@colinmiller.bsky.social
I’m a writer and photographer interested in Progressive political change working together, democracy, of labour and social history and history of north-east England
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13 September
‘So, Progressive Politics—What’s Next?’
A year into Labour’s landslide!
Disillusionment with Starmer grows.
Corbyn–Sultana party surges. Greens gain ground & Reform rises.
With
Sue Goss (Open Tribe)
Mark Perryman (The Starmer Symptom)
Booking essential: bhcompass.org.uk
‘So, Progressive Politics—What’s Next?’
A year into Labour’s landslide!
Disillusionment with Starmer grows.
Corbyn–Sultana party surges. Greens gain ground & Reform rises.
With
Sue Goss (Open Tribe)
Mark Perryman (The Starmer Symptom)
Booking essential: bhcompass.org.uk
Home - Brighton and Hove
About Brighton and Hove Compass
bhcompass.org.uk
August 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM
13 September
‘So, Progressive Politics—What’s Next?’
A year into Labour’s landslide!
Disillusionment with Starmer grows.
Corbyn–Sultana party surges. Greens gain ground & Reform rises.
With
Sue Goss (Open Tribe)
Mark Perryman (The Starmer Symptom)
Booking essential: bhcompass.org.uk
‘So, Progressive Politics—What’s Next?’
A year into Labour’s landslide!
Disillusionment with Starmer grows.
Corbyn–Sultana party surges. Greens gain ground & Reform rises.
With
Sue Goss (Open Tribe)
Mark Perryman (The Starmer Symptom)
Booking essential: bhcompass.org.uk
@bhcompass1.bsky.social has a new tee shirt
August 3, 2025 at 12:11 PM
@bhcompass1.bsky.social has a new tee shirt
Excellent piece from @compass President Neal Lawson on how the right used the left to take over the Labour leadership.
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Labour Apart: How Morgan McSweeney Levered the Left Out of Power
The story of how Keir Starmer's chief adviser hoodwinked Labour party members tells us a lot about how power really works, argues Neal Lawson
bylinetimes.com
June 19, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Excellent piece from @compass President Neal Lawson on how the right used the left to take over the Labour leadership.
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/17/l...
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/17/l...
What a great event and lovely to be with my friends from @bhcompass1.bsky.social and Lewes Compass.
“Place first, not party first. That’s a better politics, that connects with the country.
I think it’s time for Proportional Representation.” @andyburnham.bsky.social
Delighted to have partnered with @compassoffice.bsky.social for today’s Change: How? Conference! #RadicalRenewal
#Labour4PR 🌹
I think it’s time for Proportional Representation.” @andyburnham.bsky.social
Delighted to have partnered with @compassoffice.bsky.social for today’s Change: How? Conference! #RadicalRenewal
#Labour4PR 🌹
June 1, 2025 at 5:50 AM
What a great event and lovely to be with my friends from @bhcompass1.bsky.social and Lewes Compass.
Daughter is currently being taken on a lovely and interesting tour of Brighton on a rail replacement bus. Apparently the driver doesn’t know the route and got lost. A passenger is now guiding him.
May 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Daughter is currently being taken on a lovely and interesting tour of Brighton on a rail replacement bus. Apparently the driver doesn’t know the route and got lost. A passenger is now guiding him.
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We're seeing it again: FPTP makes a mockery of democracy.
🚨Turning elections into a lottery
🚨Giving 100% of the power to parties with 25% of the vote
🚨Making us vote for the "lesser evil"
🚨Silencing millions of voices
Sign the petition to scrap it:
🚨Turning elections into a lottery
🚨Giving 100% of the power to parties with 25% of the vote
🚨Making us vote for the "lesser evil"
🚨Silencing millions of voices
Sign the petition to scrap it:
📢 No More First Past the Post Elections!
Thursday’s election results confirm what so many of us already know: the current voting system is broken.
With 5 parties polling strongly, First Past the Post is delivering chaos and turning election...
actionnetwork.org
May 2, 2025 at 12:54 PM
We're seeing it again: FPTP makes a mockery of democracy.
