Politics now moves at a furious pace. It does so because the foundations beneath our feet, economically, ecologically, socially and technologically, keep shifting. As progressives who want a much more…
26 Jan, 2026
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07 Jan, 2026
A Britain Worth Fighting For
For 46 years since Margaret Thatcher moved into Downing Street, we’ve been told what can’t be done. What must be cut. What jobs must be lost. Which public services we…
22 Dec, 2025
Tackling Child Poverty: A First Step
Let’s start with the unquestionably good news before we get to the ‘buts’. Our Children, Our Future represents the first UK wide child poverty strategy since the last Labour government.…
16 Dec, 2025
Is Now Really The Time to Re-Engage with Blue Labour?
Labour Britain is falling apart in front of our eyes. The Starmer government has not only failed to articulate a vision; it has allied itself with big money rather than…
15 Dec, 2025
Compass Statement on Your Party – Post-Founding Conference
After the founding conference of what is now officially named Your Party, Compass is reaffirming its commitment to working with, alongside and through people who are members of all progressive…
12 Dec, 2025
Budget 2025: ‘Rachel Reeves Bakes an Economic Pudding With No Theme’
The seeds of the Government’s current political and economic difficulties were sown a long time ago. “This pudding has no theme” was a Churchillism that could be applied to budgets…
01 Dec, 2025
Green Party Rising
It feels an awful long time ago, but let's begin by casting our minds back to the last General Election (which was in fact just 16 months ago!). It was…
27 Nov, 2025
Bond Markets 101: What Should Progressives Do About the Economy?
The notion that the Government is only held back by an irrational and faint-hearted fear of the bond market is appealing but wrong. It views market power as a choice…
25 Nov, 2025
Compass Statement on Labour’s Asylum Policy
As a country we need to talk about the scale and speed of change in our communities. We need a conversation about integration and community cohesion. We need to discuss…
21 Nov, 2025
How Communities Build Power (Literally)
Maybe cinematic political documentaries are a bit like buses: you wait ages for one and then two come along at once. Released at the end of 2025, Orwell: 2+2=5 (dir.…
18 Nov, 2025
Compass AGM 2025
On Saturday the 15th of November over a hundred Compass members, supporters and Local Group activists descended on Central London for our Annual General Meeting and a full-day conference, Charting…
17 Nov, 2025
Take a deep breath and delay the Sussex mayoral election
A murmur is growing into a roar as a growing coalition of different interest groups across Sussex call for a delay to the mayoral elections otherwise planned for May 2026. Local councillors have raised…