What Cameron should say (and won’t) when he loses the Rochester by-election
'Mr Cameron did not cause the rise of UKIP, and he can't stop it.' In an otherwise very intelligent analysis of the Prime Minister's problems, the FT's Janan Ganesh is wrong in the first part of that ... Continue18 November 2014
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Is ‘spin’ dead in the era of social media?
Here is the text of a speech I gave this morning to the Festival Of Marketing in London. There was also a good q and a, some of which might be on twitter hashtag #FoM14 Ok. So a while back I am flyin... Continue13 November 2014
Posted by Alastair Campbell
24 October 2014
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Huge thanks to the BBC3 audience of mentally ill youngsters for re-igniting my passion
Oh my Lord, it is more than a month since I posted a blog, the morning after the Scottish independence referendum. That has to be the longest - yes, it definitely is the longest - I have ever gone wit... Continue22 October 2014
Posted by Alastair Campbell
18 September 2014
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Phone a friend with a vote – and urge a NO vote for the sake of Scotland and the UK
Here is a piece on the separation referendum I have written for the Telegraph. I have it on the authority of Alex Salmond no less that I am Scottish. He told me so - indeed he insisted on it ... Continue16 September 2014
Posted by Alastair Campbell
May Robin Williams’ tragic end herald the start of new attitudes to depression
Though an inquest might provide some of the answers to questions people are asking today, the truth is that none of us will ever know, even if he left a note, what was going through Robin Williams'... Continue12 August 2014
Posted by Alastair Campbell
If Lineker can speak out against booze and gambling in sport, so can politicians. And they should
So he goes from the World Cup in Rio to the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, and next stop the Edinburgh TV Festival for Gary Lineker. Busy man. Lineker is my latest GQ interviewee, the magazine out th... Continue4 August 2014
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Poor Piers Morgan cannot bear to admit the truth about my sporting prowess
For two days in a row I have to rebut the heinous slurs of the right-wing media. Yesterday The Sun on Sunday on my work in Albania, today mon vieux ami-ennemi Piers Morgan in the aptly named Mail on S... Continue13 July 2014
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.