Daily Mail tells truth shock horror
I am indebted to Labour's candidate in East Dunbartonshire, Mary Galbraith, for alerting me to an article which is about to make a miniscule piece of media history by becoming the first ever Daily Mai... Continue5 February 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
A life in unemployment statistics
I was sent this link yesterday to a handy little map the Labour Party has created to show relative levels of unemployment in 1992 ie the last comparable recession and now. Pretty much everywhere... Continue22 January 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Cameron confuses strategy and tactics and puts Union at risk
Off to Scotland today and, in what those who ever ate with him call 'Robert Maxwell catering', I will be at two dinners, one an awards ceremony, the second a Labour fundraiser. For Captain Bob, two d... Continue7 October 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Here goes with the smoked Salmond
The editor of the Sunday Mail (no, not the Mail on Scumday, for which I would never write, but the Glasgow-based paper) was taken by my blog the other day suggesting David Cameron was Alex Salmond's T... Continue20 September 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Stronger together – whether Scotland or expenses
I was speaking at a dinner in Edinburgh last night, stayed over, and breakfast was accompanied by a complimentary copy of The Scotsman. Front page lead a story about a 'respected businessman' being... Continue22 May 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
On the pipes and what makes a Scot
Ok, ok, I give in (to my Twitter followers and Facebook friends) and will explain recent bagpipe tweets. Along the way I will muse (blog and vlog) on identity. I've been up in Scotland making a fil... Continue10 April 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.