Picture this: a left-of-centre party wins a majority to renew the country and bring back the hope that things can actually get better. To do so it appeases the forces…
14 Mar, 2024
14 Mar, 2024
Picture this: a left-of-centre party wins a majority to renew the country and bring back the hope that things can actually get better. To do so it appeases the forces…
08 Mar, 2024
Compass, the pressure group for a Good Society, is offering a summer internship for a motivated person. This is a good opportunity for someone who shares our values and beliefs…
07 Mar, 2024
Mark Perryman digs deep to find an enduring significance for the 40th anniversary of the start of the 1984-85 Miners' Strike. Published in 1995 amidst the eruption of the Miners'…
28 Feb, 2024
On this day half a century ago, Britain went to the polls. The political script today isn’t the same today, but lessons can still be learnt. Back then the Tories had…
27 Feb, 2024
Developing an alternative for the economy is essential for creating a new settlement and a ‘good society’. Britain needs a fundamental change in direction. The post -1980, pro-inequality, pro-market ideology…
19 Feb, 2024
Compass organised the following open letter urging the Labour leadership to resist backsliding on its commitment to a just transition after the party announced it was rowing back on its…
16 Feb, 2024
This piece was first published on https://www.kenspours.com/. 10 years of opinion polls and election results highlight the Conservatives' dire electoral situation following the Truss/Kwarteng debacle of October 2023. UK polls…
31 Jan, 2024
Believers keep the faith. Matthew Goodwin, the favourite academic pundit of the Farageist Right, still claims that “Brexit ushered us all into an incredibly exciting and entirely new era in our…
19 Jan, 2024
The former Leader of the Swale Council five-group rainbow coalition, and member of Kent Compass, has published a political memoir called Inside Left, a title which the author describes as…
18 Dec, 2023
Christmas is a time of giving, receiving, and treating ourselves. For those of us who like nothing more than to curl up with a good book to provoke our thoughts,…
15 Dec, 2023
Extinction Rebellion (XR), in collaboration with over 200 environmental organisations, is actively addressing concerns about the richest 1% in our society contributing to a Sixth Extinction. We recognise the vital…
04 Dec, 2023
Dutch parliamentary elections 2023: despite a progressive alliance of labour and greens, the extreme right were victorious. The result has shocked the country, and the world. So what happened, and…