Reposted by Nick FraserWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 11/10/2026A decade on, British politics and society still doesn’t grasp the nature of the threat posed to it by Russia. 714226
Reposted by Nick FraserSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 10/10/2026When I say the politics will become increasingly obvious... I mean look at this. If you want to unite the left/centre and split the Tories, without a big spending committment there's no better option. 44585164
Reposted by Nick FraserBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 10/10/2026“In London cyclists now outnumber cars in the City by 2 to 1. Paris, where they now outnumber motorists across the whole city, is catching up with Europe’s traditional bike capitals, Amsterdam & Copenhagen…In Copenhagen, bikes account for almost half of commuter trips to work/school.” @economist.comeconomist.comForget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transportPedal power is booming, spinning up a new culture war 9496159
Reposted by Nick FraserMelissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 08/10/2026Therefore, the main takeaway from the Netherlands shouldn’t be to just build more bike lanes. It should be to make the act of getting on a bike easy at first, and let the network grow from there. As Dutch planners learned long ago, the most important part of your bike plan is actually the car plan.🔚 211311
Reposted by Nick FraserMelissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 08/10/2026One of the key lessons from Dutch cycling history is cities didn't start with protected lanes. They began by making streets safer, calmer and more inviting; with lower speeds, parking restrictions, traffic filters and reduced through-traffic to create an environment in which cycling could flourish.🧵 10442144
Reposted by Nick FraserBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 07/10/2026“Local stores next to the protected bike-lane have seen a 49% increase in sales, compared to an average of 3% for Manhattan as a whole.” (Among MANY other public benefits.) Want To Make More Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane. #CityMakingMath via @fastcompany.com #BikeLanesMeanBusinessfastcompany.comWant To Make Money? Build A Business On A Bike LaneResearch from New York City notes that newly installed protected bike lanes do more than keep bikers safe--they raise the income of the stores they are in front of. 12670256
Reposted by Nick FraserMelissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 07/10/2026Cyclists in the Netherlands take 300 million day trips and 5.85 million overnight trips per year, generating €3.6 billion for the economy and supporting 39,000 full-time jobs. Across Europe, cycle tourism accounted for 28% of the bike industry’s total economic and employment impact. bit.ly/47Gy7VU 310735
Reposted by Nick FraserIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Useful things are happening recently on the right, with prominent figures drawing a line under the racism: Jacob Rees-Mogg, Nadhim Zahawi, now James Cleverly. Tentative sense of a social and moral norm being re-established. 3543667
Reposted by Nick FraserLaura Laker @lauralaker.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I was in Utrecht for the annual Velo City conference last week and got to cycle slowly around the world's largest bike parking garage beneath the Centraal station. Room for 12,500 bikes and the first 24h of parking is free 1027958
Reposted by Nick FraserWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 04/10/2026This analysis really makes no sense to me.theguardian.comBadenoch returns to Conservative conference much stronger than a year agoApproval ratings for Tory leader and her party have crept up as she has asserted her style and authority but big challenges lie ahead 1811520
Reposted by Nick FraserMelissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 05/10/2026Monday morning outside Rotterdam Centraal, thousands of cyclists stream toward the station in a carefully choreographed flow. What you’re seeing is the power of systems thinking—the bicycle and train both succeed because they work together seamlessly, where each mode extends the reach of the other. 1927967
Reposted by Nick FraserYouGov @yougov.co.uk · 02/10/2026How popular is Donald Trump in Western Europe? (10-21 Sep 2026) 🇩🇰 -91 net favourability (-1 from Aug) 🇩🇪 -78 (-2) 🇮🇹 -76 (+3) 🇬🇧 -75 (-5) 🇪🇸 -74 (+1) 🇫🇷 -67 (-2) yougov.com/en-gb/articl... 0236
Reposted by Nick FraserSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 02/10/2026One of two Labour gains from Reform in Northumberland by-elections yesterday. Too early to know for sure we've passed peak Reform, but another encouraging sign. 24809152
Reposted by Nick FraserRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The ability to pour hundreds of millions of pounds into a loss-making TV channel, bent on wrenching British politics sharply to the right, is yet another of the ways in which extreme wealth is trying to remake UK democracy. It needs to be part of any serious conversation about political funding. 541904772
