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The more sensible Cabinet ministers are looking towards the inevitable public inquiry IF Brexit happens

Liam Fox burbling on about Philip Hammond on the BBC reminded me I had forgotten to post last week's column from The New European. Here it is ... Such is the Tory division over Brexit that Philip Ham... Continue

We were promised ‘big speeches’ by May and her team. It took John Major to deliver one. Everyone should see it

As we await Theresa May's 'big speech' tomorrow, her contribution to the Road to Brexit 'strategy,' I throw out a question ... can anyone remember anything from those 'big speeches' made so far in thi... Continue

1 March 2018

Posted by Alastair Campbell

We must strive to keep Brexit an ‘if’ not a ‘when’

You sometimes get the best answers by throwing back questions to the people who asked them, and seeking the wisdom of crowds. So, Monday night, Edinburgh, and in the question and answer, a man asks m... Continue

1 March 2018

Posted by Alastair Campbell

The questions do not stop with Fox’s exit. And let’s hope high speed rail not another casualty

It will not have escaped most people's notice that despite Labour being out of power, its senior figures continue to be held accountable whether via public inquiries, a media that sometimes seems to t... Continue

15 October 2011

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Fox looks like he’s a goner – good news for Osborne for now

Having been through a few ministerial media frenzies, and knowing as I do how the press can twist and distort every little detail to feed the frenzy, even with Tories I like to let the benefit of the ... Continue

9 October 2011

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Cameron, Clegg, Hague and Fox could do with some basic lessons in government and politics

My God they are still blessed, this Tory government. Can you even begin to imagine the hue and cry, the howling, raging, screeching tone of the papers and the tellybabblers if a Labour government's ha... Continue

25 February 2011

Posted by Alastair Campbell

The media’s bottom-kissing of top Tories becoming a tad embarrassing

If a Labour government had ever come up with a strategic defence review at the centre of which was the idea of aircraft carriers without planes to fly from them, we would never, ever, ever, ever, ever... Continue

19 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.

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