It's a matter of weeks until a knife-edge General Election. Everyone in the Labour Party is focussed on the imminent task of defeating a right-wing Tory opposition. Imagine you are Gavin Hayes, self-styled "General Secretary" of soft left faction Compass. You control a remarkable political asset, an email mailing list that you claim has 40,000 people on it. What to do at this critical political ju...

There is an interesting quote from Madeleine Bunting in the Guardian: There was a fascinating analysis in a Compass report last autumn, In Place of Cuts, on how much money the government saves by axing a £25,000 public sector employee....

Here. UK banks building societies and UK branches and subsidiaries of overseas lenders would have a remuneration cap imposed. A low compensation ratio would be set at around 15%.32 Note 32 says: 32 The compensation ratio is the percentage of an institutions net revenue allocated to staff pay Well, we all know we can play games with the definition of “net” revenue. As a way

Signatories to a letter in The Guardian. Andrew Simms, Policy Director, nef Ann Pettifor, author, The Coming First World Debt Crisis Billy Hayes, General Secretary, CWU Dave Prentis, General Secretary, UNISON Gavin Hayes, General Secretary, Compass Neal Lawson, Chair, Compass Prof Gregor Gall, Universityof Hertfordshire Prof Prem Sikka, EssexBusinessSchool Richard Murphy, Tax Justice Network UK St...

Monday 1 March, 7pm-9pm OSBORNOMICS: What will the Conservatives do to the economy? House of Commons, Committee Room 10, St Stephen’s entrance Speakers: Howard Reed, Larry Elliott, Polly Toynbee, Andrew Gamble. Chair, Jon Cruddas Organised by the New Political Economy Network and Compass in association with The Guardian, Renewal and Soundings Places are limited. Please register by emailing n...

Contains this gem: 5. Volatility – many hedge funds thrive on instability in the markets, whereas the national interest lies in having stability. Yes, very good, and it’s by people thriving on instability, trading it, that we get stability. Twats.

State-owned RBS has just announced that even after making a massive loss of £3.6bn they will pay out £1.3bn in bonuses. It’s business as usual at Britain’s banks and we simply can’t tolerate this any longer. We need a new banking settlement and we need you to play your part in delivering it by sending

Compass weighs in behind Robin Hood Tax campaign coalition Compass and the nef? Must be barking, eh?

Four years after Compass launched their campaign to end the commercialisation of childhood the government is on the verge of making a decision that will move us further away from that goal. Compass are asking supporters to send a message to Ben Bradshaw asking him to keep the ban on TV product placement. A study by the Children’s

Remember China vs Google? This is not a small thing, previous discussed on the blog here and here. There are three developments worth noting. The Compass blog at Real Clear World asks the question: Could the WTO Tear Down China's Great Firewall? That would be interesting. We have long discussed the lawfare approach of China in terms of territorial rights and environmental issues to target US ...