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Europe needs to get real on defence; Britain needs to get real on Europe

Below is the text of a speech I am making this evening to the Labour Movement for Europe, urging a change in approach by Labour, to be bolder in the terms of the "reset" that is promised, clearer in ... Continue

Only one place to be tonight

Forgive me if I have only one thing on my mind today - no not that, nor even plugging Maya (out soon by the way and may I say the man from the Mirror, who gave my first novel a great write up, says he... Continue

26 January 2010

Cameron and tweeting ought to be natural fit

So if he did tweet, how might David Cameron have summed up his press conference this morning? 'nice easy questioning, avoided getting pinned down on tax rises/public spending, backtracked quite well ... Continue

25 January 2010

Big bucks campaigning not what it’s cracked out to be

There was a moment during Barack Obama's multi-squillion-dollar presidential campaign when his team realised they had so much money in the war chest that they bought a mass of advertising they probabl... Continue

24 January 2010

A life in unemployment statistics

I was sent this link yesterday to a handy little map the Labour Party has created to show relative levels of unemployment in 1992 ­ ie the last comparable recession ­ and now. Pretty much everywhere... Continue

22 January 2010

Learning the wrong Iraq lessons for Afghan war

This is the full version of an article of which an edited version appears in today's Financial Times Britain is at war. It does not feel like it for a population which, the young included, has its  ... Continue

21 January 2010

Denis MacShane MP on the rewriting of history re Iraq war

I have been thinking for a while about writing something on the way so many people in politics, diplomacy and the media are rewriting history to suit their own agenda or to evade their own responsibi... Continue

20 January 2010

Darling v Gove, Osborne and help the rich squad is No Contest

After shadow education secretary Michael Gove's barely comprehensible (especially after he 'explained' it) 'toffs for teachers' elitist schooling plan, the Tories have now turned their attention to ch... Continue

19 January 2010

Dacre’s Downfall

Now come on folks, let's calm down a bit before this gay Paul Dacre thing gets out of hand. I mean the guy's got family, and even though the boys went to Eton, where they're taught to be tough out th... Continue

18 January 2010

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.