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If the BBC think their supine stance on Brexit will save them from the hard right, they are naive in the extreme

'All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men do nothing.' These words, most commonly attributed to the 18th Century Irish-born Whig Edmund Burke, may have come from someone viewed by s... Continue

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. ... Continue

28 February 2010

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Kseniya Simonova’s got talent

Every so often someone sends you one of those 'you must see this' video clips which you're really glad you didn't immediately consign to the electronic dustbin.  One such arrived in my inbox yesterda... Continue

27 February 2010

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Debate expectations in a good place for GB and Clegg

In a piece for The Times earlier this week, about how social networking was changing the way many people consume media and interact with the political debate, I referred to the TV debates between the ... Continue

26 February 2010

Posted by Alastair Campbell

On News International phone-hacking and Cameron

When The Guardian reported last year on the scale of alleged phone-hacking by the News of the World under then editor Andy Coulson, there was considerable broadcast media coverage, but within 24 hours... Continue

24 February 2010

Posted by Alastair Campbell

GB, temper or not, a better leader for Britain than DC

I thought David Steel was rather good on Newsnight last night. I was half asleep, if woken by the shouting match between JP and Andrew Rawnsley, but Steel's main point seemed to be a lament that this ... Continue

23 February 2010

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Game definitely on. If polls narrow more, Tory jitters set in

Good speech by GB, good interview by Douglas Alexander in The Guardian, and a few more narrowing polls may well see Tory jitters becoming a fullscale wobble. The pundits are being pretty dismissive o... Continue

20 February 2010

Posted by Alastair Campbell

How twitter is changing balance of power in film indsutry

Movie industry marketing men, provided they had an A list cast and a big advertising budget, were once guaranteed a minimum of three days' major takings at the box office. The sheer weight of such a ... Continue

18 February 2010

Posted by Alastair Campbell

There’ll be another New Big Idea along in a moment

So the Tories' New Big Idea (NBI) is the Co-op. They say. Interesting though that the Newsnight report on the NBI  used as part of its explanation a film report  showing where Labour already does i... Continue

16 February 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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