Black hole plus DIY public services – Cameron’s second manifesto
So the Big Idea is that we can run our own lives. Apparently it is going to lead to a Big Society. And that is going to be really really nice. Not nasty like Thatcherism. Not nasty like the manifesto ... Continue13 April 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Never mind 5 more years of GB. It’s three more weeks of DC people worry about
We're at that stage of the football season players and managers call 'the business end'. In election campaigns, the business end comes earlier in the cycle, with the launch of the manifestoes, Labour'... Continue12 April 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Ashdown spot on about Tories’ Sarah Palin moment
What a joy to turn on the BBC this morning and see Michael Howard on the Andrew Marr sofa. More, more, more please. Looking at twitter it's clear I was not alone in thinking that the former Tory lead... Continue11 April 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
London Marathon the best of British
An election free blog! How's that for variety? Oh ok, the Tories' plans on National Insurance Contributions are unravelling, and Brown and Darling have more economic credibility in their eyebrows than... Continue10 April 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Pressure needs to be kept on Tories over NICs
One of my rules of political communications is that just as the politicians are getting tired of saying something, and the media are getting bored of hearing them say it, is the point at which you hav... Continue9 April 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Tories wrong on recession wrong on recovery
For the nth time, I will point out the difference between strategy and tactics and suggest that David Cameron and George Osborne are rather better at the latter than the former. Watching Gordon Brown... Continue8 April 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Cameron’s deception goes beyond the businessmen
I said on the day the first group of businessmen came out in favour of tackling waste over raising National Insurance that nobody should be remotely surprised that businessmen prefer tackling waste t... Continue7 April 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Labour’s greater scope for positive campaign
They may have been speaking without notes, but the first speeches after the official announcement of the campaign represented an important moment, and the party leaders will have thought long and hard... Continue6 April 2010
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.