Alastair Campbell
Alastair Campbell
Alastair John Campbell (born 25 May 1957) served as Director of Communications and Strategy for the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2003. He began working with Tony Blair in 1994. Campbell attended City of Leicester School and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he studied modern languages (French and German, for which he received a 2:1, or Upper Second) and claimed that he wrote essays based solely on criticism and did not always read the works themselves.... read more
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Question Time LiveBlog 9th February 2012
From Biased BBC Dated 9 February 2012 Tonight Question Time comes from London. David Dimbleby is joined by Defence Secretary Philip Hammond , Alastair Campbell , Shirley Williams (apparently not dead yet, it seems), Alan Partridge Steve Coogan ...
Phone hacking: Steve Coogan, Paul Gascoigne and Pete Doherty agree News of the World settlements
From The Daily Mail Dated 9 February 2012 Steve Coogan, Paul Gascoigne and Alastair Campbell were among a number of celebrity phone-hacking victims who settled their cases against the News of the World yesterday.
Tony Blair takes questions on Twitter
From The Independent Dated 8 February 2012 Tony Blair took to Twitter today to promote his faith work, answer questions about life after Downing Street and gently tease his former spin chief Alastair Campbell. Related Stories Pay freeze for MPs in 2012/13 ...
Alistair Campbell: 'I wanted to show the depravity at News of the World'
From The Daily Telegraph Dated 8 February 2012 After accepting substantial damages from News International over the hacking of his phone, former Labour communications director Alastair Campbell described the settlement as a "satisfactory outcome".
News of the World publisher settles more hacking claims
From Journalism.co.uk Dated 8 February 2012 Alastair Campbell, Pete Doherty and Paul Gascoigne among those reported to have received damages from News Group Newspapers
Hugh Muir's diary
From The Observer Dated 3 February 2012 Labour's spads remembered good times and bad. Then Alastair Campbell spoke – and they remembered the fear• When Labour's special advisers (spads) met for a reunion in the shadow of Big Ben, they knew it would be eventful. And it...
Peter Capaldi: 'Thick Of It spin doctor Malcolm Tucker was not based on Alastair Campbell'
From The Daily Telegraph Dated 31 January 2012 With his profane and aggressive manner, it had widely been assumed that Alastair Campbell was the inspiration for The Thick Of It's fearsome spin doctor Malcolm Tucker.
Tim Livesey: Ed Miliband's new chief of staff plunges into the thick of it
From The Observer Dated 25 January 2012 Are internecine Anglican church politics and Catholic turmoil over child abuse adequate preparation for the Labour snakepit?Given Ed Miliband's start to the year, you might think he is in need of prayer – but that's not necessarily why his new...
PM's 'happiness plan' could lift Ed's spirits, says Campbell
From The Independent Dated 11 January 2012 Alastair Campbell has praised David Cameron for adopting "happiness" as a goal of government policy and urged Labour to embrace rather than deride it. Related Stories Scottish referendum is legal, says Alex Salmond Ex-MP...
Alistair Campbell gets new set of bagpipes for Christmas
From Daily Express Dated 28 December 2011 NEIGHBOURS of Alastair Campbell be warned. Tony Blair's former henchman, who is holidaying in Scotland, has received a new set of bagpipes for Christmas from his partner Fiona Millar.
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