6 April 2018
Posted by Alastair Campbell
The election landscape has changed. Exciting times
My old mate Bruce Grocott, Tony Blair's parliamentary aide and a top top man, once said that if he and I ever wrote a book, we should call it 'why I was right all along.' It was a variation on the the... Continue16 April 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Bring on the big debate. And don’t miss Eddie Izzard tomorrow
I think I have now read every word David Cameron has ever spoken (well, every word he has spoken which has been recorded). Heir to Blair he ain't. Go back and read TB speeches way back when, and then ... Continue15 April 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Cameron’s preference for process over policy in pre debate blather
Interesting observation from David Cameron about tomorrow's TV debate. Despite every single rule having been agreed by his team in discussions with Labour, the Lib Dems and the broadcasters, he cannot... Continue14 April 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
London Marathon the best of British
An election free blog! How's that for variety? Oh ok, the Tories' plans on National Insurance Contributions are unravelling, and Brown and Darling have more economic credibility in their eyebrows than... Continue10 April 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Pressure needs to be kept on Tories over NICs
One of my rules of political communications is that just as the politicians are getting tired of saying something, and the media are getting bored of hearing them say it, is the point at which you hav... Continue9 April 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Tories wrong on recession wrong on recovery
For the nth time, I will point out the difference between strategy and tactics and suggest that David Cameron and George Osborne are rather better at the latter than the former. Watching Gordon Brown... Continue8 April 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Key election questions remain the same and the answer is still Labour
The central questions in the forthcoming election campaign remain the same, and so do the answers. On the question of which party is best able to meet the challenges facing Britain, which party has t... Continue4 April 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Tories really ought to listen to TB and Mr Kaletsky
One of the great joys of continuing involvement in Labour campaigning is access to the Party's media monitoring brief, largely unchanged in format since we started it way back in the mid-90s. It is h... Continue31 March 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.