Nigel Bagshaw
@nigelbagshaw.bsky.social
Translator specialising in all things Central and East European (other than espionage). Sustainable transport campaigner and former Green councillor.
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can we just say this out loud? Climate change = horny male media editors going absolutely nuts with the skimpy fun-in-the-sun pics
In Western Australia, news editors see record breaking high temperatures as a justification for bikini photos
Not an opportunity for good journalism to foster discussion on fate of our planet in relation to #climatechange
Every time
Brain dead humans
Hottest start to summer in #Perth on record
Not an opportunity for good journalism to foster discussion on fate of our planet in relation to #climatechange
Every time
Brain dead humans
Hottest start to summer in #Perth on record
December 1, 2025 at 8:24 AM
can we just say this out loud? Climate change = horny male media editors going absolutely nuts with the skimpy fun-in-the-sun pics
Pretty disingenuous of the Save Roseburn Path campaigners to insist 'there are plenty other alternatives' when they can't come up with even one viable one.
www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinbur...
www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinbur...
'Multiple other tram routes to assess' say Roseburn Path campaigners
Campaigners fighting to save the popular Roseburn Path from becoming part of Edinburgh’s next tramline claim there are ‘multiple’ other routes that could be used instead.
www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Pretty disingenuous of the Save Roseburn Path campaigners to insist 'there are plenty other alternatives' when they can't come up with even one viable one.
www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinbur...
www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinbur...
Political equivalent of Mr Bean.
Zarah Sultana boycotts first day of Your Party conference over 'witch hunt' expulsions
Zarah Sultana boycotts first day of Your Party conference over 'witch hunt' expulsions
Zarah Sultana has boycotted day one of the Your Party Conference over the expulsion of members of left-wing groups.
news.sky.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Political equivalent of Mr Bean.
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Maybe we should build HS2 in full and increase capacity on the network. It was never just about speed.
Soon-to-be-axed 7am Manchester-London train will still run – but without passengers
Soon-to-be-axed 7am Manchester-London train will still run – but without passengers
Exclusive: Rail regulator pulls Avanti service from timetable from mid-December but it is needed for staff travel
The good news for rail travel between Manchester and London is that a morning train will continue to link England’s biggest cities in under two hours. The bad news: passengers will no longer be able to get onboard.
The rail regulator has axed one of Britain’s fastest and most lucrative intercity services, the 7am Avanti West Coast from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston, as part of a timetable shake-up that will take effect in mid-December. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Maybe we should build HS2 in full and increase capacity on the network. It was never just about speed.
Is now the time to send Miles Briggs MSP and others on a course about #InducedDemand, #ClimateChaos and #OpportunityCost, before it's all too late?
www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinbur...
www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinbur...
Sheriffhall flyover 'may never be built' warns MSP
The long-awaited Sheriffhall flyover may never be built if the Scottish Government does not give the go-ahead for the project before next year's Holyrood elections, an MSP has warned.
www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Is now the time to send Miles Briggs MSP and others on a course about #InducedDemand, #ClimateChaos and #OpportunityCost, before it's all too late?
www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinbur...
www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinbur...
Your Party are a farce. Cut out the middle man and vote Green.
November 28, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Your Party are a farce. Cut out the middle man and vote Green.
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There is a deep irony in naming of Doncaster Sheffield airport ‘Robin hood’ when borrowing £57m to reopen a climate-destroying unprofitable boondoggle is clearly going to end up robbing from the poor and giving to the rich
Labour mayor and Reform UK leader "in agreement" on need for borrowing for airport
The Labour Mayor of Doncaster and leader of the Reform UK group on the City of Doncaster Council are “in agreement” on the borrowing required to reopen Doncaster Sheffield Airport (DSA).
www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 5:26 PM
There is a deep irony in naming of Doncaster Sheffield airport ‘Robin hood’ when borrowing £57m to reopen a climate-destroying unprofitable boondoggle is clearly going to end up robbing from the poor and giving to the rich
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Where we see confirmed that what is being described as an American peace plan was written by Russians and learn that Witkoff advises the Kremlin on how to fool Trump
Read a transcript of an Oct. 29 phone call between Yuri Ushakov, Putin’s most senior foreign-policy adviser, and Kirill Dmitriev, an economic adviser to the Russian president
Putin Advisers Discuss Plans for Dealing With Trump: Transcript
The following is a transcript of an Oct. 29 phone call between Yuri Ushakov, Vladimir Putin’s most senior foreign-policy adviser, and Kirill Dmitriev, an economic adviser to the Russian president.
bloom.bg
November 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Where we see confirmed that what is being described as an American peace plan was written by Russians and learn that Witkoff advises the Kremlin on how to fool Trump
Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and elsewhere, this is where the future lies. Scotland needs to stop arsing about with roads and start building public transport infrastructure for the future.
Perhaps the smartest #ClimateAction investment in cities is in public transit. While others make excuses, Paris is building a WHOLE NEW METRO NETWORK CONNECTING SUBURBS.
“…the Grand Paris Express, a new 200km system with 4 new lines & 68 new stations.”
