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The unleadership of the past three years has taken us to the first ever uncampaign

Having just watched Jeremy Corbyn on the Andrew Marr programme, I thought I would post my column in this week's New European. So if you have already read it, apologies for wasting a few seconds gettin... Continue

What Cameron should say (and won’t) when he loses the Rochester by-election

'Mr Cameron did not cause the rise of UKIP, and he can't stop it.' In an otherwise very intelligent analysis of the Prime Minister's problems, the FT's Janan Ganesh is wrong in the first part of that ... Continue

18 November 2014

Posted by Alastair Campbell

On immigration, Europe and much else besides, it’s time Cameron stopped letting myth drive policy

If anyone needs any more evidence of how sustained media lies and distorted agenda setting has created a people out of touch with its own country, please take a look at this piece of work by IpsosMori... Continue

15 December 2013

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Suddenly it is Cameron’s Tories looking and sounding like the Opposition, and Miliband’s Labour making the weather

So, if the BBC story is right, whilst David Cameron and Co were condemning Ed Miliband as a crypto-Marxist for thinking 'the State' could do anything about energy prices, the government was trying to ... Continue

29 November 2013

Posted by Alastair Campbell

When Bill Cash and Nigel Farage are trending on twitter, something is going very wrong in our land

I don't know which papers Lord Leveson reads, but assuming he flicks through them all as he presides over his inquiry into the press, he will be getting a very good example of the fusion of news and c... Continue

11 December 2011

Posted by Alastair Campbell

‘I agree with David’ Clegg has disqualified himself from a place in TV debates next time

As the Rebecca Black phenomenon develops (google or go on twitter if you have yet to catch up on this comical story of nowhere to somewhere fast) last night I asked for other examples of people who we... Continue

25 March 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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