Pasokification is a real thing. All across liberal democracies we have seen the erosion in support for the traditional centre-left, social democratic parties - be that PASOK in Greece, Parti…
27 Mar, 2026
Labour
23 Mar, 2026
Who Does the Nominating?
Boss Tweed, the infamous leader of New York’s Tammany Hall Democratic Party machine in the mid-1800s, once said; “I don't care who does the electing, as long as I get…
26 Jan, 2026
Our view on Andy Burnham
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…
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…
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…
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…