On the extracts from my diaries (97-99) in tomorrow’s Guardian
The Guardian asked me to plug their paper for the morning .. so dear readers, go out and get The Guardian tomorrow. Done. Despite it being a Lib Dem paper, I chose The Guardian to run extracts from v... Continue14 January 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Clegg’s weakness means banks can stick up two fingers yet again
I fear even more literals than yesterday as today it is my desktop that is giving me Internet accesss grief so I am using the iPad again, complete with tippytappy touch typing on slidey screen, and in... Continue8 January 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Media blackout on TB Kosovo trip says more about them than him
A week ago, I was at the Swift Festival in Trim, Co Meath, where, as I blogged at the time, journalist John Waters interviewed me in front of a good crowd of Irish politicians, thinkers, journalists a... Continue10 July 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
On NI, Tory fears of Labour spinsters, and headbands in sport
I was at a dinner a few weeks ago with Northern Ireland Secretary Shaun Woodward, who was distinctly gloomy about ever getting a proper resolution to policing and justice issues, which were always fra... Continue6 February 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
On inequality, special advisers, Ireland, and TB/Iraq
Three observations. 1. Yesterday's report suggesting some failings in the government's record on inequality attracted widespread broadcast and print media coverage. Today, so far as I can tell from a... Continue28 January 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Here’s Good Luck to you, Mrs Robinson
BBC Northern Ireland called this morning, asking me to do an interview about the decision of Democratic Unionist MP Iris Robinson to step down, citing her severe depression as the reason. Mrs Robinso... Continue29 December 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
A time for GB to explain the whole picture
Today all the focus is on Afghanistan. But it is worth looking for a moment at other situations in which the Government has called on our military to risk their lives. First, in Northern Ireland, an... Continue13 July 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
9 March 2009
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.