Today is all about credibility
Like him or not, spare a sympathetic thought for David Cameron today. If he is anything like Tony Blair when Leader of the Opposition, he will have woken up this morning with the sense of a very big c... Continue24 March 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Happy Birthday Lord Ashcroft HB2U
Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday Lord Ashcroft, happy birthday to you. Yes, the Great Man of Mystery celebrates his 64th birthday today. But three problems may be casting ... Continue4 March 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Darling v Gove, Osborne and help the rich squad is No Contest
After shadow education secretary Michael Gove's barely comprehensible (especially after he 'explained' it) 'toffs for teachers' elitist schooling plan, the Tories have now turned their attention to ch... Continue19 January 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Tough day for Labour, but tough questions for Tories too
Judging by the instant commentary I witnessed yesterday, I don't suppose the papers will make pretty reading for the government. I haven't looked. But Alistair Darling's statement throws up some diff... Continue10 December 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Even top Tories think Dave and Co can’t do piss up in a brewery
Can't wait to see what prominence the Dave C fanzines give to the views of Mr Stephen Greenhalgh in the morning press. This is the man who suggested that the inexperience of the current shadow cabine... Continue27 November 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Two-jobs Osborne suffering credibility deficit
The Financial Times had an interesting editorial yesterday, on shadow chancellor George Osborne's attempt to ally himself with the public anger over bankers' bonuses. At the heart of the article was a... Continue28 October 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Osborne inspires apathy at BBC Leeds
Call me a saddo, but I was determined to watch George Osborne's speech live. In the media age,this ought to have been straightforward. I left Sheffield, where I was picking up a 50k cheque from Drans... Continue6 October 2009
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.