Compass

Yeah.

But like, you know, I really respect Neil Lawson, who works at Compass, who is a Labour Party member, was expelled under Starmer for a bit.

I think he was suspended then brought back in, um, who argues around like the Progressive Alliance and argues around the reality that, and like it is ridiculous that we have a progressive majority in this country that always loses to reactionary forces.

Mm-hmm.

Now, Murray could be right about the coalition prospect.

Uh, Burnham is known to have, um, been strongly influenced by Neil Lawson, the founder of Compass, the press group that has long argued for a coalition between Labour, the Lib Dems, Greens and Nationalists.

What seems more likely at the moment is that Burnham seeks a progressive alliance in the run up to the next election, hoping to win anti-reform tactical voters from the Greens, Lib Dems and Independents.

But even if Murray is right and what emerges is an alliance with the Lib Dems, would he, i.e. the Morning Star and CPB, actually oppose it? And if so, on what grounds? Murray's description of such a coalition as, quotes, presently the only likely alternative to hard right slash up, end quotes, is telling, especially, uh, when you remember that earlier this year, the Communist Party of Britain issued a statement calling for tactical voting against reform.

Right, Jackie, thank you very much indeed.

Neil Lawson is here, director of the Centre for Pressure Group Compass, who's also a member of the interim council of the Burnham-aligned mainstream group of Labour figures.

It says here, Neil, welcome.

Now, you wrote an interesting piece in, was it the Sunday Times at the weekend? I mean, the headline doesn't necessarily always reflect the article, but I think it did in this case, where you said, well, I'm a Burnham supporter, but where's the radicalism?

This is, you know, that's technocratic and managerial and it's not good enough.

Neil, thank you very much.

That's Neil Lawson, the director of Compass.

Right, we are going to talk to some business people who are getting their reaction to John Healy's speech in just a moment.

I think Israel-Palestine is another.

I also think you've got people like Neal Compass, who's on the mainstream group, formerly the think tank director of Compass.

These guys are giving interviews suggesting maybe they have been sold a bit of a pup when it comes to Burnham.

So I think elements of the left, elements of the kind of Starmerite center, these are the two groups.

The Labour campaign for council housing and Labour-left internationalists have been pushing motions this year, calling for definite steps to make reality of Andy Burnham's talk a big new council house building.

Mainstream, the new soft-left caucus promoted by Neil Lawson N's Compass, which now have a few local groups, is pushing on water renationalization.

Momentum, a shadow of its former self but still with paid staff, has focused on post-time.

I doubt whether that's useful because its template motions adds little to the motion passed in 2025 and doesn't include repeal of the ban on Palestinian action as terrorist.