Charlie Lawrie
@charlielawrie.bsky.social
Wanted to be a poet, ended up a technocrat. PhD student at Sussex where I research energy politics, shadow economies and state-cartel relations.
In the sacking of Davie and Turness, why is Michael Prescott being touted as an 'independent external advisor' to the BBC?
He worked in senior roles at the Sunday Times for over a decade: hanovercomms.com/our-team/mic...
This is a scalp for the Right, whether or not you like Davie's BBC record.
He worked in senior roles at the Sunday Times for over a decade: hanovercomms.com/our-team/mic...
This is a scalp for the Right, whether or not you like Davie's BBC record.
Michael Prescott
hanovercomms.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:16 PM
In the sacking of Davie and Turness, why is Michael Prescott being touted as an 'independent external advisor' to the BBC?
He worked in senior roles at the Sunday Times for over a decade: hanovercomms.com/our-team/mic...
This is a scalp for the Right, whether or not you like Davie's BBC record.
He worked in senior roles at the Sunday Times for over a decade: hanovercomms.com/our-team/mic...
This is a scalp for the Right, whether or not you like Davie's BBC record.
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Here's something that's not talked about enough
The air pollution from burning fossil fuels kills an estimated 10 million people a year
1 in 6 deaths is caused by fossil fuels
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The air pollution from burning fossil fuels kills an estimated 10 million people a year
1 in 6 deaths is caused by fossil fuels
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
October 21, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Here's something that's not talked about enough
The air pollution from burning fossil fuels kills an estimated 10 million people a year
1 in 6 deaths is caused by fossil fuels
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The air pollution from burning fossil fuels kills an estimated 10 million people a year
1 in 6 deaths is caused by fossil fuels
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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If you missed the news last night, the Greens (in England & Wales) now have 100,000 members for the first time. At this rate - around 15,000 new members a week - they’ll very soon overtake the Conservatives.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Green party reaches 100,000 members for first time after Polanski becomes leader
Green party in England and Wales has had near-50% rise in membership since since Zack Polanski took over last month
www.theguardian.com
October 13, 2025 at 9:03 AM
If you missed the news last night, the Greens (in England & Wales) now have 100,000 members for the first time. At this rate - around 15,000 new members a week - they’ll very soon overtake the Conservatives.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
🌎New article! 🌎
Camillo Stubenberg and I have a new article out on why diesel generators are everywhere these days:
Camillo Stubenberg and I have a new article out on why diesel generators are everywhere these days:
May 30, 2025 at 8:51 AM
🌎New article! 🌎
Camillo Stubenberg and I have a new article out on why diesel generators are everywhere these days:
Camillo Stubenberg and I have a new article out on why diesel generators are everywhere these days:
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The Greens now have nearly 200 more councillors than Reform.
This is not something you'd be likely to guess from all the copiously salivating media coverage of Farage & his crew of billionaire-backed far-right chancers.
This is not something you'd be likely to guess from all the copiously salivating media coverage of Farage & his crew of billionaire-backed far-right chancers.
Another record year for the Green Party 👏
859 Councillors on 170 Councils in England & Wales
Now join us to keep Greens growing and to take the fight to Reform join.greenparty.org.uk
859 Councillors on 170 Councils in England & Wales
Now join us to keep Greens growing and to take the fight to Reform join.greenparty.org.uk
May 2, 2025 at 10:58 PM
The Greens now have nearly 200 more councillors than Reform.
This is not something you'd be likely to guess from all the copiously salivating media coverage of Farage & his crew of billionaire-backed far-right chancers.
This is not something you'd be likely to guess from all the copiously salivating media coverage of Farage & his crew of billionaire-backed far-right chancers.
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In about an hour we have a Commons urgent question on Kneecap, submitted by Tory MP Mark Francois. I genuinely remember when we last had a proper moral panic about popular music. It must be a while.
