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It's Bloody Complicated - A Compass Podcast — 186 episodes
154. Liberalism Alive: How Does Britain Flourish Again?
The Young and the Damned: Are Young People Ready to be Involved in Politics?
The Burnham Bounce: Can You End 40 Years of Neoliberalism? with Clive Lewis MP, Sue Goss, Professor Alan Finlayson and Professor Jeremy Gilbert
153. Can Andy Burnham Win on Water?
152. Restorative Justice: The Guardian’s Legacies of Enslavement Programme
151. A Decade of Brexit - with Stella Creasy MP
BONUS - Makerfield By-Election Reaction
How to Trust the Left on the Economy | ep. 150
Can Pluralism Actually Work? with Mayor Helen Godwin and Tony Dyer | ep. 149
For a Gentle Revolution: In Conversation With Uffe Elbæk
What is the Soft Left? | ep. 148
Local Elections 2026 Reaction with Ethan Croft (New Statesman) and Jake Dibden (MoreinCommon UK)
2026 Local Elections Preview: We’re Gonna Need A Bigger Vote | ep. 147
A Holyrood Awakening: What Next for Scotland? | ep. 146
How to Save the NHS | ep. 145
The Poll-tergeist: Our Fragmented Politics and Labour’s ‘Progressive Defectors’ | ep. 144
BONUS EPISODE: Gorton & Denton Reaction with Megan Kenyon and Peter Kellner
Is it Time for PR?: Lifting the Lid on Britain’s Pressure-Cooker Politics with Stuart Donald and Emma Harrison | ep. 143
A World of Trouble: Is US Hegemony Crumbling? with Mary Kaldor and Nick Dearden | ep. 142
Starmer's Last Stand: What Next for the Labour Party? with Paula Barker MP, Clive Lewis MP, Kerry Postlewhite and Luke Hurst
The Greenwave with Rachel Millward | ep. 141
Treading Caerphilly: What Does the Future Hold for Wales? with Rhun ap Iorwerth MS | ep. 140
Political Predictions for 2026 with Dawn Butler MP | ep. 139
A Political Round-Up of 2025 with Emma Burnell and Gaby Hinsliff | ep. 138
What Next For Your Party? with Sienna Rodgers and Joe Todd
2025 Budget – Will They Fudge It? With Clive Lewis MP, Erin Mansell and Michael Jacobs | ep. 137
Political Fragmentation with Jamie Driscoll | ep. 136
Labour's Factions: How Did Things Get Hyperfactional? with Jeremy Gilbert and Alan Finlayson
The Fraud: Keir Starmer, Morgan McSweeney, and the Crisis of British Democracy with Paul Holden
In Conversation with Nish Kumar | ep. 135
Can Labour build a way out of Britain’s housing crisis? with Cllr Aydin Dikerdem and Dr Beth Stratford | ep 134
Labour's Autumn of Discontent | ep. 133
The Starmer Symptom with Mark Perryman
In Conversation with George Monbiot | ep. 132
The Green’s New Deal: Reaction to Zack Polanski’s Victory in the Green Party Leadership Election with Jonathan Bartley
Will You Come to My Party: Can the Corbyn-Sultana Party Succeed? with James Meadway, Alan Finlayson and Laura Parker
In Conversation with Mark Drakeford | ep. 131
Through Love or Fear: How Should Labour Govern the PLP and the Country? with John McTernan and Baroness Ruth Lister
In Conversation with Caroline Lucas | ep 130
The Future of the Lib Dems with Roz Savage MP and Cllr Carl Cashman
In Conversation with Hilary Cottam | ep 128
Child Poverty, with Baroness Ruth Lister | ep. 127
A Decade of Radical Renewal | ep. 126
Renewal | ep. 125
Maybe I'm Amazed - John Harris | ep. 124
How do we pay for it? With Erin Mansell and Stewart Lansley | ep. 123
Has Labour outgrown net-zero? | ep 122
German Election Special | ep. 121
The French New Popular Front | ep. 120
119. A New Settlement for Water
Electoral jenga, sandcastle majorities, and polling on thin ice w/ Rob Ford | ep. 118
BONUS: Practical Hope
117. The Year of Elections – 2024 Round-Up (with Anushka Asthana)
In Conversation: Ellie Chowns MP | ep. 116
US Election Special | ep. 115
