23 April 2019
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Clegg wins on style, Brown on substance, Cameron on shallowness
As I do a fair bit of media-whacking, let me start my post-debate analysis with a few words of praise for Alastair Stewart. The ITV chair of the first leaders' debate resisted the temptation to make h... Continue16 April 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Today is all about credibility
Like him or not, spare a sympathetic thought for David Cameron today. If he is anything like Tony Blair when Leader of the Opposition, he will have woken up this morning with the sense of a very big c... Continue24 March 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Why Sir Trevor did no favours for Cameron
If I say 'Gordon Brown/Piers Morgan interview' the chances are it will trigger some kind of response, that a memory either of the event or of the coverage will come to mind. It showed a more human si... Continue16 March 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
10 March 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
At least Britney knows what she is singing about
Sketchwriter Matthew Engel gets all the big gigs. He was the one who outed me as a Britney fan when I felt a tap on my shoulder as she shimmied on stage at Wembley, and Mr Engel was there, to say he w... Continue1 March 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
We all agree – Carlisle is cleverer than DC
A call from the lady who might be termed my common law mother-in-law this morning, Audrey, who is aware of my aversion to listening to the news in the morning, and therefore acts as an occasional v... Continue25 February 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
On News International phone-hacking and Cameron
When The Guardian reported last year on the scale of alleged phone-hacking by the News of the World under then editor Andy Coulson, there was considerable broadcast media coverage, but within 24 hours... Continue24 February 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Cameron inquiry call says more about him than GB
Interesting moment at BBC London - I was there to be interviewed by Robert Elms about my book and my views on matters London - when the 'news' was announced that David Cameron had 'called for an inqui... Continue22 February 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.