Our post-Makerfield reaction episode is now available wherever you get your podcasts! Tune in for searing analysis from @avasantina.bsky.social, @anouschka-r.bsky.social, @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social Kerry Postlewhite and stand-in @wstronge.bsky.social!

New leadership of the Labour Party offers a lifeline to ensure that their huge parliamentary majority is no longer wasted and the transformative work needed to defeat Reform and the causes of Reform can be undertaken.

If Andy Burnham can make Labour palatable for Makerfield then he can make it palatable for the entire country. The transition to a new Prime Minister must be orderly, but it must happen.

Makerfield is a real victory for progressives. But this moment is bigger than one person or one party. Defeating Reform and the causes of Reform requires all of us, working together. The progressive majority must now be activated. Read our full statement below.

That tingle of hope you felt this morning? It comes from Makerfield. Andy Burnham has shown that a bold, purposeful progressive politics can beat Reform. Now he (and we) must deliver. Or the consequences will be grave.

The good society isn't utopian - it's already all around us. @profkepickett.bsky.social has got the examples to back it up. After you've watched, we want to hear yours. Which existing project gives you the most hope? 💭

The good society isn't utopian - it's already all around us. @profkepickett.bsky.social has got the examples to back it up. After you've watched, we want to hear yours. Which existing project gives you the most hope? 💭

At 'Change: NOW! Mobilising the Progressive Majority', over 700 progressives came together to figure out how we make this country better. Full video coming next week.

People who try to defend prejudices in the name of 'respecting communities' ignore the real values that support the development of communities. To appreciate true community values is to back mutuality and cooperation: www.compassonline.org.uk/the-truth-ab...

The details are important - but protecting the development of our children is vital to our future. It's welcome to see state intervention on companies that are changing our society for the worse. The Good Society needs to be actively built every single day.

At 'Change: NOW! Mobilising the Progressive Majority', over 700 progressives came together to figure out how we make this country better. Full video coming next week.

OUT NOW! We sat down with economist @meadwaj.bsky.social to discuss how progressives can be trusted on the economy and how we re-commit to environmentalism is this fragmented age. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts!

The Makerfield by-election will have seismic ramifications for the entirety of British politics. Come join us at 6pm next Friday to dissect it all - with @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social's Kerry Postlewhite, @cmmonwealth.bsky.social's Mat Lawrence, @avasantina.bsky.social and @anouschka-r.bsky.social!

Keir Starmer’s time as Prime Minister will be remembered for indecision and an unwillingness to commit to the difficult decisions. You can’t please everyone in Government, yet Starmer has uniquely managed to please no one. Compass on John Healey's resignation as Defence Secretary👇

THIS WEEK! Keep your eyes peeled for the next episode of our podcast, It's Bloody Complicated, as we're joined by economist James Meadway (@meadwaj.bsky.social) to discuss just how progressives can be trusted on the economy.

Our Director @Neal_Compass sat down with @mandascott.bsky.social of the Accidental Gods podcast (and @rupertread.bsky.social) to discuss Britain's progressive majority and the world we're within the grasp of building. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts!

The two-party system has fractured, and it isn't coming back. The question now is whether the progressive majority in this country can find a way to come together and win on a bold progressive mandate. Andy Burnham's pitch to lead Labour and keep out Reform rests on that plan.

"[Andy Burnham] recognises that we've got to change our democratic systems, we've got to change the state in order to change our economy." Compass Director Neal Lawson on Labour's candidate in Makerfield for BBC Radio 4's Westminster Hour.

“Get behind a clear, unified, single message and tell the public: we will make your kids financially secure. And nobody else can do that. The far-right can’t do that” Did you miss @garyseconomics.bsky.social speaking at #ChangeNOW on Saturday? Full speech out soon.

"How do we work together for the common good and the national good? How do we put country before party?" Compass Director Neal Lawson talking to BBC Radio 4's Westminster Hour at our conference, 'Change: NOW! Mobilising the Progressive Majority'.

“Get behind a clear, unified, single message and tell the public: we will make your kids financially secure. And nobody else can do that. The far-right can’t do that” Did you miss @garyseconomics.bsky.social speaking at #ChangeNOW on Saturday? Full speech out soon.

🎙️When Uffe Elbæk founded the Alternative party in Denmark, he wanted to shape *how* politics was done not just what policies were pursued. Would you join a party like that? Full interview now available on #ItsBloodyComplicated @alternativet.dk

💥 102 MPs have now signed the amendment 🌹 Three quarters of them are Labour MPs ⏰ The Government needs to wake up: it's time for Proportional Representation #FirstPastThePost #FPTP #PR #Democracy

We know how to fix inequality. We just need the guts to do it again. @garyseconomics.bsky.social speaking at #ChangeNOW 🤝 Full speech coming soon.

