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The weird virus infecting Labour debate

My partner Fiona has a piece in The Guardian today pointing out not merely how much the last Labour government achieved in education, but also how absurd it is for someone like Zarah Sultana, a newly... Continue

Good to know Team Gove was rattled by Any Questions blog – here is their (sic) rebuttal

Michael Gove, with his little army of supporters in the media and on the Tory backbenchers, is not used to being challenged over his potty policies which win the support of the mainly privately educat... Continue

16 December 2012

Posted by Alastair Campbell

The media love Michael Gove, but the Any Questions audience was not so gullible

I hope those inside the political bubble who constantly define Michael Gove as 'one of the few successes' of the Cameron government find time to listen to Friday's Any Questions on Iplayer. Gove's ma... Continue

15 December 2012

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Camden schools turnaround a big success story – weird that the Government prefers to focus on failure

I was out last night raising cash for Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research at the Midtown Business Club dinner, to whom thanks for your cash and your support. In my speech, I talked a bit about the Boris ... Continue

28 November 2012

Posted by Alastair Campbell

You don’t have to be an Olympian to feel the joy of meeting a sporting challenge

It is technical uselessness, rather than modesty, that prevents me from putting on here the photo I tweeted yesterday from the summit of Mont Ventoux. Now I cannot claim to have got up this legendary ... Continue

20 August 2012

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Wiggins’ win the start of a great British summer for sport – and the chance to rescue Olympics legacy

Out this morning for a pre-Wiggo-triumph two-hour ride through small French towns and villages, I popped into a little bike shop to get a few bits and bobs. Bradley Wiggins' yellow helmet took pride... Continue

22 July 2012

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Don’t blame poor Chloe Smith for Osborne and Gove omnishambles

One of the more repellent aspects of the play POSH that I keep going on about is, as I said in this review in The Independent, the sexism of the young aristo Oxford Tory members of the Riot aka Bullin... Continue

27 June 2012

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Gove is playing fast and loose with education as a way of aiming even higher (for himself not kids)

As Michael Gove reflects on his latest intervention, what will have the greater impact on him as he surveys the weekend papers with his usual careful reading? ... the fact that he has annoyed huge nu... Continue

23 June 2012

Posted by Alastair Campbell

A plan for the government to save money and reclaim ‘all in this together’ – performance-related pay

In its latest morale-destroying assault on State school teachers (a breed not terribly well-acquainted with the current Cabinet) ministers are considering performance-related pay for them. Perhaps if... Continue

1 May 2012

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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