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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

Game on, and if Tories think this is about communications, the game is definitely winnable for Labour

I hope someone at Tory Central Office is minting a medal for Michael Fallon, the MP who so gamely trots from studio to studio defending whatever Cameron-Osborne shambles happens to be trending at the ... Continue

4 May 2012

Posted by Alastair Campbell

If Sarkozy loses, Cameron should reflect that omnipresent hyperactivity may have been a factor

If, as is being widely suggested, Francois Hollande wins the French elections, and Nicolas Sarkozy becomes a rare, single-term President, there are one or two lessons David Cameron might try to draw o... Continue

19 April 2012

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Media finally catching up with public’s sense that Cameron unsure what he stands for

Even accepting that the media's shift to a more negative take on the government is in part dictated by David Cameron's decision to set up the Leveson Inquiry, he would be wise not to dismiss the chang... Continue

4 April 2012

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Cameron’s woes a mix of out of touchness and media revenge re Leveson

I resisted the many requests from Sunday newspapers to offer crisis comms advice to Number 10 as a combination of granny tax, tax cuts for the rich, pasties, petrol panic and a Tory funding scandal co... Continue

1 April 2012

Posted by Alastair Campbell

I don’t criticise Cameron for his handling of failed hostage rescue mission

I just did a short interview on Five Live on the fall-out (literally in the case of relations between Britain and Italy) from the failed attempt to rescue two hostages in Nigeria. I was preceded by an... Continue

9 March 2012

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Is Nick Clegg already playing Prescott to Dave and George’s TB-GB?

I got in last night to catch sight of Nick Clegg talking about child benefit on the news. Now I didn't see the start of the report, but if I read the words and body language right, I thought that rath... Continue

6 March 2012

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Francois Hollande could be the beneficiary of Merkel-Sarko election pact

Yes that was me tweeting in German last night, digging into my modern languages education to remember all I could, and surprised how much that was. Truth is, as I am about to say to a conference in Be... Continue

30 January 2012

Posted by Alastair Campbell

At long last Europe’s leaders realise youth unemployment has to be top of the agenda

Endlich, enfin, AT BLOODY LAST ... Europe's leaders are starting to realise that they might have to do something beyond enjoying the scenery in Davos to address the problem of youth unemployment. Thi... Continue

29 January 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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