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A tribute to (and long interview with) the great Mo Farah

Sometimes, as I moan and groan about backache, Brexit, or Burnley selling Michael Keane, I perhaps overlook just how blessed I am. To quote the fantastic Hebridean band Skipinnish 'feel the wonder of ... Continue

What Trump, Brexit and the rise of populism say about politics and media now and in the future

Yesterday I made a speech to a conference organised by Fremantle Media, the independent production company that has given us such delights – depending on your taste – as Pop Idol, The Price is Rig... Continue

8 December 2016

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Time to call out the Union of Media barons’ Lie Machines and their anti-democratic role in the EU referendum

This is a longer version of an article which appears in The Observer today, and a shorter version of a (draft) speech I am due to make next month on the nature of the media debate around the EU refere... Continue

12 March 2016

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Fifteen observations, sporting and political, from the opening game of the Rugby World Cup

Fifteen (see what I did there - not eleven, not thirteen, but fifteen - because this is rugby union we're talking now) 1. It confirmed the genius of Danny Boyle. The RWC opening ceremony was fine set... Continue

19 September 2015

Posted by Alastair Campbell

MPs must surely (if respectfully) DEBATE the Thatcher legacy today, not merely pay tribute

If there is one thing Margaret Thatcher liked it was a good argument; and if there was one place where she felt those arguments should be held, it was in the House of Commons. So whilst it is right a... Continue

10 April 2013

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Cameron should take a greater interest in N Ireland – time Robinson and McGuinness were invited to country supper

It used to raise a few eyebrows when I said 'I really like Martin McGuinness', but now that The Queen has shaken him by the hand, with a big smile across her face, I feel less isolated in my view. He... Continue

29 June 2012

Posted by Alastair Campbell

It’ll take more than the Queen’s popularity and the Olympics to help Tories shift the mood around them now

A while back I remember reading an article in which, on the back of the Royal Wedding, a senior Tory was predicting that with the Diamond Jubilee and the Olympics to come, Britain was set for a wave o... Continue

31 May 2012

Posted by Alastair Campbell

The Tories seem to dislike everyone who works in public service – apart from ‘independent’ Mervyn King

So I went out for a run yesterday, over the Heath to the opticians to get my glasses tightened. Only en route it is my chest that is tightening - asthma bad this time of year - and I end up walking pa... Continue

17 May 2012

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Royal and honours tinkering, and an odd suggestion re women – short haul for Cameron’s long haul flights

Perth in Western Australia is a lovely place, but I suspect David Cameron wishes the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting could have been held in the equally lovely Scottish namesake. No matter ho... Continue

29 October 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.

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