1 March 2018
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
The joins of the dark arts are showing in coalition leak
I don't know if Malcolm Tucker is to be killed off now that the coalition has replaced Labour, or if a new coalition version may replace him, but if the latter is the case, he/she and its scriptwriter... Continue2 November 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Deep disillusion in deepest Cleggland; will he defect?
To deepest Cleggland last night, and if Mark Mardell thinks Barack Obama has disillusion problems, he should get himself to Sheffield for some of the real thing. I was speaking at the University Stud... Continue29 October 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Great to see Clinton back on the campaign trail taking on the radical right
John Sawers, once TB's foreign policy advisor, now head of MI6, used to take the mick out of what he called my 'love-in' with Bill Clinton. That rather overstates it, but fair to say I had and have a... Continue27 October 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Good to hear Bank Governor whacking banks; now let’s hear it from DC and Osborne
In the dying moments of the Labour government, namely those heady days between the election and Gordon Brown's departure from Downing Street, Bank of England governor Mervyn King was perhaps a bigger... Continue26 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.