3 August 2018
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Steve Coogan spot on in asking where Paul Dacre is in all this. But his time is surely coming
I don't know Steve Coogan but I thought he did a very good job on Newsnight last night, in particular in seeking to make sure the focus from the phonehacking scandal is not just restricted to the News... Continue9 July 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
The day I tried to talk to David Cameron about doing some of the things he announced today
Apart from his weakness over BSkyB, David Cameron - finally - said and did a lot of the right things in his opening statement at his press conference today. Once the questions got under way, however,... Continue8 July 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Coulson departure was Dambuster 1; News’ admission of liability could be Dambuster 2
It never ceases to amaze me how media organisations, so sharp and skilful in covering other people's crises, are often so poor at handling their own. I have been saying here since well before the las... Continue9 April 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
The Sun-SNP dance is about helping Cameron not Salmond, or Scotland
There is a very interesting little dance taking place in Scotland at the moment between Alex Salmond's SNP and Rupert Murdoch's Sun. Not obvious bedfellows you might think, but it looks increasingly ... Continue8 April 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
A speech on journalism worth a careful read
I don't agree with every word of Lionel Barber's Cudlipp Lecture last night, and I hope the FT editor's larynx was coated in irony when he spoke of Paul Dacre towards the end. But for journalists ... Continue1 February 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Phone-hacking becoming a tipping point moment in politics/media relations
I was rushing around a lot yesterday making a short film on phone-hacking for The One Show on Monday, having earlier done an interview for a much longer Despatches documentary being made on the same s... Continue29 January 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
On bombs, no-growth strategy, sexist Sky commentators, Murdoch and phones, evil Mail
Just as politicians say that terrorist attacks won't change the way we go about our business - they do - so the media will always allow a major bombing to shift its agenda. That is not a criticism. An... Continue25 January 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
With thanks to Robert Peston, another phone-hacking blog
I have had one of those days so far ... an in-tray that started quite light suddenly became a lot heavier and instead of having around a dozen things on my immediate 'to do' list I had a lot more, and... Continue24 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.