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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

Farewell to the Grid Man

23 March 2011

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Labour must not let Lansley get away with burying good news on the NHS – and other media double standards

It's fascinating to watch liberal commentators say how blindingly obvious it is that military action should be taken to deal with a fascist dictator killing his own people (aka Gaddafi) ... in many in... Continue

20 March 2011

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Hard to disagree with anything Cameron said on Libya today

Having devoted many words on this blog to pointing out David Cameron's failings, it seems fair to point out how well he has done with regard to Libya in the last few days. It looked highly unlikely a... Continue

18 March 2011

Posted by Alastair Campbell

In defence of Number 10’s top civil servant in face of FT gossip column

Sue Cameron is a journalist on the Financial Times who specialises in painting a picture of senior mandarins as all-knowing and jolly clever and so much better than those terrible politicians they hav... Continue

16 March 2011

Posted by Alastair Campbell

As Cameron slithers from tactic to tactic, Mandelson and Straw right to defend difficult positions

I may not have liked much about Peter Mandelson's book ("'insufferably self-indulgent' - Alastair Campbell" doesn't seem to have made it to the quotes on the cover of the paperback). However, I totall... Continue

7 March 2011

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Well done Dan Jarvis, and my latest litttle battle against the evil of the Mail

I've been away having laptop connection problems so apart from a couple of tweets I have not been able to congratulate Labour's Dan Jarvis on his excellent by-election win. And yes, of course I knew L... Continue

4 March 2011

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Lessons in life from Ryan Giggs’ longevity and the relatively short list of team-mates

Come on, be fair, it is ages since I did a blog on football. There is only so much I can say about David Cameron's muddled foreign policy, his failure to explain the Big Society, or the ideological dr... Continue

1 March 2011

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Shirley Williams talking sense on NHS, Philip Hammond talking sense on rail, but Big Society could derail him

For the second time in less than a week - well done Charles Kennedy on re-election as Rector of Glasgow University - I intend to be nice about a Lib Dem. I did not see BBC Question Time last week, bu... Continue

28 February 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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