On March 20th, Compass hosted a webinar discussion, Post- Fordeism: Party and Political culture in a perma-crisis age. To watch contributions from Ruth Lister, Martin Forde KC, Daniel Levy and…
24 Mar, 2023
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24 Mar, 2023
Can the next Labour Government succeed in changing Britain?
If the current contours of UK politics continue, next year will see the election of a Labour Government. Keir Starmer will become Labour’s seventh Prime Minister, and a long overdue…
13 Mar, 2023
Self-censorship at the BBC exposes the power of right-wing narratives
The news that the BBC will not broadcast an episode of the new David Attenborough flagship British wildlife documentary Wild Isles indicates the power of acceptable and established narratives that…
07 Mar, 2023
International Women’s Day: How PR could address the gender imbalance in our politics
To mark International Women’s Day this year, we wanted to draw attention to a piece of the puzzle that upholds sexism in politics: the role our archaic voting system plays…
06 Mar, 2023
Neal Lawson on Rock & Roll Politics with Steve Richards
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…
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…