Mark Lazarowicz

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The programme for the 2026 Festival of Europe Scotland is now out. 24 events so far throughout Scotland - Edinburgh, Glasgow, Kirkcaldy, Dumfries, Stirling - more be announced! Conferences, talks, music, film, art, family events. For details & to book places: festivalofeuropescotland.org/events/

Lucy Powell says the government's proposals om settlement proposals - doubling + tripling how long it takes those on a visa to be permanent or get citizenship - were unpopular, saying that ethnic minority voters who think border control does matter don't think the government's changes are fair

From an ex-Hungarian MP @dailytelegraphnews.bsky.social, on April elections:

"The question is whether those who write the rules, distribute the money, count the votes, and announce the results will be willing to tolerate a world where they are no longer in power"
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Tulchan Estate is not for sale (again) - Land Matters On Wednesday this week, Savills announced the “sale” of the 8800 hectare Tulchan Estate in Morayshire at offers over £67 million. Newspapers have reported the “sale” today (see above extracts from the...

BLOG - Tulchan Estate is not for sale for offers over £67 million. Instead the shareholding of the company that owns it (in turn owned in Guernsey) is for sale. This has implications for tax receipts & the tenant farmers whose right to buy is once again blocked. andywightman.scot/2026/02/tulc...

Climate change supercharged Iberian Peninsula’s destructive storms A hotter Atlantic ocean contributed to unusually powerful downpours, scientists said.

🌧️ Climate change is a real and present danger for the lives of millions - if not billions - across the globe.

We need decisive, multilateral cooperation, and strong international institutions to deal with this challenge as one.

We stand with all our Ukrainian friends in #Scotland their dignity and courage, and hope for a free and peaceful sovereign Ukraine is humbling. Ukraine is the beating heart of a Europe united in values. #SlavaUkrainii

Using boilerplate messaging that would use for George Galloway about Hannah Spencer personally & how she will approach being an MP is tin eared, graceless, implausible to the immediate audience (Labour MPs) and esp the broader one (Labour waverers/switchers) underpinned by the wrong strategy

This is not a reasoned political response. Labour has spent two years making all the voting groups who backed the Greens feel unwelcome and unheard, and now attacks them for daring to back someone else. They believe Labour isn’t listening and Starmer seems determined to prove them right

Great to join the @festivalofeurope.bsky.social Team for the launch of this year’s programme of events. This is the 3rd year of the Festival and it gets bigger and bigger

Have look at their website for this year’s programme
festivalofeuropescotland.org
There are more events in the pipeline too!

Our programme for May is now launched! Whatever your interests are and wherever you are, we’re sure to have an event for you. We would love for you to join us! #Scotland #FestivalOfEuropeScotland #talks #walks #films #dance #art #workshops #quiz and more. #EuropeDay26 Credit image: Beccie Speed

There is appetite in Britain for a bold, progressive agenda. This spectacular Green victory shows that.

Now's the time to get it done.

Compass in The Mirror @politics.mirror.co.uk.

Hungary's leader orders extra security at energy sites, claiming Ukraine plots disruptions Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán ordered extra security at critical energy infrastructure sites after claiming Ukraine was attempting to disrupt Hungary’s energy system.

Viktor Orban is now 20 points behind in the polls - and so he has ordered the military to guard “key energy facilities” against a possible Ukrainian “attack.” Hungarians fear he plans a fake national security emergency or false-flag incident before the April 12 election
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Iceland may fast-track vote on joining EU: report The Arctic country had been set to hold a referendum on resuming membership talks in 2027. But according to media reports, geopolitical developments could see the vote being brought forward to this su...

After Trump's ambassador in Rejkavik starts telling jokes about Iceland becoming the "51st State," Iceland moves to accelerate the process of becoming an EU member state.

Iceland is weighing a vote on restarting EU membership talks as early as August, according to two people familiar with the country’s accession preparations.

It comes as momentum for EU enlargement appears to be growing, with Brussels working on a plan that could give

Step into 18th-century Brittany with Colette Cosnier’s "Marion du Faouët: La catin aux cheveux rouges"! Performed by @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social French Theatre Society, this play traces the rise of a feminist Robin Hood

12 to 14 March at @ifecosse.bsky.social
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Me too!

Not only is today the day that the debate organised by Stephen Gethins MP on the ‘Impact of the 2016 EU membership referendum on the UK’ will be held in Parliament, but it also marks 4 years since Russia’s full-scale invasion on Ukraine. This reminds us how important it is to work with Europe.

Who Owns Scotland 2025 - Land Matters SCOTLAND’S CONCENTRATED PATTERN OF LANDOWNERSHIP CONTINUES TO GET WORSE Today I publish Who Owns Scotland 2025, the second annual report on landownership in Scotland. The first (Who Owns Scotland 2024...

Today I publish Who Owns Scotland 2025, an annual analysis of landownership across rural Scotland. The most significant finding is the continuing trend over past 15 years of fewer and fewer owners owning more and more of rural Scotland. andywightman.scot/2026/02/who-...

Zia Yusuf's rhetoric of protecting Christianity, rhetorically, is combined with an indecent threat to deport many tens of thousands of Christians, including those here 5-20 years with permanent status, as well as recent arrivals, from across the Commonwealth and elsewhere outside Europe

Serious concerns over UK Government funding scheme A Senedd committee has raised concerns about a new UK Government funding scheme and heard jobs could be lost because of it

The effects of leaving the EU are being felt across the UK - we must act to put the UK back where it belongs, at the heart of Europe.

Iceland looks to fast-track vote on joining EU A referendum on resuming membership talks had been expected in 2027, but could come as early as this August.

🚨🚨Biggest #EU news of today: #Iceland looks to fast-track vote on joining EU as referendum on EU accession could come as early as August, departing from original plan for 2027 ref. 🧵
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Starmer 2.0: could a more authentic PM revive Labour’s appeal? After surviving a coup, and with his critics chastened, No 10 insiders say a more combative PM is up for taking the fight to Reform UK

Good read on Labour’s way forward from @jessicaelgot.bsky.social and Kiran Stacey.

The splinternet: how online shutdowns are getting cheaper and easier to impose Iran has shown how plausible blackouts now are, with far-reaching consequences for the internet as we know it

The splinternet: how online shutdowns are getting cheaper and easier to impose

10 years - and the Brexit successes are listed here in alphabetical order:

It’s amazing to think that American conservatism, which claimed to have an intellectual heritage going back to Burke, Hamilton, Hayek and Buckley, would now be a movement whose sole ideology is whatever crazy policy Trump pulls out of his ass.

Great listen/read with so much in it I didn't know and needed to consider. Ona Judge was a remarkable woman who ran away from enslavement by George and Martha Washington. Despite many troubles, she never looked back, and despite ending her life in poverty we have her testimony. 1/2

Vote for what Scotland wants Press Release: “Vote for what Scotland wants” says Scots European Movement general election social media campaign

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“Vote for what Scotland wants” call by European Movement in Scotland for Scottish general election campaign Scots European Movement general election social media campaign The European Movement in Scotland (EMiS) has launched its Scottish Parliament election campaign with a call for voters to ask party le…

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