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
Progressive Alliance
17 Mar, 2026
Are the Lib Dems a Progressive Party?
This was originally delivered as a speech for ‘Are the Lib Dems a progressive party’ fringe event on Saturday 14th March 2026. Let me address the title of this meeting…
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…
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…
10 Sep, 2025
How Can the ‘Good Society’ Actually Happen?
The UK is now stumbling headlong toward disaster in the guise of a Reform UK single party administration with Nigel Farage as Prime Minister, wielding virtually unfettered power, backed by…
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,…
10 Apr, 2024
Local Leaders Spotlight: Leader of Cambridgeshire County Council urges anti-Conservative tactical voting
The leader of Cambridgeshire County Council has urged voters in Peterborough to consider which party they should back ‘to try and work out how to not have a Conservative’ in…
20 Oct, 2023
How a Progressive Alliance Defeated the Far Right in Poland
“Ladies and Gentlemen, on 15th October 2023, the rule of PiS (Law and Justice) came to an end,” said Joanna Szczepkowska, a renowned Polish actress, in the middle of a…
29 Sep, 2023
What the Green Party wants from a Progressive Alliance
I think it would be fair to say that the idea of a Progressive Alliance originated in Green circles. Caroline Lucas made the case following the miserable election result in…
14 Jun, 2023
Principles before policies: Building a shared progressive agenda
Policies are difficult and too often bogged down in the complexities of implementation. Policies are important - of course they are - but where do they really come from, and…
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…
12 Apr, 2023
Compass Oxfordshire issues tactical voting recommendations for Cherwell District Council
Cross-party activists in Oxfordshire have issued recommendations on who voters should back to remove the Conservatives from Oxfordshire’s last Conservative-controlled council and replace them with a truly representative progressive administration…