Neal Lawson
@Neal_Compass
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Director of Compass “living without illusions without being disillusioned” h/t Gramsci - applies to politics and #CAFC
Joined February 2014
Hyperfactionalism is stopping good government and killing @UKLabour New article in @NewStatesman
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If @UKLabour MPs and members make the same mistake now they made in 2020, backing a candidate who pretends to be soft left to win and then governs from the empty right then the party is probably over
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Why @UKLabour doesn’t just need a change of leader but a change of direction. @zoesqwilliams on 🔥today - well not literally
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Podcast Episode · It's Bloody Complicated - A Compass Podcast · 11/11/2025 · Bonus · 1h 24m
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Another dip into @UKLabour hyper-factionalism, this time analysing the Labour Right with the brilliant @jemgilbert and @ProfAFinlayson
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At 16% in the polls, losing in places like Caerphilly and shedding half the membership - they seem to be doing ok on their own. For everyone else’s sake they must be stopped
How dare @Neal_Compass speak about Labour. The bloke is dedicated to its destruction.
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Full article here
newstatesman.com
Their tiny faction is dragging social democracy into an abyss
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If you want to understand the hyper-factionalisation of @UKLabour then have a listen to this @labourlewis @jemgilbert
NEW PODCAST! Paul Holden's 'The Fraud' is a brilliant look into how a tiny clique took over the top of the Labour Party through underhanded tactics. And now he breaks down the tale with Compass Director @Neal_Compass. Out now wherever you get your podcasts!
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The @UKLabour is killing the @UKLabour - the party is facing an existential crisis and only SIXTEEN PER CENT of members bother to vote for the #LabourDeputyLeader. That says everything about the mess Labour is in and the choice or lack of it they were given @CompassOffice
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🏴 Caerphilly by-election 🏴 Politics @SamCoatesSky and @annemcelvoy in the look ahead mode to the Senedd by-election in South Wales on Thursday - with their take on @Neal_Compass piece in @NewStatesman 🗳️ Flavour of conversation here ⬇️
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This is terrific
Listen to @jemgilbert @y_alibhai @ProfAFinlayson and me @MarkPerryman discuss the book 'The Starmer Symptom' at this Culture, Power and Politics seminar. Here > https://t.co/s5NLcA6RYN
@philbc3 @dannydorling @JoeMulhall_
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Listen to @jemgilbert @y_alibhai @ProfAFinlayson and me @MarkPerryman discuss the book 'The Starmer Symptom' at this Culture, Power and Politics seminar. Here > https://t.co/s5NLcA6RYN
@philbc3 @dannydorling @JoeMulhall_
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The cost of living crisis is coming back and it could crush @UKLabour - great piece by @DantonsHead aka Mathew Lawrence
theguardian.com
A cost of living crisis is not inevitable if there is the will to stop companies extracting profits from Britain’s essential services, says Mathew Lawrence of the Common Wealth thinktank
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Flag alert! Gary Neville may not be Orwell but he is a very English type of patriot. Keep writing like that @barneyronay and you will be our George Orwell 🙏
theguardian.com
An easy target for accusations of luxury hypocrisy, Neville has at least tried to address an issue that has everything to do with aggressively flag-draped and militarised modern sport
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.@chakrabortty is on 🔥again. And we have the answers: public ownership of the utilities, rent controls, taxes on wealth - we just need a political class that will do it @CompassOffice @mainstreamlbr
theguardian.com
The PM wants to talk about patriotism when the issue that is really affecting people is the cost of living. If he doesn’t wise up, that dissonance will sink him, says Guardian columnist Aditya...
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Brilliant journalism from @chakrabortty Is @UKLabour going to wake up before it’s too late? @CompassOffice @mainstreamlbr
theguardian.com
As Labour flounders and dabbles in the politics of hatred to gain a point or two, it is those far from power who will suffer most, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
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