Action for Equality, Democracy and Sustainability
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18 July 2026
What's Next 2: By-Elections and Resignations
And What About Reform?
Join us at our next coffee with politics morning
18 July - 10.00-12.30
VENUE - Friends' Meeting House
Booking essential
A great deal has happened since our last coffee morning on 23 May - 'What's Next'(1) with Neal Lawson and Megan Kenyon - held just after the local elections.
Starmer has resigned, and Andy Burnham is our likely next Prime Minister. Andy appears to share many of Compass's core priorities, not least proportional representation. So what does this mean for the Labout government, and for the broader progressive movement?
Reform was roundly beaten in Makerfield- does this give us grounds for hope that they are in retreat? And what is going on in the murky waters of the extreme right: Reform, Restore, and the street thugs?
This is a strange moment - hope mixed with fear.
To help us make sense of it, we have:
Speaker: Tim Bale, Professor of Politics, Queen Mary University of London.
Tim has written extensively about politics, the Tory party, Labour and the progressive movement. He will be talking about Andy Burnham, Labour and the progressive movement.
Speaker: Paul Taggart, Professor of Politics, University of Sussex.
Paul will be talking about Reform, Restore and the rise of the Far Right.
We look forward to seeing you there.
Click here to sign up to our Mailing List. We will send announcements of the coffee mornings, with a link to book.
Click here to see meeting notes from previous Coffee Mornings - including Social Care, Countering the Far Right, The Political Economics of the Food System, Poverty, Devolution and Local Government Reorganisation, The Economy, The Environment, and more.
Local Government Reorganisation in Progress
Get involved in Sussex Campaigning
Compass groups in Sussex will be organising around local government reorganisation and the mayoral elections, working to achieve a progressive win and campaigning for a positive programme for this new tier of government. Would you be interested in joining a Sussex-wide group of Compass supporters to work towards a progressive mayoralty? If so, we would love to hear from you - please email brightonhove@compassonline.org.uk and we'll be in touch.
Coming Events - Coffee with Politics Mornings
25 July 2026 Topic to be determined
26 September 2026 Topic to be determined
28 November 2026 Topic to be determined
16 January 2027 Topic to be determined
About Brighton and Hove Compass
Nationally and locally, Compass campaigns for the good society, one that is more equal, democratic, and sustainable. We believe that no single organisation or political party can create the good society. And that the main progressive parties have far more in common than differences. So, we need to develop new and radical collaborations to achieve a good society.
Brighton and Hove is an amazing creative and progressive place with a vibrant artistic, community and voluntary sector. A city with an great track record of campaigning that remains as alive as ever with Pride, Black Lives Matter and others. And we are fortunate to have a council with a progressive majority. But our city is also a place where wealth and extreme poverty, poor housing, low paid and seasonal work, and homelessness sit side by side so, when we re-launched our local Compass group in 2020, our priority was to support Brighton build back better after the pandemic. However, our local collaboration can only achieve so much without changing Britain’s centralised, short term and tribal political system. We believe that there are three key elements getting in the way:
- Our unfair electoral system
- Our tribal politics
- Our over centralised national and local political systems
We are exploring ideas, discussing issues and planning strategies. We do this at our bi-monthly coffee mornings and other events in Brighton and Hove.
B&H Compass needs your input
Over the coming 2-3 years, B&H Compass will be holding campaigning actions and conversations around the broad theme of democracy and power. Watch this space for more, or contact us on brightonhove@compassonline.org.uk if you have ideas or would like to get involved.
Brighton and Hove Compass is coordinated by a volunteer steering group of seven.
Join Compass here https://action.compassonline.org.uk/. And email us locally at brightonhove@compassonline.org.uk
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