1 March 2018
Posted by Alastair Campbell
The public won’t swallow Osborne’s line as easily as the media do
Half way through George Osborne's BBC interview with Andrew Marr yesterday, I got a bit bored and tweeted that there seemed little purpose to the interview other than to remind people of two things we... Continue19 March 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Business chiefs attack govt growth plans as Osborne prepares to reward tax avoiders
Am rushing out in a minute but just wanted to post an extract from this morning's Labour Party media monitoring brief, which they still kindly send me by email every morning. It is self-explanatory. A... Continue16 March 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
The lack of a proper inquiry into banking catastrophe seems odder by the day
Am I missing something here? Am I the only one - with the exception I hear of Tory MP David Ruffley - who thinks there should be a full public inquiry into the banking catastrophe? The thought came t... Continue21 February 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Credit rating agencies must be covered by banking crisis inquiry (if only there was one)
Having ranted and raved (moderately) whenever credit rating agencies have delivered their Deus Ex Cathedra pronouncements on other European economies, I intend to do so again now that they have turned... Continue14 February 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
3 February 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
So Sir Fred loses his K? So what? Is that to be the only reckoning of the banking disaster?
I'm not sure what to make of this Sir and now not so Sir Fred Goodwin. He was clearly up to all sorts that he shouldn't have been and RBS became a disaster area under his tenure, for which we are all... Continue1 February 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
At long last Europe’s leaders realise youth unemployment has to be top of the agenda
Endlich, enfin, AT BLOODY LAST ... Europe's leaders are starting to realise that they might have to do something beyond enjoying the scenery in Davos to address the problem of youth unemployment. Thi... Continue29 January 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Leveson could take a look at how benefits debate works against truth, and so harms policy and people
The airwaves filled up nicely for the government yesterday, backed by constant use of rag headlines from rag right-wing papers, with the line that most struggling families would be 'happy' with £3500... Continue24 January 2012
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.