If liberal centrists on both sides of the Atlantic simply keep waiting for politics to return to “normal” they risk a very rude awakening. Every so often an esteemed liberal…
17 Mar, 2025
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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
Anneliese Dodds’s Principled Resignation Should Be a Warning for Keir Starmer
The International Development Secretary’s departure was overshadowed by world events this week, but it risks having a much longer lasting impact on the Government’s fortunes. Despite the global implications of…
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…
04 Mar, 2025
This One London School Offers a Beacon of Hope for Transforming Our Education System
There are moments in life when you’re lucky enough to stumble across something amazing. I give you the New School in Croydon. It’s amazing because it’s trying to do education…
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…
25 Feb, 2025
Keir Starmer Must Embrace Proportional Representation and End the Coercive Duopoly Throttling Our Democracy
Britain will never truly change for the better as long as Britain’s deeply unfair voting system remains in place, argues Neal Lawson This week I’m going to write about electoral…
26 Feb, 2025
Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves Must Abandon Their Trumpian Obsession with Economic Growth
On Wednesday the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, will set out her latest plans for boosting growth in the UK. It will be a familiar message. If the mantra that got Keir…
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…
19 Feb, 2025
Keir Starmer’s Blue Labour Strategy Is an Electoral Dead End for His Government
Labour’s attempt to mimic Nigel Farage’s Reform on immigration is a fundamental misunderstanding of its electoral base. As I’ve written for Byline Times before, every successful political project requires an intellectual framework. …
03 Mar, 2025
The Compass Board Needs You
The Compass Co-chairs are excited to announce a new recruitment round for the Compass Board. This is your chance to shape the future of progressive politics. The Board plays a…
19 Feb, 2025
Keir Starmer Must Join a Progressive Alliance for a Fairer Voting System or Get Steamrollered by a Reform-Conservative Pact
It is surely a good thing that the political parties review their general election campaigns for lessons for the future. The Liberal Democrats have just completed theirs and the main…