April 29, 2025 at 11:35 AM
In about an hour we have a Commons urgent question on Kneecap, submitted by Tory MP Mark Francois. I genuinely remember when we last had a proper moral panic about popular music. It must be a while.
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when you have no idea how to govern on the macrofinancial front, you go 'brr, migration' even if the universe screams at you it wont actually do much for your miserable poll standings, driven by your failures on the economy front
April 29, 2025 at 8:07 AM
when you have no idea how to govern on the macrofinancial front, you go 'brr, migration' even if the universe screams at you it wont actually do much for your miserable poll standings, driven by your failures on the economy front
This article says more about the state of the nation than it intends to, I think:
(tldr: Londoners benefit from amazing facilities but get soaked for rent, then move to countryside to discover non-existent facilities thanks to decades of austerity)
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
(tldr: Londoners benefit from amazing facilities but get soaked for rent, then move to countryside to discover non-existent facilities thanks to decades of austerity)
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘I had rose-tinted spectacles’: UK city dwellers on relocating during the pandemic
As London once again becomes the most searched-for location on Rightmove, which is better, rural or city life?
www.theguardian.com
April 25, 2025 at 12:33 PM
This article says more about the state of the nation than it intends to, I think:
(tldr: Londoners benefit from amazing facilities but get soaked for rent, then move to countryside to discover non-existent facilities thanks to decades of austerity)
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
(tldr: Londoners benefit from amazing facilities but get soaked for rent, then move to countryside to discover non-existent facilities thanks to decades of austerity)
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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The fact that this monster can say shit like this and no one in the Euro-American governments say a word is a lasting stain on all our consciences.
Far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich vowed on Monday to prevent the entry of “a grain of wheat” into the blockaded Gaza Strip.
www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250407-smo...
www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250407-smo...
Smotrich insists that, ‘Not even a grain of wheat will enter Gaza’
Far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich vowed on Monday to prevent the entry of “a grain of wheat” into the blockaded Gaza Strip, according to the Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth....
www.middleeastmonitor.com
April 8, 2025 at 9:20 AM
The fact that this monster can say shit like this and no one in the Euro-American governments say a word is a lasting stain on all our consciences.
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Larry Fink's 2025 letter:
we will solve distributional crisis of capitalism if you give me your savings so I can privatise every public good under the sun.
We shall call this democratizing investment.
www.blackrock.com/corporate/in...
we will solve distributional crisis of capitalism if you give me your savings so I can privatise every public good under the sun.
We shall call this democratizing investment.
www.blackrock.com/corporate/in...
Larry Fink’s 2025 Chairman’s Letter to Investors | BlackRock
Larry Fink shares how thinking on retirement can be reshaped, and how expanding access to capital markets can help build a more prosperous future.
www.blackrock.com
April 1, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Larry Fink's 2025 letter:
we will solve distributional crisis of capitalism if you give me your savings so I can privatise every public good under the sun.
We shall call this democratizing investment.
www.blackrock.com/corporate/in...
we will solve distributional crisis of capitalism if you give me your savings so I can privatise every public good under the sun.
We shall call this democratizing investment.
www.blackrock.com/corporate/in...
Diesel generators seem to be everywhere these days, chuntering on in the background.
But *why* are they everywhere? Where do generators sit in our grand schemes for electrifying the world?
Camillo Stubenberg and I have a new paper coming out soon that tries to answer these questions. 🧵👇 1/13
But *why* are they everywhere? Where do generators sit in our grand schemes for electrifying the world?
Camillo Stubenberg and I have a new paper coming out soon that tries to answer these questions. 🧵👇 1/13
March 27, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Diesel generators seem to be everywhere these days, chuntering on in the background.
But *why* are they everywhere? Where do generators sit in our grand schemes for electrifying the world?
Camillo Stubenberg and I have a new paper coming out soon that tries to answer these questions. 🧵👇 1/13
But *why* are they everywhere? Where do generators sit in our grand schemes for electrifying the world?
