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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

Dacre’s Downfall

Now come on folks, let's calm down a bit before this gay Paul Dacre thing gets out of hand. I mean the guy's got family, and even though the boys went to Eton, where they're taught to be tough out th... Continue

18 January 2010

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Rebutting the good and the bad, and support from football fans

We only get The Observer on a Sunday, and I fear that Gaby Hinsliff and Nick Cohen will be going into hiding after their articles today. Sorry, but you just can't say these things!! Ms Hinsliff has w... Continue

17 January 2010

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Is Paul Dacre hiding a guilty secret that explains his deranged paper?

As those of you who follow me on Twitter and Facebook will know, on Wednesday I had a call from a behavioural psychologist, to tell me he had come to the conclusion that Obergruppenfuehrer Paul Dacre ... Continue

15 January 2010

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Thanks to friend and foe alike for helping yesterday go by

First of all thanks to the friends and also total strangers who offered support in various ways yesterday, not least across the web. Fair to say there was loads of the usual abuse that comes whenever... Continue

13 January 2010

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Thanks to Will Hutton for talking sense on ‘class war’

Thank heavens for a voice of sense and reason in the debate about so-called 'class war.' The shame is it is not a Cabinet minister's voice, but that of journalist Will Hutton in The Observer. It is we... Continue

10 January 2010

Posted by Alastair Campbell

In defence of airbrushed posters

What on earth is the fuss about? So David Cameron's picture has been airbrushed so that the forehead looks baby-bottom smooth as drivers look away from the snowy roads to see DC looking down from post... Continue

9 January 2010

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Fire is always best turned on the Tories

When the Tories were slowly imploding in the run up to our first landslide victory in 1997, former minister Alan Clark called me to bemoan his party's fate. As my diaries show, this fellow diarist ph... Continue

7 January 2010

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Cameron’s wobble the product of his team saying what their audiences want to hear

The Tories put a lot of planning into the launch of their New Year campaigning. Big setpiece speeches by the leader, press ads, posters with what look like an airbrushed David Cameron. The slogan 'thi... Continue

5 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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