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…
12 Dec, 2025
Labour
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…
07 Nov, 2025
‘How to Stop Labour’s Autumn of Discontent Turning Into Farage’s Winter of Despair’
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…
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…
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…
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…
18 Sep, 2025
‘There Is Still Time to Save the Labour Party From Itself and Forge a New Political Mainstream’
Keir Starmer is presiding over the decline of social democracy in Britain, but an alternative path is still possible. What we are witnessing in real time this week and will…
07 Sep, 2025
Today we launched Mainstream. Here’s why.
In the 22 years since it was founded, there has never been a more important moment in the life of Compass. That's not just due to climate and ecological chaos,…
02 Sep, 2025
Compass Statement on Zack Polanski’s Election as Leader of the Green Party
Compass congratulates Zack Polanski on being elected leader of the Green Party. Winning by five to one against effective opponents shows the appetite for change and great radicalism in the…
29 Aug, 2025
‘Time to Reshuffle the Labour Left’
This is an extract of Neal Lawson's essay which appears in 'The Starmer Symptom', edited by Mark Perryman. Other contributors include Clive Lewis, Danny Dorling, Emma Burnell, Gargi Bhattacharyya, James…