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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

Cameron right to go to Cumbria

There are a few grumbles online about David Cameron and Teresa May hotfooting it to Cumbria to meet victims and emergency services who dealt with the terrible tragedy there. But I think the visit is ... Continue

4 June 2010

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Cameron/Clegg will be regretting their expenses sanctimoniousness

Am about to leave for the Beeb to do my first broadcast interview on Prelude to Power, with Jon Sopel on The Politics Show. So just a quick word or two on the David Laws fallout. As I tweeted last ni... Continue

30 May 2010

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Italian interview on Dick Clamberon, TB, GB, Murdoch inter alia

Am back from Ireland, a bit tired after a late night after The Late Late Show. I do love the Irish, who seem to loathe the idea of a Tory government in Britain as much as I do, and most of whom seem t... Continue

15 May 2010

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Lib Dem desertions coming thick and fast. Business not impressed with Clameron

Off to Dublin today to see a few old friends and do the Late Late Show. It'll be nice to be in a country where the majority will have no truck with the idea that a Conservative government could ever b... Continue

14 May 2010

Posted by Alastair Campbell

As Dick Clameron love-in begins, brilliant Martin Argles photos more powerful than words

It comes to something when it is a Guardian photographer, the splendid Martin Argles, who sets off the waterworks. As readers of The Blair Years know, I am not averse to a bit of tearfulness as emo... Continue

13 May 2010

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Cameron as Obama – you have to laugh – then vote Labour

If you took the value of the most expensive negative, personalised poster campaign of modern times, and added it to every pro-Tory, anti-Labour propaganda piece in a national media as biased as in an... Continue

6 May 2010

Posted by Alastair Campbell

He has his faults, but my God you have to admire GB depth and resilience

When there are so many undecided voters, the last stages of the campaign matter more than any other. I imagine most visitors to this site made their minds up some time ago. Since starting this blog, ... Continue

5 May 2010

Posted by Alastair Campbell

GB at his best at Citizens UK, fired with passion and conviction

Having seen the very warm reaction Nick Clegg got from his speech to the Citizens UK conference in Westminster Hall, I was a bit worried GB might not quite match the performance or the response. Oh me... Continue

3 May 2010

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.