The Compass Board met on October 14th for a hybrid meeting focused on governance, strategy, and the organisation’s evolving relationship with the “Mainstream” project. Chaired by Shelagh, the session brought…
23 Oct, 2025
03 Oct, 2025
We’re Hiring an Organiser!
Compass is looking to recruit a Political and Campaigns Organiser as we enter an exciting new period for UK politics. We are a growing organisation with a long history of…
07 Sep, 2025
Today we launched Mainstream. Here’s why.
In the 22 years since it was founded, there has never been a more important moment in the life of Compass. That's not just due to climate and ecological chaos,…
10 Jun, 2025
CHANGE: HOW? A Decade of Radical Renewal
Our politics is at a crossroads. The populist right, determined to take us down a path of division and decay, is gaining momentum. The task of the unifying, popular left…
02 May, 2025
Fragmentation and Farageism – Time for New Direction
There is nothing inevitable about the rise of Nigel Farage and Reform UK. Brits are not naturally predisposed towards national populism and all the divisions that come with it. Parties…
28 Mar, 2025
Open Letter: Our Water, Our Way
Dear Steve Reed OBE MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and Emma Hardy MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Water and Flooding), Your government promised…
26 Mar, 2025
Spring Statement: ‘Rachel Reeves Must Remember What Labour Is Actually For’
Unless the Labour party reconnects with its founding economic mission, they will merely lay the ground for a Nigel Farage Government. Who would want to be in Rachel Reeves’ shoes,…
19 Mar, 2025
No-One Voted for These Cruel Cuts – We Need a Wealth Tax Instead
Keir Starmer must change course from this performative cruelty towards the sick and disabled. When your pen hovered over the ballot paper on July the 4th last year, did you…
17 Mar, 2025
Donald Trump, Keir Starmer and the Myth of Liberal ‘Returnism’
If liberal centrists on both sides of the Atlantic simply keep waiting for politics to return to “normal” they risk a very rude awakening. Every so often an esteemed liberal…
11 Mar, 2025
Thames Water Emergency Board Launched!
Right now, the biggest water firm in the country is effectively insolvent and is being restructured through a High Court stewarded £3 billion debt deal followed by an equity bidder…
07 Mar, 2025
Anneliese Dodds’s Principled Resignation Should Be a Warning for Keir Starmer
The International Development Secretary’s departure was overshadowed by world events this week, but it risks having a much longer lasting impact on the Government’s fortunes. Despite the global implications of…
07 Mar, 2025
Campaign Update: Our Water Our Way Partners
We’ve made fantastic progress in our campaign so far. Fifteen organisations have already signed our pledge to support public ownership of water. These range from grassroots groups leading the fight…