss Eddie Izzard tomorrow
I think I have now read every word David Cameron has ever spoken (well, every word he has spoken which has been recorded). Heir to Blair he ain't. Go back and read TB speeches way back when, and then ... Continue15 April 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Cameron’s preference for process over policy in pre debate blather
Interesting observation from David Cameron about tomorrow's TV debate. Despite every single rule having been agreed by his team in discussions with Labour, the Lib Dems and the broadcasters, he cannot... Continue14 April 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Black hole plus DIY public services – Cameron’s second manifesto
So the Big Idea is that we can run our own lives. Apparently it is going to lead to a Big Society. And that is going to be really really nice. Not nasty like Thatcherism. Not nasty like the manifesto ... Continue13 April 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Never mind 5 more years of GB. It’s three more weeks of DC people worry about
We're at that stage of the football season players and managers call 'the business end'. In election campaigns, the business end comes earlier in the cycle, with the launch of the manifestoes, Labour'... Continue12 April 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.