Lovely book from @lewisbaston.bsky.social. Well-researched, witty, informative and a pleasure to read. Would recommend it to anyone with an interest the phenomenon of European land borders.

CCS is a SCAM 🔥 The INSANE Carbon Capture SCAM continues. youtube.com/watch?v=VcNh...

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It is with sadness that Stevie Carr has to announce that the Dnipro Kids minibus was stolen last week from Seaview/Edinburgh Road at Joppa. The registration in BL15FUH and if anyone has seen it, or can remember seeing it elsewhere over the past week, please get in touch. Please share.

⚡No Energy for Genocide 🛑 Friends of the Earth groups from all around Europe joined the day of action last week to send a strong message to the EU. Stop fuelling the oppression, stop the killing of Palestinians. #NoEnergy4Genocide #NoEnergy4Occupation #FreePalestine 🧵 1/5

Nearly five years on, PPE Medpro, the company linked to Michelle Mone, will have to pay back £122m for the defective gowns it sold the government. Now it’s time to go after the ministers who handed out contracts worth billions to their political chums. https://bit.ly/46RjgY4

"The excuse most often provided for turning away from green measures, for expanding fossil fuel production, for ignoring the science, is pragmatism.... this is dangerous drivel". @profbillmcguire.bsky.social hits the nail on the head www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

🔴Calls for New Inquiry Into Russian Interference After Reform’s Former Welsh Leader Pleads Guilty to Bribery As the Kremlin steps up its political interference efforts in the West, is it time for a new Russia Report? bylinetimes.com/2025/10/01/c...

Quirky suburban station roof. #Erkner #Berlin

Russia paid for Orthodox priests from #Moldova to make pilgrimages to Moscow. In exchange, they had to set up social media accounts warning about the dangers of closer European integration. @reuters.com investigation about how Kremlin is trying to influence Sunday’s key #election in Moldova 🇲🇩

Everyone: What's government doing about the cost of living crisis, the climate crisis, and the unfolding genocide in Gaza? Labour: "We will mandate people carry Brit cards". This government's priorities are painfully out of touch and increasingly authoritarian.

Every year we spend over £500 million to maintain a billionaire king while services are cut and those most in need lose support. The monarchy is outdated, undemocratic and unjustifiable. It's no surprise polls consistently show a majority in Scotland would #AbolishTheMonarchy.

As mentioned earlier by @seatsixtyone.bsky.social the Paris-Berlin/Vienna night train might be axed from December What's happening, and why SNCF never really cared about this train, but why alternatives are tricky, explained on my blog 👇 jonworth.eu/sncfs-half-h...

Tax aviation fuel and impose VAT on tickets - and impose a frequent flyer levy - and stop the insanity of flights being 26 times cheaper than taking the train. We are actively subsidising the richest 1% to take 50% of all flights. www.ourfairfuture.org/p/brits-pric...

The Greens have more councillors than Reform, but the fact that such a proportion of people anywhere could support a climate-change denying, xenophobic party is alarming.

The government’s obsession with transport expansion makes it impossible for Ed Miliband to meet his clean energy targets – no wonder he’s nowhere to be seen, writes @sianberry.bsky.social www.independent.co.uk/voices/sian-...

At least the Romanian press refer to Nigel Farage as 'the British extremist', rather than pretending he is a reasonable politician.

Think the Tony Blair Institute looks sinister? You've not seen anything yet. Crucial investigation by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social and Democracy for Sale: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/inside-the...

Just a little observation, but today we have the SNP arguing in favour of continued oil and gas exploration while Labour gives the green light to another runway at Gatwick—and still media types will ask Greens what makes them unique "now that all the other parties have adopted climate policies".

NEW: We’ve just published our annual report. Over the last 12 months we have focused on: - Getting people walking more and driving less - How to raise funds for sustainable transport - Tackling inequalities in transport Read our full report here:👇 transform.scot/2025/09/17/o...

Berlin - Barcelona in just over 24 hours. Four trains (3 long, 1 short, 1 sleeper). Joined up railways and no borders are a fine thing.

Get out of the road, Hugh. You’re not even a LibDem!

