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The weird virus infecting Labour debate

My partner Fiona has a piece in The Guardian today pointing out not merely how much the last Labour government achieved in education, but also how absurd it is for someone like Zarah Sultana, a newly... Continue

Long live Nelson Mandela

As visitors to my home know, I never went a bundle on getting myself photographed with the powerful people I met and worked with. I sometimes wish I had, not least when we were trying to get decent ph... Continue

28 January 2011

Posted by Alastair Campbell

The Ed-Ed dynamic now key to Labour success; and how George Osborne is sleeping less easily

Ed Miliband made much during the Labour leadership election of saying we had to 'learn the lessons' of why we lost power. Correct. However, we must also learn the lessons of why we won power, and won ... Continue

21 January 2011

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Five great books on leadership, and a line on the NHS reforms

Thanks to those who agreed with some (in one case all) of my choices of five books on Mariella Frostrups' Open Book programme, which is repeated on Radio 4 at 4pm on Thursday. They were This Sporting... Continue

18 January 2011

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Iraq certainly, but Northern Ireland and Kosovo big parts of Blair legacy

As I said yesterday, it is not easy to edit a third of a million words down to a couple of double page newspaper spreads. So I am not at all critical of The Guardian for the choices  they have made i... Continue

15 January 2011

Posted by Alastair Campbell

On the extracts from my diaries (97-99) in tomorrow’s Guardian

The Guardian asked me to plug their paper for the morning .. so dear readers, go out and get The Guardian tomorrow. Done. Despite it being a Lib Dem paper, I chose The Guardian to run extracts from v... Continue

14 January 2011

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Davos should send fact-finding mission to Nottingham to end women drought

I've only been to Davos once, with the then PM TB, and can't say I enjoyed it much. All a bit 'look how important I am, I'm at Davos,' and all a bit gigantic cocktail party full of people looking over... Continue

13 January 2011

Posted by Alastair Campbell

In staying above the fray, Cameron is more regal than Prime Ministerial

I can't help thinking that if Tony Blair or Gordon Brown were Prime Minister, there would by now have been a media and/or political outcry about their seeming lack of interest or involvement in the we... Continue

20 December 2010

Posted by Alastair Campbell

First Clegg, now councils, act as Cameron’s lightning rods

The Tories (ie the government) will be feeling pleased enough with the spin operation surrounding the cuts to local authorities. The media were buying enough 'power to the people' (sic) to dilute the ... Continue

14 December 2010

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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