Camillo Stubenberg and I have a new paper coming out soon that tries to answer these questions. 🧵👇 1/13
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As I said to BBCBreakfast government *isn’t* proposing reform. It’s cuts.
The DWP has a genuine plan for reform to help more people get support, healthcare & work when they can.
Treasury is driving the opposite. Cruel & counterproductive cuts for short term savings.
The DWP has a genuine plan for reform to help more people get support, healthcare & work when they can.
Treasury is driving the opposite. Cruel & counterproductive cuts for short term savings.
🗣️ "We are very worried and appalled"
Our Director of Policy, Research & Impact, Helen Barnard spoke to BBC Breakfast about the UK government's plans to cut vital disability support.
Our Director of Policy, Research & Impact, Helen Barnard spoke to BBC Breakfast about the UK government's plans to cut vital disability support.
March 13, 2025 at 10:30 AM
As I said to BBCBreakfast government *isn’t* proposing reform. It’s cuts.
The DWP has a genuine plan for reform to help more people get support, healthcare & work when they can.
Treasury is driving the opposite. Cruel & counterproductive cuts for short term savings.
The DWP has a genuine plan for reform to help more people get support, healthcare & work when they can.
Treasury is driving the opposite. Cruel & counterproductive cuts for short term savings.
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It's hard to comprehend the scale at which supertrawlers are murdering life in the oceans.
March 11, 2025 at 9:13 AM
It's hard to comprehend the scale at which supertrawlers are murdering life in the oceans.
They must have hacked his account, surely (surely?)
Woke up to see Donald Trump sharing a video on Truth Social about turning Gaza into a holiday resort with a giant gold statue of Trump, ending with a final shot of Trump and Netanyahu enjoying the beach together. Absolutely unhinged.
truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
February 26, 2025 at 2:48 PM
They must have hacked his account, surely (surely?)
newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
Tariq Ali showing exceptional tankie energy here. It turns out that Assad was a key member of the Arab resistance (who knew?) and that Syrians are but pawns of the West unless they funnel arms to Hezbollah (the death of satire)
Tariq Ali showing exceptional tankie energy here. It turns out that Assad was a key member of the Arab resistance (who knew?) and that Syrians are but pawns of the West unless they funnel arms to Hezbollah (the death of satire)
Tariq Ali, The Roads to Damascus — Sidecar
Assad’s fall from power.
newleftreview.org
December 17, 2024 at 9:16 AM
newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
Tariq Ali showing exceptional tankie energy here. It turns out that Assad was a key member of the Arab resistance (who knew?) and that Syrians are but pawns of the West unless they funnel arms to Hezbollah (the death of satire)
Tariq Ali showing exceptional tankie energy here. It turns out that Assad was a key member of the Arab resistance (who knew?) and that Syrians are but pawns of the West unless they funnel arms to Hezbollah (the death of satire)
War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength
pretty impressive how Israel can do any land grab it wants, occupy any territory, even carry out what its own former Defense Minister calls "ethnic cleansing" in Gaza and US media always frames it as a "buffer zone". Unironically going to submit this to win Ad Age's marketing campaign of the Year
I regret to inform you that the press is at it again.
December 11, 2024 at 4:29 PM
War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength
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The media is reporting this story as 'scary jihadis' rather than as the liberation it is. I've written this text giving background on Assad's detention and torture state, to show what's at stake for Syrians. Please read, and share.
Syrian cities are being liberated from the Assad regime's rule, and so too are inmates from regime prisons. Hundreds of thousands have passed through these prisons, and tens of thousands have been killed within their walls. Here the IPM explains the background.
December 6, 2024 at 7:10 PM
The media is reporting this story as 'scary jihadis' rather than as the liberation it is. I've written this text giving background on Assad's detention and torture state, to show what's at stake for Syrians. Please read, and share.
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@nytimes.com’s Ben Hubbard on the latest in Syria: www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/w... Includes my thoughts.
