4 February 2020
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Changing the lens on mental health (and detecting yet more opposition to Brexit)
Last night I was at Reading University, delivering the Peter Campbell Lecture - no relation - in honour of the founding head of the University's Department of Politics and International Relations. I w... Continue21 November 2017
Posted by Alastair Campbell
23 June 2017
Posted by Alastair Campbell
How a Brexit breakfast vote and a Brixton Prison trip restored my sense of hope
As we slide one more week closer to the calamity that Brexit will bring, two memorable meetings stand out for me from the past few days. The first, of which more later, was on Monday evening inside Br... Continue2 March 2017
Posted by Alastair Campbell
What Trump, Brexit and the rise of populism say about politics and media now and in the future
Yesterday I made a speech to a conference organised by Fremantle Media, the independent production company that has given us such delights – depending on your taste – as Pop Idol, The Price is Rig... Continue8 December 2016
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... Continue26 September 2015
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Politics has so much to learn from business and sport in the art of winning
It is always a nice moment when the publisher sends through the final, final version of the cover of a planned new book. It is especially nice when the designer has taken an idea given by the author -... Continue21 November 2014
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Labour must expose Gove’s politicisation of education curriculum for what it is
First, I will declare an interest, in pointing out that my partner Fiona Millar is a founder of, and regular contributor to, the Local Schools Network, which exists to support and promote the many g... Continue21 May 2014
Posted by Alastair Campbell
It should not be a shock that the Education Secretary’s kids go to State schools
I am pleased that Michael Gove and his fellow journalist wife Sarah Vine have chosen to send their daughter to a State school. Less pleasing is the idea generated by the coverage that this is some gr... Continue8 March 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.