4 February 2020
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Transcript of evidence to Leveson Inquiry (of which straightest reporting is in the Mail SHOCK)
Technical hitches earlier. Here is link for transcript of my evidence to the Leveson inquiry. And here is the submission I made. And with thanks to one of my twitter followers, who has sent me cuttin... Continue1 December 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Final version of submission to Leveson Inquiry
I know it has been posted on several of the main news websites, as well as on the Inquiry website, but I thought for the record I should put it here too. SUBMISSION TO THE LEVESON INQUIRY FROM ALASTA... Continue30 November 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
29 November 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Cameron’s lack of understanding of lives of squeezed middle could be his undoing
Very good night at the fundraiser for Ed Miliband's constituency party in Doncaster last night. Good turnout, good mood, and after someone in the q and a had raised the crisis of capitalism, it duly e... Continue26 November 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
I hope the Mail’s Irish fraud catches the eye of the Leveson Inquiry
What with my best friend dying, too many speeches I'd contracted to do, too many charity gigs I'd committed to, my film on bagpipes taking me to the Hebrides, not to mention an inability to live witho... Continue18 November 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Italian technocrats not political enough; our Bank Governor too political
It is easy to feel that anything or anyone would do a better job than Silvio Berlusconi, but I can't help feeling a bit uneasy about the installation of the new 'technocrat' government in Italy. No d... Continue17 November 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Cameron and Osborne could do worse than call in Brown and Darling for a private chat
I was speaking at a dinner last night to businessmen and women who know a lot more about how the economy works than I do. So I was a bit alarmed to see how many were nodding along when I suggested tha... Continue10 November 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Rarely can the summit smiles, backslaps and trumpeteering have seemed so incongruous
I suppose our leaders have to do that smiling thing as they arrive at summits (though I can't think they and we would all be happier if a lot of the ceremonials were scrapped, the trumpeteers confined... Continue3 November 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.