It was a lightbulb moment that caused me to write a book, SHORT-CHANGED! How the rich and powerful extract wealth from the real economy and what WE can do about…
28 Mar, 2024
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21 Mar, 2024
A democratic revolt from below is bubbling up
No one outside of a diminishing band of party bureaucrats believes our political and democratic system is working. Of course, the charade continues; of PMQ's, of who's up and who's…
20 Mar, 2024
Scotland’s centre-left politics and the dynamics of the Labour-SNP divide
UK politics and the UK political system are broken. Every week political discourse finds new lows of invective fuelled by a failing Tory Government wanting to weaponise division, racism and…
14 Mar, 2024
Breaking the chain of despair: Lessons from Portugal
Picture this: a left-of-centre party wins a majority to renew the country and bring back the hope that things can actually get better. To do so it appeases the forces…
08 Mar, 2024
Compass Summer 2024 internship
Compass, the pressure group for a Good Society, is offering a summer internship for a motivated person. This is a good opportunity for someone who shares our values and beliefs…
07 Mar, 2024
The Enemy Within: 40 years since the Miners’ Strike
Mark Perryman digs deep to find an enduring significance for the 40th anniversary of the start of the 1984-85 Miners' Strike. Published in 1995 amidst the eruption of the Miners'…
28 Feb, 2024
50 years on: Lessons from the February 1974 election
On this day half a century ago, Britain went to the polls. The political script today isn’t the same today, but lessons can still be learnt. Back then the Tories had…
27 Feb, 2024
Compass members on creating the blueprint for a new economy
Developing an alternative for the economy is essential for creating a new settlement and a ‘good society’. Britain needs a fundamental change in direction. The post -1980, pro-inequality, pro-market ideology…
19 Feb, 2024
Compass open letter calls on Labour to ‘democratise to decarbonise’
Compass organised the following open letter urging the Labour leadership to resist backsliding on its commitment to a just transition after the party announced it was rowing back on its…
16 Feb, 2024
10 years of polling data reveals that the Tories are indeed electorally shattered
This piece was first published on https://www.kenspours.com/. 10 years of opinion polls and election results highlight the Conservatives' dire electoral situation following the Truss/Kwarteng debacle of October 2023. UK polls…
05 Feb, 2024
A Green New Deal can’t be an ambition, it’s a necessity.
The planet needs to be saved, people need well paid jobs in the areas they live, and everyone wants to see their heating bills reduced. A big investment in a…
31 Jan, 2024
Brexit, four years on: Reflections on Britain, the EU and the wider world
Believers keep the faith. Matthew Goodwin, the favourite academic pundit of the Farageist Right, still claims that “Brexit ushered us all into an incredibly exciting and entirely new era in our…