I want to address two issues: to review the Richmond Park “revolution”, its implications and the lessons learned; and secondly to offer practical help to Labour CLPs to enable them…
02 Dec, 2016
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02 Dec, 2016
The New Politics Won Today
Politics has been grim for a long time. But today we woke up with a smile. The Tories, UKIP and the candidate they backed in Richmond Park were defeated. He…
25 Nov, 2016
Why the Left keeps losing when it should be winning and what to do about it
The Right (yet again) takes advantage of the crisis The Left is in retreat or unable to break through. And there is more to come. These reversals have taken place…
18 Nov, 2016
The case for a Progressive Alliance in Richmond
Christian Wolmar is standing as Labour candidate for Richmond in the December 1 by-election caused by Zac Goldsmith’s resignation. This may be a worthy cause. But please, Mr Wolmar, please,…
11 Nov, 2016
A Poppy for our Thoughts
Ahead of the England vs Scotland game Mark Perryman responds to FIFA’s Poppies ban The last time England played Scotland in a competitive match at Hampden Park was also in…
10 Nov, 2016
The Political Party: When Politics Are Depoliticizing
So long as we operate on the premise of an abstract and immanentist national unity, political parties and the false economies upon which they operate will thrive. It is finally…
09 Nov, 2016
After yet another grim night…
When will we ever learn? Brexit, as terrible as it was, was not the wake up call to the progressive sentiment. Now we have Brexit x10. The victory of Donald…
08 Nov, 2016
Summary of ‘the Context for a World Without Poverty’
‘The context for a World Without Poverty’ is a paper that is part of a series for a project that the Webb Memorial Trust (WMT) and Compass conduct together to…
08 Nov, 2016
Local Listening – What next for Barking? The Feedback
We had over 60 people come along to the Compass meeting on Thursday 20 October, with a range of perspectives, political leanings and opinions on how to affect change. One…
05 Nov, 2016
Individuality and autonomy at the core of progressive policies
In our world, dominated by neoliberalism, we feel that human beings know perfectly well the best way to pursue their own self-interest. But the huge power of conditioning, exerted by…
04 Nov, 2016
Make finance the servant, not the master
This piece is a response to John Mills’ challenge, ‘We need to rebalance the British Economy‘. In her first big party conference speech, Britain’s new prime minister rode the wave of populist…
29 Oct, 2016
Forget standing down in Richmond: we shouldn’t have to make that choice
Almost as quickly as Zac Goldsmith announced his resignation this week, talk turned to the other parties in the race: should they clear the way for a candidate with a…