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The crisis of everything demands everyone.
We're driving the ideas and power in civil society needed to create a hopeful and transformative vision for the country - to beat not just Reform, but the causes of Reform.
Join us: action.compassonline.org.uk/all_hands_on...
We're driving the ideas and power in civil society needed to create a hopeful and transformative vision for the country - to beat not just Reform, but the causes of Reform.
Join us: action.compassonline.org.uk/all_hands_on...
Compass Director Neal Lawson setting the record straight on why unions are increasingly sceptical of the current Labour Government on @thetimes.com Radio this morning.
December 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Compass Director Neal Lawson setting the record straight on why unions are increasingly sceptical of the current Labour Government on @thetimes.com Radio this morning.
The Child Poverty Strategy is a brilliant first step to tackling one of the biggest scourges of our society - but there is still significant work that needs to be done.
Read Baroness Ruth Lister's analysis here👇
www.compassonline.org.uk/tackling-chi...
Read Baroness Ruth Lister's analysis here👇
www.compassonline.org.uk/tackling-chi...
Tackling Child Poverty: A First Step - Compass
Baroness Ruth Lister analyses the government's Child Poverty Strategy - its first step to tackling this significant issue.
www.compassonline.org.uk
December 22, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The Child Poverty Strategy is a brilliant first step to tackling one of the biggest scourges of our society - but there is still significant work that needs to be done.
Read Baroness Ruth Lister's analysis here👇
www.compassonline.org.uk/tackling-chi...
Read Baroness Ruth Lister's analysis here👇
www.compassonline.org.uk/tackling-chi...
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🏴 Labour polling at 10% in Wales would have been incomprehensible at one point. Brave new world.
But this projection shows that Welsh voters are still overwhelmingly progressive. Parties should do everything in their power to ensure a progressive majority in May.
But this projection shows that Welsh voters are still overwhelmingly progressive. Parties should do everything in their power to ensure a progressive majority in May.
Senedd Voting Intention:
PLC: 33% (+3)
RFM: 30% (+1)
LAB: 10% (-4)
CON: 10% (-1)
GRN: 9% (+3)
LDM: 6% (=)
Via @yougov.co.uk, 28 Nov - 10 Dec.
Changes w/ 4-10 Sep.
PLC: 33% (+3)
RFM: 30% (+1)
LAB: 10% (-4)
CON: 10% (-1)
GRN: 9% (+3)
LDM: 6% (=)
Via @yougov.co.uk, 28 Nov - 10 Dec.
Changes w/ 4-10 Sep.
December 17, 2025 at 5:51 PM
🏴 Labour polling at 10% in Wales would have been incomprehensible at one point. Brave new world.
But this projection shows that Welsh voters are still overwhelmingly progressive. Parties should do everything in their power to ensure a progressive majority in May.
But this projection shows that Welsh voters are still overwhelmingly progressive. Parties should do everything in their power to ensure a progressive majority in May.
🏴 Labour polling at 10% in Wales would have been incomprehensible at one point. Brave new world.
But this projection shows that Welsh voters are still overwhelmingly progressive. Parties should do everything in their power to ensure a progressive majority in May.
But this projection shows that Welsh voters are still overwhelmingly progressive. Parties should do everything in their power to ensure a progressive majority in May.
Senedd Voting Intention:
PLC: 33% (+3)
RFM: 30% (+1)
LAB: 10% (-4)
CON: 10% (-1)
GRN: 9% (+3)
LDM: 6% (=)
Via @yougov.co.uk, 28 Nov - 10 Dec.
Changes w/ 4-10 Sep.
PLC: 33% (+3)
RFM: 30% (+1)
LAB: 10% (-4)
CON: 10% (-1)
GRN: 9% (+3)
LDM: 6% (=)
Via @yougov.co.uk, 28 Nov - 10 Dec.
Changes w/ 4-10 Sep.
December 17, 2025 at 5:51 PM
🏴 Labour polling at 10% in Wales would have been incomprehensible at one point. Brave new world.
But this projection shows that Welsh voters are still overwhelmingly progressive. Parties should do everything in their power to ensure a progressive majority in May.
