It is unlikely that you will find anyone who disagrees that the premiership of Liz Truss was a turbulent affair. As a lived experience, it was a mess bereft of…
20 Dec, 2022
General Election 2019
22 Jan, 2020
The Green Party needs a new way forward
It's not just Labour that needs a re-think after the 2019 general election result, argues Stephen Clark. Together with this article by Remco van der Stoep, a group of Green…
09 Jan, 2020
Like it or not, Labour, but a Progressive Alliance means coming to terms with the Lib Dems
Compass’ public meeting on the Progressive Alliance at the 2019 Labour Party Conference in Brighton was dogged by an almost visceral refusal on the part of many of those present…
08 Jan, 2020
Against Voluntarism
Doing more, much more, of the same won’t be enough – it’s time for a different, better Corbynism. Hastings and Rye, the final Sunday of the campaign. For the fourth…
23 Dec, 2019
How should civil society respond to the election result?
During this election, many things changed, if not the Prime Minster. A government of the Right, whose powers will soon be augmented by the transfer of powers from Europe, has…
23 Dec, 2019
Defying the Right – how Labour in East London fought back
The depth of the general election loss doesn’t get any easier to accept the further we get from the result. But there have been glimmers of light for Labour across…
17 Dec, 2019
Why we desperately need a Progressive Alliance
As we contemplate the prospect of five more years of the Tories, I am more convinced than ever that under our broken-beyond-repair electoral system, only a progressive alliance offers real…
17 Dec, 2019
Scottish Labour, Self-Government and the SNP
The 2019 UK general election confirmed the divided nature of politics, the demise of British-wide politics and the emergence of a four-nation political system. The Tories were elected on a…
11 Dec, 2019
When second choice isn’t the worst choice
In the Tory-Lib Dem and Tory-SNP marginals, Corbyn-supporting Mark Perryman argues Labour voters’ second choice is one worth having. I live in Lewes, East Sussex, a Tory-Lib Dem marginal since 1997. There’s…
22 Nov, 2019
Tactical voting: keep it proportional
Our letter to tactical voting organisations We recently contacted the various tactical voting organisations to review their recommendations for seats where tactical voting is unlikely to be needed. We argue…
07 Nov, 2019
Progressive Alliances 2019 – discuss!
Climate inaction. Brexit chaos. Endless austerity. The hostile environment. That’s where we are after almost a decade of Conservative-led governments. We now have a chance to elect a progressive government,…