6 April 2018
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Business right to be worried about Tory axe on RDAs
If a clutch of business groups had attacked an important Labour policy when we were in Opposition, I think you would have heard of it. Front page news, ramped across the TV channels, you'd have heard ... Continue23 November 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Why should Brown and Cameron apologise for being seen to pay tribute to the war dead?
Having taken a potshot at David Cameron for hiring a personal photographer, I suppose I ought to be pleased that this has landed him in a spot of bother. But I'm afraid I cannot get wound up over the... Continue22 November 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Beware climate change denial dressed up as ‘commonsense’
If you need any reminder of the challenge facing Ed Miliband as he works for a deal at the Copenhagen climate change summit, look no further than today's interview in the Financial Times with the elec... Continue21 November 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Something for the weekend – a long lazy blog lifted from interviews
This must be one of the longest, and certainly the laziest, blog I have ever done. Just a bit busy you see. I was doing a speech to sports governing bodies in The Midlands yesterday, so took the opp... Continue20 November 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Never in the history of human taxation has so much been promised from so many to so few
So GB has suggested that the Tories' inheritance tax pledge is the first tax cut in history where those proposing it will personally know those who stand to gain. I think this should be put to the t... Continue18 November 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Tories far from ‘effete and unfamiliar’ when it comes to twisted tax priorities
After yesterday's rebuttal of the FT Deutschland, I come a bit closer to home today, to rebut a piece that has popped up in my inbox from the Evening Standard. A better paper since Boris's wannabee a... Continue18 November 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Good luck to Number 10 on ‘lobby’ review. And a big NO to the other PR
Just had a couple of very nice days in Vienna. Beautiful city, really clean. Spotted one piece of litter in an early morning run round the first district, which is the government and business area. I... Continue12 November 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
On the exploitation of grief to get Gordon
In my newspaper reporting days on The Mirror, one of the worst calls to make was the one to the news desk saying 'The Sun's got the mum.' The situation might be a court case, a serious crime, a have-... Continue11 November 2009
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.