In a fair two-party voting system, whoever gets the most votes wins, even if it’s by one vote, and a result can be as close as 51% to 49%. But…
02 Jun, 2023
Labour
28 Apr, 2023
Compass Oxfordshire issues tactical voting recommendations for West Oxfordshire District Council
Cross-party activists have issued recommendations on who voters should back to ensure progressives retain control of a key Oxfordshire council on May 4th. The 2022 local elections saw the Conservatives…
04 Apr, 2023
Small targets, big goals: Three lessons in alliance-building for Keir Starmer
Today marks three years of Keir Starmer’s leadership of Labour, three of the most turbulent years in UK politics. We’ve been rocked by a pandemic, corruption, wildly oscillating polls and…
17 Feb, 2023
What Nicola Sturgeon’s resignation means for Labour in Scotland
Amid all the uncertainty thrown up by Nicola Sturgeon’s resignation, one thing is beyond doubt: this is a huge political moment and a real turning point - not just for…
02 Feb, 2023
Why Gordon Brown’s constitutional reforms need PR
Last year Gordon Brown launched his long-awaited report on the future of the UK constitution. One of the major criticisms of his proposals is that they do not include electoral…
19 Jan, 2023
Six reasons why Labour might not win the next election alone
If popular wisdom is to be believed, Labour are set to dominate at the next general election. The wind appears to have changed: Starmer is visibly more confident in public…
14 Nov, 2022
An open letter to Labour Party General Secretary David Evans
Labour’s HQ is taking an extremely heavy-handed approach to Parliamentary selections by ruling out perfectly acceptable candidates on increasingly spurious grounds. Factionalism is one thing. Vice-like control that subverts democracy…
08 Aug, 2022
Campaign News: Only Stand to Win blocked from Labour Conference. We’re challenging that.
Earlier this year, joined by a cohort of Labour MPs, Compass and Compass Labour launched our campaign to Only Stand to Win. Only Stand to Win was a campaign for…
28 Jul, 2022
How Labour need to understand Scottish Independence and the problem of the British state
The UK is in a mess, its economy no longer delivers; society is divided and fractured, and government under the Tories no longer provides support for those who need it.…
18 Jul, 2022
Power Now!
A new project from Compass and Labour Together The Power Now Project is a collaboration between Compass and Labour Together, to explore the potential of ‘new power’.Over the past two…
16 Jun, 2022
Leader of the Swale Council on the Coalition
Swale Borough Council provides district council services to an area of North Kent, including the Isle of Sheppey, the towns of Faversham and Sittingbourne and the surrounding rural hinterland. By…
23 May, 2022
Inside story of 1997 Labour–Lib Dem deal – and how Starmer and Davey can do it better
Labour and the Lib Dems can beat the Conservatives if they heed the lessons of the 1997 election victory and work together more closely, says a new report from Compass.…