The massive Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24th February 2022 in clear breach of all international law revived an old spectre, that of a major European land war that the…
21 Feb, 2023
02 Feb, 2023
Why would North Yorkshire Tories dismiss wanting to see a more grown up way of doing politics?
Below is an extract from a letter written by Celine Barry, coordinator of Compass North Yorkshire, published in the Yorkshire Post. A meeting of the Conservative controlled North Yorkshire County…
17 Feb, 2023
Democratising Democracy: Votes-weighted Representation
Only around 10% of humanity still live in so-called ‘full’, ‘liberal’ democracies. That fraction is shrinking. Yet again, leaderism and authoritarian regimes are spreading. Their rise is fuelled partly by…
17 Feb, 2023
What Nicola Sturgeon’s resignation means for Labour in Scotland
Amid all the uncertainty thrown up by Nicola Sturgeon’s resignation, one thing is beyond doubt: this is a huge political moment and a real turning point - not just for…
14 Feb, 2023
Press release: Democracy campaigners respond to ‘unrepresentative’ council after voting reform row
Cross-party campaigners in North Yorkshire have rejected claims by Conservative councillors that they wasted council time by calling for a change to the voting system. A meeting of the Conservative…
09 Feb, 2023
Press release: Campaign group calls on progressives to oust ‘dangerous’ Raab
Compass calls on progressives to work together to oust 'dangerous' Raab Compass campaigners have called on progressives to work together to oust Surrey MP Dominic Raab at the next general…
02 Feb, 2023
Why Gordon Brown’s constitutional reforms need PR
Last year Gordon Brown launched his long-awaited report on the future of the UK constitution. One of the major criticisms of his proposals is that they do not include electoral…
23 Jan, 2023
We need drug policy reform – but we won’t get it without PR
Drug policy reform is popular, based on decades of evidence, and would save billions of pounds each year… but under first-past-the-post it won’t ever happen. During the May 2022 local…
19 Jan, 2023
Six reasons why Labour might not win the next election alone
If popular wisdom is to be believed, Labour are set to dominate at the next general election. The wind appears to have changed: Starmer is visibly more confident in public…
20 Dec, 2022
Sports Politics of the Year: Why we can’t separate sport from politics
There's not a lot I nowadays agree with Julie Burchill on; her decline and fall to reactionary bugbears (alongside partner in late-1970s verbal punk vitriol Tony Parsons) is deservedly notorious.…