Alastair Campbell gave evidence to the Leveson inquiry last week. Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images Alastair Campbell is joining the public relations giant Portland in his first in-house communications job since leaving Downing Street in 2003.The former communications director to Tony Blair joins Portland as a strategic consultant and will work alongside its founder and his one-time No 10 deputy, Tim Allan.Campbell announced the move on Wednesday in a blogpost on the Portland website."I have had plenty of offers since I left Downing Street to join PR consultancies or go in-house. It was not something I ever thought, to be honest, that I would do," he said."But Tim Allan is nothing if not persistent and over the last few months, I have found myself working with ... Continue reading →