But this projection shows that Welsh voters are still overwhelmingly progressive. Parties should do everything in their power to ensure a progressive majority in May.
A fascinating development for one of Britain's most interesting progressives.
You can find our recent podcast with Jamie here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
You can find our recent podcast with Jamie here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
December 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
A fascinating development for one of Britain's most interesting progressives.
You can find our recent podcast with Jamie here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
You can find our recent podcast with Jamie here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
It starts with a resolution...and ends with fair votes.
We've just delivered over 250,000 signatures calling for First Past The Post to be scrapped by next Christmas🎄
📢 Share to make the call even louder!
With @makevotesmatter.bsky.social @unlockdemocracy.bsky.social @electoralreform.bsky.social
We've just delivered over 250,000 signatures calling for First Past The Post to be scrapped by next Christmas🎄
📢 Share to make the call even louder!
With @makevotesmatter.bsky.social @unlockdemocracy.bsky.social @electoralreform.bsky.social
December 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
It starts with a resolution...and ends with fair votes.
We've just delivered over 250,000 signatures calling for First Past The Post to be scrapped by next Christmas🎄
📢 Share to make the call even louder!
With @makevotesmatter.bsky.social @unlockdemocracy.bsky.social @electoralreform.bsky.social
We've just delivered over 250,000 signatures calling for First Past The Post to be scrapped by next Christmas🎄
📢 Share to make the call even louder!
With @makevotesmatter.bsky.social @unlockdemocracy.bsky.social @electoralreform.bsky.social
Andrea Egan becoming Unison's new General Secretary says one thing: people are rapidly losing faith in this Labour leadership. And they want change.
Compass in @theipaper.com.
Compass in @theipaper.com.
December 17, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Andrea Egan becoming Unison's new General Secretary says one thing: people are rapidly losing faith in this Labour leadership. And they want change.
Compass in @theipaper.com.
Compass in @theipaper.com.
Following the publication of our new paper, 'Soft Skills, Hard Labour: The Case for a New Soft Left/Blue Labour Politics' last week, @martinshaw.bsky.social asks: is now really the time to re-engage with Blue Labour?
Read it below👇
www.compassonline.org.uk/is-now-reall...
Read it below👇
www.compassonline.org.uk/is-now-reall...
Is Now Really The Time to Re-Engage with Blue Labour? - Compass
After the publication of our new pamphlet on the points of cohesion between the soft left and Blue Labour, Martin Shaw asks - is now really the time?
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December 16, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Following the publication of our new paper, 'Soft Skills, Hard Labour: The Case for a New Soft Left/Blue Labour Politics' last week, @martinshaw.bsky.social asks: is now really the time to re-engage with Blue Labour?
Read it below👇
www.compassonline.org.uk/is-now-reall...
Read it below👇
www.compassonline.org.uk/is-now-reall...
NEW PODCAST!
To take on the end of the year - and figure out just what on earth went on in 2025 - we had @labourlist.bsky.social's Editor @emmaburnell.bsky.social and Guardian columnist @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social join our director, Neal Lawson.
Available wherever you get your podcasts!
To take on the end of the year - and figure out just what on earth went on in 2025 - we had @labourlist.bsky.social's Editor @emmaburnell.bsky.social and Guardian columnist @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social join our director, Neal Lawson.
Available wherever you get your podcasts!
December 16, 2025 at 12:07 PM
NEW PODCAST!
To take on the end of the year - and figure out just what on earth went on in 2025 - we had @labourlist.bsky.social's Editor @emmaburnell.bsky.social and Guardian columnist @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social join our director, Neal Lawson.
Available wherever you get your podcasts!
To take on the end of the year - and figure out just what on earth went on in 2025 - we had @labourlist.bsky.social's Editor @emmaburnell.bsky.social and Guardian columnist @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social join our director, Neal Lawson.
Available wherever you get your podcasts!
Read Compass' latest statement on Your Party after their founding conference here.
www.compassonline.org.uk/compass-stat...
www.compassonline.org.uk/compass-stat...
