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Mark Lazarowicz
@marklazarowicz.bsky.social
Citizen of Europe and the world. Lawyer (advocate) with Terra Firma Chambers, Edinburgh. Former Labour MP Edinburgh N & Leith: before that, Leader Edinburgh Council. Environmentalist, pro-European, campaigner for citizens' rights
This week's wildfires have been an even clearer example of why UK should rejoin the EU's Civil Protection Mechanism, which pools resources to help members in emergency need. Because we can help. And we might need help.
Mark English@markemuk.bsky.social · 3mo agoThe EU's Civil Protection Mechanism is sending firefighters + equipment to help Netherlands tackle this week's wildfires. It has members' backs when they face fires, storm damage, floods, etc. UK should be back in EU CPM. We can help. And might need help. www.dutchnews.nl/2026/05/germ...
Allegedly PiS friendly media are already accusing Morawiecki of <checks notes> 1. Being a former consultant to Tusk 2. Being a left-leaning liberal... Truly PiS civil war is just beginning...
Poland's right-wing opposition PiS party is set to split after a more moderate faction of over 30 MPs loyal to deputy leader and former Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki refused to sign a loyalty pledge demanded by leader Jarosław Kaczyński, who said today that meant they had effectively resigned.
Polish opposition PiS party set to split, with over 30 MPs being expelled
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I've said it before: ignore the haters. Met data shows there were 35,000 fewer neighbourhood crimes last year than the year before. While some spread myths online, the Met is cutting crime and making our streets safer for everyone, with record funding from City Hall.
If you’ve heard online that London is dystopian and dangerous – read this. It just isn’t | Sadiq Khan
Britain’s capital has faced social media, press and political attacks designed to make residents and tourists feel unsafe. Ignore that: we have the facts, says London mayor Sadiq Khan
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Andy Burnham is being urged by business & economists to consider reversing Brexit Frontier Economics study: Rejoining EU could unlock £92 billion: a minimum 3.6% GDP boost. Much more than current “Re-set”. And benefiting north & midlands the most. bestforbritain.org/eu_membershi...
EU membership to supercharge UK economy by at least £92bn, report suggests - Best for Britain
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10 years after Brexit, citizensrightsproject.org is still doing vital work. Please donate if you can, and circulate! Thanks @the3million.bsky.social @euromovescotland.bsky.social @scvo.scot @migrantvoice.bsky.social @justrightscotland.org.uk @neweuropeansuk.bsky.social
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Mark Lazarowicz@marklazarowicz.bsky.social · 2w agoI've launched this new crowdfunder for the Citizens' Rights Project charity. It still does vital work for EU citizens in Scotland, and it's even more important as it is now the only organisation of this type in Scotland. Please make a donation if you can, and pass it on! @europestreet.bsky.social
I've launched this new crowdfunder for the Citizens' Rights Project charity. It still does vital work for EU citizens in Scotland, and it's even more important as it is now the only organisation of this type in Scotland. Please make a donation if you can, and pass it on! @europestreet.bsky.social
Citizens' Rights Project@citzrights.bsky.social · 4w agoFor many people, Brexit feels like history. For the people we support, it's still part of everyday life. We've launched this crowdfunder to help us continue providing free immigration and welfare advice to EU citizens and their families. ❤️ Please donate or share if you can. gofund.me/101eff77a
"Overall carbon emissions have increased" in the UK, because of Net Zero, Kemi Badenoch repeatedly tells the BBC, to no pushback. Just completely untrue
Record-breaking heat has made a chunk of U.K. voters more worried about climate change, according to a poll for POLITICO. Andy Burnham will, like his predecessor, face pressure to ramp up efforts to help the country adapt. 🔗 www.politico.eu/article/heat...
Britain’s cars and SUVs are growing bigger – but there is a way to stop this deadly ‘carspreading’ | Christian Wolmar
Britain’s cars and SUVs are growing bigger – but there is a way to stop this deadly ‘carspreading’ | Christian Wolmar
Larger vehicles crowd our roads and are far more dangerous to pedestrians. Let’s curb them before they do even more damage, says says transport commentator Christian Wolmar
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Lindsey Graham was one of the main subjects of a @theatlantic.com cover story I wrote in 2020, on why people collaborate with regimes they know are immoral. Here's a gift link: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
History Will Judge the Complicit
Why have Republican leaders abandoned their principles in support of an immoral and dangerous president?
