The ‘right moment’ to write this piece seems to have been ever-present over the last year. However, with Labour recently backing PR, then the absolute temerity of The Conservative Party…
26 Oct, 2022
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24 Oct, 2022
This Is Only The Beginning: the making of a new left, from anti-austerity to the fall of Corbyn
This Is Only The Beginning: the making of a new left, from anti-austerity to the fall of Corbyn, A new book by Michael Chessum, charts the revival of left politics…
19 Oct, 2022
Clive Lewis MP: From 2022 Labour Party Conference
This is a transcription of a speech Clive Lewis MP gave on the 26th September 2022 at the Win As One event at Labour Party Conference. You can watch a…
10 Oct, 2022
Peter Marland: From 2022 Labour Party Conference
This is a transcription of a speech Peter Marland gave on the 26th September 2022 at the Win As One event at Labour Party Conference. You can watch a video…
30 Sep, 2022
Green Party Conference: Eat the Greens
As the news round focused on the Labour conference and PM Liz Truss this week, you could be forgiven for not realising that the Green Party conference is taking place…
23 Sep, 2022
Liz Truss is returning to the fairytale economics of the 1980s
Excessive Inequality and wealth redistribution to the rich have wrecked the economy. 'Trussonomics' won't help. Our new prime minister has already set out her primary economic principles. Although a £90bn…
16 Sep, 2022
Pluralism isn’t a tactic – it’s a culture shift
Written by Compass's Campaigns and Projects Officer, this piece was originally posted on Centre as part of their series on proportional representation. Centre has done a fantastic job collecting articles…
07 Sep, 2022
“Entropy, entropy, they’ve all got into entropy”
I'm writing this on my first day back at work after a fortnight of rest and truly revitalising food for the soul, and I know that I am immensely privileged…
30 Aug, 2022
The Conservative Counter-Revolution in Britain and America 1980-2020
In The Conservative Counter-Revolution in Britain and America 1980-2020 I consider whether there is any overarching explanation for the main political, economic and social changes in the major Anglophone countries over the…
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…
05 Aug, 2022
The story of Tory Britain as we have known it is over. Time for Labour to get radical
Some things in life remain constant, but increasingly British politics are being turned upside down. The old assumptions no longer hold and the conventions and rules which used to define…
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.…