Happiness not a bad starting point for analysis of policy. The problem is the policy
I am not opposed to the idea, splashed across the Guardian, of including a measurement of happiness and well-being in any assessment of how well or otherwise the country and its families are doing. G... Continue15 November 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
As Gove changes school funding, stand by for another Clegg ‘I agonised’ interview
Take a look at Nick Clegg's face and hands in the picture in this Guardian report of how the Lib Dems planned to abandon the tuition fees pledge before the last election. The report makes pretty clea... Continue13 November 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
12 November 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Should Phil Woolas call Clegg in his defence?
The best bits of Private Eye often come from the spoof press reports, which mock both the people they are about, and often the media and the manner of its reporting. There is one such funny piece thi... Continue11 November 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Time for housing to get higher up the political ladder
To the Chartered Institute of Housing's conference yesterday. Nice bunch, not very keen on my fellow Keighley man Eric Pickles I sensed, and feeling a bit battered after the spending review. But I fe... Continue11 November 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
A night of celebration of the life of Michael Foot
I hope you don't mind me reprinting in full here the comment posted by Jacquie Reed on the blog I did earlier about the coalition cutting off their noses to spite their faces by cutting government spe... Continue9 November 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Cutting nose to spite face time for coalition
A fascinating example of the coalition's cut-nose-to-spite-face approach emerges from Yorkshire, the county of my birth. 'A long weekend in Yorkshire' has just won the best marketing campaign, agains... Continue9 November 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Time for families of Lib Dem MPs to stand up for what they used to believe in
I would love to be a fly on the wall of kitchens and living rooms at weekends in the homes of Lib Dem MPs now helping the Tories do things they always wanted to but never dared to try. Politicians by... Continue7 November 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Too late for Libs and Greens to lament Charles Clarke demise
So there I was, tapping away at the computer, and it just went dead. Kaput. Bye-bye. In our household, I know not how to deal with these things, but Fiona does and she has now got someone in who is so... Continue6 November 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.