This election is a huge opportunity - not just to change the leadership of our country, but to change its politics. It's our chance to get rid of the Tories.…
22 May, 2024
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10 May, 2024
John Smith – Remembering A Great Labour Leader
John Smith, who sadly died thirty years ago, is paradoxically a past Labour leader who is both highly revered but also often overlooked. He held the leadership for just under…
10 May, 2024
Progressive collaboration in a Blue Wall constituency: Are we doing politics differently in Woking?
A week ago, in Surrey, the heart of the blue wall, the Conservatives were wiped out of Woking Borough Council. They had had members on the council since it was…
04 May, 2024
Local Elections 2024
It’s obvious that the Tories are out of touch, out of ideas, and out of road. They have increasingly limited options - and changing the voting system for Mayoral elections…
01 May, 2024
A blueprint for people-powered politics
I have a dream. And I’m having that dream right now. Don’t wake me up! Where am I? I’m at a political meeting. I am in a big theatre crammed…
26 Apr, 2024
David Marquand 1934-2024: Our Intellectual Compass
David Marquand, who died aged 89 earlier this week, was probably the most influential intellectual in terms of how Compass thinks and what we do. He was one of the…
25 Apr, 2024
England: Seven Myths That Changed a Country and How to Set Them Straight
The stories we tell about our country matter at any time, but none more so than in an election year when various grandiose ideas about England will be pitted against…
25 Apr, 2024
Local Leaders Spotlight: Anti-Tory tactical voting will be ‘incredibly important’ in this May’s local elections, Basingstoke Council Leader says
Anti-Conservative tactical voting will be ‘incredibly important’ in this May’s local elections and ‘will make a big difference’, the leader of Basingstoke and Deane Borough council has said. Cllr Paul…
23 Apr, 2024
PRESS RELEASE: Cross-party campaigners endorse two Oxfordshire MP hopefuls in first steps of national campaign
Campaigners have formally lent their support to two Oxfordshire prospective parliamentary candidates (PPCs) in the first endorsements of a campaign to elect progressives committed to democratic renewal. Crucial to this…
23 Apr, 2024
How progressives can reclaim Englishness
We need to talk about England. For far too long, there has been a squeamishness on the left about ever discussing England in its own right. St George’s Day is…
18 Apr, 2024
Local Leaders Spotlight: Progressive alliance coalition on Milton Keynes council ‘puts people before politics’
The Labour-Lib Dem coalition on Milton Keynes City Council ‘puts people before politics,’ the leader of the council has said. Labour’s Peter Marland, who has been leader of the council…
16 Apr, 2024
Local elections 2024: Compass launches local elections campaign in the Mirror
Compass launched its local elections campaign this week with new research in the Mirror that revealed the shocking democratic deficit at the heart of Tory-run councils across the country. A staggering…