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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The SNP's wrecking amendment to this motion has sadly passed, confirming that the Scottish Government no longer opposes the Rosebank oil field application. A huge step backwards and a sad day for Scotland's reputation on climate action.
Under Nicola Sturgeon & Humza Yousaf the Scottish Government rightly opposed the proposed Rosebank oil field.
John Swinney has sadly dropped that opposition and tried to avoid taking a position at all.
That's not good enough, so tomorrow the @scottishgreens.org will force a vote.
John Swinney has sadly dropped that opposition and tried to avoid taking a position at all.
That's not good enough, so tomorrow the @scottishgreens.org will force a vote.
Greens to force vote at Holyrood on Rosebank oil development
MSPs will have their say in a symbolic vote on the project on Wednesday.
news.stv.tv
November 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The SNP's wrecking amendment to this motion has sadly passed, confirming that the Scottish Government no longer opposes the Rosebank oil field application. A huge step backwards and a sad day for Scotland's reputation on climate action.
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The allegation here is that wealthy tourists paid to be able to shoot human beings. Perhaps killing wildlife wasn't enough for them. If true, psychopathic scarcely begins to cover it.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Milan prosecutors investigate alleged ‘sniper tourism’ during Bosnian war
Groups from Italy and elsewhere alleged to have paid Serb soldiers to shoot Sarajevo residents during siege
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The allegation here is that wealthy tourists paid to be able to shoot human beings. Perhaps killing wildlife wasn't enough for them. If true, psychopathic scarcely begins to cover it.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Some countries invest in their railways, others less so.
Poland’s state rail operator PKP has signed a €1.6 billion contract to buy 42 double-decker express trains, the largest purchase of its kind in the history of Polish railways.
November 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Some countries invest in their railways, others less so.
Edinburgh Council is not proposing the 'destruction of a park', it's proposing the restoration of a former railway line to meet climate targets, reduce congestion, improve air quality, provide economic opportunities, enhance mobility and reduce social inequality.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Roseburn Path: What is the row over a new Edinburgh tram line about?
A public consultation on plans to build a new tram line along a popular cycle route closes on Monday.
www.bbc.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Edinburgh Council is not proposing the 'destruction of a park', it's proposing the restoration of a former railway line to meet climate targets, reduce congestion, improve air quality, provide economic opportunities, enhance mobility and reduce social inequality.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Lesley Hinds is quite right in warning that the capital risks 'missing out' on funding unless it makes a strong case for more lines.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2561125...
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2561125...
I helped save Edinburgh’s disastrous tram project - here’s what city should do now
A former Edinburgh transport chief credited with helping to save the city’s troubled tram project on a 'turning point' in latest expansion debate.
www.heraldscotland.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Lesley Hinds is quite right in warning that the capital risks 'missing out' on funding unless it makes a strong case for more lines.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2561125...
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2561125...
Government considers doing the right thing so soon after being elected …
November 11, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Government considers doing the right thing so soon after being elected …
The #Roseburn corridor is indeed a fantastic cycle route, but it's a former railway line that's needed for that purpose again. You'll still be able to cycle along it when the tram comes. More importantly, without the tram the city has little chance of meeting its climate targets, and that's serious.
November 11, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The #Roseburn corridor is indeed a fantastic cycle route, but it's a former railway line that's needed for that purpose again. You'll still be able to cycle along it when the tram comes. More importantly, without the tram the city has little chance of meeting its climate targets, and that's serious.
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#otd in 1989, Günter Schabowski of the East German Socialist Unity Party (SED) held a press conference where he appeared to say that citizens could now travel more freely outside of the GDR. By the end of the day, the Berlin Wall had been opened and the stage set for the end of SED rule.
November 9, 2025 at 10:37 PM
#otd in 1989, Günter Schabowski of the East German Socialist Unity Party (SED) held a press conference where he appeared to say that citizens could now travel more freely outside of the GDR. By the end of the day, the Berlin Wall had been opened and the stage set for the end of SED rule.
Some good Tram coverage in the Herald today. Especially worth remembering that 'Consultation exercises often capture only a small fraction of public option'. In any event, Edinburgh needs to plan for the long term with all its communities in mind.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2560154...
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2560154...
Is Edinburgh tram consultation a ‘false choice’? Here’s what the evidence says
With just days left to respond, Edinburgh faces a fierce tram debate. Two routes, big costs, and claims of a public ‘false choice’.
www.heraldscotland.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Some good Tram coverage in the Herald today. Especially worth remembering that 'Consultation exercises often capture only a small fraction of public option'. In any event, Edinburgh needs to plan for the long term with all its communities in mind.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2560154...
