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We were promised ‘big speeches’ by May and her team. It took John Major to deliver one. Everyone should see it

As we await Theresa May's 'big speech' tomorrow, her contribution to the Road to Brexit 'strategy,' I throw out a question ... can anyone remember anything from those 'big speeches' made so far in thi... Continue

Weird agreements break out on The Big Questions, and with Joey Barton

Despite feeling like death warmed up on waking - am on antibiotics for a chest infection and anti-depressants for Le Chien Noir - I enjoyed the BBC Big Questions debate. I know Nicky - no relation - ... Continue

22 January 2012

Posted by Alastair Campbell

A gentle sob at the Tory Big Lie; and grumblings from business re procurement not keeping up with change

To a conference of software suppliers organised by Opentext, where ex civil servant Jonathan Portes and I were the keynote speakers. Jonathan now runs the National Institute of Economic and Social Res... Continue

19 January 2012

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Blue Monday may be a PR nonsense, but it’s another chance to talk about mental health discrimination

Part of me hates the Blue Monday thing. Another part of me thinks that anything that gets people talking about mental illness is a good thing. And on Blue Monday (today or next Monday depending on how... Continue

16 January 2012

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Ed Miliband’s message is striking a chord amid all the media negativity re him as message-carrier

Today's Financial Times has a full page ad (and a right-hand page 7 at that) for the Business in the Community awards. Down at the bottom of the page are a number of companies and their logos. The com... Continue

10 January 2012

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Disability campaigners expose sham/cover-up of coalition consultation on benefit reforms

Today's blog is given over to a press release from a group of disabled disability campaigners who have exposed the sham that is the coalition government's public consultation on Disability Living Allo... Continue

9 January 2012

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Do we make enough of the benefits to tourism of the film industry?

During a week in the Scottish Highlands it has rained for a good part of every day. Yet I would not hesitate for a moment to recommend this part of the world for any holiday, at any time of the year, ... Continue

30 December 2011

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Maybe you needed to be there, but I can’t quite see why Cameron got such rave TV reviews for his brothers crack

Perhaps you needed to be there. But based on the clips I saw on the news, I cannot quite see why the broadcasters seemed to decide  as one that Ed Miliband had a disastrous PMQs yesterday. The papers... Continue

15 December 2011

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Clegg vacates his chair in protest at Cameron vacating his chair – pathetic

So Nick Clegg didn't show up in the Commons today, because he didn't want to be a distraction. A distraction from what? A distraction from the fact that he is the most pro-European leader in UK polit... Continue

12 December 2011

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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