A life in unemployment statistics

I was sent this link yesterday to a handy little map the Labour Party has created to show relative levels of unemployment in 1992 ­ ie the last comparable recession ­ and now. Pretty much everywhere... Continue

22 January 2010

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Learning the wrong Iraq lessons for Afghan war

This is the full version of an article of which an edited version appears in today's Financial Times Britain is at war. It does not feel like it for a population which, the young included, has its  ... Continue

21 January 2010

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Denis MacShane MP on the rewriting of history re Iraq war

I have been thinking for a while about writing something on the way so many people in politics, diplomacy and the media are rewriting history to suit their own agenda or to evade their own responsibi... Continue

20 January 2010

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Darling v Gove, Osborne and help the rich squad is No Contest

After shadow education secretary Michael Gove's barely comprehensible (especially after he 'explained' it) 'toffs for teachers' elitist schooling plan, the Tories have now turned their attention to ch... Continue

19 January 2010

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Dacre’s Downfall

Now come on folks, let's calm down a bit before this gay Paul Dacre thing gets out of hand. I mean the guy's got family, and even though the boys went to Eton, where they're taught to be tough out th... Continue

18 January 2010

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Rebutting the good and the bad, and support from football fans

We only get The Observer on a Sunday, and I fear that Gaby Hinsliff and Nick Cohen will be going into hiding after their articles today. Sorry, but you just can't say these things!! Ms Hinsliff has w... Continue

17 January 2010

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Mandela is a great man, Invictus a great film

A friend of ours is a member of Bafta and so gets all the films up for awards. We have been lucky enough to see about a dozen in recent weeks, from Up In The Air (I liked it, Fiona loved it) to Funny... Continue

16 January 2010

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Is Paul Dacre hiding a guilty secret that explains his deranged paper?

As those of you who follow me on Twitter and Facebook will know, on Wednesday I had a call from a behavioural psychologist, to tell me he had come to the conclusion that Obergruppenfuehrer Paul Dacre ... Continue

15 January 2010

Posted by Alastair Campbell

What’s the real fight to be had?

Now that things have calmed a bit after the frenzy of Tuesday, normal political service resumed here, with a reminder that there are only two parties in this country capable of forming a government, s... Continue

14 January 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.