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2560154...
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Official data from government of British Columbia, along with satellite monitoring, backs claims that a Canadian subsidiary owned by Drax sourced 250-year-old trees to manufacture biomass pellets as recently as this year
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Drax still burning 250-year-old trees sourced from forests in Canada, experts say
Exclusive: report by Stand.earth says subsidiary of power plant received truckloads of whole logs at biomass pellet sites
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Official data from government of British Columbia, along with satellite monitoring, backs claims that a Canadian subsidiary owned by Drax sourced 250-year-old trees to manufacture biomass pellets as recently as this year
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Please do respond to the Tram extension consultation in support of a project with huge environmental, economic, mobility and social benefits, which are only possible if the Granton railway along the #Roseburn corridor is restored to its previous use.
consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk/sfc/tram-nor...
consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk/sfc/tram-nor...
Trams from Granton to Edinburgh BioQuarter and Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and Beyond
- City of Edinburgh Council
- Citizen Space
Find and participate in consultations run by City of Edinburgh Council
consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk
November 9, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Please do respond to the Tram extension consultation in support of a project with huge environmental, economic, mobility and social benefits, which are only possible if the Granton railway along the #Roseburn corridor is restored to its previous use.
consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk/sfc/tram-nor...
consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk/sfc/tram-nor...
Remembering the Jewish victims of fascism. #9November #Berlin
November 9, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Remembering the Jewish victims of fascism. #9November #Berlin
Sod pedestrian safety, cars should always come first. Does make you think where traffic comes from, though.
www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinbur...
www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinbur...
New traffic lights cause traffic chaos on surrounding road network
New traffic lights to improve safety at a notorious junction on the outskirts of Edinburgh have resulted in traffic chaos in the surrounding roads, residents and motorists claim.
www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Sod pedestrian safety, cars should always come first. Does make you think where traffic comes from, though.
www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinbur...
www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinbur...
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UK rail electrification in three graphs, for folks who prefer their information in graph format
November 8, 2025 at 9:46 AM
UK rail electrification in three graphs, for folks who prefer their information in graph format
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Labour once again showing that they are utterly crap and short sighted.
They can see the cost of something, but don't have the ability to see the value of that investment.
Like the Tories do, they sell the country short.
They can see the cost of something, but don't have the ability to see the value of that investment.
Like the Tories do, they sell the country short.
This isn't just poverty of aspiration, it is incompetence. www.ft.com/content/5ecd...
UK transport secretary says full electrification of railways ‘not affordable right now’
Heidi Alexander says focus will be on other projects such as HS2
www.ft.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Labour once again showing that they are utterly crap and short sighted.
They can see the cost of something, but don't have the ability to see the value of that investment.
Like the Tories do, they sell the country short.
They can see the cost of something, but don't have the ability to see the value of that investment.
Like the Tories do, they sell the country short.
Terrible thing hope.
November 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Terrible thing hope.
Will this woke nonsense never end? Safer streets are an attack on common sense, human rights, froth, froth, froth…
www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/21-edin...
www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/21-edin...
21 Edinburgh roads where the speed limit is to be reduced from 30mph to 20mph
Many of Edinburgh’s residential and shopping streets have had a speed limit of 20mph for years now.
www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Will this woke nonsense never end? Safer streets are an attack on common sense, human rights, froth, froth, froth…
www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/21-edin...
www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/21-edin...
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Induced demand chaos is Berlin. It's pure comedy. www.instagram.com/reel/DPEWQ6Y...
colvilleandersen on Instagram: "The infamous #a100 motorway project in #berlin is still struggling to survive despite being a hangover from last century. The 16th …"
The infamous #a100 motorway project in #berlin is still struggling to survive despite being a hangover from last century. The 16th segment of this dinosaur #infrastructure opened in Aug 25, causing - no surprise - traffic jams. An expensive lesson in #InducedDemand . €720 million wasted. And now conservatives incl. @cduberlin want to remove a #bikelane to make more space for cars at this bottleneck. Like it's 1963. Unbelievable. #traffic #UrbanPlanning #urbanism #transport #transportation @autofreiberlinMore posts like this?
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September 27, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Induced demand chaos is Berlin. It's pure comedy. www.instagram.com/reel/DPEWQ6Y...
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Unconscionable: Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.
www.desmog.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Unconscionable: Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
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Norway finds out that its electric busses - produced by a Chinese firm - can be remotely controlled from China!
