4 February 2020
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Iraq certainly, but Northern Ireland and Kosovo big parts of Blair legacy
As I said yesterday, it is not easy to edit a third of a million words down to a couple of double page newspaper spreads. So I am not at all critical of The Guardian for the choices they have made i... Continue15 January 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
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
By-election coverage still showing gap between media and public mood on governing parties
Ladies and gentlemen, at the risk of appearing arrogant and boastful about my own considerable skills and experience in political strategy, may I take you back to my blog of January 2, headlined Both ... Continue14 January 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Bankers get away with it – and Clegg says the coalition is working too well
Nick Clegg talked the other day of how the bankers are living in a 'parallel universe' if they think they can get away with massive bonuses. Now, as the bankers prepare to get away with massive bonus... Continue12 January 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Time for the right-wing US prophets of hate to change their tune
Thankfully, my Saturday evening tweet referring to the 'murder' of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was premature. However, the sentiment of hope that Saturday's shootings might lead to a calming of t... Continue10 January 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Media still pandering to the Cameron-Coulson line
Longer than usual blog today, most of it not written by me. You'll have to wait a bit for the point, but with thanks to the Labour Party's media monitoring department, I want to begin with an account ... Continue6 January 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
All hail Olli Issakeinen, the Finnish fib-watcher on Osborne’s case
It is one thing to have a following for writing a blog. Far more impressive, surely, is to have a following for being a regular commenter on a blog. Yet that is what is clearly happening to our Finni... Continue5 January 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Ed Miliband landed a blow yesterday. Now bigger arguments have to be demolished and built
There was a tiny hint of desperation in the voice of George Osborne's response to Ed Miliband's rather effective attack over the Tories' VAT rise yesterday. ‘The question Ed Milliband faces is thi... Continue4 January 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.