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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

NASA climate change scientist exposes world leaders’ abdication of resposibility

I like the sound of this NASA scientist Prof Jim Hansen, who intends to use his acceptance speech for a major award on Tuesday to issue a fresh warning about man-made climate change. It has been mind... Continue

6 April 2012

Media finally catching up with public’s sense that Cameron unsure what he stands for

Even accepting that the media's shift to a more negative take on the government is in part dictated by David Cameron's decision to set up the Leveson Inquiry, he would be wise not to dismiss the chang... Continue

4 April 2012

Give a big welcome to Brazil Street Kids in London next week

If I can go back to my old life as what the French might call a 'medicin de rotation,' I'd like to alert the media to something happening next week, when a group of Brazllian former street children ar... Continue

3 April 2012

Cameron’s woes a mix of out of touchness and media revenge re Leveson

I resisted the many requests from Sunday newspapers to offer crisis comms advice to Number 10 as a combination of granny tax, tax cuts for the rich, pasties, petrol panic and a Tory funding scandal co... Continue

1 April 2012

Good day to be heading for France

Beautiful sunny day, and with all that is happening, thank heavens I'm off to France later to have a little peek at the elections there. Perfect time of year for France, the government there is not ca... Continue

30 March 2012

Thanks to Ernst and Young for supporting Time to Change

Here is a blog that will be appearing shortly on the Time to Change website, which I have written about the latest big company to get on board the campaign to end the stigma and taboo surrounding ment... Continue

29 March 2012

News agenda still tending to suit the Tories

Just caught the BBC TV news headlines. Lead story new planning rules being brought in by the government. Second story a rise in the cost of stamps. So neither of them particularly good stories for th... Continue

27 March 2012

On twitter etiquette – and why Tories would be wise to reveal all quickly re funding and access, right and wrong

I enjoyed meeting the comedian Dave Gorman on Andrew Neil's This Week programme, when he led a discussion on the etiquette of twitter. One of the points he made was that when something happens which i... Continue

26 March 2012

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.