Could we be heading for Tory-Lib coalition for UK, Lab-Lib for Scotland?
Despite a chest infection (the doctor said it was much worse than man flu but I just keep on keeping on manfully) I had a thoroughly enjoyable time at Glasgow University last night. I was the guest sp... Continue24 November 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Guest blog from Fiona on local school governance
Every now and then, I get a comment from someone saying they prefer blogposts to be short rather than long. I suppose it gives them the chance to hoover around the place and digest a few more. But wh... Continue22 November 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
No wonder Cameron’s smiling. Broken pledges can be buried beneath Royal news
With Royal weddings top of the news agenda, it won't be too long (in historical terms) before Royal babies come along ... which brings me neatly to the subject of midwives, which brings me swiftly to ... Continue17 November 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Too late for Libs and Greens to lament Charles Clarke demise
So there I was, tapping away at the computer, and it just went dead. Kaput. Bye-bye. In our household, I know not how to deal with these things, but Fiona does and she has now got someone in who is so... Continue6 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
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
All in this together; but some more deeply than others
I don't know how many of you read Monday's FTfm (a weekly review of the fund management industry published as a pull-out with the Financial Times). Today's version has a peculiarly arresting intro t... Continue25 October 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Labour can demolish coalition claims in same way as IFS has done
In this cynical, media age, it is not easy for an organisation to establish a strong reputation for taking complicated facts and delivering sound and sober judgements upon them, but you'd have to say... Continue22 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.