There were a total of 17 parties and 449 candidates standing in the 2023 New Zealand General Election. I went to bed on Saturday night at midnight, feeling quite sick…
16 Oct, 2023
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13 Oct, 2023
Is Scottish Labour back – and does it have a future?
Scottish Labour and British Labour are on a roll. It might not be seen as a positive by many in the SNP and for independence, but this is good news…
04 Oct, 2023
The speech Keir Starmer should give at Labour conference
‘Conference – We come, hopefully, to the end of this Conservative government, marked by thirteen years of cruel austerity cuts, greed and cronyism, moral indifference, climate neglect and economic failure.…
29 Sep, 2023
What the Green Party wants from a Progressive Alliance
I think it would be fair to say that the idea of a Progressive Alliance originated in Green circles. Caroline Lucas made the case following the miserable election result in…
21 Sep, 2023
Why the Lib Dems deserve their place in the progressive movement
Anyone born after about 1995 will probably know the Lib Dems mainly from their five years in coalition with the Conservatives (2010-15). From there, it’s an easy leap to think…
05 Sep, 2023
Rethinking pluralism and discipline in the Labour Party
We seem, in Labour, to be making life difficult for ourselves at the moment - so it might be helpful to pull back on the focus a little and try…
01 Sep, 2023
Labour and Lib Dems urged to unite in cross-party pact to avoid ‘getting another Nadine Dorries’
Labour and the Liberal Democrats have been urged to forge an electoral pact in the upcoming Mid Bedfordshire by-election to avoid splitting the progressive vote and ‘getting another Nadine Dorries’.…
25 Aug, 2023
How the UK’s planning system is holding back the future
From the climate crisis to the cost of living crisis to the housing crisis, we need fast and radical change in how our society operates, and this cannot be achieved…
18 Aug, 2023
Is the Public Order Bill an assault on our democracy?
Concern about climate change has increased sharply in the last few years; polling now indicates it is the joint-third most important issue to Britons, behind only the economy and inflation.…
11 Aug, 2023
The Ghent System – A remedy for Britain’s social and economic tensions?
The Ghent system isn’t likely to be a concept many people are familiar with - at least certainly not in Britain. Yet while this seemingly obscure policy implementation is not…
03 Aug, 2023
Top ten holiday books to read, revolt and recline to
Mark Perryman makes his annual selection of holiday page-turners. Okay, with temperatures in southern Europe approaching sub-Saharan levels, a 'long hot summer' may be the last seasonal request on most…
21 Jul, 2023
Compass urges progressives to unite in one-off pact at next general election after Tories hold Uxbridge
Uxbridge should not today be a Tory seat. The fact that it is down to a number of factors, elections always are, but the fact that the Lib Dem vote…