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anting to know what the deal is with this week's Labour Conference? You're in luck: our LABOUR CONFERENCE PREVIEW podcast is out now! @paulabarkermp.bsky.social and Equity's Paul Fleming join Neal Lawson to break it all down. Available wherever you get your podcasts!

From our Change: HOW? conference last May to Number 10 now - The Guardian's Long Read charts Andy Burnham's path to Number 10. 👇

YouGov@yougov.co.uk · last wk.

Unless someone starts polling at 40% the bare reality is that progressive parties have to work with each other. There is a Progressive Majority in this country. It either works together or fails apart.

YouGov's September 2026 MRP projects that Labour would be the largest party in a hung parliament, were an election held tomorrow Labour: 241 (-170 from 2024) Conservatives: 130 (+9) Reform UK: 123 (+118) Lib Dems: 71 (-1) SNP: 40 (+31) Plaid Cymru: 15 (+11) Greens: 9 (+5) Others: 3 (-3)

"The King is dead, long live the King". Compass Director Neal Lawson has written an autopsy of Keir Starmer's time as leader of the Labour Party. Go read now👇 neallawson2u.substack.com/p/starmerism...

Starmerism: An Autopsy

The king is dead, long live the king.

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"The belief that people should have the ability to shape their own worlds unites us. If we don’t get that point right, some really dark & dangerous forces are waiting in the wings." Neal Lawson opening our panel w/ @rozsavage.bsky.social & Vince Cable on what LibDems can offer in a populist world.

Are you going to Lib Dem Conference this weekend? Make sure you attend our panel on Sunday at 1:45pm with @rozsavage.bsky.social MP, Mike Martin MP and Vince Cable! They'll be getting into all things on Roz's new paper, 'Liberalism Alive', and how Liberalism can flourish in a populist world.

Ahead of this weekend's Liberal Democrat Party Conference, we asked Compass Members what Ed Davey's speech should look like. Take a look here👇 www.compassonline.org.uk/what-should-...

What Should Ed Davey's Conference Speech Be Like? - Compass

One year ago, the Conference speech was all stop-Reform rhetoric. The realistic expectation is that this year it will be […]

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Noah Vickers @noahvickers.bsky.social · 2w ago

What is Liberalism's place in a world where populism is winning? Our new paper, authored by Liberal Democrat MP @rozsavage.bsky.social aims to answer just that. Read it here👇 www.compassonline.org.uk/publications...

Liberalism Alive: A Liberal Vision for a Flourishing Britain - Compass

A new publication by Roz Savage MP on how Liberalism re-establishes itself in a populist world.

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Excl: In a new essay for @compassoffice.bsky.social, Lib Dem MP Roz Savage warns her party is "struggling for relevance" and needs "to take a long hard look at ourselves" www.politicshome.com/news/article...

Lib Dem MP Warns Her Party Is 'Struggling For Relevance' In Call For 'Insurgent' Liberalism

A Liberal Democrat MP has warned her party is “struggling for relevance” and failing to paint a “coherent picture of the country we are trying to c...

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Couldn’t agree more. If Burnham truly wants to break with 40 years of neoliberalism and fix our broken, privatised water system, piecemeal half-measures won’t do. Public oversight won’t work without public ownership.

Roz Savage MP @rozsavage.bsky.social · 2w ago

Headed to Labour Conference this year? 🌹 Join us, Mark Drakeford , @ellybakeram.bsky.social and David Wilson to discuss how Labour can draw on its roots to lead a progressive majority in a multi-party Britain. No conference pass needed.

I made an appearance on the @compassoffice.bsky.social podcast It's Bloody Complicated recently. It was a pleasure to sit down and talk about how Liberalism can be the answer to populism. www.compassonline.org.uk/podcast/upco...

It's Bloody Complicated - Liberalism Alive: How Does Britain Flourish Again? - Compass

How can we bring Liberalism back? Lib Dem MP Roz Savage sits down to discuss her new paper with Compass.

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Last week we published 'Ending Business As Usual' - a paper with 70 policies on how Andy Burnham can fulfil his promise to do that. Today, Compass Director Neal Lawson and Commissioning Editor @michaelujacobs.bsky.social set out exactly why this paper is necessary now in @labourlist.bsky.social.

OUT NOW! This week we sat down with Lib Dem MP @rozsavage.bsky.social to talk about Liberalism's crisis, the party's ability to regain influence in a fragmented system, and her upcoming paper that discusses all of it. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts!

Sweden's progressive bloc shows the UK what our new politics can be - the Green-Left and the centre coming together to achieve 80% of what they want, not 100% of what they don't want. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Swedish opposition have slim lead in 'too close to call' election

A preliminary count by Sweden's election authority projected that left-wing opposition bloc would win a three-seat majority.

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MP Watch @mpwatch.bsky.social · 3w ago

Headed to Green Party Conference? Join Neal Lawson, @carolinelucas.bsky.social and Joe Todd to discuss how the Greens could defeat Reform and the causes of Reform in a fundamentally reshaped political landscape. Please note, you will need a conference pass to attend our event.

1.6 B of tax payers money on financial fees. Ash Smith tells the today programme why water privatisation has to go ahead of the debate in parliament today. @windrushwasp.bsky.social @climatecentreuk.bsky.social

Compass@compassoffice.bsky.social · 3w ago

We published 'Ending Business As Usual' this week. It brings together over 20 experts from a range of think tanks and academia to provide nearly 70 radical policy solutions to show how the Prime Minister can deliver on his promise to do what the title says. Read it now!👇

OUT TODAY: Our latest publication, 'Ending Business As Usual', brings together over 20 experts from a range of think tanks and academia to provide nearly 70(!) radical policy solutions to show the Prime Minister can deliver on that promise. www.compassonline.org.uk/publications...

Labour4PR 🌹🗳️@labour4pr.bsky.social · 3w ago

“In doing this, Andy Burnham would show progressive voters and the Labour movement he can be trusted to keep his word – and that he really does intend to be a great, reforming Prime Minister.” 🗞️ Paul Sweeney MSP today in LabourList 👇 @paulsweeney.bsky.social labourlist.org/2026/09/wher...

'Where next for electoral reform?' - LabourList

It is clear that a consensus is emerging around electoral reform that spans the Labour movement - and the momentum is becoming unstoppable.

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Beth Stratford @bethstratford.bsky.social · 3w ago

Proud to have contributed to this report. Do have a butchers - lots of great ideas for Burnham and team...

Compass@compassoffice.bsky.social · 3w ago

Women's Budget Group @womensbudgetgrp.bsky.social · 3w ago

We're proud to have contributed to the publication, 'Ending Business As Usual', a chapter on caring economy. Read more in the Guardian article. 👇 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Burnham urged to tackle inequality with policies including wealth tax

Key thinkers suggest other radical measures in Compass report such as free personal social care and abolishing Lords

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Compass@compassoffice.bsky.social · 3w ago

THE CARING ECONOMY: Erin Mansell, Sara Reis and Jerome de Henau of @womensbudgetgrp.bsky.social talk social infrastructure putting care at the heart of fiscal policy, universal free childcare, and support for new parents.

Ending Business As Usual: Policy Options for a Progressive Government - Compass

Andy Burnham's rise to Prime Minister came off the back of a promise to 'end business as usual'. Here, 17 civil society organisations present a menu of policies to do just that.

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