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Alastair Campbell’s diary: Pedro Sánchez is outclassing Trump with the president’s own tactics

The Spanish prime minister succeeds because he thinks, speaks and acts in bold, primary colours... Continue

Give a big welcome to Brazil Street Kids in London next week

If I can go back to my old life as what the French might call a 'medicin de rotation,' I'd like to alert the media to something happening next week, when a group of Brazllian former street children ar... Continue

3 April 2012

Cameron’s woes a mix of out of touchness and media revenge re Leveson

I resisted the many requests from Sunday newspapers to offer crisis comms advice to Number 10 as a combination of granny tax, tax cuts for the rich, pasties, petrol panic and a Tory funding scandal co... Continue

1 April 2012

Good day to be heading for France

Beautiful sunny day, and with all that is happening, thank heavens I'm off to France later to have a little peek at the elections there. Perfect time of year for France, the government there is not ca... Continue

30 March 2012

Thanks to Ernst and Young for supporting Time to Change

Here is a blog that will be appearing shortly on the Time to Change website, which I have written about the latest big company to get on board the campaign to end the stigma and taboo surrounding ment... Continue

29 March 2012

News agenda still tending to suit the Tories

Just caught the BBC TV news headlines. Lead story new planning rules being brought in by the government. Second story a rise in the cost of stamps. So neither of them particularly good stories for th... Continue

27 March 2012

On twitter etiquette – and why Tories would be wise to reveal all quickly re funding and access, right and wrong

I enjoyed meeting the comedian Dave Gorman on Andrew Neil's This Week programme, when he led a discussion on the etiquette of twitter. One of the points he made was that when something happens which i... Continue

26 March 2012

Time for Britain to face up to drink problem

Whether or not David Cameron rushed forward today's move on alcohol pricing to distract from the granny tax row, I am pleased he has shown that the issue of Britain's drink problem is firmly on the ag... Continue

23 March 2012

The politics of the Budget are clear – and the holes are becoming clearer too

If the frontbench had accepted Ed Miliband's invitation to raise their hands if they were going to be better off as a result of the Budget, we'd have seen an awful lot of fingers in the air. I underst... Continue

21 March 2012

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.