This post was first given as a speech to members of Oxfordshire Compass by Compass Director, Neal Lawson on 12th April 2025. Winning office is never enough, we have to…
22 Apr, 2025
Democracy
24 Mar, 2025
Starmer must be brave, or he’s doomed
The 4th July 2024 was a special night for me. The poor coverage aside (the BBC really were missing Dimbleby, weren’t they?), it was a wonderful spectacle for a 33-year-old…
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
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…
01 Mar, 2025
Keir Starmer’s Shallow-Rooted Political Project Is Already Starting to Topple
The revelations in the Sunday Times and Times this week about the Labour’s leadership in-fighting, backstabbing and contempt for each other, makes terrible reading for anyone who thought the ‘grown…
22 Feb, 2025
A Simple Ban on Political Lying Could Radically Transform Our Politics
Imagine for a second that under pressure from a coalition led by Compassion in Politics Keir Starmer’s Government suddenly, and surprisingly, backed a bill to ban lying and deception by…
27 Jan, 2025
Donald Trump’s inauguration must be a wake-up call
Donald Trump's inauguration is a wake-up call. We hope the Labour Party will hear it. All the ingredients of a far-right overtake are present in the UK. If this government panders…
21 Oct, 2024
Compass joins Democracy Network campaigners calling for real Lords reform
Compass joins forces with Sortition Foundation and other Democracy Network partners to call for the government to move forward with meaningful Lords reform and called for a citizens' assembly to…
04 Sep, 2024
New report: After the Riots
The sickening flames of the riots may have burned themselves out, but the embers of hatred, frustration, and alienation still continue to shimmer under the ashes. Given these underlying tensions,…
08 Jul, 2024
We Won As One
We have completed an analysis of the election results in a different post. This post is specifically about what our campaign achieved. To read a full analysis of the data…
04 May, 2024
Local Elections 2024
It’s obvious that the Tories are out of touch, out of ideas, and out of road. They have increasingly limited options - and changing the voting system for Mayoral elections…
01 May, 2024
A blueprint for people-powered politics
I have a dream. And I’m having that dream right now. Don’t wake me up! Where am I? I’m at a political meeting. I am in a big theatre crammed…