6 April 2018
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Bit of a whiff developing around the Gove email saga
Michael Gove looked like a naughty boy caught with his hand in the sweet jar when Ed Miliband quizzed the Prime Minister about the Schools Secretary's ill-judged running commentary on the Leveson Inqu... Continue3 March 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
I look forward to Gove’s next contribution on (or perhaps to) Leveson
Even after all that emerged at Leveson yesterday, the Tory strategy to undermine the Inquiry continues. Boris Johnson, journalist and Mayor, talked about the need for 'the caravan to move on'. Not ... Continue28 February 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Forget the Sun on Sunday ballyhoo/arrogance … get The Sunday Express tomorrow
Forget the overblown, well-funded hype surrounding the Sun on Sunday, and the arrogance of Murdoch and Co sticking up two fingers to a judicial inquiry and police investigations into his papers ... if... Continue25 February 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Far from being a ‘rogue’ minister, Gove is part of Cameron strategy to undermine Leveson
A very rare sighting today - a Daily Mirror editorial in support of a Tory Minister. What could be the issue that gets my old paper supporting Michael Gove? The answer is the press, and his remarkabl... Continue22 February 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Statement on phone-hacking settlement
As has just been announced at the High Court, News Group Newspapers have admitted that the News of the World intercepted messages on my mobile phone in 2006, and have apologised and agreed to pay dama... Continue8 February 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Weird agreements break out on The Big Questions, and with Joey Barton
Despite feeling like death warmed up on waking - am on antibiotics for a chest infection and anti-depressants for Le Chien Noir - I enjoyed the BBC Big Questions debate. I know Nicky - no relation - ... Continue22 January 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Transcript of evidence to Leveson Inquiry (of which straightest reporting is in the Mail SHOCK)
Technical hitches earlier. Here is link for transcript of my evidence to the Leveson inquiry. And here is the submission I made. And with thanks to one of my twitter followers, who has sent me cuttin... Continue1 December 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Final version of submission to Leveson Inquiry
I know it has been posted on several of the main news websites, as well as on the Inquiry website, but I thought for the record I should put it here too. SUBMISSION TO THE LEVESON INQUIRY FROM ALASTA... Continue30 November 2011
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.