The good news of this is that the Norwegians realised this because they did a cybersecurity test. We need to think about, and test, stuff like this more.
www.focus.de/panorama/wel...
Norway finds out that its electric busses - produced by a Chinese firm - can be remotely controlled from China!
The good news of this is that the Norwegians realised this because they did a cybersecurity test. We need to think about, and test, stuff like this more.
www.focus.de/panorama/wel...
Norweger stellen fest, dass China 850 ihrer Elektrobusse fernsteuern und sogar stoppen kann
Etwa 850 in Norwegen eingesetzte Elektrobusse können aus China vollständig kontrolliert werden. Das hat ein geheimer Test der öffentlichen Verkehrsbetriebe ergeben.
www.focus.de
November 6, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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Norway finds out that its electric busses - produced by a Chinese firm - can be remotely controlled from China!
The good news of this is that the Norwegians realised this because they did a cybersecurity test. We need to think about, and test, stuff like this more.
www.focus.de/panorama/wel...
Norway finds out that its electric busses - produced by a Chinese firm - can be remotely controlled from China!
The good news of this is that the Norwegians realised this because they did a cybersecurity test. We need to think about, and test, stuff like this more.
www.focus.de/panorama/wel...
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Judges keep BANNING climate activists from talking about the climate crisis in their evidence in court...
Because they know that juries find them NOT GUILTY when they explain the JUSTIFICATION for their protests
Because they know that juries find them NOT GUILTY when they explain the JUSTIFICATION for their protests
November 6, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Judges keep BANNING climate activists from talking about the climate crisis in their evidence in court...
Because they know that juries find them NOT GUILTY when they explain the JUSTIFICATION for their protests
Because they know that juries find them NOT GUILTY when they explain the JUSTIFICATION for their protests
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There's a risk that Scot Gov's new climate plan will be a lobbyist's wishlist of carbon capture, hydrogen nonsense & costly electric cars. 🙄
But done properly, it could cut pollution & improve lives. @sccscot.bsky.social explains what should be in it 👇
www.stopclimatechaos.scot/scotlands-ne...
But done properly, it could cut pollution & improve lives. @sccscot.bsky.social explains what should be in it 👇
www.stopclimatechaos.scot/scotlands-ne...
Scotland's new Climate Change Plan - an explainer - Stop Climate Chaos Scotland
This article was first published in The National on 2nd November Action to cut emissions has widespread public support in Scotland, and there was cross-party backing for the goal to reach net zero by…
www.stopclimatechaos.scot
November 4, 2025 at 6:48 PM
There's a risk that Scot Gov's new climate plan will be a lobbyist's wishlist of carbon capture, hydrogen nonsense & costly electric cars. 🙄
But done properly, it could cut pollution & improve lives. @sccscot.bsky.social explains what should be in it 👇
www.stopclimatechaos.scot/scotlands-ne...
But done properly, it could cut pollution & improve lives. @sccscot.bsky.social explains what should be in it 👇
www.stopclimatechaos.scot/scotlands-ne...
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Here's a public transit model a lot more cities need to know about.
It's the #Karlsruhe Stadtbahn. It runs tram-trains, in this metro region in #Germany of 310,000.
Outside town, they run as standard commuter trains. Inside town, they operate as trams (streetcars)—no need to change mode.
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It's the #Karlsruhe Stadtbahn. It runs tram-trains, in this metro region in #Germany of 310,000.
Outside town, they run as standard commuter trains. Inside town, they operate as trams (streetcars)—no need to change mode.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Here's a public transit model a lot more cities need to know about.
It's the #Karlsruhe Stadtbahn. It runs tram-trains, in this metro region in #Germany of 310,000.
Outside town, they run as standard commuter trains. Inside town, they operate as trams (streetcars)—no need to change mode.
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It's the #Karlsruhe Stadtbahn. It runs tram-trains, in this metro region in #Germany of 310,000.
Outside town, they run as standard commuter trains. Inside town, they operate as trams (streetcars)—no need to change mode.
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Hope Edinburgh Council holds firm on this one. Anything which reduces the effectiveness of bus lanes and bus gates should be resisted.
www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/plea-by...
www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/plea-by...
Private hire drivers' bus lanes plea set to be rejected by council
Council chiefs look set to reject a plea to allow private hire vehicles to use the city's bus lanes.
www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Hope Edinburgh Council holds firm on this one. Anything which reduces the effectiveness of bus lanes and bus gates should be resisted.
www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/plea-by...
www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/plea-by...