🚨Turning elections into a lottery
🚨Giving 100% of the power to parties with 25% of the vote
🚨Making us vote for the "lesser evil"
🚨Silencing millions of voices
Sign the petition to scrap it:
🚨Turning elections into a lottery
🚨Giving 100% of the power to parties with 25% of the vote
🚨Making us vote for the "lesser evil"
🚨Silencing millions of voices
Sign the petition to scrap it:
May Day greetings
Our next @bhcompass1.bsky.social coffee morning, 10 May with Mathew Fright from the Institute of Government and John Hewitt from Brighton & Hove Council
Devolution - Changes Are in the Works for the City & Sussex - Can Our Voices Be Heard?
www.bhcompass.org.uk
Our next @bhcompass1.bsky.social coffee morning, 10 May with Mathew Fright from the Institute of Government and John Hewitt from Brighton & Hove Council
Devolution - Changes Are in the Works for the City & Sussex - Can Our Voices Be Heard?
www.bhcompass.org.uk
Home - Brighton and Hove
About Brighton and Hove Compass
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May 1, 2025 at 5:03 AM
May Day greetings
Our next @bhcompass1.bsky.social coffee morning, 10 May with Mathew Fright from the Institute of Government and John Hewitt from Brighton & Hove Council
Devolution - Changes Are in the Works for the City & Sussex - Can Our Voices Be Heard?
www.bhcompass.org.uk
Our next @bhcompass1.bsky.social coffee morning, 10 May with Mathew Fright from the Institute of Government and John Hewitt from Brighton & Hove Council
Devolution - Changes Are in the Works for the City & Sussex - Can Our Voices Be Heard?
www.bhcompass.org.uk
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March 28, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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Rachel Reeves and Kier Starmer reckon theres no alternative to a return to austerity (though they don’t call it that of course) but there is read Stewart Lansley new report for @compassoffice.bsky.social
www.compassonline.org.uk/publications...
www.compassonline.org.uk/publications...
Paying for a Decade of National Renewal - Compass
Published 21st March 2025 The government claims that rebuilding Britain depends on growth. But will the growth strategy work? And […]
www.compassonline.org.uk
March 24, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Rachel Reeves and Kier Starmer reckon theres no alternative to a return to austerity (though they don’t call it that of course) but there is read Stewart Lansley new report for @compassoffice.bsky.social
www.compassonline.org.uk/publications...
www.compassonline.org.uk/publications...
Another brilliant coffee morning in a packed house with @bhcompass1.bsky.social as Polly Toynbee and Stewart Leland explored alternative options for Labour and the economy . See Stewart new @compassoffice.bsky.social report www.compassonline.org.uk/publications...
March 22, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Another brilliant coffee morning in a packed house with @bhcompass1.bsky.social as Polly Toynbee and Stewart Leland explored alternative options for Labour and the economy . See Stewart new @compassoffice.bsky.social report www.compassonline.org.uk/publications...
Unbelievable. Donald Trump has been invited to a state visit to the UK. We should not be rolling out the red carpet to celebrate this man. Agree? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...
No second state visit for Trump
Unbelievable. Keir Starmer has handed Donald Trump a letter from King Charles, inviting him for a second state visit to the UK. It’s totally unprecedented, and should not go ahead.
This is the...
you.38degrees.org.uk
March 2, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Unbelievable. Donald Trump has been invited to a state visit to the UK. We should not be rolling out the red carpet to celebrate this man. Agree? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...
@bhcompass1.bsky.social
Don’t miss our next coffee and politics morning, 22 March in Hove.
With
Guardian columnist and author @Polly Toynbee columnist and author & Stewart Lansley, from Progressive Economy Forum & author economist.
Booking essential
www.bhcompass.org.uk
Don’t miss our next coffee and politics morning, 22 March in Hove.
With
Guardian columnist and author @Polly Toynbee columnist and author & Stewart Lansley, from Progressive Economy Forum & author economist.
Booking essential
www.bhcompass.org.uk
Home - Brighton and Hove
About Brighton and Hove Compass
www.bhcompass.org.uk
March 2, 2025 at 6:29 AM
@bhcompass1.bsky.social
Don’t miss our next coffee and politics morning, 22 March in Hove.