Amazing to have you here with us 🤩

🎙️When Uffe Elbæk founded the Alternative party in Denmark, he wanted to shape *how* politics was done not just what policies were pursued. Would you join a party like that? Full interview now available on #ItsBloodyComplicated @alternativet.dk

We know how to fix inequality. We just need the guts to do it again. @garyseconomics.bsky.social speaking at #ChangeNOW 🤝 Full speech coming soon.

Dr Daniella Jenkins, our Executive Director, spoke at the Compass conference about women's unpaid work and the impact on gender inequality.

Our director Hannah was invited to join @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social this weekend for a panel on the politics of pluralism, at the @compassoffice.bsky.social conference. Huge thanks to Mainstream for organising the panel.

Compass gets it right on both the big and the small issues. Ending the conference on time AND providing a big screen in time for the big match was thoughtful and much appreciated - as were the refreshments. Many of the speakers were truly excellent. If only the country were as well run.

Really enjoyed today with @compassoffice.bsky.social - including this good discussion about how we talk about climate along with inequality. A very encouraging, stimulating day!

“The acceptance that modernity is something that is given and can't be shaped... that is not politics.” “Democracy is the means, and the goal is to liberate the human spirit.” So don’t accept the rules of the game as they are! #ChangeNOW 🤝

"If we are to prevent Nigel Farage becoming Prime Minister, Starmer has to go." Strong words from Compass director, Neal Lawson. #ChangeNOW 🤝

"Everywhere we look, we can find proof of concept of all the solutions and policies we need to help us create a Good Society." @profkepickett.bsky.social, epidemiologist and author of groundbreaking research on economic inequality #ChangeNOW 🤝

"It's also time to take on the bond markets [...] time for progressives to hold our nerve. Our policies cannot be dictated by the billionaires. [...] the bond markets are not ideological, they just want to know there is a plan." Leader of the Green Party @zackpolanski.bsky.social #ChangeNOW 🤝

“There is plenty of wealth in this country, and since the pandemic we have seen some of those multi-millionaires and billionaires own even more wealth…It is time to tax wealth and not work.” Leader of the Green Party @zackpolanski.bsky.social #ChangeNOW 🤝

"When the alarm is ringing you cannot keep hitting the snooze button. [..] We live in one of the most nature depleted countries in the world…at the heart of the climate crisis is an inequality crisis." Leader of the Green Party @zackpolanski.bsky.social #ChangeNOW 🤝

The room is packed for our closing panel! Head there now for final words from Compass director Neal Lawson and leader of the Green Party @zackpolanski.bsky.social #ChangeNOW 🤝

On image/privacy rights: "By providing these incredible basic planks, people are able to achieve their potential as humans." Award-winning journalist & Real Britain columnist @roswynnejones.bsky.social #ChangeNOW 🤝

"The greatest mistake the environment movement made was to talk about no, not talk about yes." Chief Exec of @friends-earth.bsky.social, Asah Rehman #ChangeNOW 🤝

Great to hear from @faizashaheen.bsky.social about the incredible work of @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social mobilising for wealth taxes! #ChangeNOW 🤝

"Building community is the only way to ensure we’re building common wealth and power and that we’re not starting again and again." @fatimaibrahim.bsky.social Co-Exec Director @gndrising.bsky.social #ChangeNOW 🤝

"Investment in social infrastructure generates benefits not only in the present, [..] but it generates spill over benefits for the whole economy long into the future." Emeritus Professor, economist & sociologist Diane Elson. #ChangeNOW 🤝 @pef-online.bsky.social

"'Drill baby drill' - this is completely economically incoherent." Former leader of the Green Party @carolinelucas.bsky.social #ChangeNOW 🤝 @friends-earth.bsky.social

The atmosphere is buzzing over at The Stage and The Mix! We're talking shared narratives, shared policies, shared strategies - a lot may divide progressives, but today we're focusing on what unites them. #ChangeNOW 🤝

You've listened, now we want to hear from you! Some great conversations happening between attendees on narratives, policies and strategies for mobilising the progressive majority. #ChangeNOW 🤝

“We are advocating for an attention strike. Big tech isn’t free, we pay for it with our attention. [..] take a break from one big tech platform to show that we have power. This will also put political pressure on platform monopolies” Hannah Robathan, @takebackbigtech.bsky.social #ChangeNOW 🤝

Great question from the floor at the stage. Is it community power first or social cohesion first? @alanrenwick.bsky.social, Caitlin Prowle, Natalie Covino and @roswynnejones.bsky.social #ChangeNOW 🤝 @uclpolicylab.bsky.social

"Landlord profit margins are on average around 42% and ordinary business owner's margins are on average 8%. [...] Vast majority of landlords are making supernormal returns" Economist @bethstratford.bsky.social #ChangeNOW 🤝

"[Migration] Policy is becoming more restrictive not because of asylum claims, but because of the narrative and the way it is being politicised." Refugee & Forced Migration Specialist Dr. Allan Njanji #ChangeNOW 🤝"