Robinson and McGuinness on song
One of the questions I faced constantly in Belfast yesterday was whether I thought Martin McGuinness would be an acceptable first minister of Northern Ireland. The question is being asked because of ... Continue8 February 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Mail not welcome in Ireland, but peace is
Busy busy yesterday, no time to blog, but I hope you caught up on the Mail's latest piece of villainy. Journalism is a competitive trade, but to pass yourself off as a competitor, when said competito... Continue7 February 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Enda Kenny would do better to engage than retreat from debate
You don't need to be in Ireland for long to know there is an election on, and that politicians aren't exactly flavour of the month. The Irish are into their politics at the best of times and with the... Continue5 February 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Off to Ireland. Hope the day ends better than it has started
Sometimes you just know something is going to go wrong. Greetings from the Aer Lingus lounge at Heathrow, where I am waiting for the next flight to Dublin, the one I was on having been cancelled. I d... Continue4 February 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Here’s hoping the Egyptian revolution fares better than Eritrea’s
As I was reading about Egypt weaving and now fighting its way towards change yesterday, into my inbox popped an email from an Eritrean. It reminded me that I was one of the few people from the UK eve... Continue3 February 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
More power to Clegg on mental health agenda
I have given Nick Clegg a mild (very mild) kicking in the Spectator diary this week, so may I say a few words of praise and thanks to the embattled deputy PM. If it is true that the government, at Cl... Continue2 February 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
A speech on journalism worth a careful read
I don't agree with every word of Lionel Barber's Cudlipp Lecture last night, and I hope the FT editor's larynx was coated in irony when he spoke of Paul Dacre towards the end. But for journalists ... Continue1 February 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
‘Bunch of twats’ – a fitting slogan for Tories on NHS reform
Ed Miliband will know well enough not to put too much faith in this morning's poll showing Labour 11 points ahead of the Tories. Better to be ahead than behind, but at this stage of the Parliament it ... Continue30 January 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
A review of my diaries – by me!
The New Statesman this week runs a piece I wrote about what I had learned from reading my diaries of our first two years in power. Here it is ... 'Nobody can accuse you of writing a self-serving memo... Continue29 January 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.