Compass Statement on Your Party - Post-Founding Conference
With Your Party now officially being founded, Compass reaffirms its commitment to working with all progressives to bring about the Good Society.
www.compassonline.org.uk
December 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Read Compass' latest statement on Your Party after their founding conference here.
www.compassonline.org.uk/compass-stat...
www.compassonline.org.uk/compass-stat...
In his latest article for @bylinetimes.bsky.social, Compass Director Neal Lawson reckons with a Government that clearly never planned to govern.
Read it now👇
www.compassonline.org.uk/budget-2025-...
Read it now👇
www.compassonline.org.uk/budget-2025-...
Budget 2025: ‘Rachel Reeves Bakes an Economic Pudding With No Theme’
The seeds of the Government’s current political and economic difficulties were sown a long time before Rachel Reeves' Budget, writes Neal Lawson.
www.compassonline.org.uk
December 12, 2025 at 2:31 PM
In his latest article for @bylinetimes.bsky.social, Compass Director Neal Lawson reckons with a Government that clearly never planned to govern.
Read it now👇
www.compassonline.org.uk/budget-2025-...
Read it now👇
www.compassonline.org.uk/budget-2025-...
So where can the soft left and Blue Labour align?
Our new paper outlines multiple policy areas for cohesion - such as devolution, institution building, regionalised banking, public ownership, the non-university pathway, pride in work, community cohesion and immigration.
Our new paper outlines multiple policy areas for cohesion - such as devolution, institution building, regionalised banking, public ownership, the non-university pathway, pride in work, community cohesion and immigration.
December 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
So where can the soft left and Blue Labour align?
Our new paper outlines multiple policy areas for cohesion - such as devolution, institution building, regionalised banking, public ownership, the non-university pathway, pride in work, community cohesion and immigration.
Our new paper outlines multiple policy areas for cohesion - such as devolution, institution building, regionalised banking, public ownership, the non-university pathway, pride in work, community cohesion and immigration.
But what splits the soft left between Rights-based liberals and Democratic Communitarians? Who in Blue Labour is a Postliberal Democrat or a Rules-based Majoritarian?
Read the explainer below and find out how they can come together in our new publication👇
Read the explainer below and find out how they can come together in our new publication👇
December 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
But what splits the soft left between Rights-based liberals and Democratic Communitarians? Who in Blue Labour is a Postliberal Democrat or a Rules-based Majoritarian?
Read the explainer below and find out how they can come together in our new publication👇
Read the explainer below and find out how they can come together in our new publication👇
Our new publication, 'Soft Skills, Hard Labour', maps out the divisions between the soft left and Blue Labour - but also where they naturally overlap.
It's in these areas where a new politics can be built.
It's in these areas where a new politics can be built.
December 11, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Our new publication, 'Soft Skills, Hard Labour', maps out the divisions between the soft left and Blue Labour - but also where they naturally overlap.
It's in these areas where a new politics can be built.
It's in these areas where a new politics can be built.
NEW PUBLICATION!
Where is the common ground between the soft left and Blue Labour? Can they - and should they - come together?
A parting gift from Frances Foley looks into this - and makes the case for a politics of unity, not division.
Read it below👇
Where is the common ground between the soft left and Blue Labour? Can they - and should they - come together?
A parting gift from Frances Foley looks into this - and makes the case for a politics of unity, not division.
Read it below👇
December 11, 2025 at 12:16 PM
NEW PUBLICATION!
Where is the common ground between the soft left and Blue Labour? Can they - and should they - come together?
A parting gift from Frances Foley looks into this - and makes the case for a politics of unity, not division.
Read it below👇
Where is the common ground between the soft left and Blue Labour? Can they - and should they - come together?
A parting gift from Frances Foley looks into this - and makes the case for a politics of unity, not division.
Read it below👇
TONIGHT!
Compass Members can join the discussion LIVE as we round-up the political year that was 2025 with LabourList Editor
@emmaburnell.bsky.social and columnist @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social.
Join as a Member now and don't miss out!
Compass Members can join the discussion LIVE as we round-up the political year that was 2025 with LabourList Editor
@emmaburnell.bsky.social and columnist @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social.
Join as a Member now and don't miss out!
December 9, 2025 at 12:55 PM
TONIGHT!