With
Guardian columnist and author @Polly Toynbee columnist and author & Stewart Lansley, from Progressive Economy Forum & author economist.
Booking essential
www.bhcompass.org.uk
Don’t miss our next coffee and politics morning, 22 March in Hove.
With
Guardian columnist and author @Polly Toynbee columnist and author & Stewart Lansley, from Progressive Economy Forum & author economist.
Booking essential
www.bhcompass.org.uk
Excited about our next @bhcompass1.bsky.social coffee & politics morning.
‘It’s the Economy, Stupid: is Reeves Right, is There an Alternative?’
With Guardian columnist and author Polly Toynbee, and economist and author Stewart Langley.
22 March 2025
Details from www.bhcompass.org.uk
‘It’s the Economy, Stupid: is Reeves Right, is There an Alternative?’
With Guardian columnist and author Polly Toynbee, and economist and author Stewart Langley.
22 March 2025
Details from www.bhcompass.org.uk
Home - Brighton and Hove
About Brighton and Hove Compass
www.bhcompass.org.uk
February 5, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Excited about our next @bhcompass1.bsky.social coffee & politics morning.
‘It’s the Economy, Stupid: is Reeves Right, is There an Alternative?’
With Guardian columnist and author Polly Toynbee, and economist and author Stewart Langley.
22 March 2025
Details from www.bhcompass.org.uk
‘It’s the Economy, Stupid: is Reeves Right, is There an Alternative?’
With Guardian columnist and author Polly Toynbee, and economist and author Stewart Langley.
22 March 2025
Details from www.bhcompass.org.uk
Another brilliant coffee with politics morning @bhcompass1.bsky.social with @sianberry.bsky.social mp and Emma Montlake, environmental lawyer & campaigner talking all things environment.
February 2, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Another brilliant coffee with politics morning @bhcompass1.bsky.social with @sianberry.bsky.social mp and Emma Montlake, environmental lawyer & campaigner talking all things environment.
@bhcompass1.bsky.social Can’t remember our coffee and politics morning filling so quickly.
@sianberry.bsky.social Berry Green mp for Brighton Pavilion and Emma Montlake environmental lawyer, founder Love Our Ouse.
Details & booking via our web site.
25/01/25
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About Brighton and Hove Compass
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January 16, 2025 at 5:38 AM
@bhcompass1.bsky.social Can’t remember our coffee and politics morning filling so quickly.
@sianberry.bsky.social Berry Green mp for Brighton Pavilion and Emma Montlake environmental lawyer, founder Love Our Ouse.
Details & booking via our web site.
25/01/25
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On 25th 10.00-12.30 Cornerstone Community Centre Hove
The Climate Crises Can National and Local Policies Meet the Challenge
with @sianberry.bsky.social MP Greens & Emma Montlake environmental lawyer and founder Love Our Ouse.
Booking essential www.bhcompass.org.uk
On 25th 10.00-12.30 Cornerstone Community Centre Hove
The Climate Crises Can National and Local Policies Meet the Challenge
with @sianberry.bsky.social MP Greens & Emma Montlake environmental lawyer and founder Love Our Ouse.
Booking essential www.bhcompass.org.uk
Home - Brighton and Hove
About Brighton and Hove Compass
www.bhcompass.org.uk
January 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Join @bhcompass1.bsky.social
On 25th 10.00-12.30 Cornerstone Community Centre Hove
The Climate Crises Can National and Local Policies Meet the Challenge
with @sianberry.bsky.social MP Greens & Emma Montlake environmental lawyer and founder Love Our Ouse.
Booking essential www.bhcompass.org.uk
On 25th 10.00-12.30 Cornerstone Community Centre Hove
The Climate Crises Can National and Local Policies Meet the Challenge
with @sianberry.bsky.social MP Greens & Emma Montlake environmental lawyer and founder Love Our Ouse.
