… what Cameron and the vanishing Osborne should do today …
The last time David Cameron flew in mid-frenzy from an overseas visit, he did the right thing on arrival home in announcing a judicial inquiry into phonehacking and the broader practices of the press.... Continue20 July 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
18 July 2011
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14 July 2011
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Time and chance for a new settlement between politics, media and public – we should all seize it
In 2009 I attended the wedding of News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks. The ceremony took place by a lake, at a country estate. I stood next to TV presenter Piers Morgan, while Paul Dacre... Continue11 July 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Sunday papers show Cameron, Yates, Murdoch and Mail still don’t really get it
With my usual thanks to the Labour Party media monitoring department for their excellent summary of the press, a few points before I settle down to a cup of coffee in front of Ed Miliband on Andrew Ma... Continue10 July 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
The day I tried to talk to David Cameron about doing some of the things he announced today
Apart from his weakness over BSkyB, David Cameron - finally - said and did a lot of the right things in his opening statement at his press conference today. Once the questions got under way, however,... Continue8 July 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Phone-hacking becoming a tipping point moment in politics/media relations
I was rushing around a lot yesterday making a short film on phone-hacking for The One Show on Monday, having earlier done an interview for a much longer Despatches documentary being made on the same s... Continue29 January 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
With thanks to Robert Peston, another phone-hacking blog
I have had one of those days so far ... an in-tray that started quite light suddenly became a lot heavier and instead of having around a dozen things on my immediate 'to do' list I had a lot more, and... Continue24 January 2011
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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.