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Change:NOW! was a historic, hopeful moment for progressives.
On 30th May, we brought together 800+ campaigners, thinkers, politicians and activists to build the movement for a more democratic future.
At a moment of profound political and economic division, we showed that the values that unite progressives are stronger than the forces pulling us apart. Together, we can build a bold, pragmatic agenda capable of uniting people against the far right.
🚨 MPs are debating the call for a National Emergency Briefing.
On Monday 16 November at 4.30pm, MPs will debate Chris Packham's petition calling for a live, televised briefing to the nation on the climate and nature crisis.
Already over 130,000 people have signed the parliamentary petition.
📣 Please contact your MP and ask them to attend the debate, whatever party they represent: nebriefing.org/petition-deba…
Regional governance for water is a welcome start from this Government on the essential reform the water sector needs. Compass has modelled this exact idea with the Thames Water Emergency Board and are glad the Government is following suit.
But just putting new governance structures onto a broken privatised system without real control, ownership or power risks frustrating communities and diverting energy from the fundamental change needed. Without workers from the industry itself represented then huge question marks remain on who these councils will serve - the pipes or the execs?
The public do want public oversight but, crucially, they want public ownership.
Water companies to be overseen by regional councils under Government shake-up lbc.co.uk/article/water-comp…
Highly sensitive issues happen regularly within and between progressive parties, especially on issues such as Palestine. But national parties dictating local politics from national and international issues doesn't help progressive politics in this country.
Simply put, we have to trust local councils to figure out what is best for their places - not give edicts from the top down.
Labour ends power-sharing with Greens in 11 councils over Zionism row bbc.in/3W8wP3I
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The prime minister's goal for the budget was to reverse 40 years of neoliberalism, but it wasn't ambitious enough, says Compass CEO Neal Lawson.
"Andy Burnham's problem now is he's got to reverse 41 years of neoliberalism."
Ahead of the Budget, Nicholas Moore has written for the Compass blog to ask: what is the purpose of the economy?
Read it now👇
compassonline.org.uk/what-is…
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"I think we've got growth in every opinion poll and hope in the heart of every Labour backbencher."
Compass Director Neal Lawson (@Neal_Compass) assesses Andy Burnham's first 100 days as Prime Minister on @LBC @NickFerrariLBC.
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Andy, we know just the policy prescription: public ownership. 😉
Water run for the people who pay the bills. Democratic accountability. Money reinvested in fixing pipes and cleaning rivers.
Happy to pop round with the notes. Some of us have kept them handy.
Andy Burnham has announced a National Commission on electoral reform - we’ve just taken a huge step towards fairer votes.
PR is key to a more equal, sustainable society, and thanks to our 3,000+ members & tens of thousands of supporters, the next Government could deliver it.
Here’s how some of them reacted 👇
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🔊Our Chief Executive Will Snell appeared on the @CompassOffice podcast 'It's Bloody Complicated' last week to discuss his new book 'The Fair Necessities: Why We Need a Fairer Britain and How to Make It Happen'.
🔗 Listen to the full episode here: open.spotify.com/episode/7c6…
Is Two-Party Politics back?
Our Director Neal Lawson (@Neal_Compass) joins the @NWI_Westminster Podcast to discuss all that and more.
Listen now👇
youtube.com/watch?v=pVzZ3gRL…
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10 national unions have asked the Prime Minister not to approve Rosebank.
This might be a good time to listen to our recent podcast on the politics of the Rosebank and Jackdaw issue: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas…
A group of 10 national unions have signed an open letter to Andy Burnham urging him not to approve the Rosebank oil field 👇
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Have you read the new Climate Popularism report by our co-chair @CarolineLucas and @GreenRupertRead?
Zoe Williams has and explainins its meaning for the future of British politics.
Read the article here: theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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Last month, Andy Burnham made an announcement that could end up transforming British politics.
Whichever party we vote for (and we're a politically diverse bunch!), we all agree: he deserves a nice cold pint for this.
Cheers, Andy! Now let's make it happen.🍻
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Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3uS…
OUT NOW: Our Holborn & St. Pancras by-election reaction is in all your podcast feeds!
@Survation's @DamianSurvation and @FayeBrownSky join our Director @Neal_Compass and Deputy Director Lena Swedlow to break down what the result means for the future of progressive politics.
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OUT NOW: Our Holborn & St. Pancras by-election reaction is in all your podcast feeds!
@Survation's @DamianSurvation and @FayeBrownSky join our Director @Neal_Compass and Deputy Director Lena Swedlow to break down what the result means for the future of progressive politics.