Anti-Conservative tactical voting will be ‘incredibly important’ in this May’s local elections and ‘will make a big difference’, the leader of Basingstoke and Deane Borough council has said. Cllr Paul…
25 Apr, 2024
23 Apr, 2024
PRESS RELEASE: Cross-party campaigners endorse two Oxfordshire MP hopefuls in first steps of national campaign
Campaigners have formally lent their support to two Oxfordshire prospective parliamentary candidates (PPCs) in the first endorsements of a campaign to elect progressives committed to democratic renewal. Crucial to this…
23 Apr, 2024
How progressives can reclaim Englishness
We need to talk about England. For far too long, there has been a squeamishness on the left about ever discussing England in its own right. St George’s Day is…
18 Apr, 2024
Local Leaders Spotlight: Progressive alliance coalition on Milton Keynes council ‘puts people before politics’
The Labour-Lib Dem coalition on Milton Keynes City Council ‘puts people before politics,’ the leader of the council has said. Labour’s Peter Marland, who has been leader of the council…
16 Apr, 2024
Local elections 2024: Compass launches local elections campaign in the Mirror
Compass launched its local elections campaign this week with new research in the Mirror that revealed the shocking democratic deficit at the heart of Tory-run councils across the country. A staggering…
12 Apr, 2024
What’s next for the Liberal Democrats?
What are the policy priorities and prospects for the Liberal Democrats as the election nears? Priorities first: we are as dedicated as anyone to getting the Tories out. They must…
10 Apr, 2024
Local Leaders Spotlight: Leader of Cambridgeshire County Council urges anti-Conservative tactical voting
The leader of Cambridgeshire County Council has urged voters in Peterborough to consider which party they should back ‘to try and work out how to not have a Conservative’ in…
05 Apr, 2024
Local Leaders Spotlight: West Oxfordshire council leader warns against splitting the vote in upcoming local elections
The Liberal Democrat leader of West Oxfordshire District Council has warned against splitting the progressive vote and handing victory to the Conservatives in the upcoming local elections. After the 2022 local elections,…
28 Mar, 2024
How the rich and powerful extract wealth from the real economy and what we can do about it
It was a lightbulb moment that caused me to write a book, SHORT-CHANGED! How the rich and powerful extract wealth from the real economy and what WE can do about…
14 Mar, 2024
Breaking the chain of despair: Lessons from Portugal
Picture this: a left-of-centre party wins a majority to renew the country and bring back the hope that things can actually get better. To do so it appeases the forces…
08 Mar, 2024
Compass Summer 2024 internship
Compass, the pressure group for a Good Society, is offering a summer internship for a motivated person. This is a good opportunity for someone who shares our values and beliefs…
07 Mar, 2024
The Enemy Within: 40 years since the Miners’ Strike
Mark Perryman digs deep to find an enduring significance for the 40th anniversary of the start of the 1984-85 Miners' Strike. Published in 1995 amidst the eruption of the Miners'…