Even if Tories milk it, am longing for Olympics to be success
If there are any proper journalists out there, I wonder if one of them could check out something interesting I heard from a usually reliable source the other day - namely that in every democracy whic... Continue15 September 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
News blackout on Olympian success story
With the Tories doing enough damage on their own, and the polls continuing to narrow as they happily ignore all the free advice I give them here, I thought I'd do a rare blog free of Tory bashing. ... Continue28 February 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
London 2012 and Copenhagen today … different approaches to tight deadlines
There are so many grim headlines with bad numbers in them that this morning one which seemed to buck the trend leapt out at me from the Financial Times. It was not the biggest story on the page - tha... Continue16 December 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
John Sergeant spot on re TB. TB’s Olympics legacy. Liam Gallagher’s generosity
A couple of nice surprises on Question Time last night. First, I was fearing real car crash telly with former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith appearing for the first time since she got caught up in the ex... Continue30 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.