As we wind down for the festive season, we reflect on the progress Mainstream has made since September and thank our brilliant members and supporters for their faith and determination. Read our Chair's end of year reflections here 👇 www.mainstreamlabour.org/updates/eoy-...

I’ve just signed up to be a CLP organiser for Mainstream … The current hyperfactional leadership of the Labour Party doesn’t represent its members or our base … I’m fed up with shouting at the radio … The time for action is now!!!

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

Jon Bloomfield‬ "She’s not just trimming her sails but giving full vent to the populist gale. This can only end badly." My and @Davidedgar1.bsky.social latest for @bylinetimes.bsky.social, challenging Mahmood and Blue Labour's dangerous politics. bylinetimes.com/2025/12/08/s...

As morbid symptoms go, today’s asylum announcements are as grotesque as it’s possible to get … wrong on every level … morally, practically, politically … This hyper-factional team of fools need to stop driving the country off a cliff into the hands of the far right. @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social

Neal kicking off the Compass AGM

The Crosby, Stills and Nash of soft left podcasting are in fantastic form

As Labour continue to stumble from one political moment to the next, Compass Director Neal Lawson muses on how things got to this place. www.compassonline.org.uk/how-to-stop-...

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🌹A statement from Mainstream's Interim Council on Labour's tragic loss in Caerphilly. We will be wiped out in Wales next May without a major reset.

🗳️🌹Voting in the contest for Labour's next Deputy Leader opens today. After winning 82.2% of the vote in a ballot of our members, Mainstream is endorsing @lucympowell.bsky.social. We encourage those with a vote in this election to back Lucy. The contest closes on 23rd October.

The government insisted that the proscription of Palestine Action wasn’t about limiting pro-Palestinian protest, yet here they are with a measure transparently aimed at limiting pro-Palestinian protest. This is a political mess they have created for themselves with their own policies.

I remember an episode of River Cottage where Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall caught and cooked a carp after cleaning it in a bath #newsnight

@friebos.bsky.social As always… You have done a ’fucking brilliant job’ (technical term) … perfectly balanced (and I don’t mean ‘both sides-ism’) … proud to have been a subscriber since it was possible to b one … Thanks so much for your work

And your name is … @labourlewis.bsky.social … and your chosen subject … the blooming obvious 👍

To transform the country and take on the populist right, Labour must heed the voices of its radical realists - and build a principled, practical, popular left alternative. Join @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social and together we can bring that alternative to life. www.mainstreamlabour.org/get-involved

To transform the country and take on the populist right, Labour must heed the voices of its radical realists - and build a principled, practical, popular left alternative. Join @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social and together we can bring that alternative to life. www.mainstreamlabour.org/get-involved

One year of this Labour government has already passed, with too many missteps and missed opportunities. But we can turn the tide against the populist right and win in 2029. Sign up here: www.mainstreamlabour.org/get-involved

www.theguardian.com/politics/202... Things are looking up

Tonight’s Newsnight reinforces my long held opinion that @billybragg.bsky.social is the greatest living Englishman.

www.theguardian.com/society/2025... It’s like a roll call of all the worst people in the world (with the possible exception of Dylan Moran)

Compass could not do any of the work we achieve without the support of our members. They are the lifeblood of our movement. They don't wait for change - they make it. But don't just take our word for it, take that of our members👇 Become a Compass member today: action.compassonline.org.uk

Despite the awfulness of the world and the almost daily follies of our leaders, I still occasionally see things that give me hope. This is a particularly moving example.

In a single headline, the real source of most of what is wrong with this country. Any government that isn’t committed to changing this offers no real prospect of change for the better. www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ma...

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 Lawson spoke to James Meadway (@meadwaj.bsky.social), Laura Parker and Alan Finlayson (@profafinlayson.bsky.social). Wherever you get your podcasts!

I don't usually post links to videos, but this by @novaramedia.com @rivkahbrown.bsky.social is really excellent reporting on the anti-migrant protests and counter-protests ... Nuanced and thoughtful, with really excellent voxpops ... The BBC should take note youtu.be/nysARBco82o?...