Compass Members can join the discussion LIVE as we round-up the political year that was 2025 with LabourList Editor
@emmaburnell.bsky.social and columnist @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social.
Join as a Member now and don't miss out!
Compass Members can join the discussion LIVE as we round-up the political year that was 2025 with LabourList Editor
@emmaburnell.bsky.social and columnist @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social.
Join as a Member now and don't miss out!
NEW PODCAST!
With the launch of Your Party at their founding conference, now comes the tricky bit - how do they navigate a fragmenting British politics?
Our Director Neal Lawson is joined by @siennamarla and @josephalextodd to discuss it.
With the launch of Your Party at their founding conference, now comes the tricky bit - how do they navigate a fragmenting British politics?
Our Director Neal Lawson is joined by @siennamarla and @josephalextodd to discuss it.
December 8, 2025 at 2:48 PM
NEW PODCAST!
With the launch of Your Party at their founding conference, now comes the tricky bit - how do they navigate a fragmenting British politics?
Our Director Neal Lawson is joined by @siennamarla and @josephalextodd to discuss it.
With the launch of Your Party at their founding conference, now comes the tricky bit - how do they navigate a fragmenting British politics?
Our Director Neal Lawson is joined by @siennamarla and @josephalextodd to discuss it.
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In my new piece for @compassoffice.bsky.social, I offer a balanced, dynamic assessment of where the #GreenParty is now at - and what it means for the future of British #politics…
www.compassonline.org.uk/green-party-...
www.compassonline.org.uk/green-party-...
Green Party Rising
Under Zack Polanski, the Green Party are in the strongest position they ever have been. Where do they go next?
www.compassonline.org.uk
December 5, 2025 at 5:15 PM
In my new piece for @compassoffice.bsky.social, I offer a balanced, dynamic assessment of where the #GreenParty is now at - and what it means for the future of British #politics…
www.compassonline.org.uk/green-party-...
www.compassonline.org.uk/green-party-...
Will this Budget help make things better for people who are struggling?
In our latest episode of It’s Bloody Complicated, guest host @labourlewis.bsky.social peeled back the layers of last week’s Budget w/ @womensbudgetgrp.bsky.social Erin Mansell and economist @michaelujacobs.bsky.social.
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In our latest episode of It’s Bloody Complicated, guest host @labourlewis.bsky.social peeled back the layers of last week’s Budget w/ @womensbudgetgrp.bsky.social Erin Mansell and economist @michaelujacobs.bsky.social.
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December 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Will this Budget help make things better for people who are struggling?
In our latest episode of It’s Bloody Complicated, guest host @labourlewis.bsky.social peeled back the layers of last week’s Budget w/ @womensbudgetgrp.bsky.social Erin Mansell and economist @michaelujacobs.bsky.social.
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In our latest episode of It’s Bloody Complicated, guest host @labourlewis.bsky.social peeled back the layers of last week’s Budget w/ @womensbudgetgrp.bsky.social Erin Mansell and economist @michaelujacobs.bsky.social.
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Delaying the mayoral elections planned for 2026 is common sense if we're serious about democracy.
Holding four new mayoral elections under FPTP when currently legislating to replace it for the rest with SV from 2027 would be ludicrous.
Compass in @theipaper.com.
Holding four new mayoral elections under FPTP when currently legislating to replace it for the rest with SV from 2027 would be ludicrous.
Compass in @theipaper.com.
December 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Delaying the mayoral elections planned for 2026 is common sense if we're serious about democracy.
Holding four new mayoral elections under FPTP when currently legislating to replace it for the rest with SV from 2027 would be ludicrous.
Compass in @theipaper.com.
Holding four new mayoral elections under FPTP when currently legislating to replace it for the rest with SV from 2027 would be ludicrous.
Compass in @theipaper.com.
"It is high time the left doesn’t just preach unity and solidarity, but practises it."
Compass Director Neal Lawson on the existential crisis that a united Right poses - and what the Left can do about it - in @theguardian.com.
Compass Director Neal Lawson on the existential crisis that a united Right poses - and what the Left can do about it - in @theguardian.com.
