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
Sterling Campbell (director) Sterling Campbell (director) Sterling Carl Campbell (1896/97 - September 6, 1990) was a Canadian aviator and film director best known for the 1947 film "Bush Pilot", one of the first narrative feature films ever produced by a Canadian film production company. Campbell served in the Canadian Army during World War I. He later worked in Hollywood, California as a technical and action assistant director, including the films "Wings", "Dawn Patrol", "Hell's Angels", "Air Circus", "Legion of the Condemned", "Forced Landing" and "Ceiling Zero", and as an assistant to Cecil B. DeMille and Howard Hawks. He also had minor acting roles