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.
It's Bloody Complicated - A Compass Podcast
Latest Episodes
Red Herring or Red Line?: The Politics of the Rosebank and Jackdaw Oil and Gas Field Decisions
In 2024, Labour's manifesto explicitly ruled out any new licenses being granted for oil and gas drilling in the North Sea. Since then, Donald Trump's war in Iran has brought about the biggest energy crisis seen in Britain since 1979. As a resul...
155. Labour Conference 2026 Preview: Under New Management
Last year’s Labour Party Conference felt like a moment in time. A Government that was already reaching historically unpopular levels just a year after entering office, a Prime Minister trying to solidify his position, and a certain Mayor of Gre...
154. Liberalism Alive: How Does Britain Flourish Again?
After their best ever election results in 2024, the Liberal Democrats found themselves on a precipice; a decade on from the end of the coalition, voters beginning to trust them again and a Labour government much more amenable to a liberal visio...
The Young and the Damned: Are Young People Ready to be Involved in Politics?
The involvement of young people in politics has always been a contentious issue - are they ready? do they know enough? are we educating them properly?Often, young people's voices are erased from the conversation by those who think they k...
The Burnham Bounce: Can You End 40 Years of Neoliberalism? with Clive Lewis MP, Sue Goss, Professor Alan Finlayson and Professor Jeremy Gilbert
Andy Burnham's elevation to the office of Prime Minister came thick and fast on the back of a Labour Party desperate not to waste its first chance in government in 15 years. The promise, in order to not waste it, is Burnham's pledge to 'end 40 ...