Nigel Bagshaw

The Honourable Member for Gorton & Moscow.

YouTube video by Ingwar Perowanowitsch CYCLING CITIES - Der Film

Just watched the ‘Berlin premiere’ of @ingwarpero.bsky.social’s inspiring film. Mainly in German. Well worth a view.

youtu.be/R5jQc1jXLAU

The Karneval parade in #Düsseldorf is the only major one with a satirical float on Putin this year. The chief designer of the floats is under investigation in Russia.

"You cannot kill satire," is his response.

Something something tennis?

The future of the monarchy in Scotland - Bylines Scotland What relevant role does the monarchy play today, with or without the present scandal?

“Countries across the Commonwealth are rightly reconsidering their relationship with the Monarchy and it is time for Scotland to do the same.

#Monarchy
#Scotland

Belsize Park

15-Minute Cities are the best-branded idea in the history of urbanism. There is no mainstream critique. The only opposition comes from a cadre of conspiracy theorists so unhinged, they equate convenient grocery shopping with totalitarian government.

Did I ever say trams are a fantastic urban transport solution even in smaller towns and cities - like #Liberec, Czech Republic, pop. 108,000, network 12.5 km.

If you get the train from Görlitz (Germany) to Zittau (Germany), it casually wanders in and out of Poland without a care. No barrier to movement - as it should be.

X: Why are so many organisations leaving? Many organisation have recently announced that they will no longer be posting on their X accounts.

Brilliant to see so many leading organisations in Northern Ireland - like Queens University and Belfast City Council - quitting Twitter as it’s incompatible with their values.

Maybe Scotland could learn a lesson here and do the decent thing too…?

Mobilitätsforscher: „Das Auto schafft sich selbst ab“ Der Berliner Mobilitätsforscher Andreas Knie stellt die Dominanz des Autos infrage und sucht für den urbanen Raum nach neuen Lösungen, die Menschen wieder zusammenbringen.

Das eigene Auto wird zum Auslaufmodell, weil es die meiste Zeit nur noch herumsteht. 17 Minuten würden Autos in Berlin im Schnitt pro Tag bewegt. Damit verliert das Auto auch seine Legitimation für seine Privilegien.👍 #Verkehrswende 🚲💚 #StädteFürMenschen www.sueddeutsche.de/projekte/art...

‘Seasons have become confused’: the people struggling in UK’s relentless rain A thatcher, gardener and others on keeping their business afloat in the bad weather – and their fears for the future

Yup

It's called climate breakdown

I might have mentioned it sometime

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Still applies.

Just lazy and enthralled to out-dated thinking. They make too many unfounded assumptions about the benefits of road transport and ‘growth’. Tragic really as this is the very time they need to be thinking differently.

Why dualing the A9 is a waste of time, money and opportunity. Recommended viewing for SNP supporters and anyone else keen to push this madness forward.

Rich, cynical and beyond the law ...

In Polish they are przebiśniegi - 'snow piercers'.

Clearly an institution too important to be subject to the truth.

More than 250 people die each year in UK drink-drive crashes. Every death leaves a devastated family. Soft drinks are available. Surely no responsible pub needs a drink-driver’s trade? Anyone arguing for a different drink-drive position should meet with a bereaved family and see the lifelong impact.

YouTube video by George W. Bush The Simpsons - Monorail Disaster

Dank an den Grünen-Abgeordneten Ario Mirzaie: Auf seine Anregung hin wird sich Berlins Verkehrssenatorin Ute Bonde die Folge "Marge vs. the Monorail" der Simpsons ansehen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8G8W...

The NeoLiberal Democrats As the FT has reported: The Liberal Democrats have set out plans to replace the UK Treasury with a “Department for Growth” in Birmingham, in a bid to close the “yawning gap” between London and the res...

The LibDems plan for a Ministry for Growth confirms something I've suspected, which is that they really are NeoLiberalDems, and that form of the politics of destruction - which is what neoliberalism really is - delivers just as much harm as do all the rest. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/02...

But the plan remains 'growth', whatever.

Yesterday: we exposed the terrifying extent of corporate capture in British politics

Three Labour select committee chairs came out calling for urgent action in response

Today: Labour government's Elections Bill lands. Does almost *nothing* to tackle any of the issues we exposed. 🤦

I take it Miles hasn't read about the recent success of congestion charging in New York, both in terms of decreasing traffic and improving public transport. Or any other material on the subject, for that matter.

Hungary's opposition Tisza promises wealth tax, euro adoption in election programme Hungary's opposition Tisza party plans to introduce a wealth tax for the rich, adopt the euro currency and firmly anchor Hungary in the European Union and NATO, its 240-page election programme publish...

With Hungary’s elections only 2 months away, let’s look at what the opposition promises when it comes to the EU, rule of law & Hungary’s alliances. Media coverage highlighted euro adoption and independence from RU energy by 2035 but there's much more in the program
www.reuters.com/business/hun...

Congestion charge could be brought in by back door, claims MSP Edinburgh could be landed with a congestion charge introduced by the back door, a Lothian Tory MSP has claimed.

Back door, front door, any door. And please send Miles on a transport planning course.
www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinbur...

Dualling A9 ‘remains a priority for myself and this Government’, says First Minister The project to dual 83 miles of the route between Perth and Inverness is expected to be completed in 2035.

Make the A9 safe, certainly. Blow billions on road expansion during a time of climate crisis, when those funds are desperately needed elsewhere, utter madness.
news.stv.tv/north/dualli...

Is the message here, "We are the real Tories"?

Mandelson ‘lobbied Israel for Tory government’ during Gaza genocide Disgraced Labour grandee appears to have kept ties with Conservatives long after his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein emerged

👉NEW -- Mandelson ‘lobbied Israel for Tory government’ during Gaza genocide

by Martin Williams

Disgraced Labour grandee appears to have kept ties with Conservatives long after his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein emerged
www.declassifieduk.org/mandelson-lo...

The European city banning all fossil fuel and meat adverts in public Amsterdam initially proposed the move in 2020, becoming the first city in the world to do so.

Polluting companies use advertising and sponsorships to buff their brands, and make themselves more acceptable – often even pretending to hold the solutions to the problems they caused

Like the tobacco industry, big polluters denied the problem, then denied their responsibility, and now turn to PR

Katherina Reiche zerstört die Energiewende und macht uns abhängig. Rette die erneuerbaren Energien – mit uns! Wirtschaftsministerin Katherina Reiche plant ein Netzpaket, das erneuerbare Energien frontal angreift. Es verteuert Wind und Solar, schafft neue Bürokratie und bremst den Netzanschluss. Wird dieser P...

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