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Why The New European is taking a week off. And why we need to beware as the seeds of fascism grow

I know that for a lot of fellow Brexit resisters, today is the day The New European arrives, and you settle down for a long read of accurate, intelligent writing, most of it from the admitted standpoi... Continue

Time to get real – on the world, on Brexit, and on Labour, who are not passing the tests needed to win

I agreed some time ago to speak at today’s conference organised by Progress, often described as the moderate wing of the Labour Party. Here is the speech I am making this morning. It is time to get ... Continue

4 May 2018

Posted by Alastair Campbell

The whiff around Cambridge Analytica is getting stronger, and getting closer to Leave campaign. Keep going Carole!

Amid the annual backslapping at the UK Press Awards last week, nobody deserved her award more than The Observer's Carole Cadwalladr, for her series of reports about the role of Cambridge Analytica and... Continue

18 March 2018

Posted by Alastair Campbell

As the national mood shifts,a reminder that the £350m for the NHS was just one of many Brexit lies past present future

I am well aware I live in LME land - indeed perhaps the NW3 postcode could hardly be more Liberal Metropolitan Elite if it tried. I am also aware that I wear my anti-Brexit views loudly, so most of th... Continue

14 July 2017

Posted by Alastair Campbell

On Brexit, Trump, trust and whither politics

Here is the text of the speech I gave this week to the DJOEF conference in Copenhagen, on Brexit, Trump, trust, winning and whither politics I am very flattered that you have asked me to talk about t... Continue

29 April 2017

Posted by Alastair Campbell

How a Brexit breakfast vote and a Brixton Prison trip restored my sense of hope

As we slide one more week closer to the calamity that Brexit will bring, two memorable meetings stand out for me from the past few days. The first, of which more later, was on Monday evening inside Br... Continue

2 March 2017

Posted by Alastair Campbell

What Trump, Brexit and the rise of populism say about politics and media now and in the future

Yesterday I made a speech to a conference organised by Fremantle Media, the independent production company that has given us such delights – depending on your taste – as Pop Idol, The Price is Rig... Continue

8 December 2016

Posted by Alastair Campbell

It is not unPC to worry that ISIS and Putin are more strategic than our leaders engaged in battle with them

  Last week I was in Germany, speaking to a business team whose leader had read WINNERS and wanted me to talk about it to his colleagues, with a particular focus on OST. As those who have read... Continue

25 March 2016

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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