Osborne has Lib Dems pretty much where he wants them
When George Osborne announced the first public spending cuts today, he did at least have a mandate of sorts. While some of the detail may differ from the 'efficiency savings' claimed during the elec... Continue24 May 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Lib Dem desertions coming thick and fast. Business not impressed with Clameron
Off to Dublin today to see a few old friends and do the Late Late Show. It'll be nice to be in a country where the majority will have no truck with the idea that a Conservative government could ever b... Continue14 May 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
GB at his best at Citizens UK, fired with passion and conviction
Having seen the very warm reaction Nick Clegg got from his speech to the Citizens UK conference in Westminster Hall, I was a bit worried GB might not quite match the performance or the response. Oh me... Continue3 May 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Clegg poem gives foretaste of Tory/Lib coalition
I am a bit confused about Nick Clegg. In his favourite paper, The Guardian, he cites Samuel Beckett as his hero. In another, The Telegraph, WB Yeats is named as his favourite poet. Beckett may be... Continue1 May 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
All still to play for. GB won. DC not answering. NC on wane
I caught a snatch of a Five Live phone-in on the TV debates this morning, where the sense of the calls I heard was the clear dissonance between what people thought, and what the polls and pundits said... Continue30 April 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Clegg over-reach and cuddle up to Cameron both mistakes
I wonder if Nick Clegg is not beginning to over-reach himself in stepping up the kind of demands he would make in support of either a Tory or Labour Prime Minister. It is of course in his interests t... Continue26 April 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Exposed: Tories and Lib Dems desperate to avoid policy debate
If ever anything showed the Tory and Lib Dem fear of having a serious debate on substance it is the outcome of three-party discussions about a joint plea to broadcasters to do more policy and less pro... Continue25 April 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Clegg’s debate strategy hardly new honest politics
Just been for a run round Cardiff, looking fabulous in the sunshine (Cardiff, that is, not me; I looked a bit slow and knackered and felt relieved I am not doing the London Marathon on Sunday.) I ran... Continue21 April 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.