This article is part of a debate hosted by Compass on tactical voting. You're warmly encouraged to join the debate at http://compassonline.forumchitchat.com/ Theodore Hesburgh who died this week called voting…
03 Mar, 2015
02 Mar, 2015
Permanent Engagement – Creating a common realm for the common good
I spent 25 years in the Public Relations industry and have just published Trust Me, PR Is Dead. PR doesn’t work any more. It has been strangled by many forces,…
25 Feb, 2015
From here to democracy, open letter to Ed Miliband
Dear Ed, I have written to you privately and now I am doing so publically, about how we govern ourselves. You are the only man who can promise and bring…
24 Feb, 2015
Tactical Voting – join the discussion
The two party political system has been in long term decline and since 2010 the UK has seen a surge in popularity of political parties who struggle to break through…
05 Feb, 2015
Watch the impossible become the inevitable
Only new ways of acting can solve the old problems. When did you first hear the phrase "the impossible becomes the inevitable"? Maybe you've never heard it, but try it…
03 Feb, 2015
Change? How? England arises…
We are now clearly in the middle of a "constitutional moment" and those who want a new settlement for the country are beginning to stir and take action. How can…
29 Jan, 2015
Something is stirring
When I heard about Syriza’s victory last Monday morning, I punched the air. Luckily nobody was in the kitchen with me at the time to witness this display of uncouth…
23 Jan, 2015
Why I’m Optimistic About Democracy, But Less So About Politics
Uffe Elbaek is a Danish MP, former minister of culture and initiator of the entrepreneurial green party The Alternativet A little more than two years ago, I resigned from my…
19 Jan, 2015
Back to The Future Socialism
The people’s flag may be deepest red but for the 1994–2010 New Labour period it few from a pale grey masthead. What was therefore once distinct about the Labour Party…
12 Jan, 2015
Anxious Britain will find no succour in a TV election debate
The article below, written by Zoe Williams first appeared in today's Guardian. Click here to read our report out today 'Something's Not Right: Insecurity and an anxious nation.' The prospect…
09 Jan, 2015
More fun than Shopping – Audio
Recorded originally by the Institute for Global Prosperity Soundbite series. Neal Lawson and Mary Davies talk about consumerism, shopping and the politics of a networked society. [audio m4a="http://www.compassonline.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/More-Fun-Than-Shopping.m4a"][/audio] http://www.bartlett.ucl.ac.uk/prosperity
09 Jan, 2015
Change:How?
100 Visionaries, 100 Stories, 100 Days before a nation decides.Part political festival, part live art installation, experience wall-to-wall, back-to-back storytelling: 15 minute sessions with 100 remarkable speakers who will share…