Talking Cameron and Obama with US Democrats. Progressive Convervatism? No, he can’t
To a meeting of US Democrats Abroad last night, to be interviewed by Catherine Mayer of Time magazine, then by the audience. Always interesting to get the take of politically minded foreigners on ou... Continue16 October 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Inspired by kids’ green passion
Back from a very nice day spent talking about campaigns with 100 schoolchildren aged 11-14 who have decided they're going to change the world - or at least the bits of the world they live in. Ten tea... Continue14 October 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Good news on leukaemia, good news on student activism
Late night, early morrning ... both containing reasons to be cheerful. Late night because I was speaking to Oxford University Labour Club, where there was a mood and an energy to the gathering that c... Continue13 October 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Musings from Bertie Ahern, and how I won the Nobel prize for literature
By popular demand (well, a few Facebook friends and a few Irish journalists) here are some of Bertie Ahern's reflections from my 80 minute chat with him at the Cheltenham Book Festival. As I tweeted ... Continue12 October 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Continuing double standards in the media
As I am interviewing Bertie Ahern at the Cheltenham Festival later today, I thought I'd catch him on the Marr programme to see whether he was in suit and tie or smart casual, and thereby get my dress ... Continue11 October 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
The best policies in Cameron’s speech were those of Labour Big Government
In the next few hours, someone will do us the service of telling us which words and phrases were most used in David Cameron's speech. 'Big Government' will, I suspect, be top of the pops. Whilst pr... Continue8 October 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Tongues slipping all over the place
Did Nick Robinson really refer to David Cameron as the Prime Minister? And should any of us be terribly surprised? Now of course it is possible to excuse the BBC political editor's mistake as a slip ... Continue8 October 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Cameron confuses strategy and tactics and puts Union at risk
Off to Scotland today and, in what those who ever ate with him call 'Robert Maxwell catering', I will be at two dinners, one an awards ceremony, the second a Labour fundraiser. For Captain Bob, two d... Continue7 October 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Osborne inspires apathy at BBC Leeds
Call me a saddo, but I was determined to watch George Osborne's speech live. In the media age,this ought to have been straightforward. I left Sheffield, where I was picking up a 50k cheque from Drans... Continue6 October 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.