23 April 2019
Posted by Alastair Campbell
The public won’t swallow Osborne’s line as easily as the media do
Half way through George Osborne's BBC interview with Andrew Marr yesterday, I got a bit bored and tweeted that there seemed little purpose to the interview other than to remind people of two things we... Continue19 March 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Yet again Tories shown to be failing on crime as more frontline cuts are revealed
As the papers fill up with pre-Budget speculation (most of which will be wrong) and as the Lib Dems wriggle around over health, and Nick Clegg and Vince Cable fight proxy battles over mansion taxes an... Continue11 March 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
I don’t criticise Cameron for his handling of failed hostage rescue mission
I just did a short interview on Five Live on the fall-out (literally in the case of relations between Britain and Italy) from the failed attempt to rescue two hostages in Nigeria. I was preceded by an... Continue9 March 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Is Nick Clegg already playing Prescott to Dave and George’s TB-GB?
I got in last night to catch sight of Nick Clegg talking about child benefit on the news. Now I didn't see the start of the report, but if I read the words and body language right, I thought that rath... Continue6 March 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Bit of a whiff developing around the Gove email saga
Michael Gove looked like a naughty boy caught with his hand in the sweet jar when Ed Miliband quizzed the Prime Minister about the Schools Secretary's ill-judged running commentary on the Leveson Inqu... Continue3 March 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
I look forward to Gove’s next contribution on (or perhaps to) Leveson
Even after all that emerged at Leveson yesterday, the Tory strategy to undermine the Inquiry continues. Boris Johnson, journalist and Mayor, talked about the need for 'the caravan to move on'. Not ... Continue28 February 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Cameron needs to take on the flat-earthers and win the argument for wind power
Back in the days when people seemed to accept at face value David Cameron's commitment to the environment, today's revelations that billions of pounds worth of investment in wind farms is on hold woul... Continue27 February 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Far from being a ‘rogue’ minister, Gove is part of Cameron strategy to undermine Leveson
A very rare sighting today - a Daily Mirror editorial in support of a Tory Minister. What could be the issue that gets my old paper supporting Michael Gove? The answer is the press, and his remarkabl... Continue22 February 2012
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.