December 5, 2024 at 8:57 PM
@nytimes.com’s Ben Hubbard on the latest in Syria: www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/w... Includes my thoughts.
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The personal estates of the King and the Prince of Wales are worth £1.8bn.
Last year they made £50m profit.
They are exempt from corporation and capital gains tax.
This situation is unfair and costing the country millions in lost revenue. It must not continue.
taxjustice.uk/blog/the-roy...
Last year they made £50m profit.
They are exempt from corporation and capital gains tax.
This situation is unfair and costing the country millions in lost revenue. It must not continue.
taxjustice.uk/blog/the-roy...
The royal family must be made to pay more tax
Every year the estates of the royal family make tens of millions of pounds, yet they pay no corporation tax.
taxjustice.uk
December 5, 2024 at 11:48 AM
The personal estates of the King and the Prince of Wales are worth £1.8bn.
Last year they made £50m profit.
They are exempt from corporation and capital gains tax.
This situation is unfair and costing the country millions in lost revenue. It must not continue.
taxjustice.uk/blog/the-roy...
Last year they made £50m profit.
They are exempt from corporation and capital gains tax.
This situation is unfair and costing the country millions in lost revenue. It must not continue.
taxjustice.uk/blog/the-roy...
Morgan McMilestone
December 5, 2024 at 12:51 PM
Morgan McMilestone
'Fascism doesn’t begin when people begin to shoot one another — it begins when the establishment of the state begins to discriminate against the Left in comparison to the Right.'
tribunemag.co.uk/2024/11/anti...
tribunemag.co.uk/2024/11/anti...
Anti-Zionist Israeli MP: ‘I Will Never Surrender’
Ofer Cassif — currently suspended from the Knesset for opposing genocide in Gaza — discusses Israel’s descent into fascism, building the movement that can defeat Netanyahu, and why he will never give ...
tribunemag.co.uk
December 4, 2024 at 3:15 PM
'Fascism doesn’t begin when people begin to shoot one another — it begins when the establishment of the state begins to discriminate against the Left in comparison to the Right.'
tribunemag.co.uk/2024/11/anti...
tribunemag.co.uk/2024/11/anti...
Top ten news items: men behaving badly
December 2, 2024 at 6:07 PM
Top ten news items: men behaving badly
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An academic short paper with the main experts survey findings from the World Bank "carbon pricing in the Global South" report that we published in September (see 🧵 below) is conditionally accepted at Environmental Research Letters.
Find the paper here: federica-genovese.com/downloads/Le...
Find the paper here: federica-genovese.com/downloads/Le...
Excited for this doc to be out in the wild 🌐
Our team (led by fab Michael Lerner) started putting together the materials for this World Bank report on the pol econ of carbon pricing in Dec 2022.
Final product includes original surveys, dozens of interviews, '00s of papers reviewed. Check it out!
Our team (led by fab Michael Lerner) started putting together the materials for this World Bank report on the pol econ of carbon pricing in Dec 2022.
Final product includes original surveys, dozens of interviews, '00s of papers reviewed. Check it out!
New #WorldBank report! While the politics of #carbonpricing involve compromises and accommodations, real-world experiences show it can be a powerful, powerful, and politically feasible tool for accelerating #decarbonization in developing countries.
openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/pub...
openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/pub...
December 2, 2024 at 3:01 PM
An academic short paper with the main experts survey findings from the World Bank "carbon pricing in the Global South" report that we published in September (see 🧵 below) is conditionally accepted at Environmental Research Letters.
Find the paper here: federica-genovese.com/downloads/Le...
Find the paper here: federica-genovese.com/downloads/Le...
More than three-quarters of UK universities join fossil fuel pledge, say activists
More than three-quarters of UK universities join fossil fuel pledge, say activists
Move to exclude fossil fuel firms from investment portfolios follows years of campaigning by staff and students
More than three-quarters of UK universities have pledged to exclude fossil fuel companies from their investment portfolios, according to…
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2024 at 9:24 AM