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Unleadership – a new word that sadly sums up Britain in these worrying times

Though some make a case for Winston Churchill and Elizabeth the First as the greatest ever Briton, for me nobody gets near William Shakespeare. He is one of the reasons English has become the pre-emin... Continue

If you can’t swear properly in the fucking Guardian about mental health, where the fuck can you?

So, first of all, many thanks to The Guardian, who have once more allowed me a platform to argue the basic case that we are light year away from parity between mental and physical health. Here is the ... Continue

18 January 2017

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Another day, another important mental health campaign – #StopTheCharge and end a scandal

Yesterday was World Mental Health Day, and I spoke about stigma - again - at the Leeds Community Foundation where the signs of change coming were all around. The city council's brilliant CEO Tom Rior... Continue

11 October 2016

Posted by Alastair Campbell

The talk is good, the words are warm, but we are miles away from equality between physical and mental health

It has, on the surface, been a good week for the campaign to get better understanding and services for mental health and mental illness. The long-awaited NHS Taskforce Report gave a strong analysis of... Continue

16 February 2016

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Cameron, Osborne, Hunt should watch tonight’s Panorama to see the gap between their words and their country

I had my run-ins with Panorama when working for Tony Blair, usually because they tended to take a grain of truth from somewhere and flam it up into something worthier of a right-wing tabloid than the ... Continue

24 October 2015

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Guest blog on the government’s shameful dumping of its alcohol strategy – from a liver specialist who lives with the fallout

Nick Sheron, a liver specialist from Southampton, unwittingly provided the creative spark that led to me writing My Name Is, my novel about alcoholism, from the perspective of a young woman. When I ma... Continue

17 January 2014

Posted by Alastair Campbell

On women and booze, and why more and more women are getting more and more worried

When I made a documentary on alcoholism for the BBC a couple of years ago, one of the first people to get in touch was Lucy Rocca who, together with a friend, had set up an online self-help group for ... Continue

13 October 2013

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Memo to Labour – energy, fight, future policy, stand up for Labour record, Britain, NHS, immigration too, and demolish worst govt in memory

Having been in hospital from Monday to Thursday I watched more TV news than usual this week, and spotted a trend, one which is useful to Labour as the party conference begins. It is that the Tory Go... Continue

21 September 2013

Posted by Alastair Campbell

‘The mess we inherited’ – some facts with which to fight the Tory Big Lies

​​ I am indebted to Professor Vernon Bogdanor, who among other things was David Cameron's tutor at Oxford, for drawing my attention to a recent report by the LSE Growth Commission. Anyone who look... Continue

19 August 2013

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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