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If this is correct, it means that last night tax evading shops benefited from the tax the rest of us pay to ensure we have a functioning fire service.
EdinburghMinute.com@edinburghminute.com · 4w agoBuilding on fire is part of 109-112 Princes Street complex, ex River Island + Levi's (next to Debenhams), all closed. Site owner Criterion Capital plans to build Zedwell hotel there. Linked to row of tax-evading gift shops: edinburghminute.com/tax-evading-... exposed by @jim.londoncentric.media:
How can national fundamental rights bodies improve the implementation of the EU's #FundamentalRights Charter? FRA’s contribution to the @ec.europa.eu’s 2026 Charter report calls for adequate resources, independence, consultation & stronger follow-up. 🔗See: link.europa.eu/TvMrHc
European Commission registers European Citizens' Initiative calling for unconditional basic income. ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Commission registers European Citizens\' Initiative calling for unconditional basic income
Today, the European Commission registered a European citizens\' initiative (ECI), entitled ‘Introduction of Unconditional Basic Income (UBI) throughout the EU\'.
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For many people, Brexit feels like history. For the people we support, it's still part of everyday life. We've launched this crowdfunder to help us continue providing free immigration and welfare advice to EU citizens and their families. ❤️ Please donate or share if you can. gofund.me/101eff77a
Donate to Ten Years After Brexit: EU Migrants Still Need Support, organized by Citizens Rights Project
23 June 2026 marks ten years since the UK voted to leave the … Citizens Rights Project needs your support for Ten Years After Brexit: EU Migrants Still Need Support
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they should just let it be Count Binface vs Farage
If you want to understand my interests, I have watched zero (0) minutes of this World Cup but somehow got suckered in just now to reading the FIFA Disciplinary Code and ruminating on the interaction of articles 27 and 66.
Fraudster George Cottrell seen at numerous Reform events despite ‘no formal role’ in party
Fraudster George Cottrell seen at numerous Reform events despite ‘no formal role’ in party
Nigel Farage urged to clarify ‘dependence’ on Cottrell, who also joined Reform leader in Abu Dhabi in December Nigel Farage has been accompanied by his friend George Cottrell, a convicted fraudster, to numerous Reform events and fundraisers and a trip to Abu Dhabi, raising questions about the claim that he has no official role in the party. Labour has called on Farage to clarify his “personal and financial dependence” on Cottrell, who also has been supporting his lifestyle through accommodation and security before the election. Continue reading...
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Half a million flogging gold, a £5M reward for Brexit - and now reports say he’s been funded by a convicted criminal. Farage isn't fighting for Britain - he's fighting for the highest bidder.
Imagine having to set off early morning in order to get to a city that ISN'T London! Also, it's about two and a half hours to get to Manchester from Euston, so you'd need to get to Euston 8am at the earliest. So maybe they are setting off from home at 7? Are we really saying that's early morning?!
Jennifer Williams@jenwilliamsft.bsky.social · last mo.Posted without comment
The case for Ed Miliband as Chancellor.
MetJam@metjam.co.uk · 2mo agoTwo historic heatwaves in two consecutive months, with monthly records broken in both, something not achieved since 1911 and not something achieved by such a margin either. May's record was broken by over 2ºC, and June's record is likely to go by perhaps 3ºC, extraordinary.
I have to say, it's making me feel a little insane hearing commentators say Ed Miliband shouldn't be chancellor because of his "ideological zeal" for Net Zero, in a week where temperatures are so extreme that my kids are being sent home early every day and it's regularly 30 degrees inside my house
Our deputy leader of East Lothian Council Shamin Akhtar faces all that plus unbelievable racism, such a lovely woman with a heart of gold, if it were me I'd have packed in years ago, a good friend of mine the late great Willie Innes adored her.
Important to understand in the new world of severe climate consequences.
Frank Swain@frank-swain.bsky.social · last mo.It's probably time European journalists wrapped their heads around Heat Index (temp + relative humidity). In high humidity, sweating is less efficient, making heat worse, e.g.: Experiencing 35°C in London UK (70% RH) is more dangerous than 50°C in Phoenix Arizona (15% RH)
24 June 2016. The day after when EU citizens across the UK were told to ‘go home’; when the then PM said he would not protect our rights. Stories largely forgotten. BLEA - Brexit Lived Experience Archive - which I am launching today, is here to preserve this history. #Brexit brexit.migravox.org
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