Celebrities including Damon Albarn and Irvine Welsh have backed an online petition designed to show the strength of opposition to the nuclear arsenal A new campaign has been launched to…
24 Apr, 2015
Democracy
26 Apr, 2015
Let’s Get Over Our Scotland-Envy and Join Up
I know I wasn't alone over the past two years, watching the campaign for Scottish Independence and feeling anxious, frustrated and yes, jealous. I didn't want the UK to break…
24 Apr, 2015
Cameron may still become prime minister but neo-liberalism has had its day
The 2010 general election had its emblematic moment – the encounter between Gordon Brown and ‘that bigoted woman’ – that confirmed the inevitable. The image of the three women party…
23 Apr, 2015
Devolution and a coalition government
We have been told – and indeed it seems self-evident – that the policy battleground for this election is around austerity, spending plans and the NHS. Unless of course you live in…
21 Apr, 2015
A manifesto of good reads
Mark Perryman of Philosophy Football selects his reading for the 2015 General Election Campaign The much-missed indie band, well by some of us of a certain age, Sultans of Ping,…
21 Apr, 2015
Britain can be better – but by how much? A review of the 2015 Labour Manifesto
The title of 2015 Labour Manifesto, Britain can be better, echoes the title of the 1997 manifesto (Because Britain deserves better), although minus the New Labour appellation and the big…
30 Mar, 2015
Tactical voting discussion – what next?
Thanks to everybody that has taken the time to discuss the issue of tactical voting over the past few weeks. The discussion over at http://compassonline.forumchitchat.com/ has been wonderfully Compass –…
26 Mar, 2015
Finding Our Voice
This collection of essays builds on thinking over the last few years – especially thinking in and around Labour and its policy review. The assembled authors share a trust in…
23 Mar, 2015
How left is Labour?
Red Ed. His opponents swear he is. Some of his supporters wish to God he was. For every Tory politician who claims that Labour has moved left under his leadership,…
03 Mar, 2015
Tactical Voting – Why you should
This article is part of a debate hosted by Compass on tactical voting. You're warmly encouraged to join the debate at http://compassonline.forumchitchat.com/ Back in the day, when I was lecturing…
03 Mar, 2015
Tactical Voting – Why you shouldn’t
This article is part of a debate hosted by Compass on tactical voting. You're warmly encouraged to join the debate at http://compassonline.forumchitchat.com/ Theodore Hesburgh who died this week called voting…
02 Mar, 2015
Permanent Engagement – Creating a common realm for the common good
I spent 25 years in the Public Relations industry and have just published Trust Me, PR Is Dead. PR doesn’t work any more. It has been strangled by many forces,…