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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

Cameron-Crosby panic stations as their ‘strategy’ fails to click. Old campaign for new times

When Michael Howard led the Conservatives - happy days - his campaign strategist was a man named Lynton Crosby. You may have heard of him. He is the highly paid Australian consultant who has told all... Continue

9 April 2015

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Telegraph spinning, but truth is SNP and Tories share pro-SNP agenda

There are so many different agendas at play in the Daily Telegraph's coverage of a brief meeting between SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon and France's Ambassador, that I need to bring my spin deconstruction... Continue

4 April 2015

Posted by Alastair Campbell

The loser in the debates was the public – and not for the reasons you think

So after all the hype, the ads, the contorted build-up, the dozens of days of negotiations, the thousands of headlines, the millions of words of pre-match and post-match analysis, just over three mil... Continue

27 March 2015

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Our national debate risks reducing us to a national joke

To the Canadian High Commission yesterday to chair a very enjoyable Portland seminar on digital diplomacy. One of the panellists was former Australian foreign minister Alexander Downer, who is now Hig... Continue

25 March 2015

Posted by Alastair Campbell

As Osborne proclaims an economic miracle, please read this shaming letter from a sick young person’s mother

I still don't do God, but I know there are many good people who do, and I met one such recently, namely the Bishop of Birmingham, David Urquhart. We got talking about mental health services, and since... Continue

18 March 2015

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Australia is a winning country, but it looks to me like Tony Abbott is a losing PM

If Australians awake tomorrow to see a bleary-eyed me talking to them down a line from late evening London, apologies. In addition to trying to stick to a long-planned media and events book launch sc... Continue

1 March 2015

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Politics is high stress psychological work – politicians would benefit from psychological support

When you write a 450 page book on winners, with a stack of interviews with some of the greatest winners of our time, you can never be quite sure what the papers will go for. When I sat down to do th... Continue

15 February 2015

Posted by Alastair Campbell

PinkVanGate, FinkGate, BaldwinGate – why Labour should take heart from Tory press desperation

From PinkVanGate to FinkGate to BaldwinRobinsonGate, the election is getting nasty and silly at the same time, and there are two common factors running through them all - Tory desperation and the Tory... Continue

14 February 2015

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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