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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

Five thousand words or so on how today’s challenges for leaders are tougher than 1997, and lots of other stuff. Happy Christmas

I’ve not done a big blog for a while, so as I penned this speech for a conference in France today, and I saw it was getting close to the 5,000 word mark, I thought ‘why not? Get it up there.’ T... Continue

20 December 2015

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Posted by Alastair Campbell

‘European history will see this as the age of Merkel’

Angela Merkel having - rightly in my view - been named Time Magazine 'Person of the Year', I thought I would post the mini-profile of the German Chancellor I wrote in WINNERS AND HOW THEY SUCCEED.... Continue

11 December 2015

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Posted by Alastair Campbell

Fantastic backing for #Equality4MentalHealth campaign. Please add your support here to help end historic injustice

Around the time of Charles Kennedy's death I spent a lot of time talking to his Lib Dem colleague, Norman Lamb. I didn't know him very well but had always felt, when he was a health minister, that he ... Continue

2 November 2015

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Posted by Alastair Campbell

Brailsford cycling genius + Bloodwise great cause = fantastic night out. Sign up here

Sir Dave Brailsford is a modern sporting genius. And Bloodwise is a great charity. So I hopefully won't need to give too hard a sell to get some of you to come along to hear the former talk about his ... Continue

29 October 2015

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Posted by Alastair Campbell

If only ministers were as wise as these three young people: a little investment can lead to savings down the track.

While the government was busy trying to cut tax credits for some of our poorest families, and while millions were watching Panorama's documentary on the calamitous impact of cuts to mental health serv... Continue

27 October 2015

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Posted by Alastair Campbell

Cameron, Osborne, Hunt should watch tonight’s Panorama to see the gap between their words and their country

I had my run-ins with Panorama when working for Tony Blair, usually because they tended to take a grain of truth from somewhere and flam it up into something worthier of a right-wing tabloid than the ... Continue

24 October 2015

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Posted by Alastair Campbell

Good luck to the pro-UK-in-EU campaign. Even having this damned referendum is bad for Britain

So the pro-Britain in Europe campaign moves into a different phase today, with M and S former boss Stuart Rose fronting up a collection of business people and politicians who have the considerable tas... Continue

12 October 2015

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Posted by Alastair Campbell

Charles Kennedy would have loved both the debate and the outcome of last night’s Europe vote

Charles Kennedy would have enjoyed last night's debate on Europe at the Glasgow University Union where he honed his own great debating skills. The debate, set to become an annual event, was in his m... Continue

26 September 2015

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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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