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Albania, me and the Sun on Sunday – a little context via prebutttal

Not blogged for a while, as some of you have been reminding me. No, not depression, but working hard on my next book, about Winning and Winning Mindsets, travelling, interviewing, writing, and general... Continue

On the exploitation of grief to get Gordon

In my newspaper reporting days on The Mirror, one of the worst calls to make was the one to the news desk saying 'The Sun's got the mum.' The situation might be a court case, a serious crime, a have-... Continue

11 November 2009

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Is there a Sun blackout on Cameron’s dumping of ‘cast iron guarantee’ on Europe?

I just paid a visit to the Sun's online service, to see what they were doing with David Cameron's dumping of his 'cast iron guarantee' - made to the paper's readers - to hold a referendum on Europe... Continue

3 November 2009

Posted by Alastair Campbell

On The Sun, Obama in Copenhagen and Alistair McGowan on the loo

Just did the start of Nicky Campbell's phone-in on Five Live, and it was interesting that Nicky had to scour around for a few pro-Sun messages amid all the negative texts and calls coming in. I said ... Continue

1 October 2009

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Sun switches ain’t wot they used to be

I was just about to go to bed when Radio Five Live called to ask if I would talk to Richard Bacon about The Sun switching from Labour to Tory.   'This is DEV-AS-TAT-ING,' he said by way of intro thou... Continue

30 September 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.