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Hosted by Compass · society · EN-GB · 190 episodes
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.
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Signup to Generate a PitchHear 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.
It's Bloody Complicated - A Compass Podcast is hosted by Compass. The show has published 190 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "The Fair Necessities: Why We Need A Fairer Britain and How to Make It Happen with Will Snell" (18 October 2026, 64 minutes), "Red Herring or Red Line?: The Politics of the Rosebank and Jackdaw Oil and Gas Field Decisions" (2 October 2026, 51 minutes), and "155. Labour Conference 2026 Preview: Under New Management" (24 September 2026, 59 minutes).
It's Bloody Complicated - A Compass Podcast publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 60 minutes across 190 episodes.
Booking probability for It's Bloody Complicated - A Compass Podcast is 36%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. It's Bloody Complicated - A Compass Podcast requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. It's Bloody Complicated - A Compass Podcast's contact route on record: verified email.
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It's Bloody Complicated - A Compass Podcast
For this week’s episode, our Deputy Director Lena is joined by the Chief Executive of the Fairness Foundation, Will Snell. The title for the episode is that of Will’s new book which is out now, and this conversation...
It's Bloody Complicated - A Compass Podcast
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...
It's Bloody Complicated - A Compass Podcast
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...
It's Bloody Complicated - A Compass Podcast
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...
It's Bloody Complicated - A Compass Podcast
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...
It's Bloody Complicated - A Compass Podcast
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...
Episode #153
This week we're asking: Can Burnham Win on Water? With public anger over sewage, rising bills and failing infrastructure showing no sign of going away, the debate over who owns our water has moved from the margins to...
Episode #152
The Scott Trust is the parent company that owns The Guardian Media Group. In 2023, the Trust launched their ‘Legacies of Enslavement Programme’, formed to acknowledge that the founder of the Manchester Guardian, John...
Episode #151
10 years on from the vote to leave the European Union, Lena is joined by Stella Creasy MP to discuss the impact of that decision, and what the future holds for our relationship with Europe. Plus: the staff team react to...
It's Bloody Complicated - A Compass Podcast
It’s probably not being dramatic to suggest that the 2026 Makerfield by-election could go down as the most influential Westminster by-election of all time. As Labour’s woes in government continue, sitting 8 points...
It's Bloody Complicated - A Compass Podcast
Perhaps the foremost crisis of the omnicrisis that is seeming to plague British politics these days is the cost of living. With inflation through the roof over the past decade due to a series of seismic economic shocks...
Episode #149
This month, something happened in British politics that would normally sound completely impossible. A Labour mayor appointed a Green council leader as her deputy. Not after a coalition deal, or an election without a...
It's Bloody Complicated - A Compass Podcast
Neal Lawson is joined by Uffe Elbæk, Danish politician, former Minister of Culture, founder of The Alternative political party, and long-time friend of Compass. They discuss Uffe's new book Doubt, Hope, Action which is...
Episode #148
At this pivotal moment for British politics, Compass has been very proud to release ‘ What is the Soft Left? ‘. Our newest publication – which you can read here – dives into the history of the soft left within the...
It's Bloody Complicated - A Compass Podcast
The 2026 Local Elections have been some of the most seismic in British history. Across England the public took their chance to give Labour a kicking, with Reform winning big and the Greens bringing about their best-ever...
Episode #147
The 2026 Local Elections are set to be the most seismic the country has faced in a generation. Across all of Britain the old order is being thrown out of the window and the brave new world of six-party fragmentation...
Episode #146
On May 7th 2026, the Scottish people go to the polls to elect a new Scottish Parliament. In and amongst what look like seismic losses for the Labour Government across the English local elections and in the Welsh Senedd...
Episode #145
Aneurin Bevan called it “quite the most ambitious adventure in the care of national health that any country has seen”. Nigel Lawson called it “the closest thing the English have to a religion.” And it’s been called by...
Episode #144
The world that Compass has long predicted is now becoming self-evident: Britain no longer lives in its two-party system. The Conservative-Labour duality that has dominated British politics since the 20th Century is no...
It's Bloody Complicated - A Compass Podcast
In this bonus episode, Neal and Lena are joined by the political commentators Megan Kenyan and Peter Kellner to dissect the result of this week's by-election in Gorton & Denton. Support the show Enjoyed the podcast and...
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