One of the memorable features of growing up in a small country town was the Bank Manager. He, for it was invariably a man, held an esteemed position: authoritarian but…
15 Aug, 2016
13 Aug, 2016
#100daysofSadiq
Congratulations to Mayor Sadiq Khan on his first 100 days in office! Compass and the Good London project especially welcome Sadiq Khan’s pledges on housing; while his shared ownership and…
12 Aug, 2016
More of a Marathon than a Sprint
Mark Perryman of Philosophy Football offers his reading selection for a Summer of Sport Exhaustive? Exhausting more like. The never-ending summer of sport from Euro 2016, the British Grand…
12 Aug, 2016
Changing work
Mechanisation. Robots. The digital economy. The gig economy. The sharing economy. The world of work is changing but our creaky welfare system is still based on a 20th-century model of work, designed when soldiers…
12 Aug, 2016
The SNP, Centre-Left Politics and the State of Social Democracy
One party stands head and shoulders above all others in Scotland - namely, the Scottish National Party. It has got there through its own efforts, hard work and virtues, along…
11 Aug, 2016
Highlights: building progressive alliances
Highlights from our first progressive alliance meeting with Caroline Lucas MP (Greens), Clive Lewis MP and Shadow Defence Minister (Labour), John Harris (Journalist) Amina Gichinga (Take Back the City), Tommy…
11 Aug, 2016
Dear SNP
One of a series of letters from the Chair of Compass to the members of each of Britain's progressive parties, originally published on openDemocracy 31 May. Dear SNP,…
10 Aug, 2016
Our Politics is In Flames: Why Proportional Represtation Must Rise From the Ashes
Finished screaming into your pillow yet? No, didn’t think so. It’s not a bad dream, you’re not hallucinating, this isn’t the proverbial hangover from hell…it’s really happening; the red button…
09 Aug, 2016
Cleaning up the mess
"They were careless. They smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let…
05 Aug, 2016
Management Committee Elections 2016
We’re delighted to invite Compass members to stand for the Compass Management Committee for 2016 – 2018! Anyone who is a member of Compass by the close of nominations (6pm,…
05 Aug, 2016
The Confession
Identity is a slippery fish. I came of age during what now, looking back at it, seems a high-water mark in the story of British Multiculturalism. It was a moment…
04 Aug, 2016
The Gendered Cost of Brexit
The post-Brexit era which we now find ourselves in has felt like a collective break-up, at least in the Remain camp. First came the shock, then the anger, the grief,…