The impact of wealth inequality | ep 114
In Conversation with Sam Freedman | ep. 113
Live from Labour Conference | ep. 112
A New Settlement for a Better Society | ep. 111
Power to the People w/ Danny Sriskandarajah | ep. 110
Election Results Special w/ John Harris and Laura Parker | ep. 109
How will populism shape the next parliament w/ Jon Bloomfield | ep. 108
General Election Special | ep. 107
Local Elections w/ Ben Walker and Alison Lowe | ep. 106
AI and Democracy | ep 105
The Trade Union campaign for PR w/ Lynn Henderson and Nancy Platts | ep. 104
The role and opportunities for a democratic movement in Scotland | ep. 103
Citizens' Assemblies | ep. 102
Small Parties, Big Ideas | ep. 101
Radical Pragmatism | ep. 100
Fighting fracking, factionalism, and Jeremy Hunt | ep. 99
New Media | ep.98
The Big Fat Podcast of the Year 2023 with Ayesha Hazarika and Andrew Grice | ep. 97
Land Ownership and the Commons | ep. 96
In Conversation with Areeba Hamid, co-Director of Greenpeace UK
In Conversation: Clare Short | ep. 94
Live from Labour Conference 2023 | ep. 92
New Zealand: The Route to PR | ep. 91
The Threat of the Far Right | ep. 90
In Conversation with Oliver Burkeman | ep. 90
In Conversation: Daniel Chandler | ep. 89
In Conversation: Dr Julia Grace Patterson | ep. 88
Coalitions in a Time of Chaos, with Vince Cable | ep. 87
Community Power | ep. 86
Local Elections Wash Up | Ep. 85
3 Years of Starmer | Ep. 84
The Power of Protest | Ep. 83
In Conversation with Zack Polanski | Ep. 82
Voting Justice, Social Justice | Ep. 81
The Definite Left | Ep. 80
Hegemony Now | Ep.79
Universal Worker Dignity | Ep. 78
Changing the Voting System | Ep. 77
Win As One | Ep. 76
BONUS: All In with Lisa Nandy
Live with Local Groups, Cumbria | Ep. 75
BONUS: The Scavenger Mindset with Clare Richmond
BONUS: The US midterms elections special
Climate, climate, climate: with George Monbiot and Hannah Martin | Ep.74
Tackling the Cost of Living in Buckinghamshire | Ep.73
The cost of living is costing our democracy | Ep. 72
BONUS: Lessons from the Teal Independents
Live from Labour Conference: Win as One - Changing Politics to Change Society | Ep.71
BONUS: Is Socialism Possible in Britain? - In Conversation with Andrew Murray
The new Prime Minister - In conversation with Ken Spours and Gaby Hinsliff | Ep.70
BONUS: “What’s the point of this, Miss?” What’s gone wrong with education and how we can fix it
In Conversation with Stella Creasy | Ep.69
Another World is Possible with Geoff Mulgan | Ep.68
The Welsh Basic Income pilot - The What, How and Why with Jonathan Williams | Ep.67
Trialling a 4-Day Week | Ep. 66
Fixing Westminster | Ep. 65
Local Elections Special | Ep. 64
The Future We Want #5: Poetry, Protest and Performance with Tishani Doshi
Election Special: France Decides with Rim-Sarah Alouane and Philippe Marlière | Ep.63
Disorder: Hard Times in the 21st Century - In Conversation with Helen Thompson | Ep. 62
Democrats in Power: What's Been Won and What's Up Next | Ep.61
The Future We Want #5: Communities and Public Services with Professor Donna Hall
The Future We Want #4: Hopes and Failures of Social Housing with John Harris
The War in Ukraine with Luke Cooper and Citizens not Consumers with Jon Alexander and Sue Goss | Ep.60
Making Democracy Work with Polly Mackenzie | Ep.59
In Conversation with Tommy Sheppard MP | Ep.58
Lessons from '97, in association with Social Liberal Forum | Ep.57
Preparing for Minority Government, in partnership with the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung | Ep.56
The Big Fat Pod of the Year 2021 | Ep.55
Progressive Alliances Everywhere: In conversation with Anthony Slaughter, Lucy Nethsingha and Peter Marland | Ep.54
