23 April 2019
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Some great stuff in The Observer today
There is some fantastic stuff in The Observer today. As I am heading to Villa to see Burnley later today, forgive me if I am a bit rushed and so only point out four things. 1. is the final paragraph... Continue21 February 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Cameron so right about pigs in pokes
'Preying on young children before they have wised up to what is being sold to them isn't right.' So says David Cameron on the issue of 'sexualising' of children through marketing and advertising. Hear... Continue19 February 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Let’s give Cameron a Doris Day moment over Ashcroft
David Cameron, his eye ever on a passing bandwagon, used the prosecutions arising from the expenses scandal to leap upon the one marked 'new politics.' Put to one side the fact that his remarks seeme... Continue10 February 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Daily Mail tells truth shock horror
I am indebted to Labour's candidate in East Dunbartonshire, Mary Galbraith, for alerting me to an article which is about to make a miniscule piece of media history by becoming the first ever Daily Mai... Continue5 February 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Public ahead of press on the mess that is Cameron
Jonathan Freedland, writing in The Guardian, states 'David Cameron is a mess. When will the media say so?' It is a question I have been asking for some time, and it is nice to be joined by someone ... Continue3 February 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Cameron and tweeting ought to be natural fit
So if he did tweet, how might David Cameron have summed up his press conference this morning? 'nice easy questioning, avoided getting pinned down on tax rises/public spending, backtracked quite well ... Continue25 January 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
In defence of airbrushed posters
What on earth is the fuss about? So David Cameron's picture has been airbrushed so that the forehead looks baby-bottom smooth as drivers look away from the snowy roads to see DC looking down from post... Continue9 January 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Fire is always best turned on the Tories
When the Tories were slowly imploding in the run up to our first landslide victory in 1997, former minister Alan Clark called me to bemoan his party's fate. As my diaries show, this fellow diarist ph... Continue7 January 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.