Do we care more about the NHS or moats?
I'll come on to 'vote Labour' in a moment, but first .... It's amazing how quickly your spirits can be restored if you get outside the noise of the Westminster media bubble. I mentioned yesterday I w... Continue4 June 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Guardian of social justice or attention-seeker?
Up early and off to Hull for a mental health conference. Having caught the end of Newsnight, I was thinking it would be good for my own mental health if I avoided the papers, but it is impossible to e... Continue3 June 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Who says Britain can’t deliver the best?
You can have all the factual analysis you want, but sometimes major government decisions have to rely on the instinct of the major figures in the government. Whether or not to go for the Olympics in 2... Continue2 June 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Mainstream has a duty to vote against BNP
After posting my blog on the BNP and Diversity yesterday (apologies to Diversity for having them in the same sentence as the BNP) I went for a long bike ride, with the wind behind me all the way back ... Continue1 June 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Let Diversity inspire a vote against the hate-filled BNP
For part of Saturday night I was channel-hopping between Britain's Got Talent and the second part of Robert Carlyle's portrayal of Adolf Hitler on Channel 4. On BGT, I voted for Shaheen, with a sne... Continue31 May 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
White House whack at UK media well-timed but sure to be ignored
'Joe Public' is a mythical figure often used by journalists to indicate what is sometimes termed the ordinary man in the street. But I wonder what 'Joe Journalist' might be thinking of the whacking ad... Continue30 May 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Elvis has a plan to make MPs King again
Elvis Presley is alive and well and living in the form of impersonator Mark Wright, who has come up with an interesting idea to help MPs through the expenses storm. I know Mark because as well as bei... Continue29 May 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
At least there’s a campaign on in Italy
Greetings from a Rome strangely subdued despite pockets of happy Spaniards and deeply disappointed Manchester United supporters. Enough of football. The better team on the night won, United did not p... Continue28 May 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
A blow to gay rights and a boost for Cameron’s short-termism
One of my favourite quotes about politics came from New York Governor Mario Cuomo - 'we campaign in poetry but we govern in prose.' Barack Obama fought one of the most wonderfully poetic campaigns an... Continue27 May 2009
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.