6 April 2018
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Big Society looking thin after Cameron’s Liverpool trip
As David Cameron works away in the US - gee what a Big Society that is - let us consider what we learned from yesterday's (re)launch of his Big Society back home. We learned that his favourite Grang... Continue20 July 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
On Piers Morgan’s wedding, education, Moat, Iraq, celebocracy and Dacre being a wimp
Apart from lots of journos who send their kids to private schools doing their best to suggest Michael Gove's cocks-up are not too serious, and David Cameron being 'terrified' of London state comprehen... Continue11 July 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Media blackout on TB Kosovo trip says more about them than him
A week ago, I was at the Swift Festival in Trim, Co Meath, where, as I blogged at the time, journalist John Waters interviewed me in front of a good crowd of Irish politicians, thinkers, journalists a... Continue10 July 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
On the Top Gear phenomenon, and the bits they left out
As readers of my diaries know - keep on plugging son, keep on plugging, because it helps flog books and winds up the ones who would never buy one - Fiona and I enjoy (or at least endure) a good row e... Continue5 July 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Osborne’s housing benefit myth sad contrast with real job losses
In this spin-free (sic) world of the new coalition government, I draw your attention to a piece in today's Guardian. It is but a tiny molehill amid the mountainous coverage of George Osborne's first ... Continue23 June 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
So the Lib Dems never believed what they said at election!
Even though he was a bit grudging in his review of Prelude to Power (aka 'perfect Father's Day gift' according to some publicist via some twitterer called @campbellclaret) George Parker of the FT rema... Continue19 June 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Skirts of coalition strategy showing too much
I know the new Tory-Lib boys and girls think they are the new masters of the universe, and with a tame media blowing wind into their sails, they are enjoying being in government, and to some extent no... Continue18 June 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Sense of perspective needed on poor Rob Green
Poor Rob Green ... even as the words go down on the screen, I can hear the fulminations to the phone-ins as one horrific moment is allowed to define a man's career, even his life. He is a professiona... Continue13 June 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.