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... Continue1 April 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Hope Alex Ferguson gets a vote on Scottish independence as well as another League title
First of all congratulations to Alex Ferguson and Manchester United. Somehow I cannot see them failing to get a point out of Blackburn or Blackpool, so effectively they are Champions. He has further... Continue8 May 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
The Sun-SNP dance is about helping Cameron not Salmond, or Scotland
There is a very interesting little dance taking place in Scotland at the moment between Alex Salmond's SNP and Rupert Murdoch's Sun. Not obvious bedfellows you might think, but it looks increasingly ... Continue8 April 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
‘I agree with David’ Clegg has disqualified himself from a place in TV debates next time
As the Rebecca Black phenomenon develops (google or go on twitter if you have yet to catch up on this comical story of nowhere to somewhere fast) last night I asked for other examples of people who we... Continue25 March 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Clegg the real loser in the proximity of Royal wedding to big vote
At Glasgow airport yesterday, I got chatting to a woman working in one of the bookshops who wondered how I thought the proximity of the Royal Wedding so close to elections would play out. Not entirely... Continue25 November 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Could we be heading for Tory-Lib coalition for UK, Lab-Lib for Scotland?
Despite a chest infection (the doctor said it was much worse than man flu but I just keep on keeping on manfully) I had a thoroughly enjoyable time at Glasgow University last night. I was the guest sp... Continue24 November 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Spin and soundbites only take you so far
I have been up in Scotland to see my Mum and speak at the Lennoxlove book festival. Scottish politics is interesting at the moment. Scotland on Sunday asked me for my take and the article they run tod... Continue21 November 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Here goes with the smoked Salmond
The editor of the Sunday Mail (no, not the Mail on Scumday, for which I would never write, but the Glasgow-based paper) was taken by my blog the other day suggesting David Cameron was Alex Salmond's T... Continue20 September 2009
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.