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Unleadership – a new word that sadly sums up Britain in these worrying times

Though some make a case for Winston Churchill and Elizabeth the First as the greatest ever Briton, for me nobody gets near William Shakespeare. He is one of the reasons English has become the pre-emin... Continue

When Bill Cash and Nigel Farage are trending on twitter, something is going very wrong in our land

I don't know which papers Lord Leveson reads, but assuming he flicks through them all as he presides over his inquiry into the press, he will be getting a very good example of the fusion of news and c... Continue

11 December 2011

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Veto could make or break Cameron. fact it came from tactics not strategy means break more likely

With thanks to my favourite Elvis impersonator, Mark Wright aka@kingswimg72, I bring you his excellent tweet in response to mine asking the question 'how many of our most important decisions do we mak... Continue

9 December 2011

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Europe’s leaders need to be honest about what they really think, and what they really can and cannot do

Another day, another summit, another round of ups and downs, then stand by for another set of bold declarations that Europe's leaders have found the solutions to the current crisis ... again. With eve... Continue

8 December 2011

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Merkel, Sarko and Cameron will need all their communications skills to win the new arguments in Europe

I'm off to Dunkirk today for a conference of French communications professionals, Cap' Com, asking themselves whether the public still believe 'la communication publique.' The answer is that sometime... Continue

6 December 2011

Posted by Alastair Campbell

A word of advice to Osborne: don’t overdo the blame game, or you’ll add political failure to economic failure

A word of advice for George Osborne before he delivers his economic statement to the Commons ... and before anyone shouts at me 'why are you helping HIM???' 1. He won't read it, and 2. Even if one o... Continue

29 November 2011

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Cameron’s lack of understanding of lives of squeezed middle could be his undoing

Very good night at the fundraiser for Ed Miliband's constituency party in Doncaster last night. Good turnout, good mood, and after someone in the q and a had raised the crisis of capitalism, it duly e... Continue

26 November 2011

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Italian technocrats not political enough; our Bank Governor too political

It is easy to feel that anything or anyone would do a better job than Silvio Berlusconi, but I can't help feeling a bit uneasy about the installation of the new 'technocrat' government in Italy. No d... Continue

17 November 2011

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Cameron and Osborne could do worse than call in Brown and Darling for a private chat

I was speaking at a dinner last night to businessmen and women who know a lot more about how the economy works than I do. So I was a bit alarmed to see how many were nodding along when I suggested tha... Continue

10 November 2011

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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