The title of 2015 Labour Manifesto, Britain can be better, echoes the title of the 1997 manifesto (Because Britain deserves better), although minus the New Labour appellation and the big…
21 Apr, 2015
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14 Apr, 2015
Trident: Time to move on
TRIDENT: TIME TO MOVE ON - Will you join? With the election too close to call, there is a real possibility that May will deliver a centre left government which could…
30 Mar, 2015
Tactical voting discussion – what next?
Thanks to everybody that has taken the time to discuss the issue of tactical voting over the past few weeks. The discussion over at http://compassonline.forumchitchat.com/ has been wonderfully Compass –…
26 Mar, 2015
Finding Our Voice
This collection of essays builds on thinking over the last few years – especially thinking in and around Labour and its policy review. The assembled authors share a trust in…
23 Mar, 2015
How left is Labour?
Red Ed. His opponents swear he is. Some of his supporters wish to God he was. For every Tory politician who claims that Labour has moved left under his leadership,…
20 Mar, 2015
Forget the global race. Education is about more than that
We’ve been trained to see education as a way of getting ahead economically. It has to be about more than that writes Ken Spours launching Compass new publication – Big…
20 Mar, 2015
BIG education: learning for the 21st century
We are delighted to announce the launch of Big Education: learning for the 21st century. This is the biggest vision and policy project Compass have ever been involved in. We've…
03 Mar, 2015
Tactical Voting – Why you should
This article is part of a debate hosted by Compass on tactical voting. You're warmly encouraged to join the debate at http://compassonline.forumchitchat.com/ Back in the day, when I was lecturing…
03 Mar, 2015
Tactical Voting – Why you shouldn’t
This article is part of a debate hosted by Compass on tactical voting. You're warmly encouraged to join the debate at http://compassonline.forumchitchat.com/ Theodore Hesburgh who died this week called voting…
02 Mar, 2015
Permanent Engagement – Creating a common realm for the common good
I spent 25 years in the Public Relations industry and have just published Trust Me, PR Is Dead. PR doesn’t work any more. It has been strangled by many forces,…
25 Feb, 2015
From here to democracy, open letter to Ed Miliband
Dear Ed, I have written to you privately and now I am doing so publically, about how we govern ourselves. You are the only man who can promise and bring…
24 Feb, 2015
Tactical Voting – join the discussion
The two party political system has been in long term decline and since 2010 the UK has seen a surge in popularity of political parties who struggle to break through…