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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

Time for Labour to regain initiative on the politics of the economy amid Osborne’s failures and flailings

Alan Johnson is my next interviewee for GQ, out later this week. Yesterday the magazine's spin doctors (they're everywhere you know) put out a few selected quotes and some of the papers have focused o... Continue

1 December 2014

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Politics has so much to learn from business and sport in the art of winning

It is always a nice moment when the publisher sends through the final, final version of the cover of a planned new book. It is especially nice when the designer has taken an idea given by the author -... Continue

21 November 2014

Posted by Alastair Campbell

What Cameron should say (and won’t) when he loses the Rochester by-election

'Mr Cameron did not cause the rise of UKIP, and he can't stop it.' In an otherwise very intelligent analysis of the Prime Minister's problems, the FT's Janan Ganesh is wrong in the first part of that ... Continue

18 November 2014

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Is ‘spin’ dead in the era of social media?

Here is the text of a speech I gave this morning to the Festival Of Marketing in London. There was also a good q and a, some of which might be on twitter hashtag #FoM14 Ok. So a while back I am flyin... Continue

13 November 2014

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Huge thanks to the BBC3 audience of mentally ill youngsters for re-igniting my passion

Oh my Lord, it is more than a month since I posted a blog, the morning after the Scottish independence referendum. That has to be the longest - yes, it definitely is the longest - I have ever gone wit... Continue

22 October 2014

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Whatever the final result, the whole of UK politics has to wake up to some powerful lessons of Scotland

Whether it is YES or NO, one thing is certain - UK politics has changed forever as a result of this referendum. I will rephrase that - if UK politics does not change, does not wake up to some of the ... Continue

18 September 2014

Posted by Alastair Campbell

If Lineker can speak out against booze and gambling in sport, so can politicians. And they should

So he goes from the World Cup in Rio to the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, and next stop the Edinburgh TV Festival for Gary Lineker. Busy man. Lineker is my latest GQ interviewee, the magazine out th... Continue

4 August 2014

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Cameron’s religious ramblings: if this is leadership God help us

Not that long ago David Cameron was comparing his religious faith to a fuzzy radio signal in the Chiltern Hills. Now it is The Big Thing. It seems to be the driver of his life and his politics and he ... Continue

18 April 2014

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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