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Martin Cuddy

@cuddy30.bsky.social
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Prototype manufacturing in nuclear fusion and vacuum science 👨‍🏭☢️🧲🔬 Active travel and public transport in Oxford UK 🚶‍♂️🛴🚲🚌 Kennington parish 🌳🚣

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Andrew Gant @andrewgant.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
These Tory politicians are plotting to “counter” policies which save lives. Let’s tell the truth: they are in favour of more casualties on our roads. It is unforgivable. I call on all of Oxfordshire’s Tories, and the PPC, to publicly disown this cruelty. Now
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Cllr Emily Kerr 💚 @emilykerr36.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
📢 Oxford Greenways launch 📢 We launched the Greenways project today! Masterplan of connecting safe cycle routes. It was just great to be standing on a stage with City, County, and Uni ALL behind the project, and Councillors from 3 different parties speaking in support. Also I got a mug! 😍☕ (1/4)
Leaders from City, County & Uni all standing up on the stage supporting Greenways. & me :). The MUG!! I just love it.
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josieproc.bsky.social @josieproc.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This is a very very bad policy. *send post*
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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Indeed – we wrote about this back in May. The suggestion is that this will be addressed with the station regeneration, but that's a lot more than three months away… oxfordclarion.uk/clarion-week...
Excerpt from the Clarion in May about cycle/road interface at Botley Road
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Cllr Emma Garnett @greenpartyemma.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Really disappointing yet unsurprising to see this. Lib Dems aren't a green party. I hope @libdemsoxon.bsky.social colleagues and @libdemcycling.org.uk give @eddavey.libdems.org.uk an earful at conference!
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Cllr Andrea Powell @greenandrea.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Had a great day promoting the Cycling Without Age mobility trikes in Thame. Managed to get both the Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Thame on board!
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Nathan Ley @nathanley.com · 13/06/2026
cllrdrnathanley.substack.com/p/quiet-lane...
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Quiet Lanes, Loud Nonsense
You deserve better than the half truths being served up
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CoHSAT - Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel (Oxon) @cohsat.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
The government's Cycling & Walking Investment Strategy CWIS3 was announced yesterday. It prioritises cheaper, safer, healthier journeys, and better connected new developments.
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Cllr Emily Kerr 💚 @emilykerr36.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Anyone know anyone who lives in Kennington / Radley / Abingdon and has opinions on whether Sugworth Lane should be a Quiet Lane closed to motor traffic? Tell them about this survey! radleyparish.gov.uk/sugworth-lan...
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Nathan Ley @nathanley.com · 06/06/2026
“Why Drivers Should Want Better Cycling Routes” Soon to be posted on facebook….. cllrdrnathanley.substack.com/p/why-driver...
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Why Drivers Should Want Better Cycling Routes
They’re Not in Your Way. They’re One Fewer Car On The Road. Stick with me here…..
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
In an era of multiparty politics - first past the post is utterly broken. It is time for Proportional Representation. The climate crisis & our inequality crisis cannot wait for another general election. Failing to fix our democracy immediately will betray future generations.
Zack on stage at the Compass Conference
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Patriotic Millionaires UK @patmillsuk.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
88% of millionaires are proud to live in the UK and three quarters are willing to pay higher taxes to defend what makes them proud. Why won’t our politicians listen, pick up the pace, and get on with what is welcome, common sense, and necessary? It’s time to tax the super rich.
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Cllr Emma Garnett @greenpartyemma.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
I get the sentiment - hospital staff do hugely demanding jobs and deserve better conditions - but the answer isn't free parking. "Free" parking has huge societal and environmental costs. [Alt text: Hospital staff should not have to pay hospital parking charges. Share if you agree.]
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Cyclox @cycloxoxford.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Sharing transport makes sense when fuel is expensive, that's why we want it to be easy to get to and from Oxford Rail Station by bus, on foot and by bike. Only then can we #BeatTheFuelCrisis @emilykerr36.bsky.social @andrewgant.bsky.social @lowcon.bsky.social @oxfordshirecc.bsky.social
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Caroline Russell @carolinerussell.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
It may seem like nerdy detail that the increasing weight of cars is worsening potholes, but it matters. The car makers push to sell wider and heavier cars is increasing road maintenance costs and that affects us all. Not to mention worse crash outcomes and less space to pass (wider) parked cars.
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Cllr Emma Garnett @greenpartyemma.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
🤩 Look at all your amazing @oxfordgreenparty.bsky.social candidates! 🔎 Find out more about them here: greenoxford.com/2026-local-e... 👀 And today's the day we find out who they're running against for the local elections on May 7th..: www.oxford.gov.uk/elections-vo...
