4 February 2020
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Cameron’s conkers add to his problem with serious opinion
I was up in Bolton for a mental health conference yesterday, then out at a dinner, and so missed all the news all day and by the time I got in, I just wanted to get to bed. But I was aware that yeste... Continue2 December 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Sarko at risk of riling Obama and GB. Cameron on conkers
A couple of weeks ago, a French magazine asked me to write a piece about the relationship between Presidents Obama and Sarkozy. We might like to think that politics and diplomacy is all about issues,... Continue1 December 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Even top Tories think Dave and Co can’t do piss up in a brewery
Can't wait to see what prominence the Dave C fanzines give to the views of Mr Stephen Greenhalgh in the morning press. This is the man who suggested that the inexperience of the current shadow cabine... Continue27 November 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Well done BBC Inside Sport. Shame on media for news blackout on Coulson bullying case
First of all, congratulations to BBC Inside Sport for its film last night on depression in sport. Gabby Logan's sensitive and revealing interviews with cricketer Marcus Trescothick, boxer Frank Bruno... Continue26 November 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
BBC main bulletin blackout on leaders’ speeches bizarre
The economy is always fundamental to any election, and the debates upon it therefore central to the choice faced by voters. So yesterday, with all three main party leaders speaking to the CBI, was a ... Continue24 November 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Business right to be worried about Tory axe on RDAs
If a clutch of business groups had attacked an important Labour policy when we were in Opposition, I think you would have heard of it. Front page news, ramped across the TV channels, you'd have heard ... Continue23 November 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Why should Brown and Cameron apologise for being seen to pay tribute to the war dead?
Having taken a potshot at David Cameron for hiring a personal photographer, I suppose I ought to be pleased that this has landed him in a spot of bother. But I'm afraid I cannot get wound up over the... Continue22 November 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Beware climate change denial dressed up as ‘commonsense’
If you need any reminder of the challenge facing Ed Miliband as he works for a deal at the Copenhagen climate change summit, look no further than today's interview in the Financial Times with the elec... Continue21 November 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.