Even if Tories milk it, am longing for Olympics to be success
If there are any proper journalists out there, I wonder if one of them could check out something interesting I heard from a usually reliable source the other day - namely that in every democracy whic... Continue15 September 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Unions and David Miliband both doing well to resist gestures
Round one to the unions, I would say, in the battle to get themselves into the cuts debate on their terms rather than those of a media itching to portray them as some dreadful throwback to the past, o... Continue14 September 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Unions well placed to make big arguments v coalition cuts
It is possible to feel in the build up to the annual gathering of the TUC the media desire to generate a sense of some good old-fashioned industrial strife. Union leaders need to be careful though; no... Continue13 September 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Piers’ and Cameron’s potshots at TB beneath two such ‘giants’
You've really got to love Piers Morgan ... Oh ok, you don't, and I realised even as I was typing the words that 'you've really got to love Piers Morgan' can take its place among the more idiotic order... Continue12 September 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Saatchi and Saatchi and my part in their piss-up
To the Saatchi Gallery last night after a plaintive call from a Labour Saatchi person (oh yes, they exist) to say the Saatchi and Saatchi 40th anniversary bash was a bit of a Tory wipe out. Hardly su... Continue10 September 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
My golden rule on frenzy survival lost in mists of time
Many thanks to James Macintyre of the New Statesman for failing to shed any light on something I may or may not have said about how long it is possible for someone to survive a media frenzy. It appea... Continue8 September 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
The trawlers can’t run away from the seagulls
Many many thanks to those who applied the term 'Cantonesque' to my phonehacking tweet yesterday. This is praise indeed in our household, though in this case undeserved. To recap, it said 'Hope MPs do... Continue7 September 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Fancy a night out with Kevin Spacey?
If so, check your diary and go to http://www.beatbloodcancers.org/kevinspacey I promise, as someone who has enjoyed a few nights out with Kevin Spacey, that you won't regret the investment. What'... Continue6 September 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Too many phonehack questions unanswered – and not just for Number 10
I said before the election campaign that I thought the Andy Coulson/phonehack saga might explode during it, but such was the media desire for David Cameron to be given a quiet life that despite the o... Continue5 September 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.