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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

After a period of silence, an omniblog on Dave-George-Vince omnishambles, Ed and TB, and Bank of Dave

One of the nice things about writing your own blog, rather than a newspaper column, is that you can write what you want when you want, and not be driven by the agenda or deadlines of others. So when ... Continue

13 July 2012

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Osborne should avoid the weekend press – unless he wants to learn from his failure as a strategist

George Osborne is an avid reader of his press cuttings, but his advisers may well be tempted to get him away to a newspaper free zone this weekend. The Chancellor still has plenty of admirers in the ... Continue

7 July 2012

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Cameron should take a greater interest in N Ireland – time Robinson and McGuinness were invited to country supper

It used to raise a few eyebrows when I said 'I really like Martin McGuinness', but now that The Queen has shaken him by the hand, with a big smile across her face, I feel less isolated in my view. He... Continue

29 June 2012

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Don’t blame poor Chloe Smith for Osborne and Gove omnishambles

One of the more repellent aspects of the play POSH that I keep going on about is, as I said in this review in The Independent, the sexism of the young aristo Oxford Tory members of the Riot aka Bullin... Continue

27 June 2012

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Great time on The Wright Stuff, and why I am renaming my diaries Fifty Shades of Power

I must admit to being a bit grouchy with Random House publicity for getting me up for another early start in order to spend much of the morning as a panellist on Channel 5's The Wright Stuff. I am not... Continue

26 June 2012

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Could POSH become to Cameron’s government the satirical tag that SPIN became to TB’s?

An edited version of this piece appears in today's Independent. I have italicised the bigger chunks not in the Indy for any of you who may have read it already, so you can skip to those bits! Also qui... Continue

25 June 2012

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Free research for anyone minded to follow up Independent on Sunday non-story splash

Based on a passage in my diary (clearly missed by The Guardian who serialised Burden of Power last week) The IoS has splashed with 'How Blair misled Cabinet on Iraq.' The Guardian were right to miss i... Continue

23 June 2012

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Gove is playing fast and loose with education as a way of aiming even higher (for himself not kids)

As Michael Gove reflects on his latest intervention, what will have the greater impact on him as he surveys the weekend papers with his usual careful reading? ... the fact that he has annoyed huge nu... Continue

23 June 2012

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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