#ActionStartsHere
@mayors4climate.bsky.social
“…the Grand Paris Express, a new 200km system with 4 new lines & 68 new stations.”
#ActionStartsHere
@mayors4climate.bsky.social
Paris is getting a whole new Metro network. And it’s huge | CNN
The Grand Paris Express will add four lines, 68 stations and 200 kilometers of track to the French capital’s 120-year-old Metro system, providing vital suburban links – just not quite in time for the ...
www.cnn.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and elsewhere, this is where the future lies. Scotland needs to stop arsing about with roads and start building public transport infrastructure for the future.
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Jacob Zuma’s daughter resigns from South Africa parliament over Russia recruitment allegations
Jacob Zuma’s daughter resigns from South Africa parliament over Russia recruitment allegations
Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla alleged to have lured 17 men to fight in Ukraine
www.irishtimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Jacob Zuma’s daughter resigns from South Africa parliament over Russia recruitment allegations
Here's something I didn't have on my radar.
www.berlin.de/weihnachtsma...
www.berlin.de/weihnachtsma...
Englischer Weihnachtsmarkt
Unter dem Motto «The Very British Christmas Market» lädt die Charlottenburger Kirche St George's jedes Jahr zum englischen Weihnachtsmarkt.
www.berlin.de
November 28, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Here's something I didn't have on my radar.
www.berlin.de/weihnachtsma...
www.berlin.de/weihnachtsma...
If anyone in #Edinburgh or elsewhere thinks there’s no need for trams …
www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/11/manc...
www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/11/manc...
Manchester Metrolink line takes 700,000 journeys off the road
During the year 2024/25, the Metrolink Trafford Park line was responsible for people making early 700,000 fewer journeys by car or taxi.
www.railadvent.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 9:58 AM
If anyone in #Edinburgh or elsewhere thinks there’s no need for trams …
www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/11/manc...
www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/11/manc...
Where I grew up in Yorkshire we had one bus each hour in either direction, from 6 am until 10 pm, and didn't think we were living in luxury. Now there are three buses one way + one bus the other in a week! Buses are incredibly important for communities and people deserve better (also in Scotland).
Buses connect us to the people we love, the things we need and the places that matter.
Please make a donation today to help us improve bus services for people like David and ensure that every community has a bus service it can rely on. bettertransport.org.uk/help-improve...
Please make a donation today to help us improve bus services for people like David and ensure that every community has a bus service it can rely on. bettertransport.org.uk/help-improve...
November 28, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Where I grew up in Yorkshire we had one bus each hour in either direction, from 6 am until 10 pm, and didn't think we were living in luxury. Now there are three buses one way + one bus the other in a week! Buses are incredibly important for communities and people deserve better (also in Scotland).
Celebrating unsustainable transport - it's as if the climate crisis just isn't happening.
www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2565...
www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2565...
New Scotland flights as easyJet launches four routes and adds aircraft
The airline has announced a major new Scotland flights boost
www.heraldscotland.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Celebrating unsustainable transport - it's as if the climate crisis just isn't happening.
www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2565...
www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2565...
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Australia has recognised a fundamental truth: that *everything* depends on healthy wild ecosystems.
Time for the rest of the world to follow suit, and then ACT on it.
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Time for the rest of the world to follow suit, and then ACT on it.
search.app/phsEf
Australia finally acknowledges environment underpins all else. That’s no small thing | Ken Henry
In what are dangerous times for democracies around the world, parliament’s overhaul of nature laws in the EPBC Act shows ambitious reform remains possible
search.app
November 28, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Australia has recognised a fundamental truth: that *everything* depends on healthy wild ecosystems.
Time for the rest of the world to follow suit, and then ACT on it.
search.app/phsEf
Time for the rest of the world to follow suit, and then ACT on it.
search.app/phsEf
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Instead of seeking peace, the Kremlin is trying to buy time and undermine Ukraine’s allies, analysts say. Another goal is to shift the blame to Kyiv by accusing it of rejecting Russian conditions that are effectively tantamount to capitulation.
Russia's coy game: Why Kremlin won't commit to Trump's peace push
As U.S. President Donald Trump accelerates his push for a settlement in Moscow's war against Ukraine, analysts say Russia's ambiguous stance is clouding the process.
Even though the original peace pl...
kyivindependent.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Instead of seeking peace, the Kremlin is trying to buy time and undermine Ukraine’s allies, analysts say. Another goal is to shift the blame to Kyiv by accusing it of rejecting Russian conditions that are effectively tantamount to capitulation.
"Lib Dem councillor Kevin Lang said the response made it clear the Scottish Government was not going to pay for the new tramline" - except it didn't. (Incidentally, this is not how a party should make up for cocking up the original tram project).
www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinbur...
www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinbur...
Scottish Government's new comments on funding new tramline
The Scottish Government has said it has "no plans to fund a stand alone extension of Edinburgh's tram network".
www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:20 PM
"Lib Dem councillor Kevin Lang said the response made it clear the Scottish Government was not going to pay for the new tramline" - except it didn't. (Incidentally, this is not how a party should make up for cocking up the original tram project).
www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinbur...
www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinbur...