In Conversation with Ece Temelkuran, in association with Social Liberal Forum | Ep.53
BONUS: In Conversation with First Minister of Wales Mark Drakeford
What Now for Labour and PR? | Ep.52
Germany at the Traffic Lights with John Kampfner and Michèle Auga | Ep.51
The Future We Want #3: The Future of Work with Jon Cruddas
Tomorrow's Communities | Ep.50
The Future We Want #2: The Climate Crisis with Andrew Simms
Progressive Alliance: Will Labour Accept Sharing Power to Win? Live from Labour Conference | Ep.49
The Future We Want: The Poverty Pandemic with Dawn Butler
BONUS: How to Stop Fascism with Paul Mason
BONUS: Paint your town Red! Conversation with Matt Brown and Rhian E.Jones
The Future of the Greens with Jonathan Bartley | Ep.48
From the Soft Left to Left Patriotism with John Denham | Ep.47
BONUS: Decision Time for Deutschland, in partnership with the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
Big Ideas Before Their Time with Anna Coote | Ep.46
Brexit: Five Years Later | Ep.45
Johnson and Gramsci: Tackling the Tories Today | Ep.44
The Dignity of Labour with Jon Cruddas | Ep.43
Election Special | Ep.42
In Conversation with Mandu Reid | Ep.41
In Conversation with Vince Cable | Ep.40
Starmer's First Year with Paul Mason | Ep.39
Out of the Ordinary with Marc Stears, Jon Cruddas, Sue Goss and John Harris | Ep.38
Belonging, Place and the Nation with Clive Lewis, Francesca Klug and Stuart White | Ep.37
Progressive Alliance: The Reunion | Ep.36
Re-imagining Democracy with Peter MacFadyen and Indra Adnan | Ep.35
The Year Ahead with Yasmin Khan and Tom Clark | Ep.34
The future of the Left in Europe with Yanis Varoufakis | Ep.33
Feminism and Refugee Women with Natasha Walter | Ep.32
Inequality with Danny Dorling | Ep.31
BONUS: American democracy: Where do we go from here? Election special | Ep.31
Build Back Better: HOW? 4 Big Ideas | Ep.30
What’s next for the Scottish Labour Party? With Gerry Hassan | Ep.29
What we need to do differently with Ed Miliband | Ep.28
Towards a new politics of Care | Ep.27
The Why, What and How of Proportional Representation | Ep.26
Building a progressive future with Matthew Taylor | Ep.25
Lessons from Corbyn | Ep.24
Basic Income - How do we get it? With Ronnie Cowan SNP MP | Ep.23
What is Basic Income? with Cleo Goodman and Jessie Golem | Ep.22
The future of Green politics in the UK | Ep.21
The Scotland problem with Robin McAlpine | Ep.20
Race, power and politics in the UK and US, with Clive Lewis, Dawn Butler and Kimberly Jones | Ep.19
A lifetime of activism and LGBTQIA+ politics with Peter Tatchell | Ep.18
Garden Mind with Sue Goss | Ep.17
North-South Inequality - with Andy Burnham | Ep.16
#BuildBackBetter: what does it mean? - with NEF Chief Exec Miatta Fahnbulleh | Ep. 15
Epochal change - with openDemocracy co-founder Anthony Barnett | Ep. 14
A Labour of Learning - with Lisa Nandy Labour MP | Ep.13
Communities and Councils - with Mike Wilson and Steve Reed Labour MP | Ep.12
Justice, Leadership & Identity - with David Lammy MP | Ep.11
Universal Basic Income - with Professor Guy Standing | Ep.10
'Left Unity' Book Launch - with Clive Lewis, Paul Mason and Molly Scott Cato | Ep.9
The Challenge of Collaborative Politics - with Layla Moran Lib Dem MP | Ep.8
Imagining a Bold Future - with Caroline Lucas Green MP | Ep.7
Designing a Better Britain - with Hilary Cottam | Ep.6
What the Crisis says about Britain - with the Guardian's John Harris | Ep.5
Pandemics do discriminate - with Ruth Lister | Ep.4
Labour's new leadership and the (post-pandemic) Good Society - with John Cruddas Labour MP | Ep.3
The Ethics and Emotions of the Coronavirus Emergency | Ep.2
It's Bloody Complicated - with Clive Lewis Labour MP | Ep.1