Reposted by Nick FraserYouGov @yougov.co.uk · 01/10/2026Our latest tracker data shows that 59% of Britons support rejoining the EU, and 73% support a closer relationship Only 30% support the status quo, and just 16% want to loosen ties further yougov.com/en-gb/articl... 64413
Reposted by Nick FraserMelissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 30/09/2026Safety alone isn't enough to get more women cycling. Cities must start building cohesive networks connecting the myriad places women need to go. This means looking beyond “Can women cycle safely here?” and asking: “Can women use this network to live their lives?” LISTEN: www.dw.com/en/why-arent... 419655
Reposted by Nick FraserSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Not sure how the triple lock change will ultimately play politically. But trapping the Tories and Reform into defending a policy literally none of them support in private is potentially a neat move. 2253961
Reposted by Nick FraserBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 29/09/2026“Paris has embarked on a grand transformation, planting 155k trees, adding hundreds of kms of bike lanes, pedestrianising 300 school streets and banning cars from the banks of the Seine. Parking has been turned into green space…Fewer parents fear their child being run over when they walk to school.”theguardian.comHow Paris swapped cars for bikes – and transformed its streetsUnder Anne Hidalgo – mayor for 12 years until last week – the French capital added bike lanes, cut traffic and reclaimed public space, but not without resistance 15653214
Reposted by Nick FraserSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The Times has been told that falling immigration reduces the fiscal headroom for the Chancellor. The Times is just completely mistaken (chronologically) to attribute this to "the success of Shabana Mahmood's reforms, since net migration fell to 171k in 2025. She became Home Secretary in Sept 2025. 55112
Reposted by Nick FraserDean Hochlaf @dhochlaf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Healy on ITV just now saying we have a system which asks "how much are you entitled to" and that's absolutely not true, the welfare system in the UK has loads of conditionality to look for and find work, it's so weird Labour keep pretending otherwise 526552
Reposted by Nick FraserRoland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Even the GB News presenter is thrown by his guest's suggestion that all asylum seekers be castrated. This is what happens when the narrative marches ever rightwards. It drifts out of everyone's control and requires individuals involved to suddenly realise 'no wait, f***, that's mad'. 61397143
Reposted by Nick Fraser🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · 25/09/2026❗️Radio Liberty staged an unboxing of Russia’s jet-powered Geran-4. 15014
Reposted by Nick FraserMelissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 26/09/2026A key theme of Women Changing Cities is the importance of showing up. Not just to challenge the ideas that we disagree with, but to support the leaders who are thanklessly shaping more inclusive, equitable, and caring places. Melissa's interview with Budapest's Feminicity Collective: bit.ly/4xSPvS5 03612
Reposted by Nick FraserSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 26/09/2026A dramatic spike in small boats daily arrivals on Wednesday: 781 people on 10 boats. This means the year-on-year drop is now 42% rather than 44% The BBC reporting is now putting context *much* higher But shows the challenge that visible optics remain more reportable than invisible trends. 33010
Reposted by Nick FraserAlex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 10/09/2026If you feel like donating to the RNLI, here’s a link. I just have. Their minimum donation is £2: I think it might be nice for them to receive a lot of donations this week, even if they’re mostly very modest. Just so they know a lot of people out here appreciate their work. rnli.org/support-us/g...rnli.orgDonate to the RNLI and help save lives at seaYour donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here. 4920921254
Nick Fraser @nicholasfraser.bsky.social · 26/09/2026If you fancy doing something to demonstrate your support for the brave heroes of RNLI and your total disdain for the appalling thuggery they are facing. Easy to make a one-off donation. rnli.org/support-us/g... 020
Reposted by Nick FraserZack Labe @zacklabe.com · 25/09/2026Quick oceans update: yah, sea surface temperatures remain in new territory this year. See more at zacklabe.com/climate-chan.... This data (extrapolar ocean) is provided by @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5. 🌊 2248113
Reposted by Nick FraserRoland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Approval of Trump has hit yet another all-time low, again less than 24 hours since the last low. 1231
Reposted by Nick FraserIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The resilience of immigration in these figures is really troubling. We need the reporting of the fall in small boat and general immigration to ramp up. Reform can come back as long as that issue reigns. 7940790
Reposted by Nick FraserAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 22/09/2026This is the lowest that Reform UK have polled with YouGov in well over two years 4537482
