The Compass Conference is back, but with a difference. Time for a change, but how? Click below for tickets and visit the special website to be let in on the…
13 Sep, 2013
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12 Sep, 2013
Letter: The Government should stop intervening in early education
This letter first appeared in The Daily Telegraph on 11/9/2013 and was signed by Compass Chair Neal Lawson We are deeply concerned about the impact of the Government’s early years policies…
11 Sep, 2013
Improving the Labour Party – a systems view!
This initial examination of the Labour Party from a systems viewpoint indicates that there are problems in how it is managed and operates, also its purpose and principles are inadequately…
09 Sep, 2013
Party politics is slowly dying. So what will take its place?
This article first appeared in the Observer on 08/09/13 During its 100-year history, Milnsbridge Socialist Club in the Colne Valley, West Yorkshire, has seen some heady nights. There was the…
09 Sep, 2013
Are trade unions fit for the 21st century? – five-minute video debate
With wages stagnating and employers increasingly favouring short-term and zero-hours contracts, are traditional workers' unions flexible and proactive enough to respond to the demands of a modern labour force? Watch…
02 Sep, 2013
Scotland could become a beacon for a brighter future
I look north to Scotland with at least a tinge of envy. Away from the apathy and dejection spawned by the Westminster sluggers, politics seems to be coming alive in…
22 Aug, 2013
Books for a second summer of sport
After Wiggo, London 2012, Murray in New York, The Ryder Cup and Chelsea winning the Champions League it looked like last summer could never be bettered. And then this summer…
27 Aug, 2013
Stop distinguishing between politics and economics
‘We must be good to the economy if we want the economy to be good to us.’ This is the warning that austerity hawks whisper in our ears daily. To…
22 Aug, 2013
Call for gender balance on political conference platforms
While we enjoy the August break in the political calendar, party conference season will soon be upon us. Much has been made of whether conferences are still relevant or whether…
19 Aug, 2013
The trouble with Gove
More than almost any developed nation, ours is a country in which your parentage dictates your progress . . . For those of us who believe in social justice, this…
19 Aug, 2013
What Money Can’t Buy and How Much is Enough?
Last year two important books appeared that discussed what a good life in a good society might look like. In a recent issue of Perspectives (Number 35, Winter 2013), the…
14 Aug, 2013
Red hot summer reading
Mark Perryman of Philosophy Football provides a beach reading round up for those who take their politics on holiday with them The silly season? For the Westminster bubble it would…