Getting a good look at Vince Cable
To the Charleston book festival yesterday so that Fiona could indulge her Bloomsbury thing, which I have never quite got, and I could take a good look at Vince Cable, to try to work out why he appears... Continue17 May 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
How do you solve a problem like Silvio?
As politicians here await the next blow from a newspaper driving the agenda over their expenses, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is involved in his own media scrap. The Continental press ten... Continue16 May 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
It was the internet wot won it
Many thanks for all the kind messages last night after Mind announced (on Twitter) that I was the mental health charity's Champion of the Year. Judging by the sheer volume of messages on Facebook, ... Continue15 May 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
There now follows … a good whack at Cameron
It will be very hard for the parties to get much attention for their election broadcasts amid the ongoing expenses fiasco. Which is a pity, because I have had a sneak preview of Labour's tonight, an... Continue14 May 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
They got their kit off – so you get your cash out
(... and if you read to the end, you might win something) So come on, be honest, how many of you have changed your charitable giving habits since the recession began? Judging by the waves of people ... Continue14 May 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Expenses row must not obscure Tory intentions on minimum wage
I'm not saying the expenses row is trivial. It is not. Some of the revelations have been genuinely shocking. But there is something else going on in Westminster that requires a little more attentio... Continue13 May 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
We love you Burnley, we do … what a night
Just got in. Not a hope in hell of getting to sleep. Too wired. Watching it all again on Sky. What a fantastic night. Better than beating Chelsea. I feel so so sorry for people who do not get footbal... Continue13 May 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
A tweet cannot express the wonders of TGV
I know that Twitter is meant to be the biggest thing since the last biggest thing - but let's be honest, there are limitations as well as pleasures and challenges in communicating with 140 characters.... Continue12 May 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
It’s Mind week – Get it off your Chest with me and Stephen Fry
I have no idea how days and weeks come to be such and such Day and such and such Week, but I do know that today sees the start of Mind week. I know because I am on my way to the BBC to talk it up on R... Continue11 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.