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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

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

Cameron has learned wrong lessons from TB: they should read the books more carefully

A version of this appears on The Huffington Post site today To the splendidly New Labour King’s Place on Monday, and an onstage interview with Steve Richards of the Independent as part of his ‘Po... Continue

21 June 2012

Posted by Alastair Campbell

If Labour’s team had stayed united, I think we might have staved off a Bullingdon government

I can hardly complain at The Guardian's 'brilliant but bonkers' headline on the second part of the extracts they are running from my new book, Burden of Power. Tony Blair said the words, and he said ... Continue

18 June 2012

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Murdoch’s phone call on Iraq … a little contextualisation

To be fair to Rupert Murdoch - you don't hear that too often these days - News International were right to say last night that 'there isn't any evidence in Alastair Campbell's diaries' that ' he was p... Continue

16 June 2012

Posted by Alastair Campbell

To get all-party support, Cameron should indicate likely acceptance of Leveson plans when he appears

Love him or hate him (I lean more to the former camp, you may be surprised to know) Tony Blair reminded a lot of people yesterday why he became the most successful political leader of recent times, an... Continue

29 May 2012

Posted by Alastair Campbell

One big bad bold move … and Osborne’s star falls so far so fast

A few months ago, George Osborne, in the eyes of many of his MPs and much of the media, could do no wrong. He was not just the Chancellor presiding over a bold plan to cure all known economic ills in... Continue

27 May 2012

Posted by Alastair Campbell

This can be a one-term Tory government. Labour need to start raising the cash to fight them

I am becoming more and more convinced that this could be a one-term government, and that David Cameron will go down in history as a one-term Prime Minister who never won an election. It is not just a... Continue

22 May 2012

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Cameron wrong if he thinks sacking nine out of ten civil servants the answer to his problems

Not much doubt which will be the most read newspaper in Whitehall today... the Daily Telegraph, which leads on a story headlined 'worst civil servants to be sacked,' and includes the remarkable line f... Continue

11 May 2012

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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