December 3, 2025 at 5:48 PM
"It is high time the left doesn’t just preach unity and solidarity, but practises it."
Compass Director Neal Lawson on the existential crisis that a united Right poses - and what the Left can do about it - in @theguardian.com.
Compass Director Neal Lawson on the existential crisis that a united Right poses - and what the Left can do about it - in @theguardian.com.
At the last General Election, a united Right would have won 202 more seats.
An average 5.2% swing away from away Labour would completely change the political landscape.
We said all this in our publication, 'Thin Ice.'
The Right will unite. Progressives need to be ready.
An average 5.2% swing away from away Labour would completely change the political landscape.
We said all this in our publication, 'Thin Ice.'
The Right will unite. Progressives need to be ready.
December 3, 2025 at 5:11 PM
At the last General Election, a united Right would have won 202 more seats.
An average 5.2% swing away from away Labour would completely change the political landscape.
We said all this in our publication, 'Thin Ice.'
The Right will unite. Progressives need to be ready.
An average 5.2% swing away from away Labour would completely change the political landscape.
We said all this in our publication, 'Thin Ice.'
The Right will unite. Progressives need to be ready.
Our Oxfordshire group trialled their 'Counter the Far-Right' project at the Oxford Green Fair this past weekend!.
A Reform policy flip chart, a set of questions on how people felt about Reform in our county, and a 'Pin the Second Job on the MP' quiz all made appearances.
A Reform policy flip chart, a set of questions on how people felt about Reform in our county, and a 'Pin the Second Job on the MP' quiz all made appearances.
December 2, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Our Oxfordshire group trialled their 'Counter the Far-Right' project at the Oxford Green Fair this past weekend!.
A Reform policy flip chart, a set of questions on how people felt about Reform in our county, and a 'Pin the Second Job on the MP' quiz all made appearances.
A Reform policy flip chart, a set of questions on how people felt about Reform in our county, and a 'Pin the Second Job on the MP' quiz all made appearances.
OUT NOW!
Our latest podcast episode is one you can't miss - as Clive Lewis MP (@labourlewis.bsky.social) hosts a Budget post-mortem with economists @michaelujacobs.bsky.social and @womensbudgetgrp.bsky.social's Erin Mansell.
Available wherever you get your podcasts!
Our latest podcast episode is one you can't miss - as Clive Lewis MP (@labourlewis.bsky.social) hosts a Budget post-mortem with economists @michaelujacobs.bsky.social and @womensbudgetgrp.bsky.social's Erin Mansell.
Available wherever you get your podcasts!
December 2, 2025 at 10:51 AM
OUT NOW!
Our latest podcast episode is one you can't miss - as Clive Lewis MP (@labourlewis.bsky.social) hosts a Budget post-mortem with economists @michaelujacobs.bsky.social and @womensbudgetgrp.bsky.social's Erin Mansell.
Available wherever you get your podcasts!
Our latest podcast episode is one you can't miss - as Clive Lewis MP (@labourlewis.bsky.social) hosts a Budget post-mortem with economists @michaelujacobs.bsky.social and @womensbudgetgrp.bsky.social's Erin Mansell.
Available wherever you get your podcasts!
Under Zack Polanski, the Green Party are in the strongest position they ever have been.
Their membership and their polling is at an all-time high.
So what can they do with it and where do they go? @rupertread.bsky.social dissects the Greenwave👇
www.compassonline.org.uk/green-party-...
Their membership and their polling is at an all-time high.
So what can they do with it and where do they go? @rupertread.bsky.social dissects the Greenwave👇
www.compassonline.org.uk/green-party-...
Green Party Rising
Under Zack Polanski, the Green Party are in the strongest position they ever have been. Where do they go next?
www.compassonline.org.uk
December 1, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Under Zack Polanski, the Green Party are in the strongest position they ever have been.
Their membership and their polling is at an all-time high.
So what can they do with it and where do they go? @rupertread.bsky.social dissects the Greenwave👇
www.compassonline.org.uk/green-party-...
Their membership and their polling is at an all-time high.
So what can they do with it and where do they go? @rupertread.bsky.social dissects the Greenwave👇
www.compassonline.org.uk/green-party-...