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.
Podcasting since 2020 • 142 episodes
It's Bloody Complicated - A Compass Podcast
Latest Episodes
Maybe I'm Amazed - John Harris | ep. 124
In a recent substack post, John Harris said that ‘the itch to write’ his new book Maybe I’m Amazed ‘arrived not long after the General Election of 2019’:I’d chewed over writing a book about the turns Britain had tak...
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How do we pay for it? With Erin Mansell and Stewart Lansley | ep. 123
On this episode of It’s Bloody Complicated, ahead of the upcoming spring statement from the Treasury, we asked the perennial question: how could we pay for it?A lot of our vision of a good society rests on changing the narrative...
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Has Labour outgrown net-zero? | ep 122
We were delighted to be joined by Will McCallum, co-executive director of Greenpeace and Tessa Khan, executive director of Uplift.Last year was the first calendar year to globally reach
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German Election Special | ep. 121
It’s been said that German elections are usually dull affairs. Well, whether that’s been true in the past, it’s certainly not true this time – it’s bloody complicated.The result Sunday 23rd, brought success for the CDU/CSU conservatives,...
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The French New Popular Front | ep. 120
In July 2024 the New Popular Front (NFP), a coalition of left-wing parties, came out on top in a snap general election in France, winning 193 seats in the National Assembly. The centrist bloc supporting President Emmanuel Macron got 166 seats, ...
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