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Cycling bug tightens its grip after day in Garmin support car

I am well aware that there are millions of cycling fans who would want and deserve more than I do to have been where I was yesterday, but who said life was fair? David Millar got in touch, asked if I ... Continue

For my next trick …

First of all, thanks for all the responses to yesterday's blog asking for examples of frontline cuts to mental health services. Thanks also to Mark Brown, editor of One in Four, for sending me a brill... Continue

12 April 2011

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Even if Tories milk it, am longing for Olympics to be success

If there are any proper journalists out there, I wonder if one of them could check out something interesting I heard from a usually reliable source the other day - namely that in every democracy whic... Continue

15 September 2010

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Ideas please for weight-losing, a PS on Piers Morgan

I promise I am not coming over all girly, in a 'does my bum look big in this?' kind of way, but I am on the lookout for a few quickfire diet ideas. Having just stepped on the weighing scales - someth... Continue

7 July 2010

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Thumbs up for Wenlock and Mandeville

As David Cameron and Nick Clegg prepare to set out agreed plans for their coalition government, I thought I would focus on another shiny new double act, and one which will become more not less endeari... Continue

20 May 2010

Posted by Alastair Campbell

London Marathon the best of British

An election free blog! How's that for variety? Oh ok, the Tories' plans on National Insurance Contributions are unravelling, and Brown and Darling have more economic credibility in their eyebrows than... Continue

10 April 2010

Posted by Alastair Campbell

The 25th Hour

The image of Britain presented by the Tories is of a country of wrecked communities filled with feckless individuals and all of it is the fault of the Labour government. One of the best rebuttals of ... Continue

2 April 2010

Posted by Alastair Campbell

News blackout on Olympian success story

With the Tories doing enough damage on their own, and the polls continuing to narrow as they happily  ignore all the free advice I give them here, I thought I'd do a rare blog free of Tory bashing. ... Continue

28 February 2010

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Time to turn up volume on sport schools revolution

A day out of book promotion mode today to head to a conference organised by the Youth Sport Trust to celebrate the work of specialist Sports Colleges. When TB talked of the three domestic priorities ... Continue

11 February 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.

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