It's Bloody Complicated - A Compass Podcast
Hear from the widest range of voices in the progressive movement. Every week, host Neal Lawson, speaks with progressive thinkers, writers and politicians from the UK and beyond about current affairs and how to build the Good Society. Visit compassonline.org.uk to learn more about Compass.
- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Average duration
- 59 minutes
- Episodes
- 152
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Communities and Councils - with Mike Wilson and Steve Reed Labour MP | Ep.12
Our new Deputy Director Frances Foley talks communities, local government, and 45 Degree change in the time of Covid-19 with Steve Reed MP (Shadow Communities and Local Government Secretary) and Mike…
Justice, Leadership & Identity - with David Lammy MP | Ep.11
This week we’re in conversation with Labour MP for Tottenham, shadow frontbencher, author, and activist David Lammy MP.
From Windrush to Grenfell, and beyond, David is a notoriously dedicated and tire…
Universal Basic Income - with Professor Guy Standing | Ep.10
This week we talk to Guy Standing, Professor of Development Studies at SOAS, founding member and honorary co-president of the Basic Income Earth Network and author of Battling Eight Giants: Basic Inc…
'Left Unity' Book Launch - with Clive Lewis, Paul Mason and Molly Scott Cato | Ep.9
In this episode we co-launch, with Policy Network, Marius Ostrowski’s new book Left Unity: Manifesto for a Progressive Alliance, with Clive Lewis, Labour MP for Norwich South, Paul Mason, writer and …
The Challenge of Collaborative Politics - with Layla Moran Lib Dem MP | Ep.8
In Episode 8 we talk to Layla Moran, Liberal Democrat MP for Oxford West and Abingdon and party Spokesperson for Education.
Layla has been an MP since 2017, before which she was a teacher, and is now …
Imagining a Bold Future - with Caroline Lucas Green MP | Ep.7
This week we talk to our friend Caroline Lucas, Green MP for Brighton Pavilion and twice leader of the Greens.
As the coronavirus crisis rumbles on, with huge implications for communities, society and…
Designing a Better Britain - with Hilary Cottam | Ep.6
Hilary Cottam is many things: a designer, progressive thinker, acclaimed author and social entrepreneur to name a few.
Her latest book Radical Help was described by the Guardian as "a publication tha…
What the Crisis says about Britain - with the Guardian's John Harris | Ep.5
This week we speak to John Harris: Guardian columnist and co-creator of the brilliant "Anywhere but Westminster" series.
For more than 10 years now, John has been helping tell the stories of people …
Pandemics do discriminate - with Ruth Lister | Ep.4
If this crisis reveals anything, it's the structural depths of inequality that scar our country and the lives of millions of people. Yes, COVID-19 impacts on everyone – but it impacts us differently.…
Labour's new leadership and the (post-pandemic) Good Society - with John Cruddas Labour MP | Ep.3
In what would normally be a front-page news story, on April 4 the Labour Party finally elected a new leader after a protracted campaign. A campaign that started in a bygone age when our biggest crise…
The Ethics and Emotions of the Coronavirus Emergency | Ep.2
These are unprecedented times and we need to rise to the new and enormous challenges we now face.
The crisis isn’t just forcing us to think differently, but behave differently. On March 31st, we hoste…
It's Bloody Complicated - with Clive Lewis Labour MP | Ep.1
In our first all-members call of 2020, Clive Lewis (Labour MP for Norwich South) shared his ideas on how Labour can map out a new plan for the future.
Clive’s manifesto for the Labour Party created wa…