Alastair Campbell’s diary: How to spot the charlatans
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Thanks to Will Hutton for talking sense on ‘class war’
Thank heavens for a voice of sense and reason in the debate about so-called 'class war.' The shame is it is not a Cabinet minister's voice, but that of journalist Will Hutton in The Observer. It is we... Continue10 January 2010
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In defence of airbrushed posters
What on earth is the fuss about? So David Cameron's picture has been airbrushed so that the forehead looks baby-bottom smooth as drivers look away from the snowy roads to see DC looking down from post... Continue9 January 2010
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Fire is always best turned on the Tories
When the Tories were slowly imploding in the run up to our first landslide victory in 1997, former minister Alan Clark called me to bemoan his party's fate. As my diaries show, this fellow diarist ph... Continue7 January 2010
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On Hoon-Hewitt and John Prescott
I've been really busy all day on various things and have only just caught up with the coverage of the Hoon-Hewitt 'initiative'. Fair to say the news I caught was a bit of a disaster for the party, af... Continue7 January 2010
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Sad and baffled to see Coyle go
I have done a longish piece on Owen Coyle's departure for AOL's Football Fanhouse on http://www.football.fanhouse.co.uk Here are a few extracts for those who don't really care as much as I and - judgi... Continue5 January 2010
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Cameron’s wobble the product of his team saying what their audiences want to hear
The Tories put a lot of planning into the launch of their New Year campaigning. Big setpiece speeches by the leader, press ads, posters with what look like an airbrushed David Cameron. The slogan 'thi... Continue5 January 2010
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New Tory slogan – if you’ve got the cash, splash it on crap ads
That the Tories have money to burn is clear from the ads they plastered in several of the newspapers and on strategic ad sites yesterday. Ads are to some extent a matter of taste. They are also a matt... Continue2 January 2010
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And the musicians of the decade were … The Beatles and The King
Other than urging David Cameron to have as his New Year Resolution the promise to set out a detailed set of policies covering the major areas of national life - and meanwhile the Pig on Runway A is se... Continue31 December 2009
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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.