The pressure of being a post-modern sex god
So off to another Burnley home game. I had honestly (sic) been thinking I would stay home, wash the car, trim the edges of the lawn, help pick new fabrics for the worn sofa, maybe bake a cake and read... Continue14 March 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Cameron still hasn’t sealed the deal with business
Last night I was speaking in Nottingham and was advised to 'keep it short and funny' by one of the organisers. I did my best but it was a long way to go for a Monty Python sketch so I did 20 minute... Continue13 March 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
12 March 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Surely Malcolm Tucker could have told Armando Ianucci … You can’t spin a spinner
Perhaps I was wrong to twitter yesterday that I was about to sit down and watch a special screening of In The Loop, Armando Ianucci's feature film based on his successful and often very funny TV progr... Continue11 March 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Start of a new approach from Labour?
Greetings from a beautiful Hampshire countryside hotel where I am due to make a speech to business leaders about leadership. So out early to the hotel gym and how refreshing it was to hear on the n... Continue10 March 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
9 March 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Day of destiny for the real footballer of the year
Unstoppable Manchester United have secured 65 out of a possible 81 Premier League points so far this season. But who comes second in the list of those who have taken most points (proportionately) fro... Continue8 March 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Private advice to Peggy Mitchell – the leaked note in full
I knew politics was sometimes dirty, but I cannot believe what has happened. Some dastardly sort has leaked to The Sun a private note I wrote to Peggy Mitchell as she continues her campaign for electi... Continue7 March 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Boris, the Tories and the tummy-tickling poodle press
Imagine that Mayor Ken Livinsgtone had been in contact with, and made odd public comments about, a Labour MP at the centre of a police investigation? Imagine that this had led to an inquiry which, wh... Continue6 March 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.