Dear Labour, B.B. (Before Brexit), I started writing constructively critical letters to other progressive parties; the Greens, the SNP and the Liberal Democrats. You can find them here. The reason…
01 Aug, 2016
24 Jul, 2016
Bus by Penny Pepper
Bus by Penny Pepper http://www.pennypepper.co.uk On the bus Boris bus dirty bumpy horrid bus. There’s a trolley in the crip space – see the child, snotty faced – bullish buggy…
21 Jul, 2016
Yes, we can—and we must: what a progressive alliance might learn from Podemos
Simon Doubleday, Professor and Chair at Hofstra University, writes on what we can learn from Spain's Podemos movement in Brexit Britain today. The meltdown of the British political system in the wake…
19 Jul, 2016
How to create a 21st C political party? Video
Video of an event put on the RSA Where now for civic engagement? In the wake of a shock referendum result, and a campaign that exposed deep social, economic and…
01 Jul, 2016
Labouring on? It’s time to leap
“short term hopes are futile, long term resignation is futile” Hans Magnus Enzenberger For Labour this is not really about Brexit or Jeremy, they are respectively just the trip wires…
19 Jul, 2016
Brighton & Hove Compass report – What next?
What Next? Progressive Politics in Post-Brexit Britain A Brighton & Hove Compass Get Together Report. July 2016 About Brighton & Hove Compass Compass is the home for everyone who wants to…
15 Jul, 2016
Aftershocks of Brexit & building alliances
The aftershocks of Brexit keep coming. The leavers leave, resignations abound, a new Prime Minister and another Labour leadership election – the second in a year. And this is just…
25 Jul, 2016
Guidelines to organising local, regional or national alliance building events
Organising Local, regional or national post-Brexit alliance building events This is just the first step - we are working on a more detailed organising toolkit and online platforms for discussion…
14 Jul, 2016
North and South: bury our differences and build a progressive alliance for social justice and a Federal Britain
Is London the problem? It’s almost de rigeur among Northern regionalists to see ‘London’ as the problem – our great enemy, oppressor and cause of all our woes. Let’s be…
05 Jul, 2016
Post-Brexit alliance event – livestream
We were overwhelmed by the response to our event this evening on Post-Brexit Alliance building in London, which is now completely sold out. For those not based in London or unable…
04 Jul, 2016
The Birth of the 48 Movement
Lib Dem politician Vince Cable proposes a post-Brexit strategy. For our party and its supporters in the country the last few years have brought one defeat after another: local councils,…
04 Jul, 2016
The Urgent Need for a Progressive Alliance
Green MP Caroline Lucas writes for The Guardian on the need for progressive bridge-building in Brexit Britain. “Is there any waking up from this nightmare, a glimmer of light,” asks Polly…