Expenses row must not obscure Tory intentions on minimum wage
I'm not saying the expenses row is trivial. It is not. Some of the revelations have been genuinely shocking. But there is something else going on in Westminster that requires a little more attentio... Continue13 May 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
We love you Burnley, we do … what a night
Just got in. Not a hope in hell of getting to sleep. Too wired. Watching it all again on Sky. What a fantastic night. Better than beating Chelsea. I feel so so sorry for people who do not get footbal... Continue13 May 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
A tweet cannot express the wonders of TGV
I know that Twitter is meant to be the biggest thing since the last biggest thing - but let's be honest, there are limitations as well as pleasures and challenges in communicating with 140 characters.... Continue12 May 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
It’s Mind week – Get it off your Chest with me and Stephen Fry
I have no idea how days and weeks come to be such and such Day and such and such Week, but I do know that today sees the start of Mind week. I know because I am on my way to the BBC to talk it up on R... Continue11 May 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
10 May 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Burnley 1 Reading 0 – a biased report
Well, it was not the greatest game I've ever seen, not even the best I've seen this month, but the way Burnley fans celebrated at the end, you'd have thought we'd just knocked Chelsea out of the Champ... Continue9 May 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
MPs expenses – time for party leaders to meet again
A few weeks ago, when the expenses row was simmering not boiling, David Cameron suggested to Gordon Brown that he and Nick Clegg (the leader of the Liberal Democrats) get together and try to work out ... Continue9 May 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Should happiness replace prosperity as national goal?
John Prescott once gave Tony Blair a gift of a plastic fish which, if you pressed it, would sing 'don't worry, be happy' to the former Prime Minister. I thought of that as I read the views on the... Continue8 May 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.