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Tactical voting now the only way to stop the horror of a Johnson landslide

Below is the short speech I made on Friday to the Vote for a Final Say rally in London, which saw John Major, Tony Blair and Michael Heseltine share a platform to warn of the dangers for the country i... Continue

Brexit on Trial

If we didn't have such a supine Brexit media, with the BBC taking the BAFTA in the 'Most Supine' category, there is a great programme to be made ... Brexit on Trial. They could base it on the 'Tony B... Continue

26 April 2018

Posted by Alastair Campbell

If the BBC think their supine stance on Brexit will save them from the hard right, they are naive in the extreme

'All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men do nothing.' These words, most commonly attributed to the 18th Century Irish-born Whig Edmund Burke, may have come from someone viewed by s... Continue

6 April 2018

Posted by Alastair Campbell

The whiff around Cambridge Analytica is getting stronger, and getting closer to Leave campaign. Keep going Carole!

Amid the annual backslapping at the UK Press Awards last week, nobody deserved her award more than The Observer's Carole Cadwalladr, for her series of reports about the role of Cambridge Analytica and... Continue

18 March 2018

Posted by Alastair Campbell

We must strive to keep Brexit an ‘if’ not a ‘when’

You sometimes get the best answers by throwing back questions to the people who asked them, and seeking the wisdom of crowds. So, Monday night, Edinburgh, and in the question and answer, a man asks m... Continue

1 March 2018

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Thank you Boris Johnson, for reminding me of our right and our patriotic duty to resist you and your Brexit

And so, twenty months after getting their marching orders from the British people, the government has embarked on 'the road to Brexit.' If you ask Mr Google the question 'how long does it take to bui... Continue

14 February 2018

Posted by Alastair Campbell

New website, new look, new book, New European, new and old battles to fight

OK, I’ve listened. I’ve listened to people like the wonderfully named James Ski, who stood up at a mental health event I was speaking at, and said ‘I’m a big fan, but your website’s shit.’... Continue

30 January 2018

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Answer is not a second referendum but a first on Tories’ bad deal for Britain

So what is Nigel Farage up to? Is he, as some of his fellow Brextremists believe, so incurably addicted to grabbing headlines that he couldn't resist giving legs to the idea of a 'second referendum'?... Continue

18 January 2018

Posted by Alastair Campbell

As the national mood shifts,a reminder that the £350m for the NHS was just one of many Brexit lies past present future

I am well aware I live in LME land - indeed perhaps the NW3 postcode could hardly be more Liberal Metropolitan Elite if it tried. I am also aware that I wear my anti-Brexit views loudly, so most of th... Continue

14 July 2017

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.

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