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Cameron may blame ‘lunatic’ Gove but he – and Eton – have a lot to answer for in the Brexit story of decline

So the Brextremists at the Daily Telegraph think that a Cabinet without any Old Etonians in it is a bad thing, and worry where the talent of the future is going to come from if not the Eton playing f... Continue

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... Continue

3 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 ... Continue

28 February 2012

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Gove has a surefire recipe for educational disaster – guest blog from a headteacher trying to stave off disaster

Please welcome with a guest blog Mr Jeremy Rowe, headteacher of Sir John Leman High School in Beccles, Suffolk, who is seeing very close up the effect of Michael Gove's potty ideology, and is therefor... Continue

23 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... Continue

22 February 2012

Posted by Alastair Campbell

A tale of two Parliamentarians – Skinner and Gove

Dennis Skinner may not thank me for saying so, but he was a huge support to me, and more importantly to Tony Blair, when TB was Prime Minister. Yes, he lambasted some of the changes made as huge stri... Continue

18 January 2012

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Letter to a friend, and a report of Philip Gould’s funeral

If anyone has had enough of my tributes to Philip Gould, I will not be offended if you surf immediately to another website. But I feel I should say something about his funeral yesterday, where a packe... Continue

16 November 2011

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Can someone tell me what this Tory conference is all about?

For various reasons I have seen no news coverage and read no newspaper reports of the Tory conference since Sunday morning. This has not been a deliberate snub to one of the two ruling parties, just t... Continue

4 October 2011

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Today’s FT shows more progress in schools under Labour – who need to fight back harder against Tory rubbishing of record

With thanks to Labour's media monitoring department, and to the Financial Times, here is the first's account of the second's report today on school standards. ‘Poorer pupils seen to be catching up ... Continue

1 October 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.

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