Alastair Campbell press secretary. Having recovered and become teetotal, he told Blair about his alcoholism, which Blair did not see as a problem. In his autobiography, Tony Blair would later reveal that Campbell had coined the name "New Labour" and described Campbell as a "genius". Campbell wrote the speech that led to the party's review of Clause Four and the birth of "New Labour". In addition to being press spokesman, Campbell was Blair's speech writer and chief strategist. He oversaw new co-ordination and rebuttal systems which gave birth to a communications machine which became both feared and respected, and the model for
Alastair Duncan (British Army officer) Alastair Duncan (British Army officer) Major General Alastair David Arton Duncan CBE, DSO (22 October 1952 – 24 July 2016) was a British army officer. He is best known for his service as Commanding Officer of The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire whilst in the Balkans, Chief of Staff of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone, and Director-General of Training Support. Duncan was born on 22 October 1952 in Toft Monks, Norfolk, England. From 1961 to 1970, he was educated at Gresham's School, an independent boarding school in Holt, Norfolk. On 10 March 1973, having attended Royal