Olympics good place to take stock of primacy of strategy over tactics and reality over PR
With apologies to Gorkana, who interviewed me a while back, and to whom I said I would post the interview when they ran it, here it is a few days late. They chose to run it on the day of Danny Boyle's... Continue31 July 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Crack the empty seats problem and we are on for best Games start ever
There is something very British about the obsession (which I confess to sharing) with empty seats at big events. I am not aware of any other country where 'you couldn't sell all your tickets' is a pop... Continue29 July 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
27 July 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Bruce Springsteen on depression and the economy – a guest blog from Elvis
I have introduced you before to my friend Mark Wright, a Labour activist and Elvis impersonator. He does however have an even bigger musical passion than The King, namely The Boss, and alerted me to a... Continue26 July 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
More people care about planet’s future than Osborne’s, so Ed Davey needs to win coalition battle
If I may use a Bullingdon-type expression, I never much fancied the cut of the jib of Chris Huhne when he was Secretary of State for Environment and Climate Change (remember that.) Too much about hims... Continue24 July 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
22 July 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Papers should do a few Olympic focus groups and listen to what people are saying
Greetings from France, where this weekend Bradley Wiggins will write himself into the list of great British sportsmen. The Tour de France is one of the greatest and toughest sporting events in the cal... Continue21 July 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
IMF report another step towards the end of this unelected one-term Tory government
TweedleGeorge and TweedleDanny were out the other day, dressed in G4S style security jackets, announcing a bit of infrastructure spending. TweedleDanny appeared to have lost the power of speech, but h... Continue20 July 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
G4S boss needs a haircut – and Cameron and May need to get a grip
First impressions matter. Nowhere is that more important than in the growth industry of event security. I like my security guards to look like Howard Webb, tall and strong, with a pleasing manner but ... Continue15 July 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.