Photo by World Economic Forum on flickr. CC-BY-NC-SA 2.0 Gordon Brown is a defining figure in the history of modern Scotland: a presence for many of us through our adult…
17 Mar, 2022
Labour
15 Oct, 2021
Labour and electoral reform: rage against the machine
Labour's high command is living in the past, and British progressives of every stripe will soon pay the price. At its recent conference in Brighton, Labour narrowly rejected a motion…
30 Sep, 2021
Will Labour Accept Sharing Power to Win? Caroline Lucas’s speech to Compass Labour Conference rally
Photo by Graham Simpson On Tuesday 28th September, Green MP for Brighton Pavilion Caroline Lucas spoke alongside Labour MP Clive Lewis, Labour for a New Democracy campaigner Laura Parker and…
02 Jul, 2021
Phew! Labour given a lifeline it must now take
It’s a huge relief that at least one Red Wall brick teetered but didn’t fall. Congratulations to Kim Leadbeater, the Labour campaigners and all the progressive voters in Batley and…
01 Apr, 2021
A Year of Keir: The Road Not Yet Travelled
On the anniversary of Keir Starmer's election as Labour leader, Compass reflects on opportunities missed – and the radical, plural politics Labour needs to help deliver the Good Society. If…
21 Sep, 2020
Who ever thought it was going to be easy
As Labour’s replacement for a party conference ‘Labour Connected’ meets online, Mark Perryman reflects on what’s Left of Keir Starmer. ‘Labour is haemorrhaging Left-wing activists. Will it survive?’ This was…
03 Sep, 2020
Working together or falling apart?
Jeremy Corbyn's leadership of the Labour Party was undoubtedly controversial. But it shouldn't be overlooked that under his tenure, membership grew to levels not seen for decades, the party was…
04 Aug, 2020
What would Greta do?
Green Party leadership election: how can the party boost its influence on national politics? “I don’t want you to be hopeful. I want you to panic. [...] And then I…
11 Apr, 2020
Corbyn, it wasn’t all bad
I was ready to let the Corbyn era drift off into the sunset and enjoy the fond memories of some and the disdain of others. That was until I read Sarah…
09 Jan, 2020
Like it or not, Labour, but a Progressive Alliance means coming to terms with the Lib Dems
Compass’ public meeting on the Progressive Alliance at the 2019 Labour Party Conference in Brighton was dogged by an almost visceral refusal on the part of many of those present…
08 Jan, 2020
Against Voluntarism
Doing more, much more, of the same won’t be enough – it’s time for a different, better Corbynism. Hastings and Rye, the final Sunday of the campaign. For the fourth…
23 Jul, 2019
Is it Boris Johnson or is it us, the system and the culture?
We keep losing - because we keep reacting in the same way. No more! After Brexit and Trump we get the third instalment in the great moving-right-show: Boris Johnson. Take…