Compass staff and board members have been struggling to know whether or how to respond to the horrific recent and ongoing events in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank. While…
10 Nov, 2023
06 Nov, 2023
Why a hung parliament could be a blessing in disguise for Labour
In the end, the legacy of New Labour was mixed. International development, the minimum wage and record investment in public services, to name a few achievements, were all important and…
25 Oct, 2023
How to Fix Broken Britain
If someone tried to persuade you to exchange your new laptop for a Sinclair computer or your electric car for a Morris Minor, you’d give them short shrift. Their argument,…
20 Oct, 2023
How a Progressive Alliance Defeated the Far Right in Poland
“Ladies and Gentlemen, on 15th October 2023, the rule of PiS (Law and Justice) came to an end,” said Joanna Szczepkowska, a renowned Polish actress, in the middle of a…
16 Oct, 2023
Uncertainty and shifting alliances: What lies ahead for New Zealand politics?
There were a total of 17 parties and 449 candidates standing in the 2023 New Zealand General Election. I went to bed on Saturday night at midnight, feeling quite sick…
13 Oct, 2023
Is Scottish Labour back – and does it have a future?
Scottish Labour and British Labour are on a roll. It might not be seen as a positive by many in the SNP and for independence, but this is good news…
29 Sep, 2023
What the Green Party wants from a Progressive Alliance
I think it would be fair to say that the idea of a Progressive Alliance originated in Green circles. Caroline Lucas made the case following the miserable election result in…
21 Sep, 2023
Why the Lib Dems deserve their place in the progressive movement
Anyone born after about 1995 will probably know the Lib Dems mainly from their five years in coalition with the Conservatives (2010-15). From there, it’s an easy leap to think…
05 Sep, 2023
Rethinking pluralism and discipline in the Labour Party
We seem, in Labour, to be making life difficult for ourselves at the moment - so it might be helpful to pull back on the focus a little and try…
01 Sep, 2023
Labour and Lib Dems urged to unite in cross-party pact to avoid ‘getting another Nadine Dorries’
Labour and the Liberal Democrats have been urged to forge an electoral pact in the upcoming Mid Bedfordshire by-election to avoid splitting the progressive vote and ‘getting another Nadine Dorries’.…
25 Aug, 2023
How the UK’s planning system is holding back the future
From the climate crisis to the cost of living crisis to the housing crisis, we need fast and radical change in how our society operates, and this cannot be achieved…
18 Aug, 2023
Is the Public Order Bill an assault on our democracy?
Concern about climate change has increased sharply in the last few years; polling now indicates it is the joint-third most important issue to Britons, behind only the economy and inflation.…