Clegg wins on style, Brown on substance, Cameron on shallowness
As I do a fair bit of media-whacking, let me start my post-debate analysis with a few words of praise for Alastair Stewart. The ITV chair of the first leaders' debate resisted the temptation to make h... Continue16 April 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Eddie Izzard’s brilliant broadcast on brilliant Britain
15 April 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Bring on the big debate. And don’t miss Eddie Izzard tomorrow
I think I have now read every word David Cameron has ever spoken (well, every word he has spoken which has been recorded). Heir to Blair he ain't. Go back and read TB speeches way back when, and then ... Continue15 April 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Cameron’s preference for process over policy in pre debate blather
Interesting observation from David Cameron about tomorrow's TV debate. Despite every single rule having been agreed by his team in discussions with Labour, the Lib Dems and the broadcasters, he cannot... Continue14 April 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Black hole plus DIY public services – Cameron’s second manifesto
So the Big Idea is that we can run our own lives. Apparently it is going to lead to a Big Society. And that is going to be really really nice. Not nasty like Thatcherism. Not nasty like the manifesto ... Continue13 April 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Never mind 5 more years of GB. It’s three more weeks of DC people worry about
We're at that stage of the football season players and managers call 'the business end'. In election campaigns, the business end comes earlier in the cycle, with the launch of the manifestoes, Labour'... Continue12 April 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Ashdown spot on about Tories’ Sarah Palin moment
What a joy to turn on the BBC this morning and see Michael Howard on the Andrew Marr sofa. More, more, more please. Looking at twitter it's clear I was not alone in thinking that the former Tory lead... Continue11 April 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
London Marathon the best of British
An election free blog! How's that for variety? Oh ok, the Tories' plans on National Insurance Contributions are unravelling, and Brown and Darling have more economic credibility in their eyebrows than... Continue10 April 2010
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Pressure needs to be kept on Tories over NICs
One of my rules of political communications is that just as the politicians are getting tired of saying something, and the media are getting bored of hearing them say it, is the point at which you hav... Continue9 April 2010
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.