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... Continue16 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 ... Continue15 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... Continue14 January 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
13 January 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Thanks to friend and foe alike for helping yesterday go by
First of all thanks to the friends and also total strangers who offered support in various ways yesterday, not least across the web. Fair to say there was loads of the usual abuse that comes whenever... Continue13 January 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
So far so good in campaign to remove discriminatory law
As Gordon Brown explains to Labour MPs how he believes they can still fight and win the next election, can I report the outcome of another less high profile - but ultimately successful - campaign. It... Continue11 January 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Thanks to Will Hutton for talking sense on ‘class war’
Thank heavens for a voice of sense and reason in the debate about so-called 'class war.' The shame is it is not a Cabinet minister's voice, but that of journalist Will Hutton in The Observer. It is we... Continue10 January 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
In defence of airbrushed posters
What on earth is the fuss about? So David Cameron's picture has been airbrushed so that the forehead looks baby-bottom smooth as drivers look away from the snowy roads to see DC looking down from post... Continue9 January 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Fire is always best turned on the Tories
When the Tories were slowly imploding in the run up to our first landslide victory in 1997, former minister Alan Clark called me to bemoan his party's fate. As my diaries show, this fellow diarist ph... Continue7 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.