Neal Lawson is Chair of the pressure group Compass and has written many pamphlets for the organisation on the themes of democracy and equality. He was author in 2009 of <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/All-Consuming-Neal-Lawson/dp/0141029412">All Consuming</a> (Penguin) and was co-editor in 2001 of the Progressive Century.
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