Iraq certainly, but Northern Ireland and Kosovo big parts of Blair legacy
As I said yesterday, it is not easy to edit a third of a million words down to a couple of double page newspaper spreads. So I am not at all critical of The Guardian for the choices they have made i... Continue15 January 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
On the extracts from my diaries (97-99) in tomorrow’s Guardian
The Guardian asked me to plug their paper for the morning .. so dear readers, go out and get The Guardian tomorrow. Done. Despite it being a Lib Dem paper, I chose The Guardian to run extracts from v... Continue14 January 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
iPad debut blogpost on iPad, Vince and Gove
Yes, I got an iPad for Christmas. Yes, I had a couple of blogfree days while enjoying Christmas and getting used to typing on ice, which is a bit how it feels till you get the hang of it. We have been... Continue27 December 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
On the rebirth of political memoirs – reprinted from The Bookseller
Well, we're having a right old book day are we not. Bad Sex Awards pitch this morning (I liked the line from journalist John Rentoul that it was 'triple bluff') and now I offer you the article I penne... Continue19 November 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
I know I’m only there for publicity but please can I win the Bad Sex award?
When I was first shortlisted for the Bad Sex in Literature Award, I decided I was happy to be nominated (first novel, all publicity good publicity, and I knew I was only there as a way of the Award or... Continue19 November 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Time for housing to get higher up the political ladder
To the Chartered Institute of Housing's conference yesterday. Nice bunch, not very keen on my fellow Keighley man Eric Pickles I sensed, and feeling a bit battered after the spending review. But I fe... Continue11 November 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Blown away by Chester; and a great new Welsh mental health scheme
I only agreed to do the Chester Literature Festival because it was on a Friday night and I reckoned there would be a good chance Burnley would be at home on the Saturday. A calculated guess rather ban... Continue30 October 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
If Boris Johnson’s Kosovo analogy was planned, then Cameron has a problem
You can never quite tell with Boris Johnson whether what comes out of his mouth is planned or wholly accidental. That he has some concerns about the coalition government's planned changes to housing ... Continue28 October 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.