Director of Compass Neal Lawson has featured on the Rock & Roll Politics podcast, hosted by journalist and writer Steve Richards. On the podcast, Neal argues the current challenges facing…
06 Mar, 2023
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How would a Good Society look and feel? And how do we move towards it? Read our blog, comment, share and get involved in the debate.
27 Feb, 2023
Labour must take community empowerment seriously for a ‘take back control’ strategy to work
The below blog piece was written by Colin Miller and Matt Scott, co-authors of a recent Compass report, 'Winning With Communities.' The report engages with Labour's proposals for a community…
21 Feb, 2023
One year on from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: what now?
The massive Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24th February 2022 in clear breach of all international law revived an old spectre, that of a major European land war that the…
02 Feb, 2023
Why would North Yorkshire Tories dismiss wanting to see a more grown up way of doing politics?
Below is an extract from a letter written by Celine Barry, coordinator of Compass North Yorkshire, published in the Yorkshire Post. A meeting of the Conservative controlled North Yorkshire County…
17 Feb, 2023
Democratising Democracy: Votes-weighted Representation
Only around 10% of humanity still live in so-called ‘full’, ‘liberal’ democracies. That fraction is shrinking. Yet again, leaderism and authoritarian regimes are spreading. Their rise is fuelled partly by…
17 Feb, 2023
What Nicola Sturgeon’s resignation means for Labour in Scotland
Amid all the uncertainty thrown up by Nicola Sturgeon’s resignation, one thing is beyond doubt: this is a huge political moment and a real turning point - not just for…
14 Feb, 2023
Press release: Democracy campaigners respond to ‘unrepresentative’ council after voting reform row
Cross-party campaigners in North Yorkshire have rejected claims by Conservative councillors that they wasted council time by calling for a change to the voting system. A meeting of the Conservative…
13 Feb, 2023
Geoff Crocker’s book review of Martin Wolf’s ‘The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism’
This book review was originally posted of ubi.org here. Martin Wolf is right. Capitalism is delivering rampant inequality, leading democracy to generate populist demagogues appealing to economically excluded voters. Wolf’s…
09 Feb, 2023
Press release: Campaign group calls on progressives to oust ‘dangerous’ Raab
Compass calls on progressives to work together to oust 'dangerous' Raab Compass campaigners have called on progressives to work together to oust Surrey MP Dominic Raab at the next general…
02 Feb, 2023
Why Gordon Brown’s constitutional reforms need PR
Last year Gordon Brown launched his long-awaited report on the future of the UK constitution. One of the major criticisms of his proposals is that they do not include electoral…
29 Jan, 2023
A Progressive Future for Waverley
This is the common programme written by South West Surrey Compass ahead of the 2023 Council Elections. To read the full story of South West Surrey Compass, click here. WHO…
23 Jan, 2023
We need drug policy reform – but we won’t get it without PR
Drug policy reform is popular, based on decades of evidence, and would save billions of pounds each year… but under first-past-the-post it won’t ever happen. During the May 2022 local…