Asda, Tesco, Amazon show we are still in the dark ages re mental illness stereotyping
With apologies to Angela Merkel - I had intended to keep my praise of her as lead blog over the weekend - I feel I have to say something about the current furore raging about the 'mental patient Hallo... Continue26 September 2013
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Merkel unique and her campaign uniquely German, but still lessons in there
Below is a short piece I did for Der Spiegel on the German election campaign, first in English and then, a part translated (not by me) German version. I do so wish I had not lost my German. Used to be... Continue25 September 2013
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Barack Obama's strategist David Axelrod once said that political conventional wisdom is almost always wrong and we have had a good example of that in Britain recently.
Over the summer the convention...
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25 September 2013
Posted by Alastair Campbell
I really like Iain Dale, and believe the Tories missed a trick when he tried and failed to become an MP for them. He would have been a good MP, and perhaps a good minister.
But he has fulfilled an im...
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22 September 2013
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Having been in hospital from Monday to Thursday I watched more TV news than usual this week, and spotted a trend, one which is useful to Labour as the party conference begins.
It is that the Tory Go...
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21 September 2013
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Cameron, Clegg and Miliband should listen to police and doctors re costs of booze
I was going to spend part of today's sickbed sojourn writing a blog about the Lib Dem conference, but Chief Constable Adrian Lee's remarks that Britain needs to take a long hard look at its drinking c... Continue15 September 2013
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Extracts from speech to Royal Television Society dinner last night – as requested by a few of you
RTS cambridge sept 12 2013 Hope you’re enjoying the conference. Hope you’re enjoying the latest round in the longest running soap opera of our lifetime, BBC leadership … Is it really ten years ... Continue13 September 2013
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Another day, another perfectly fair, accurately quoted interview, this time in the Daily Telegraph, with Celia Walden. There are various reasons why I said 'yes' when she asked to do the piece. First,...
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9 September 2013
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.