Osborne should avoid the weekend press – unless he wants to learn from his failure as a strategist
George Osborne is an avid reader of his press cuttings, but his advisers may well be tempted to get him away to a newspaper free zone this weekend. The Chancellor still has plenty of admirers in the ... Continue7 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... Continue27 June 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Could POSH become to Cameron’s government the satirical tag that SPIN became to TB’s?
An edited version of this piece appears in today's Independent. I have italicised the bigger chunks not in the Indy for any of you who may have read it already, so you can skip to those bits! Also qui... Continue25 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... Continue23 June 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Clegg should make clear he can’t support the Gove-Osborne view on Leveson
Yesterday Nick Clegg tells his MPs not to support Jeremy Hunt in a Commons vote. Today the Deputy Prime Minister appears at the Leveson Inquiry. I suspect there may be a link, and I hope his distancin... Continue13 June 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
POSH – just a play? Or a real problem for Cameron, Osborne and Johnson?
First things first, and a quick line the producers of POSH can use in any publicity should they wish to ... 'topical, relevant, well-written, well-cast, well-acted and very thought-provoking.' As to w... Continue10 June 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
31 May 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
One big bad bold move … and Osborne’s star falls so far so fast
A few months ago, George Osborne, in the eyes of many of his MPs and much of the media, could do no wrong. He was not just the Chancellor presiding over a bold plan to cure all known economic ills in... Continue27 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.