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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

A night at the Emirates

What a joy it must be to support a team close to your home. Here I am, just gone eleven, and I'm home after watching Arsenal give a football lesson to Cardiff, a bit like Burnley gave a lesson to Arse... Continue

17 February 2009

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Posted by Alastair Campbell

When marriage is tested

It has been interesting to see what kind of twittering or Facebook status updating provokes the most intense responses. Blogging about Boris and the F word started a lively debate. The stuff I did las... Continue

16 February 2009

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Posted by Alastair Campbell

Spare me the myths and the whining

I stand to be corrected (and will happily publish such a correction here) but I think I am right in saying no national newspaper editor sends their children to State schools. This is worth bearing in ... Continue

15 February 2009

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Posted by Alastair Campbell

Dave Cameron – is that all there is?

Sorry to go on about Dave Cameron again (oh ok, I'm not sorry at all) but I saw him blathering on the story about the 13-year-old who became a Dad. He had exactly the same intensity of expression he a... Continue

14 February 2009

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Posted by Alastair Campbell

Boris Johnson: F is for …

I never read any of the freesheets handed out in London on the grounds that I am unsure which are pouring more money into the evil that is Paul Dacre and his Mail newspapers. But as I travelled on the... Continue

13 February 2009

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Posted by Alastair Campbell

The Cameron vacuum

Whenever I'm confronted with someone who says they're thinking of voting Tory, I ask them to name three things David Cameron would do as Prime Minister? Even with people who follow politics closely, i... Continue

12 February 2009

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Posted by Alastair Campbell

Interviewing Clinton part 2

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12 February 2009

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Posted by Alastair Campbell

Lincoln, Obama, Blair and the 24 hour media culture

I have already vlogged about my (and Barack Obama's') favourite book on politics, Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin. Her brilliant account of the political genius of Abraham Lincoln was already a... Continue

11 February 2009

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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.

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