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🚗 UK Budget Response from Transform Scotland
Transform Scotland spokesperson, Emilia Lauder, welcomes the Chancellor’s baby steps toward fairer motoring taxes. The new mileage-based charge for EVs and long-overdue changes to fuel duty finally move us closer to a 'polluter pays' system.
Transform Scotland spokesperson, Emilia Lauder, welcomes the Chancellor’s baby steps toward fairer motoring taxes. The new mileage-based charge for EVs and long-overdue changes to fuel duty finally move us closer to a 'polluter pays' system.
November 26, 2025 at 3:36 PM
🚗 UK Budget Response from Transform Scotland
Transform Scotland spokesperson, Emilia Lauder, welcomes the Chancellor’s baby steps toward fairer motoring taxes. The new mileage-based charge for EVs and long-overdue changes to fuel duty finally move us closer to a 'polluter pays' system.
Transform Scotland spokesperson, Emilia Lauder, welcomes the Chancellor’s baby steps toward fairer motoring taxes. The new mileage-based charge for EVs and long-overdue changes to fuel duty finally move us closer to a 'polluter pays' system.
Politicians always have a choice: facing problems head-on and looking to the future or engaging in populism for short-term gain.
www.edinburgh.gov.uk/news/article...
www.edinburgh.gov.uk/news/article...
Edinburgh must be bold on tram as we face the future
Edinburgh must be bold on tram as we face the future
www.edinburgh.gov.uk
November 26, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Politicians always have a choice: facing problems head-on and looking to the future or engaging in populism for short-term gain.
www.edinburgh.gov.uk/news/article...
www.edinburgh.gov.uk/news/article...
Promise environmentally sound transport targets, abandon environmentally transport targets. Repeat.
www.scotsman.com/news/transpo...
www.scotsman.com/news/transpo...
Passengers on scenic ScotRail lines stuck with old diesel trains as greener power shelved
Rural routes will be given hand-me-down ScotRail trains from other lines instead
www.scotsman.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Promise environmentally sound transport targets, abandon environmentally transport targets. Repeat.
www.scotsman.com/news/transpo...
www.scotsman.com/news/transpo...
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This is shocking but not surprising. While private jets are the worst offenders, all flights are massively undertaxed.
NEW | Our latest research exposes just how lightly private jet users are taxed — and how much the UK is losing because of it.
It’s time the biggest polluters paid their share.
It’s time the biggest polluters paid their share.
November 26, 2025 at 12:37 PM
This is shocking but not surprising. While private jets are the worst offenders, all flights are massively undertaxed.
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£133 BILLION
Since 2011 the fuel duty freeze has cost the Treasury £133 billion.
This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Rachel Reeves will freeze fuel duty to dodge ‘political suicide’
The chancellor will also highlight a rise in the minimum wage and plans to cut energy bills as she tries to win over voters by focusing on cost of living
www.thetimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:10 AM
£133 BILLION
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Building the equivalent of the UK's second biggest airport right next to its largest?
Moving the M25?
Increasing noise pollution and air pollution for Londoners?
The UK faces many challenges. Heathrow expansion is not the answer to any of them - and is insanity in a climate crisis.
Moving the M25?
Increasing noise pollution and air pollution for Londoners?
The UK faces many challenges. Heathrow expansion is not the answer to any of them - and is insanity in a climate crisis.
Heathrow airport’s £33bn third runway plan chosen by government
Scheme includes plan to move the M25 and could mean up to 760 more planes in the skies around London every day
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Building the equivalent of the UK's second biggest airport right next to its largest?
Moving the M25?
Increasing noise pollution and air pollution for Londoners?
The UK faces many challenges. Heathrow expansion is not the answer to any of them - and is insanity in a climate crisis.
Moving the M25?
Increasing noise pollution and air pollution for Londoners?
The UK faces many challenges. Heathrow expansion is not the answer to any of them - and is insanity in a climate crisis.
"Ukraine negotiations: How the Kremlin drafted a US peace plan: Who really wrote Donald Trump's 28-point plan? The core of the draft was explained to me by a source six months ago – it originated in Moscow."
Ukraine-Verhandlungen: Wie der Kreml einen US-Friedensplan entwarf: Wer hat Donald Trumps 28-Punkte-Plan wirklich geschrieben? Der Kern des Entwurfs wurde mir von einer Quelle bereits vor einem halben Jahr erläutert – er stammt aus Moskau.
Ukraine-Verhandlungen: Wie der Kreml einen US-Friedensplan entwarf
Wer hat Donald Trumps 28-Punkte-Plan wirklich geschrieben? Der Kern des Entwurfs wurde mir von einer Quelle bereits vor einem halben Jahr erläutert – er stammt aus Moskau.
www.spiegel.de
November 26, 2025 at 11:05 AM
"Ukraine negotiations: How the Kremlin drafted a US peace plan: Who really wrote Donald Trump's 28-point plan? The core of the draft was explained to me by a source six months ago – it originated in Moscow."
