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

On Owen Coyle and Brian Laws

Welcome back to Brian Laws as Burnley's new manager. I say welcome back because Brian is a former player. Fair to say Owen Coyle's departure to Bolton was like a kick in the guts of a lot of Burnley ... Continue

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... Continue

13 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... Continue

11 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... Continue

10 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... Continue

9 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... Continue

7 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.