Please listen to this 1 minute video explaining the interview series: For now please enjoy my Open Tribe interviews with: Jon Cruddas MP Prof Francesca Klug OBE Baroness Ruth Lister…
04 Mar, 2014
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04 Mar, 2014
New ‘Open Tribe’ video interview published
Please listen to this 1 minute video explaining the interview series: For now please enjoy my Open Tribe interviews with: Jon Cruddas MP Prof Francesca Klug OBE Baroness Ruth Lister…
28 Feb, 2014
Could the postal workers take back Royal Mail?
In our latest thinkpiece Joe Guinan and Thomas M. Hanna outline a proposal that could bring Royal Mail under the control of postal workers. Through the creation of a trust…
28 Feb, 2014
Could the postal workers take back Royal Mail?
In our latest thinkpiece Joe Guinan and Thomas M. Hanna outline a proposal that could bring Royal Mail under the control of postal workers. Through the creation of a trust…
17 Dec, 2013
Britain needs to invest in social and physical infrastructure
As the late Nelson Mandela said, ‘There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way it treats its children’. Yet, the Chancellor of the Exchequer continued…
18 Nov, 2013
How does change happen and how can we make it?
The Vertical and the Horizontal Mainstream politics is bankrupt. Privatisation, weakened unions, deregulated labour markets, insane financial speculation, endless tax-breaks for the rich: we can all see where this has…
18 Nov, 2013
In New Times change happens while you are not looking
I was in the Bronx the night Obama was first elected and there was shock on peoples' faces. They had no doubt about his capabilities. But they were finding it…
12 Aug, 2013
Leading London in 2016, learning from other cities
Media interest in Ed Miliband’s speech on party reform last month focused on the relationship with the trade unions. It would be easy but wrong to overlook another commitment in…
08 Aug, 2013
New campaign launched! Help us reclaim our railways!
Our privatised rail system isn’t working for anyone – not for commuters who can't afford price hikes, rural communities who are stranded, travellers who don’t feel safe, businesses who see rising costs…
24 Jun, 2013
Our alternative spending review released
Today we've released an 'alternative spending review' titled ‘Invest to grow: a spending review to get Britain moving.’ Our Chair Neal Lawson has also written a related blog on comment is…
21 Jun, 2013
Generation Wireless – Will women and unconnected majority lose out?
Generation Wireless – Will women and unconnected majority lose out? Generation Y Milennials – aged 18 to 30 – will be led by a group of tech savvy, switched on…
20 Jun, 2013
Compass Scotland event: A gathering of the open clan
Report back from out Compass Scotland launch event June 8th in Glasgow. Speakers included: Baroness Ruth Lister, Patrick Harvie MSP (Leader of the Scottish Greens), Esther Roberton, (recent coordinator of…