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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

Wiggins’ win the start of a great British summer for sport – and the chance to rescue Olympics legacy

Out this morning for a pre-Wiggo-triumph two-hour ride through small French towns and villages, I popped into a little bike shop to get a few bits and bobs. Bradley Wiggins' yellow helmet took pride... Continue

22 July 2012

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Posted by Alastair Campbell

Papers should do a few Olympic focus groups and listen to what people are saying

Greetings from France, where this weekend Bradley Wiggins will write himself into the list of great British sportsmen. The Tour de France is one of the greatest and toughest sporting events in the cal... Continue

21 July 2012

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Posted by Alastair Campbell

IMF report another step towards the end of this unelected one-term Tory government

TweedleGeorge and TweedleDanny were out the other day, dressed in G4S style security jackets, announcing a bit of infrastructure spending. TweedleDanny appeared to have lost the power of speech, but h... Continue

20 July 2012

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Posted by Alastair Campbell

G4S boss needs a haircut – and Cameron and May need to get a grip

First impressions matter. Nowhere is that more important than in the growth industry of event security. I like my security guards to look like Howard Webb, tall and strong, with a pleasing manner but ... Continue

15 July 2012

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Posted by Alastair Campbell

After a period of silence, an omniblog on Dave-George-Vince omnishambles, Ed and TB, and Bank of Dave

One of the nice things about writing your own blog, rather than a newspaper column, is that you can write what you want when you want, and not be driven by the agenda or deadlines of others. So when ... Continue

13 July 2012

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Posted by Alastair Campbell

My first ever rebuttal of a sex scene after Fifty Shades of crap Guardian editing

Unsurprisingly, Guardian readers have been rubbishing my so-called sex scene in today's paper, where I was one of several writers asked to try to turn on women with words and so further help fuel ... Continue

7 July 2012

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Posted by Alastair Campbell

Osborne should avoid the weekend press – unless he wants to learn from his failure as a strategist

George Osborne is an avid reader of his press cuttings, but his advisers may well be tempted to get him away to a newspaper free zone this weekend. The Chancellor still has plenty of admirers in the ... Continue

7 July 2012

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Posted by Alastair Campbell

Strategy is God – this and other lessons learned from sport and elsewhere

I have been a bit snowed under, and travelling, in the last few days, so apologies to anyone who came on here and found a short and rather tired blog on why David Cameron was avoiding having an inquir... Continue

4 July 2012

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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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