Keir Starmer’s Government must learn the lessons of history, or risk paving the way for an authoritarian future under Nigel Farage and Reform. History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does…
07 Nov, 2025
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29 Oct, 2025
Populism, Racism and Loose Language: How Should We Talk About Reform?
When Keir Starmer attacked Nigel Farage as a ‘racist’ some of us worried that the tactics were crass and potentially counter-productive by seeming to insult the values and intelligence of…
23 Oct, 2025
Compass Board Meeting Oct 14 Summary
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…
14 Oct, 2025
Nadia Whittome MP – Compass Labour Conference Event Speech – 29th September 2025
There is this deep sense that life in the UK has been getting significantly worse in so many different ways and this shows no sign of stopping. People are working…
10 Oct, 2025
The Weight of the Evidence: Time for a Formal Apology for Historic Forced Adoption
The time for silence has passed. On August 21, ex-Prime Minister Gordon Brown publicly backed the campaign calling for an official apology regarding the dark and hidden history of forced adoptions…
09 Oct, 2025
John Denham – Compass Labour Conference Event Speech – 29th September 2025
This address was given by John Denham at Compass' 2025 Labour Party Conference event, 'RESET: Winning a Decade of National Renewal' on 29th September 2025. Also on the panel was…
06 Oct, 2025
Labour’s Deputy Leadership Election is a Battle for Democracy
We can’t let this be a one-term government. “If there was an election tomorrow, which party would you vote for?”. That’s the question we’re told to ask voters on the…
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…
03 Oct, 2025
Green Party Conference: Hopes and Fears
Mary Marshall is a Green Party member. Here she sets out her view of where the party is currently at. We've elected a new leader. Supporters are elated, while old…
26 Sep, 2025
Ten Reads to Understand Labour Conference
Mark Perryman selects his reading matter to make sense of a party in trouble The 4th July 2024 landslide seems like a lifetime ago in the lived experience of this…
24 Sep, 2025
The New Mainstream: Radical realism to unite a fractured Labour Party and a divided nation
A personal perspective from Ken Spours. Factionalism, division and failure Political factionalism invariably leads to failure. Even when you think you’ve won the political party you are losing the political…
19 Sep, 2025
The Conference Speech Our Leader Should Give – Liberal Democrats
Mathew Hulbert is a political commentator, co-host of the Political Frenemies podcast, and former Liberal Democrat Councillor in Hinckley and Barwell. Here, he sets out his own version of the…