Even silence from the Labour frontbench on the Iranian protests was preferable to the subsequent vocalised...
The Last Word Articles
The Last Word: The moderate majority
2018 needs to be the year that those opposed to the degradation of political discourse assert themselves once more,...
The Last Word: The Alabama surprise
Steve Bannon lost the Republicans a safe seat, writes The Last Word columnist Robert Philpot When the histories of...
Last Word: The easy bit done
This morning's deal only goes to show that everything about the relatively simple bit of the wrong-minded Brexit...
Last Word: Fitting the Momentum mould
The Momentum loyalty test is in the very best tradition of democratic centralism – not democratic socialism, Robert...
Last Word: Not the only villain
The Boris Johnson angle to the Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe case may have piqued domestic interest, but we should...
The Last Word: Salmond’s cynical show
The former Scottish first minister's attempts to show his editorial independence at RT are a shameless ploy – but...
The Last Word: Economic populism will not save the centre-left
Democratic revival against Donald Trump gives us an idea of the false choice the centre-left is being given in Britain...
The Last Word: A stasis caused by division
British politics remains suspended in animation: Leave voters sticking with the Tories, while Remain voters cling to...
The Last Word: Disarray on Brexit
Labour's opportunity to shape Brexit, why progressives must deliver for the young, and World Mental Health Day –...
The Last Word: I will not be shamed out of Labour
First they tried to bore us out, then they tried to bully us out ... now they try to shame us out. It will not work,...
The Last Word: A transition position
Making Labour's single market shift permanent, punishing parents and farewell to Kezia Dugdale – Progress director...