The dramatic fragmentation of British politics has been a long time coming - and it's something Compass has been long preparing for. Read our full statement on the creation of a new left party here ⬇️ www.compassonline.org.uk/compass-stat...

Our view on proposed changes to Labour's National Policy Forum, as reported by @labourlist.bsky.social 👇 labourlist.org/2025/07/labo...

🌹This week, pluralism and internal debate within the Labour Party took a hit. Join Neal Lawson, @johnmct.bsky.social and Baroness Ruth Lister for a special live discussion of this week's events on Monday 21st July, 6pm. Register now: actionnetwork.org/events/suspe...

Rachael Maskell has been doing brilliant work protecting the needs and well-being of disabled people and of other vulnerable members of our society. She is one of the very best people in parliament. Keir Starmer is out of his nasty, authoritarian little mind to suspend her.

The decision to suspend the whip from four MPs for opposing cuts to welfare payments for disabled people is wrong - and has to be reversed. Sign the petition to demand their reinstatement: actionnetwork.org/petitions/re...

Labour suspending four MPs for standing up for disabled people is obscene. Compass for @theipaper.com.

🌹🗳️Today, one year since the election of the Labour government, we invite you to read our new paper - Reset: Winning a Decade of National Renewal.

It's almost a year since Labour took charge for the first time since 2010. But the excitement had dissipated and Reform are knocking at the door. Read our latest paper: a starting point for a broader conversation about how and why Labour must reset👇 www.compassonline.org.uk/publications...

I support Palestine Action. I hate all forms of violence. I wish no harm on anyone. I just want a kinder, fairer, greener world. Apparently this makes me a terrorist. But I am the opposite of a terrorist.

In office, not in power www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Zohran Mamdani's victory in the NYC Mayoral Democratic Primary - all-but confirming him as the next Mayor - is THE example for progressives all over the world. Not shying away from morals, espousing bold policies, using the PR voting system. We need to take note.

Sign the petition to Keir Starmer: Oppose Trump's war on Iran stoptrump.org.uk/petition-tru...

Last Saturday, well over 400 of us gathered at the Ministry of Sound to start answering this fundamental question: How can Labour deliver the decade of #RadicalRenewal it promised? Here's what attendees, speakers and volunteers had to say. #ChangeHow Did you attend? Tell us your experience!

this is going to end with a 150% tariff on tweeting, isn't it.

Privatised water is failing, but the Government’s ‘once-in-a-generation’ review is just more false solutions dressed up as reform. That's why we’re backing @labourlewis.bsky.social’s call. Public ownership works. Let’s put it back on the table. Add your name: actionnetwork.org/petitions/si...

Big queue this morning at the Compass ‘Change: How’ event at the Ministry of Sound #Compass

I just found an A4 print of my two Zaphods picture. If you want it Follow, Like, Repost and Reply with your favourite Hitchhiker's quote. #TowelDay UK only because postage.

‘Progressivism or bust: Why Blue Labour is the wrong answer to Reform surge’ labourlist.org/2025/05/blue... – via LabourList

Gordon Brown is right - removing the two-child limit would be an amazing first step to tackling child poverty. There's a whole host of other policies in Baroness Ruth Lister's new report, 'The Good Society Starts Small'. Read it now👇 www.compassonline.org.uk/publications...

🚨 Thursday’s elections prove it: First Past the Post is broken. 5 parties, chaotic results, millions left unrepresented. We need Proportional Representation — NOW. ✍️ Sign the petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/20...

Tim Montgomerie is shitfaced on #newsnight Sorry if I spelt his name wrong …. I’m a bit pissed🤣

⛈️ 🤨 Labour members are uneasy about the party's direction after the Spring Statement. 🧭 If this includes you, explore Labour's alternatives and build a vision for radical renewal with us on 31st May. Get your ticket to CHANGE: HOW? A Decade of Radical Renewal: actionnetwork.org/ticketed_eve...

We will not be distracted. We will not be discouraged. We’ve got our eyes on the prize. And we will build the prosperous, free nation for all that we deserve. The time to organize is now. OcasioCortez.com