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The weird virus infecting Labour debate

My partner Fiona has a piece in The Guardian today pointing out not merely how much the last Labour government achieved in education, but also how absurd it is for someone like Zarah Sultana, a newly... Continue

A tweet cannot express the wonders of TGV

I know that Twitter is meant to be the biggest thing since the last biggest thing - but let's be honest, there are limitations as well as pleasures and challenges in communicating with 140 characters.... Continue

12 May 2009

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Hate the Mail, love Obama

So I wake to a lovely sunny day, remember that Fiona is away, reflect warmly on yesterday's win, delete the latest rash of radio and TV messages asking me to do an interview on MPs expenses, then wond... Continue

10 May 2009

Posted by Alastair Campbell

MPs expenses – time for party leaders to meet again

A few weeks ago, when the expenses row was simmering not boiling, David Cameron suggested to Gordon Brown that he and Nick Clegg (the leader of the Liberal Democrats) get together and try to work out ... Continue

9 May 2009

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Should happiness replace prosperity as national goal?

John Prescott once gave Tony Blair a gift of a plastic fish which, if you pressed it, would sing 'don't worry, be happy' to the former Prime Minister.  I thought of that as I read  the views on the... Continue

8 May 2009

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Musings from a sleepless night

If you read The Blair Years, you will know that I get the occasional night of insomnia. This is the end of one. Fiona always says, when I nudge her awake to say I haven't slept, 'you've slept more t... Continue

7 May 2009

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Maggie’s legacy not as great as she thinks

The right-wing papers have had a showering of hagiography for Margaret Thatcher in recent days, to coincide with the 30th anniversary of her coming to power. Most of it has focussed on the economic (... Continue

5 May 2009

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Here’s hoping Cardiff is metaphor for Cameron

It is hard not to feel some sympathy for Cardiff. In the space of one afternoon, both their football and rugby teams crashed out in the closest, cruellest manner possible. A few weeks ago, Cardiff Ci... Continue

4 May 2009

Posted by Alastair Campbell

More Mr Benn and Co please

Some very good responses on Facebook to my obseration that Hilary Benn is a good speaker - pointing out he did a decent defence of the government on Question Time, others that he handled tricky quest... Continue

3 May 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.

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