The 24 candidates for Oxford Green Party
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Andy Cox @andy-cox.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
The ban is right. I question where else repeated offending attracts mitigation like this. “Exceptional hardship” is lived daily by crash victims and bereaved families. My sympathy will always be with them—not the habitual road offender. Should we remove this provision? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Mark Lamarr gets driving ban despite hardship plea
The comedian, 57, is banned from driving after being caught speeding in Twickenham.
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
This is exactly why so many transparency campaigners are calling for crypto donations to be banned
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
An illegal war waged by two countries the UK arms & supports B52s launched from British soil. Israeli jets built with British parts A UK economy still hooked on fossil fuels. We must end support for the war, cut fossil fuel addiction & support families facing this price shock.
UK gas prices soar after strike on energy facilities in Qatar and Iran
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Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
During the Second Reading of the Representation of the People Bill, MP after MP got up to point out what's missing from it: fixing the voting system. The problems with FPTP can no longer be ignored - and neither can the growing calls for PR. 📣 Here are just a few highlights:
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APPG for Fair Elections @appgfairelections.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
📣 "We no longer live in a two-party system, and if we continue to have an electoral system that doesn't acknowledge that fact, we will have, as Professor @robfordmancs.bsky.social says, elections that lead to even more chaotic and unpredictable results." 👇 @chriscurtis94.bsky.social
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Nathan Ley @nathanley.com · 25/01/2026
I tried to write about the underlying reason why everyone hates their council And they may have no idea about it open.substack.com/pub/cllrdrna...
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Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
"Evidence shows that PR leads to higher turnout, more representative governments and more stable policymaking." Yesterday in Parliament, several MPs raised the urgent need to fix our voting system. Thank you @drscottarthurmp.bsky.social @ollyglover.bsky.social @lisasmartmp.bsky.social 👏👏👏
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 06/12/2025
Our voting system is broken. It's time for a change that truly reflects what voters want.
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Danny Yee @dannyyee.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
car dependency is crippling the UK theconversation.com/how-the-uks-... "for the UK to be more like Singapore, the government needs to make motorists pay much more for their car use. To be more like the Netherlands, it must take away their space"
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How the UK’s dependency on cars slows down the economy
Clogged up Britain
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Streets Ahead Podcast @podstreetsahead.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
NEW POD EPISODE! 🚨An unhappy fifth birthday. Five years and four prime ministers since the pavement parking consultation ended, and still no action. What will it take to reclaim pavements? shows.acast.com/streets-ahea...
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Pavement Parking: An Unhappy Fifth Birthday | Streets Ahead
We wish the government's pavement parking consultation its unwanted fifth birthday
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Sian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Since 2011 the fuel duty freeze has cost the Treasury £133 billion. This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more! www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Rachel Reeves will freeze fuel duty to dodge ‘political suicide’
The chancellor will also highlight a rise in the minimum wage and plans to cut energy bills as she tries to win over voters by focusing on cost of living
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Kirsten de Vos 🚶🏻‍♀️💚🚲🍃 @kirstendevos.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
wewinganycar.com
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We Wing Any Car - Pay tax like a billionaire
Add wings to your car and enjoy the same tax loopholes as private jets.
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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Unless there's an unbreakably valid safety reason why not, all button-operated pedestrian crossings should activate the lights in pedestrians' favour instantly when pressed.
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Adam Tranter @adamtranter.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Car brand BYD's new SUV ad pokes fun at people walking and cycling, comparing them to Horse & Carts. It joins a long list of car ads that sell a false promise of convenience and aspiration while punching down at sustainable transport modes. So I made it a bit more realistic...
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PinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Billie Eilish calls out billionaires in front of Mark Zuckerberg: 'Give your money away, shorties' www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/30/bill…
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Billie Eilish calls out billionaires in front of Zuckerberg: 'Give your money away'
Billie EIlish has called out the billionaires and urged them to use their money to help people "that need it" while giving away over $11m to charity.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
So either Labour need to ask candidates to step aside for the Greens to take on Reform.... Or actually bring in a fair democratic process where everyone's votes count equally. It's time for Proportional Representation. www.thenational.scot/news/2558507...
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'Just getting started': Zack Polanski reacts as Greens SECOND in new poll
ZACK Polanski has welcomed a new poll putting his party in second place at Westminster.
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Cllr Emma Garnett @greenpartyemma.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
🥳🎉🪅🎉🥳
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Martin Cuddy @cuddy30.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Noticed @ollyglover.bsky.social appears to be sporting a halo at the @culbug.bsky.social meeting 😄 Divine intervention may be needed to get an unbroken cycle route between Abingdon and Europa School / Culham Campus (should be a safe & direct 15 min journey!). 😇🚴🏼‍♂️🚴‍♀️🚴💨💨💨
Zoomed image of a Culham Bicycle User Group reposted picture of people in front of Culham Campus main gate. Olly Glover appears to have a halo due to a light inside the building.
