This has to be a General Election fought like no other. If we fight it the old way, the Tories will win a massive victory – not just for themselves…
19 Apr, 2017
Progressive Alliance
28 Feb, 2017
Redirecting power, socialising capital without a revolution: it’s possible through values
This article is aimed at outlining a strategy to create authentically progressive communities, and help them to spread values such as social justice within society. Through the creation of progressive…
24 Feb, 2017
Our storm of change
At the end of the film Terminator 2 Sarah Connor looks across the New Mexico desert and says ‘there is a storm coming’. That storm is here. The aftermath of…
20 Feb, 2017
The Progressive Alliance and Hard Brexit
I was for a time a serious competitive middle distance runner, nurtured on the mantra of the great Franz Stampfl who coached Bannister to the four minute mile: “Go on…
21 Oct, 2016
Our politics is in turmoil- a progressive alliance is the answer
The turmoil of politics both in this country and others have been breathtaking by any standards in the last 12 months. Who could have predicted Brexit, Trump, or even a…
10 Oct, 2016
Where Now for Progressive Politics? Surrey Event Write-Up
Compass volunteer Chuck Dreyer writes about the recent South West Surrey Compass meeting which asked: where now for Progressive Politics? The growing passion for a new kind of politics was…
05 Oct, 2016
SNP, Plaid and the Green Party join forces to resist Tories’ ‘toxic politics’
Nicola Sturgeon, the First Minister of Scotland, has joined forces with the leaders of Plaid Cymru and the Green Party to call for progressive parties to work together to resist…
03 Oct, 2016
A Labour party of the future is beginning to emerge
Anyone expecting the revolution will surely have walked into Liverpool’s gleaming Convention Centre and wondered where it was. The Labour party conference might now be Jeremy Corbyn’s domain, but it was all…
14 Sep, 2016
Progressive alliances could be a game-changer – for the Greens and the country
Following the election of a majority Conservative government in 2015 many of us despaired about the devastating impact this would have on our country. We have seen them move with…
25 Aug, 2016
‘The Alternative’ book launches, summer events & #burkiniban
There's a lot going on over the next few weeks with party conferences, fringe events, local progressive alliance events and even a festival in Brighton with our local organisers. There…
22 Aug, 2016
Corbyn is wrong – we must not rule out a deal with the SNP
It has been reported that during his visit to Scotland this week Jeremy Corbyn will rule out a progressive alliance type deal with the SNP. The story, published in The Herald, is just a…
11 Aug, 2016
Highlights: building progressive alliances
Highlights from our first progressive alliance meeting with Caroline Lucas MP (Greens), Clive Lewis MP and Shadow Defence Minister (Labour), John Harris (Journalist) Amina Gichinga (Take Back the City), Tommy…