Despite the past, a little support for the BBC, victims of changed prism syndrome

I have refrained from saying too much about the Jimmy Savile saga, not least because any time I mention anything to do with a BBC 'crisis,' out from the woodwork come those who continue to defend the ... Continue

24 October 2012

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Clegg has quietly resigned from the lightning conductor role – which is to his advantage, but another problem for Cameron

The reason we ended up with a coalition government is that the public did not want Labour back for a fourth term but they did not want the old Tory Party back either. So they chucked in the Lib Dems a... Continue

21 October 2012

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Tommy Sheridan did the Better Together camp a favour – by exposing faultline in Salmond’s Rainbow Coalition

I wonder if Tommy Sheridan ever gets fed up of being called a 'firebrand Scottish politician'? Probably not, any more than the far more loathsome George Galloway tires of presenting himself as the vic... Continue

19 October 2012

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Still I can’t get Chris Mullin on Twitter, but I will, even as @vegetablegrower

For the third time, I failed to persuade Chris Mullin, who would be brilliant if he embraced it, to join Twitter last night. As fellow diarists of the New Labour era, we seem to have become a fairly ... Continue

18 October 2012

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Cameron has yet to make much mark on history; let us hope it is not as the PM who presided over break up of UK

You might remember that a week ago, following George Osborne's ludicrous statement that Tony Blair 'achieved nothing' in ten years in power, I reeled off some of the facts that negated his view. I al... Continue

15 October 2012

Posted by Alastair Campbell

India Knight so wrong to say ‘no stigma to depression’ and ‘everybody gets depressed’ – Time to Change

Sunday Times columnist India Knight and the charity MIND got into a good old ding dong yesterday after she wrote a column (which I have posted below) on the slew of celebrity memoirs revealing the aut... Continue

9 October 2012

Posted by Alastair Campbell

In saying TB achieved nothing compared with coalition, at least Gideon shows sense of humour if zero strategy for growth

I missed Little Lord Fauntleroy's address to the faithful, but it appears I did not miss a new strategy for growth. So that's two years in a row on that front, Gideon. It is heartening, however, to h... Continue

8 October 2012

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Sad stories as Irish leave home; and a reminder not all governments as useless with the economy as Cameron’s

Good fun as ever in Ireland yesterday, with a seminar on alcohol abuse with politicians and policy experts, a meeting with the See Change and Headline campaigns against mental health stigma, a tour ... Continue

6 October 2012

Posted by Alastair Campbell

On Cameron doing little right, Clegg’s resilience, Miliband’s possible breakthrough moment

So, to the excellent question I was asked at a software conference yesterday - is David Cameron doing anything right, does Nick Clegg have a future, and is Ed Miliband electable as Prime Minister? I ... Continue

5 October 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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