Responding to the Liberal Democrats’ victory in the North Shropshire by-election, Neal Lawson, Director of Compass, said: ‘This is a good day for all progressives. Voters have formed an alliance…
17 Dec, 2021
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20 Oct, 2021
The Green Party’s Route to Alliance-based Power
The Green Party occupies a unique space that combines principle and pragmatism in the fight for a just transition. We must be both bold and humble in securing the power…
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…
13 Aug, 2021
Compass Party Group meetings with Layla Moran, Jonathan Bartley and Clive Lewis
Ahead of party conference season, members of Compass' party groups – Compass Greens, Compass Lib Dems and Compass Labour – will meet again to discuss how progressive parties and people…
28 Jul, 2021
We can build a good society – but first we have to ask the right questions
If we want to build a better future, where do we start? In 1925, John Maynard Keynes shared his answer to that question in a letter to the British journalist…
14 Jul, 2021
Glorifying Colonialism is a Bad Idea! Statues, Context and Historical Narrative
Photo by er Guiri on flickr (CC BY 2.0) The recent discovery of the remains of hundreds of victims of the residential school system across Canada has prompted a widespread…
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…
28 Jun, 2021
Same Storm, Different Boats – the impacts of climate change fall unevenly and unequally
Photo by Thomas Millot on Unsplash It is easy to think of climate change as a problem for future generations to deal with and tackle, especially if its effects are…
18 Jun, 2021
Chesham and Amersham: tactical voting beats the Tories
Photo by Liberal Democrats on FlickrCreative Commons The Tories can be beaten. But not by any one party on their own. Last night’s Chesham and Amersham by-election result was a…
03 Jun, 2021
Labour’s Big Tent is Over – A Progressive Campsite is the Future
In recent days we have seen a bold, innovative argument for a progressive alliance from Caroline Lucas, Layla Moran and Clive Lewis, as well as considered criticism calling for Labour…
20 May, 2021
Compass Bristol and West calls on Bristol politicians to work together to tackle three crises
Bristol politicians need to work together to tackle the three crises of Covid-19, inequality and climate change. Photo by Martyna Bober on Unsplash An open letter to the Mayor of…