Alastair Campbell

TONY BLAIR s former spin doctor Alastair Campbell is known for his sharp tongue but he must have lost a few rounds with long-term partner Fiona Millar during their 30-year relationship. On his blog he offered tips on arguing with his...

In this article: Tony Blair, Fiona Millar, George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Britain

...into the next decade, and satirise what may be a new political culture? After all, Armando Iannucci's creation was surely inspired by Alastair Campbell's diaries and has New Labour's spin-doctoring at its heart. "It's ended up being a long way...

In this article: Chris Addison, The Thick of It, Roy Clarke, Kenneth Clarke, In the Loop, Evening Standard, and Harriet Harman

...over tea and biscuits and numerous phone calls … " In addition, Morgan was also forever being wined, dined and stroked by Alastair Campbell and Peter Mandelson. All to no avail, since he turned on them big time over Iraq. If this much...

In this article: Tony Blair, Chris Mullin, Piers Morgan, News of the World, University of Sunderland, News International, and Rebekah Wade

...Prime Minister Tony Blair who advised the Democratic Party of Japan on strategy before the Aug. 30 election. Alastair Campbell says he "senses" the new DPJ-led government is delivering clearer messages to voters and can see the government...

In this article: Democratic Party of Japan, Labour Party, Tony Blair, Ichiro Ozawa, Yukio Hatoyama, Japan, Yes Minister, and Cardiff University

...is putting the finishing touches to a Labour election team that is expected to be headed by Lord Mandelson and may yet include Alastair Campbell, back into the fray to try to win a fourth term. Tony Blair's favourite pollster Philip - now...

In this article: Labour, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, Ed Miliband, Tories, Hugo Young, David Cameron, Peter Mandelson, and Reactionary

The Daily Telegraph today claims Kennedy, a former Reith lecturer, is a close friend of Tony Blair's former No 10 spokesman Alastair Campbell, even acting as his "phone a friend" in a celebrity edition of the quiz show Who Wants to be a...

In this article: Labour, Lib Dem, The Daily Telegraph, and David Cameron

Sir Ian Kennedy, the man reforming MPs' expenses, is Alastair Campbell's friend Professor Sir Ian Kennedy, the head of the independent watchdog charged with reforming MPs' expenses and restoring public trust in Parliament, is a close...

In this article: Sir Ian Kennedy, John Bercow, Tony Blair, Labour, David Kelly, and The Daily Telegraph

Professor Sir Ian Kennedy was so close to key figures in New Labour that he and his wife were described as "party people" by Alastair Campbell. By Martin Beckford and Andrew Porter Published: 8:00AM GMT 07 Nov 2009 The legal expert on...

In this article: Sir Ian Kennedy, France, Tony Blair, Labour, Legal advice, and Bristol

...Mr Blair at home too. The paper says fewer than one in three voters want Mr Blair to hold the post. Writing in the Sun, Alastair Campbell says Tony Blair would be the "big hitter" that Europe needs in the post of European Council...

In this article: Tony Blair, EU, David Miliband, Michael Ashcroft, The Guardian, The Independent, The Telegraph, Daily Mirror, and Daily Express

Alastair Campbell, a former journalist who served as Tony Blair's press secretary, has proved himself a master of political imagemaking in the tradition of James Carville. His diary provided the material for his well-received first book,...

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