Reshuffle takes UK closer to America, not in a good way, and misses the point of London 2012
I woke up this morning to an avalanche of tweets in response to my asking on the way home from Stratford last night why the US, so dominant in Olympic sport, appear to be so relatively marginal in the... Continue5 September 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Lansley must give more detailed answers on children’s heart surgery review – guest blog
Fairly low under the political radar, a review has been going on into the issue of children's heart surgery. Thankfully, the number of children likely to require heart surgery is small, so it is not a... Continue2 September 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
For Romney, read McCain; for Ryan, read Palin. Good tactics, bad strategy. Obama can smile
This is not hindsight speaking, because I said at the time of John McCain's appointment of Sarah Palin as his running mate that it was 'tactically brilliant, strategically disastrous.' I have said it ... Continue14 August 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Bruce Springsteen on depression and the economy – a guest blog from Elvis
I have introduced you before to my friend Mark Wright, a Labour activist and Elvis impersonator. He does however have an even bigger musical passion than The King, namely The Boss, and alerted me to a... Continue26 July 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
22 July 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Four MPs will make a lot of difference to Time to Change campaign on mental health
As promised, here is the piece I did last night for The Independent on the two MPs who spoke in the Commons about their mental health problems, who were later followed by Sarah Wollaston and Andrew Le... Continue15 June 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Thanks from Time to Change to Charles Walker and Kevan Jones
Just back from Dublin, just home for a quick change before heading out to chair a debate on class in politics, inspired by the West End play based on David Cameron and Co's Bullingdon Club, POSH. But... Continue14 June 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Murdoch’s problems may be bigger than we thought
I spoke at two very different events yesterday, and got some interesting insights into two subjects I think about a fair bit, Rupert Murdoch's influence, and (unrelated), mental health. The first eve... Continue24 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.