The Last Word Articles

The publication of Margaret Beckett’s report into Labour’s most recent general election failure presents a useful lacuna in the party’s struggle to understand the latest rejection by the British people at the ballot box. Useful, but by no means exhaustive, the...

While you were sleeping Fresh from Brussels and meetings with energy policy makers in the EU this week; a radical thought occurs. A thought so radical and far reaching that few people – other than energy policy obsessives like me – have taken the time to notice. You...

Bright eyed optimists and seasoned hacks alike are now becoming weary of the chaos engulfing the Labour party, and this week’s tantric reshuffle represented the latest self-inflicted disaster in what now feels like an internal war without end. I’ve never attacked...

In Vancouver for the Parliamentarians for Diabetes Global Network – an incredibly important issue and one close to my heart – I had the pleasure of speaking with progressive Canadian politicians fresh from their resounding general election victory. Aware of Labour’s...