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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

Public ahead of press on the mess that is Cameron

Jonathan Freedland, writing in The Guardian, states 'David Cameron is a mess. When will the media say so?' It is a question I have been asking for some time, and it is nice to be joined by someone ... Continue

3 February 2010

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Cameron winning on media support but losing on leadership

Leadership is in large part about how you react under pressure. Pressure does not come much greater than that which faced Gordon Brown when an economic whirlwind struck, and the world feared a plunge ... Continue

2 February 2010

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Media tweets show the real agenda

By Peter Kyle, Progress Online I was at university on the 11 September 2001, in an open plan office with other postgraduate students. It's not a day I or anyone else will forget. So many people said ... Continue

29 January 2010

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Message machine Mandelson on form today

Say what you like about Peter Mandelson - some of you will doubtless take up the invitation - but he knows how to pack a few messages into a newspaper interview. I particularly like the way, in his ... Continue

27 January 2010

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Only one place to be tonight

Forgive me if I have only one thing on my mind today - no not that, nor even plugging Maya (out soon by the way and may I say the man from the Mirror, who gave my first novel a great write up, says he... Continue

26 January 2010

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Cameron and tweeting ought to be natural fit

So if he did tweet, how might David Cameron have summed up his press conference this morning? 'nice easy questioning, avoided getting pinned down on tax rises/public spending, backtracked quite well ... Continue

25 January 2010

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Learning the wrong Iraq lessons for Afghan war

This is the full version of an article of which an edited version appears in today's Financial Times Britain is at war. It does not feel like it for a population which, the young included, has its  ... Continue

21 January 2010

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Darling v Gove, Osborne and help the rich squad is No Contest

After shadow education secretary Michael Gove's barely comprehensible (especially after he 'explained' it) 'toffs for teachers' elitist schooling plan, the Tories have now turned their attention to ch... Continue

19 January 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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