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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

Blackberry/RIM have mishandled things at every stage – but I still don’t want an iphone

Despite doing all this blogging, tweeting, Facebooking malarkey, I remain something of a technophobe. Though I am regularly introduced when speaking as being 'at the cutting edge of communication' I a... Continue

18 October 2011

Posted by Alastair Campbell

The questions do not stop with Fox’s exit. And let’s hope high speed rail not another casualty

It will not have escaped most people's notice that despite Labour being out of power, its senior figures continue to be held accountable whether via public inquiries, a media that sometimes seems to t... Continue

15 October 2011

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Good news, and Time to Change will spend new money wisely

A few months ago, I felt a little bit like a school-leaver at an interview, going into the offices of Comic Relief to plead for cash for the Time to Change campaign aimed at breaking down stigma and d... Continue

10 October 2011

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Fox looks like he’s a goner – good news for Osborne for now

Having been through a few ministerial media frenzies, and knowing as I do how the press can twist and distort every little detail to feed the frenzy, even with Tories I like to let the benefit of the ... Continue

9 October 2011

Posted by Alastair Campbell

New shadow cabinet must now defend better, attack better, and win the future better

As Liam Fox and Chris Huhne were embarrassing themselves and the government last night, I won't have been the only one to have liked the younger, more feminine look of the new shadow cabinet. But I a... Continue

8 October 2011

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Cameron’s ‘growth plan’ passage tells me he just couldn’t be arsed yesterday

I fear I may have been overly kind to the Prime Minister when I described his speech as 'very average' on twitter yesterday. This was certainly on the kinder end of the comment spectrum. It would seem... Continue

6 October 2011

Posted by Alastair Campbell

If catflap is best Tories can do, no wonder FT Europe imposes blackout

Greetings from Vienna airport where I am waiting for a plane, worrying about the unseasonal heat, getting irritated by a couple who are kissing their dog like it is a baby, and trying to find a single... Continue

5 October 2011

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Today’s FT shows more progress in schools under Labour – who need to fight back harder against Tory rubbishing of record

With thanks to Labour's media monitoring department, and to the Financial Times, here is the first's account of the second's report today on school standards. ‘Poorer pupils seen to be catching up ... Continue

1 October 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.