Director of Compass “living without illusions without being disillusioned” h/t Gramsci - applies to politics and #CAFC
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If Orban loses, we're going to have another 6 weeks of "have we reached peak populism" discourse
Let's not miss the bigger picture here👇
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Hyperfactionalism is stopping good government and killing @UKLabour
New article in @NewStatesman
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🏴 Caerphilly by-election 🏴
Politics @SamCoatesSky and @annemcelvoy in the look ahead mode to the Senedd by-election in South Wales on Thursday - with their take on @Neal_Compass piece in @NewStatesman 🗳️
Flavour of conversation here ⬇️
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Listen to @jemgilbert @y_alibhai @ProfAFinlayson and me @MarkPerryman discuss the book 'The Starmer Symptom' at this Culture, Power and Politics seminar.
Here >
culturepowerpolitics.org/202…
@philbc3 @dannydorling @JoeMulhall_
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🚨COMING TOMORROW!🚨
A special podcast episode drops in your feeds as Compass Director @Neal_Compass sits down with former Green Party co-leader Jonathan Bartley (@jon_bartley) to discuss Zack Polanski's victory in the Green Party leadership election.
You won't want to miss it!
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Such a good conversation of the possibilities for #left politics in Britain - lots of good analysis and ideas from @ParkerCiccone @ProfAFinlayson @meadwaj and @Neal_Compass - even if it doesn't leave me very confident that the #Corbyn #Sultana party is ready for the challenge.
NEW EPISODE!
We have an absolute treat for you this week - a mammoth 90 minute episode all on the new left party!
Our Director @Neal_Compass spoke to James Meadway (@meadwaj), Laura Parker (@ParkerCiccone) and Alan Finlayson (@ProfAFinlayson).
Wherever you get your podcasts!
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In these uncertain times, it can be so easy to feel like there is no hope.
But optimism is the one thing we have to keep fighting for above all, writes Compass Director @Neal_Compass for @BylineTimes.
compassonline.org.uk/why-opt…
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Out today! 'The Starmer Symptom' feat wonderful contributors inc @dannydorling @Gargi_at_home @jemgilbert @JoeMulhall_ @labourlewis @leftacademic @Neal_Compass @p_surridge @philbc3 @y_alibhai and ...
@MarkPerryman
Details plutobooks.com/9780745351094…
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🔴 ‘Why Optimism of the Intellect Is Needed to Counter Britain’s Spiral Into Despair’ - @Neal_Compass
bylinetimes.com/2025/08/15/b…
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NEW: Compass poll of Labour members has dropped.
91% support a wealth tax, 84% want to end the two-child limit, 74% want to stop suspending dissenting MPs - and that's just the start.
The government is out of step with the mainstream of the Labour Party.
In the @Independent.
Neal Lawson retweeted
NEW EPISODE!
We have an absolute treat for you this week - a mammoth 90 minute episode all on the new left party!
Our Director @Neal_Compass spoke to James Meadway (@meadwaj), Laura Parker (@ParkerCiccone) and Alan Finlayson (@ProfAFinlayson).
Wherever you get your podcasts!
Neal Lawson retweeted
Compass was built on the shoulders of giants, one of them being the late, great Robin Cook.
Join us on Thursday 18th September for the 2025 Robin Cook Memorial Lecture, as we mark 20 years since Robin's death and restate the significance of his politics today.
Tickets: actionnetwork.org/ticketed_e…
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Compass has been urging the Government to end the two-child benefit limit for some time.
Taxing the betting industry would offer Labour a clear way to start tackling the scourge of child poverty. It's time for action.
mirror.co.uk/news/politics/g…
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NEW: this special BONUS episode of It's Bloody Complicated is now available to listen to as a podcast!
Listen to @johnmcternan, @Neal_Compass and Baroness Ruth Lister break down Labour suspending the whip of 4 MPs.
Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever pods are!
🌹This week, pluralism and internal debate within the Labour Party took a big hit.
Join @Neal_Compass, @johnmcternan and Baroness Ruth Lister for a special live discussion of this week's events on Monday 21st July, 6pm.
Register now: actionnetwork.org/events/sus…
Neal Lawson retweeted
🌹This week, pluralism and internal debate within the Labour Party took a big hit.
Join @Neal_Compass, @johnmcternan and Baroness Ruth Lister for a special live discussion of this week's events on Monday 21st July, 6pm.
Register now: actionnetwork.org/events/sus…
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The mainstream of the party will not sit quietly whilst No 10 turns on its own backbenchers for defending Labour values.
Compass, with @PeoplesMomentum and @OpenLabour, is calling for the whip to be immediately reinstated to the four suspended MPs.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/…
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🗳️ 📊 Last week, we saw what we're up against. Labour must take on decline and despair, the breeding ground of Reform, with a bold and progressive vision for the country.
Build a vision for radical renewal with us on 31st May! 🧭 💥 🚀
actionnetwork.org/ticketed_e…
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'The Anti-Democratic Tyranny of the Office For Budget Responsibility' bylinetimes.com/2025/04/04/t…
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Donald Trump's inauguration is a wake-up call. We hope the #LabourParty will hear it.
All the ingredients of a far-right overtake are present in the UK.
If this government keeps pandering to the right instead of rallying progressive voices, we risk the same future here.