Reposted by Nick FraserSimon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Staggering levels of repudiation, rejection, and decay. 301102209
Reposted by Nick FraserSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 18/09/2026That the Dems are odds on to win Alaska and have a 30% chance of winning in Kansas indicates quite how much trouble the GOP are in... 1819533
Reposted by Nick FraserBen Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026It does say a lot about the current and previous government that they have been less willing to clearly state this than Sunak. Quite why is a mystery for the ages. 612727
Reposted by Nick FraserWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Time is long overdue that the political mainstream in Britain vigorously re-asserts its longstanding anti-racism norms... these have been allowed to be significantly eroded the last few years. 528458
Reposted by Nick FraserJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 19/09/2026I think it should be a source of deep embarrassment – and perhaps even shame – that Rishi Sunak has spoken out on this before Andy Burnham has. 641940446
Reposted by Nick FraserWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The only thing I would disagree with here is that the UK is not helpless - it is a choice not to fight back against Musk. It is the wrong choice. 1019450
Reposted by Nick FraserBen Rosamond @benrosamond1.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The RNLI is popular, cherished even. This feels like a mis-step, the kind that follows from being marinated in the toxic cesspool that is X and assuming that it reflects majority public sentiment. 051
Reposted by Nick FraserWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Stop calling them 'protests'. Mobs. Riots. Disorder. 317220
Reposted by Nick FraserAkshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 17/09/2026"This is the first time in more than 50 years that there has been no growth in India’s coal power over a two-year period, even as electricity demand grew overall." www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-ind...carbonbrief.orgAnalysis: India’s power-sector emissions flat for two years due to clean-energy surge - Carbon BriefA surge in clean energy has kept carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in check across India’s power sector, with no growth from the first half of 2024 to the same period in 2026. 7636198
Reposted by Nick FraserNicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy! 181141086480
Reposted by Nick FraserAlex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I would love to ask a prominent BBC journalist to give me an example of an illegitimate concern. Is seems to me that it has become a question not of fact, logic, or ethics but of volume. If a big enough proportion of a village was anxious about Bigfoot or Chemtrails, BBC would cover it in a way... 791708565
Reposted by Nick FraserWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 17/09/2026So who is condemning this? Will journalists be pushing politicians to explain how these are 'legitimate concerns'? 314942
Reposted by Nick FraserRoland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Very nice to hear a sane voice from Piddington. Serious respect to this woman, who is apparently already being othered by more bigoted villagers. 1052352687
Reposted by Nick FraserOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 16/09/2026It was one of the great joys of my recent life to know Bonnie Greer. A truly remarkable person who radiated such wisdom and intellect. And when she spoke the audience was rapt. A kind, generous, passionate and very funny human. Thank you for giving us you Bonnie. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...theguardian.comBonnie Greer, writer and cultural commentator, dies aged 77The British-American novelist and playwright who regularly appeared on panel shows will be remembered for her ‘warmth, humour and generosity’, says her husband 621290234
Reposted by Nick FraserJonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Good straightforward reporting from the Wall Street Journal on Musk's promotion of Restore/Rupert Low/civil war in the UK. Lots of detail, no polemics. The BBC could and should do this. Why doesn't it? archive.ph/eTOS5 14289120
Reposted by Nick FraserSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Really is amazing how many Reform and UKIP elected officials have been arrested over years. So unlucky. 691527266
Reposted by Nick FraserMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 15/09/2026We’re: — Redesigning our most dangerous streets. — Regulating delivery apps. — Lowering speed limits where children play. — Upgrading 1,000 intersections every year. — Cracking down on dangerous drivers and super speeders. — Improving our street lights. — Building safe, beautiful public spaces. 142063203
Reposted by Nick FraserDouglas Ogg @dougogg.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I hate to sound like a Luddite, but I agree with this. 50297853319
Reposted by Nick FraserOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 14/09/2026No evidence at all of crime in Essex being driven by asylum seekers. This Reform use of taxpayers money is all about driving hate and fear against migrants. 113910324