Gove and Cameron need to start getting into a bit of detail
Well done to those councils which felt Michael Gove was exceeding his powers when bringing the Building Schools for the Future programme crashing to the ground. Yesterday's High Court ruling was a vi... Continue12 February 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
All power to JP’s NHS Direct campaign
John Prescott phoned up for a chat yesterday, and amid all the this, that and the other we talked about, the subject of NHS Direct came up. I made mention of the online petition that had been launche... Continue30 August 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
For Lansley, the hard part is still to come
As the World Cup withdrawal symptoms abate (hugely helped by that abomination of a Final, over which the Dutch should stop whingeing about the ref and go kick someone their own size) I tuned into News... Continue13 July 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Andrew Lansley done up like a kipper
You won't have found too many words of praise for journalists on here, so stand by for a rare event. I refer to a journalist I have never met, named Sally Gainsbury, who works for a magazine I don't ... Continue2 July 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.