Transport Cttee (TEC) 13.11.25 Papers-> democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk/ieListDocume... Watch-> edinburgh.public-i.tv/core/portal/... includes: 7.4 private hire cars #PHV in #BusLanes? 9.3 #A701 #A702 road building 8.7 #Climate 9.1 Road markings @edi.bike @edfoc.bsky.social @chdot.bsky.social

We’ve joined 100+ others in calling for the government to fully scrap the two-child limit. Every child deserves the best start in life. By fully scrapping the two-child limit the UK government can deliver a decisive shift in children’s opportunities, and in the UK's potential. 🧵(1/2)

I can't help feeling that if Starmer & his team had the political skills to deftly manage a threat to his leadership, there would not be a threat to his leadership www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I'm not sure if others have noticed this, but interesting that one of the Prescott criticisms of the BBC is based on those of the 'History Reclaimed' group, which is also associated with the 'Restore Trust' group's attacks on & so far unsuccessful attempts to take control of the National Trust. 1/3

NEW: Presenter Mike Graham has been dismissed from Rupert Murdoch’s digital channel TalkTV. Company says he failed to cooperate with an investigation into a racist post that appeared on one of his social media accounts. He said he has been hacked: www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...

🗣️ Yesterday, MPs of all stripes spoke out against the ongoing financial secrecy in certain UK Overseas Territories. They called urgent attention to its devastating impacts on their constituents, and pushed the government to act. 🧵⬇️

Quality trails = more healthy, happy walking people. 🚶 So we're shocked to learn that ScotGov’s post-Brexit farm subsidy system will fail to replace lost funding for paths and access. ➡️ www.ramblers.org.uk/post-brexit-... Scotland will be left with the worst funding for outdoor access in Britain.🤦🏻‍♀️

A really excellent deputation from Spokes on the A701/2 “relief” roads Particularly the section on “induced demand” 👏👏👏 @spokes.org.uk

One of the most nature depleted countries in the world is also one of the least nature connected, shocker... www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Scotland’s long-awaited overhaul of farming subsidy has faieds to replace “invaluable” lost funding for paths and public access, warns @ramblersscotland.bsky.social www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/post-br...

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The 7 year closure of Edinburgh’s Radical Road is appalling. Having attended a site visit last month I fail to see why the partial reopening now planned in 2026 has taken so long. It needs to happen as promised and be the start of improvements in paths across the Park www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...

This is a dust devil... on Mars.

Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round

I suspect being sued for a billion dollars by Donald Trump, who is about as popular as cholera in Britain, for saying something true about what Trump did (albeit with a bad edit) will probably do the BBC's public trust and approval ratings quite a lot of good in the end.

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Right wing critics of the BBC care about impartially in much the same way as Elon Musk cares about free speech www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...

I do not understand the Labour government's reticence over defending the BBC and social media regulation. Their long-term survival basically depends on it. Their cowardice in the face of it may be the single thing they are most remembered for. on.ft.com/3JVxC1Z via @FT

SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten. "I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA

Oh wow! A London Underground station being officially Listed is always great news - this one especially so. Southwark station, 1999 by MacCormac Jamieson Prichard, has just been Listed at Grade 2. Now for the other JLE stations. @c20society.bsky.social historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-...

Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments: One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.

UK red kites bring Spanish cousins back from the brink www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The BBC will fuck things up from time to time. Lots of major news organisations do; just look at The Times having to memoryhole several fake news stories in a matter of weeks. No one is calling for the abolition of The Times, however. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Depressing that the BBC has so little inherent institutional strength, it is kicked about so easily. This is not good sign for our polity.

Moore rather gave the game away on Today just now when he mentioned climate change as one of the things on which the BBC should be impartial. Treating the truth and lies as though they are equal isn't impartiality, it's an abdication of the most basic journalistic responsibility

'Killed because they are Alawites': Fear among Syria's minorities after the fall of Assad www.bbc.com/news/article...

Amazing how often we say 'too many visitors' when what we mainly mean is 'too many cars' news.stv.tv/north/dunkel...

It’s been bonkers recently in Dunkeld really noticeably busy This is backed up in the stats for the hermitage ‘NTS, which manages the site, estimates 350,000 people have visited in just 8 months this year – compared to 88,000 in all of 2023’ Think it’s Insta/Tik Tok 🤷‍♀️ news.stv.tv/north/dunkel...

Gorgeous sunset this evening here on the Isle of Skye. I’m up here for a few days.

A wet few days on the Burma Road/Kinrara Estate. Not much in the way of views high up but some dramatic clouds over Strathspey from lower down. #Strathspey #cairngorms

Shocking that the BBC failed to do a balancing programme about Harris, presumably on the flimsy pretext that she hadn't tried to overthrow the democratically elected government?

"Shutdown could reduce US flights 'to a trickle', transport secretary warns" - over Thanksgiving, when many Americans are trying to get home to be with their families, this is going to lead to a serious backlash www.bbc.com/news/article...

Centuries of overgrazing & muirburn for grouse moors mean Highland Scotland looks treeless & desolate. But it doesn't have to be this way. New film Scotland's Missing Forests went online y'day. Chuffed to see almost 10k views. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuTV... @chrisgpackham.bsky.social

Inshriach Forest #Scotland #Cairngorms #Inshriach #Rothiemurchus 👀 damianshields.photoshelter.com/p/2026-calen...

Simple rule: Stop setting carbon on fire to make energy. It ain't sustainable.

James Watson: genius, maverick, egomaniacal, bigoted arsehole www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...

I'm sure the Chancellor will be listening carefully to what the Finance Secretary has to say about UK borrowing & will be paying close attention to the implications for Scotland of her decisions on tax & spending... www.bbc.com/news/article...

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

Definitely worth getting a flu jab this year, especially if you are at higher risk, but the strains the vaccine is designed to protect against had to be decided in Feb to allow time for production & distribution while the new strain causing most concern emerged in June www.bbc.com/news/article...

This is quite the graph and reinforces my view that Bluesky is actually quite revolutionary.

Queen’s View, Perthshire. Looking down Loch Tummel. Glorious autumn day.

Joseph Kony case: Ugandans welcome ICC's war crimes charges against LRA leader www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Interested in helping @ramblersscotland.bsky.social continue our work to make the outdoors for everyone? We're looking for new members of our strategic committee, including a new Convenor, if you know or would like to learn about charity governance goodmoves.org/vacancy/a4sP...

Insanely beautiful light this afternoon in Glen Alladale. Sometimes, when most of the landscape is wreathed in cloud and fog, you're just in the right place at the right time 🙂

Lovely cycle from Croick to the end of the track along the Allt a' Chlagainn. I've always wanted to pedal to the end, just out of curiosity 🐈‍⬛😉