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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

Five thousand words or so on how today’s challenges for leaders are tougher than 1997, and lots of other stuff. Happy Christmas

I’ve not done a big blog for a while, so as I penned this speech for a conference in France today, and I saw it was getting close to the 5,000 word mark, I thought ‘why not? Get it up there.’ T... Continue

20 December 2015

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Fantastic backing for #Equality4MentalHealth campaign. Please add your support here to help end historic injustice

Around the time of Charles Kennedy's death I spent a lot of time talking to his Lib Dem colleague, Norman Lamb. I didn't know him very well but had always felt, when he was a health minister, that he ... Continue

2 November 2015

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Charles Kennedy would have loved both the debate and the outcome of last night’s Europe vote

Charles Kennedy would have enjoyed last night's debate on Europe at the Glasgow University Union where he honed his own great debating skills. The debate, set to become an annual event, was in his m... Continue

26 September 2015

Posted by Alastair Campbell

VW could become a far bigger crisis for Merkel than Pig-Gate or Coke-Gate are for Cameron

I am not really a car person but I drive a Volkswagen. It is a strong brand. It says reliable. It says German. Which emphasises reliable. And, translated, it means People's Car, which is kind of nice.... Continue

23 September 2015

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Why I think Miliband will become PM, why he deserves to, and why that is best for Britain

Elections are among the days politicians and activists both love the most and hate the most. Love because the whole country at least has a sense that this is the most important thing happening anywher... Continue

7 May 2015

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Cameron-Crosby panic stations as their ‘strategy’ fails to click. Old campaign for new times

When Michael Howard led the Conservatives - happy days - his campaign strategist was a man named Lynton Crosby. You may have heard of him. He is the highly paid Australian consultant who has told all... Continue

9 April 2015

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Time for Labour to regain initiative on the politics of the economy amid Osborne’s failures and flailings

Alan Johnson is my next interviewee for GQ, out later this week. Yesterday the magazine's spin doctors (they're everywhere you know) put out a few selected quotes and some of the papers have focused o... Continue

1 December 2014

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Whatever the final result, the whole of UK politics has to wake up to some powerful lessons of Scotland

Whether it is YES or NO, one thing is certain - UK politics has changed forever as a result of this referendum. I will rephrase that - if UK politics does not change, does not wake up to some of the ... Continue

18 September 2014

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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