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Beware climate change denial dressed up as ‘commonsense’

If you need any reminder of the challenge facing Ed Miliband as he works for a deal at the Copenhagen climate change summit, look no further than today's interview in the Financial Times with the elec... Continue

Public opinion on climate change – the public might be the problem

It is one of the golden rules of democratic politics that you are never allowed to turn towards the public and tell them they are the problem. Like many golden rules, from time to time it deserves to ... Continue

2 November 2009

Posted by Alastair Campbell

When Facebook friends fall out

So I put up a  blog on global warming yesterday, headed off for a three hour bike ride, and came back to outbreaks of incivilities all over my Facebook page. As one commenter, Terry Evans, put it, ... Continue

16 April 2009

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Green Cities Champions League

I had no idea, until I saw a tiny item in a French newspaper  on the Eurostar back to London yesterday, that there had been a European Commission competition to honour the first 'green capitals of Eu... Continue

4 April 2009

Posted by Alastair Campbell

The Age of Stupid

As previous postings have shown, I went to the premiere of The Age of Stupid with considerable interest and goodwill, and a belief that it would be a real changemaker. It still might be. It stars Pe... Continue

16 March 2009

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Notes on the environment, a role in EastEnders

As an obsessive speller, I was horrified to see that in twittering on a speech I did on the environment yesterday, I mangled the word environment into 'environmenent.' I blamed this rare mis-spell on ... Continue

4 March 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.

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