Irrelevant person meets other irrelevant person. www.bbc.com/news/article...

As others have said, if Trump is not a Russian agent then it is hard to think of an actual agent doing anything differently than he is.

Thank you. blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...

Could we please stop pretending that the flags being hung from streetlamps or painted on roundabouts are innocent expressions of patriotic pride? This is the far right marking out its territory. It uses these flags to intimidate its traditional victims and opponents. 🧵1/3

🚋 18 organisations from across public, private and third sectors are backing plans to extend Edinburgh’s tram network. This would cut emissions, boost jobs, and connect underserved communities. #Edinburgh #TransportPolicy Read our joint statement of support: transform.scot/2025/09/09/c...

What's Nigel Farage's problem with solar panels?

If only increasing capacity did tackle congestion. Fact is, it does precisely the opposite. Time some councillors did a bit of research before promoting demonstrably flawed, outdated ‘solutions’. www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinbur...

Time to stop flying folks.

One of the easiest environmental gains imaginable. Needs done everywhere. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2544388...

That’s twice now I’ve see the German Socialists and Greens put forward a joint candidate for local mayoral elections in Berlin. Can’t see that catching on in the UK.

Welche Einsparungen in 🇩🇪 seit Wochen diskutiert werden: - Bürgergeld - Wärmepumpenförderung - Solarförderung Und welche nicht: - Pendlerpauschale: 6 Mrd € - Dieselprivileg: 8 Mrd € - Dienstwagenprivileg: 3 Mrd € - Kerosinsteuerbefreiung: 8,3 Mrd € - Autobahn Neu- und Ausbau bis 2030 65 Mrd. €

It’s official - “Nigel Farage is right, don’t vote for him” is a demonstrably awful strategy for Labour. Boosts salience of immigration, costs votes on the left, doesn’t persuade any voters on right (why would they accept a crap knock-off when they can have the original?)

Relying merely on 'encouragement' to reduce car use is not going to work. You need to give more road space over to public transport and active travel and reduce parking provision, particularly in the centre. www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinbur...

Don’t forget, for many years #Uber insisted loudly that it would reduce traffic in cities. Instead, Uber drivers cruise without passengers 40% of the time. Uber and Lyft no longer claim they reduce traffic. They now admit they increase congestion. So much for “making cities better…” Via @wsj.com

Continued driving on the wrong side of the road at 50mph despite being blinded by the sun & his wife warning him about oncoming vehicles. Caused life-changing injuries to the oncoming driver. The sanction: a measly £3k fine & 1 year driving ban What a joke our laws are www.bbc.com/news/article...

🛤️Heading home on the train? You'll no longer have to pay peak rail fares! Why? Because the @ScottishGreens.org, trade unions, and commuters demanded that the Scottish Government scrap them!

The Green Party has decided - overwhelmingly - to stand up and fight against the powerful: Me on @zackpolanski.bsky.social, @mothinali.bsky.social and @rachelmillward.bsky.social’s victory: novaramedia.com/2025/09/02/t...

And yet another city expands its tram network because it knows all too well the huge benefits that trams can bring. #Edinburgh needs to do the same, and quickly. www.vienna.at/new-vienna-t...

Night, folks. #Berlin

There's going to be a lot of discussion about the #Roseburn v Orchard Brae routing options for the new Edinburgh north-south tram line, but let's look at the facts first before making claims in support of one or the other. www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/do...

No it bloody doesn’t, and no they bloody don’t.

⚡️ Trump is a 'Russian asset,' Portuguese president says. Questions about Trump's possibly shady relationship with Russia and the country's security services have long swirled.

Maybe the Daily Telegraph, Mail & Express could leave Planet Earth & be the first permanent space pioneers.

People who can afford to drop the thick end of £40k on a car do not need a handout. We should be using that cash to get people to swap to alternatives instead. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

When considering the Roseburn v Orchard Brae options can we at least stick to the facts. Roseburn is hugely cheaper, will have greater passenger numbers and thus generate more revenue. www.railtechnologymagazine.com/articles/fut...

Read more here 👇 transform.scot/2025/08/27/w...

The difference between the Labour Party offering no criticism of Farage today and the Green Party getting it completely right