Cameron and Osborne should heed Alistair Darling’s advice
I don't suppose the two arrogant unapologetic posh boys who don't know the price of milk (copyright Nadine Dorries) would ever listen to Alistair Darling. But they could do worse. Writing in the FT t... Continue28 April 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Leveson drama will run and run, but double dip recession is event of the week
A Tory strategist (now there's a rare bird) is quoted in the FT today as saying 'I don't think there will be a permanent impact [from recent troubles] if we can show we are a competent government.' T... Continue27 April 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Cameron and Osborne could do worse than call in Brown and Darling for a private chat
I was speaking at a dinner last night to businessmen and women who know a lot more about how the economy works than I do. So I was a bit alarmed to see how many were nodding along when I suggested tha... Continue10 November 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
All hail Olli Issakeinen, the Finnish fib-watcher on Osborne’s case
It is one thing to have a following for writing a blog. Far more impressive, surely, is to have a following for being a regular commenter on a blog. Yet that is what is clearly happening to our Finni... Continue5 January 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
The day my challenging student warned Cheltenham of war over benefit cuts
The Cheltenham Literature Festival seems to get bigger every year. It is possible to see the growth of literary festivals as part of the celebrity culture - so there I was, darling, chatting to Salman... Continue10 October 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Despite Olympian spin, Tories not home and dry on economic argument
For reasons I may dilvuge at a later date, I didn't have time to do a blog yesterday, and today I have just a few minutes before going out to complete the BBC Lifeline Appeal film on behalf of Leukaem... Continue15 June 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Hardly surprising if business prefers tax cut to waste
I rather enjoyed Peter Mandelson's description of George Osborne as a schoolboy charging round the sweetshop taking sweets from every jar without a clue as to how he is going to pay for them when he g... Continue1 April 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Darling credible, Mandy exciting, Tories panicking over ads
As the Top Tory Spin Doctor said in his genius briefing to my new best friend Nick Watt of The Guardian earlier this week, authenticity is the key in modern communications. It explains why, despite t... Continue25 March 2010
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.