Booking essential www.bhcompass.org.uk
@privateeyenews.bsky.social Love Hislops phrase ‘ungrownup men…with no morality’ that’s as about as succinct and accurate a description of the Musks and Zuckerbergs of this world as you could get. Well worth a watch
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Ian Hislop’s unfiltered take on Elon Musk | LBC
YouTube video by LBC
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January 10, 2025 at 8:08 PM
@privateeyenews.bsky.social Love Hislops phrase ‘ungrownup men…with no morality’ that’s as about as succinct and accurate a description of the Musks and Zuckerbergs of this world as you could get. Well worth a watch
youtu.be/diHcpZvBjT0?...
youtu.be/diHcpZvBjT0?...
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‘Ironic’: climate-driven sea level rise will overwhelm major oil ports, study shows
‘Ironic’: climate-driven sea level rise will overwhelm major oil ports, study shows
Ports including in Saudi Arabia and the US projected to be seriously damaged by a metre of sea level rise
Rising sea levels driven by the climate crisis will overwhelm many of the world’s biggest oil ports, analysis indicates.
Scientists said the threat…
www.theguardian.com
January 4, 2025 at 6:18 AM
‘Ironic’: climate-driven sea level rise will overwhelm major oil ports, study shows
A busy & momentous year @bhcompass1.bsky.social & @compassoffice.bsky.social see our Xmas newsletter. A scary 2025 but we remember Raymond Williams line ‘To be truly radical is to make hope possible rather than despair convincing’
www.bhcompass.org.uk/assets/documents/christmas-newsletter-2024
www.bhcompass.org.uk/assets/documents/christmas-newsletter-2024
www.bhcompass.org.uk
December 24, 2024 at 2:58 PM
A busy & momentous year @bhcompass1.bsky.social & @compassoffice.bsky.social see our Xmas newsletter. A scary 2025 but we remember Raymond Williams line ‘To be truly radical is to make hope possible rather than despair convincing’
www.bhcompass.org.uk/assets/documents/christmas-newsletter-2024
www.bhcompass.org.uk/assets/documents/christmas-newsletter-2024
So is the devolution white paper a step towards devolved power & empowered communities? I share John Denham’s pessimism. What do others think?
labourlist.org/2024/12/engl...
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‘The English devolution white paper must be step one in reversing centralisation’ – LabourList
Today’s White Paper is a big step towards the Take Back Control Bill (now next year’s English Devolution Bill) when Keir Starmer promised a ‘whole…
labourlist.org
December 17, 2024 at 10:12 AM
So is the devolution white paper a step towards devolved power & empowered communities? I share John Denham’s pessimism. What do others think?
labourlist.org/2024/12/engl...
labourlist.org/2024/12/engl...
Whilst Labour’s victory was big it is, as this important report from @compass shows, extremely brittle. It could melt away in a blink. So what needs to be done to strengthen it? www.compassonline.org.uk/wp-content/u...
www.compassonline.org.uk
December 10, 2024 at 7:11 AM
Whilst Labour’s victory was big it is, as this important report from @compass shows, extremely brittle. It could melt away in a blink. So what needs to be done to strengthen it? www.compassonline.org.uk/wp-content/u...
Observer sale by Scott Trust is deeply worrying, a beacon for progressive politics for 200 years this and the Guardian are profoundly important to our press & therefore democracy, lone voices dominated by the increasingly extreme right press. pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/n...
Scott Trust approves sale of The Observer to Tortoise Media
Observer sold: The Scott Trust board has given the go-ahead for Tortoise Media to acquire The Observer, it was announced on Friday 6 December.
pressgazette.co.uk
December 7, 2024 at 2:40 PM
Observer sale by Scott Trust is deeply worrying, a beacon for progressive politics for 200 years this and the Guardian are profoundly important to our press & therefore democracy, lone voices dominated by the increasingly extreme right press. pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/n...
Great that Compass @compassoffice.bsky.social has joined Bluesky. Can’t think of any reason why progressives (organisations and people) would have anything to do with X.
December 3, 2024 at 10:06 AM
Great that Compass @compassoffice.bsky.social has joined Bluesky. Can’t think of any reason why progressives (organisations and people) would have anything to do with X.