Cameron very defensive as he starts decoupling from Clegg
It is a sign of the Prime Minister's new found defensiveness that he is saying to the Daily Mail things they want to hear, and his team are stressing that today's Queen's Speech is no big deal compare... Continue9 May 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Is Nick Clegg already playing Prescott to Dave and George’s TB-GB?
I got in last night to catch sight of Nick Clegg talking about child benefit on the news. Now I didn't see the start of the report, but if I read the words and body language right, I thought that rath... Continue6 March 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
The Time to Change campaign needs politicians as well as sports stars to open up about depression
My last blog was about depression and sport. I make no apology for returning to the theme today, inspired by going on twitter to see how Ed Miliband's interview with Andrew Marr was going down - mixed... Continue15 January 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
15 December 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Clegg vacates his chair in protest at Cameron vacating his chair – pathetic
So Nick Clegg didn't show up in the Commons today, because he didn't want to be a distraction. A distraction from what? A distraction from the fact that he is the most pro-European leader in UK polit... Continue12 December 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Cameron’s lack of understanding of lives of squeezed middle could be his undoing
Very good night at the fundraiser for Ed Miliband's constituency party in Doncaster last night. Good turnout, good mood, and after someone in the q and a had raised the crisis of capitalism, it duly e... Continue26 November 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Clegg needs to be challenged on Tory scam to take millions off electoral register
As the Liberal Democrats prepare for their conference, I hope enough of them will be tugged by the Democrat side of the equation to make an issue of the government's preparations for the planned bound... Continue17 September 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
A chance for the coalition to show they understand fairness
Earlier last month I recollected New Labour’s driving principle of ‘power, wealth and opportunity in the hands of the many not the few’ and questioned the lack of an equivalent from the curren... Continue9 September 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.