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
UNLAWFUL ARREST This woman was arrested for holding a sign with “I do not support the proscription of Palestine Action” on it, a totally lawful statement to make, even under the Labour government’s absurd new laws proscribing the direct action group. wedonotcomply.org
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Martin Cuddy @cuddy30.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
If I'm reading the data correctly it suggests 5% of reform voters think yes they are racist (and proud presumably). And 20% of that group seem to think the party and policies are not racist enough. Is that fair @yougov.co.uk (not checked the sample size, maybe just a couple of cranks)
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Olly Glover, MP 🔶 @ollyglover.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
I'm pleased to have been appointed @libdems.org.uk Transport Spokesperson. Transport should be an enabler of a thriving economy, social mobility, and preventing climate change, and I will campaign for affordable and reliable public transport, walking and cycling, and roads that work for all.
Photo of Olly Glover MP, Transport Spokesperson. Lib Dem logo
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Nathan Ley @nathanley.com · 30/09/2025
🚲 Big win for Abingdon! £1.5m secured to fix the missing NCN5 link + boost walking & cycling Plans include a new two-way contraflow on East St Helen St, Dutch entrance kerbs, continuous footways + better crossings Have your say by 28 Oct – letstalk.oxfordshire.gov.uk/east-st-hele...
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Cllr Emma Garnett @greenpartyemma.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Would better active travel routes help you get more exercise? Better local sports facilities? Let @oxfordshirecc.bsky.social know! The consultstion closes tomorrow (I assume at midnight). letstalk.oxfordshire.gov.uk/getting-acti...
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Getting active in Oxfordshire
Have your say We’d like to hear from you about how active you are, whether you’d like to be more active, and what might help you move more. Your feedback will help us better understand what people in ...
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Martin Cuddy @cuddy30.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
5 years ago, the Government consulted on how dangerous pavement parking could be tackled in England. The Government has yet to respond. If pavement parking is a problem in your area – fill out the form and add to the map of danger hotspots across the UK. ‪@livingstreets.bsky.social‬
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Map pavement parking hotspots
Five years ago, the Government consulted on how the dangerous practice of pavement parking could be tackled in England. The Government has yet to respond. Together we want to show how pavement parkin...
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 27/09/2025
The government is bringing rail into public ownership after 30 years of failed privatisation To make this succeed they must 🚄set up Great British Trains 🚄stop wasteful competition 🚄create a national railcard 🚄give passengers a real say 🚄INVEST like Switzerland does weownit.org.uk/passengersno...
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Read the report - Passengers not profit: a vision for the Railways Bill
The government's upcoming Railways Bill should include these reforms if it is serious about delivering for passengers.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
We need to change everything. Step 1 - join.greenparty.org.uk
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Freddie van Mierlo MP 🔶 @freddievanmierlomp.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
I recently spoke in Parliament about the impact of pavement parking—a concern I hear often from constituents with disabilities, sight loss or mobility aids. It makes everyday journeys harder and more dangerous. Councils need proper powers to act. Everyone deserves safe, accessible streets
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John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 09/09/2025
British NIMBYism is truly a sight to behold. “We are rejecting this solar farm, because one time I saw an electric vehicle on fire, which reminded me that decades ago a coal mining disaster killed lots of children”.
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Martin Cuddy @cuddy30.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
This decision is so ridiculous the Witney Gazette will find it hard to parody...
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Olly Glover, MP 🔶 @ollyglover.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
As part of the APPG on Fair Votes, I am pleased to see our cross party proposal for an independent review of the UK’s out-dated first-past-the-post electoral system published.
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Cross-party MPs publish ‘ready to go’ blueprint for electoral reform commission - Politics.co.uk
A group of cross-party MPs have set out a “ready to go” blueprint for an independent review of the UK’s first past the post (FPTP) electoral system. The all-party parliamentary group (APPG) for fair e...
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Freddie van Mierlo MP 🔶 @freddievanmierlomp.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
I challenged the Foreign Secretary to sanction Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Sadly he declined to answer
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Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
It's disappointing that the government's plan to get people moving is focused around "Go for a jog" rather than, as the evidence suggests, building environments that encourage everyday incidental exercise: the ability to walk to amenities liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/388...
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Streeting’s bid to get Britain off the couch and save NHS £10bn
Health Secretary’s Get Britain Moving campaign could be undermined by difficulty to walk in some areas
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Josh Self @josh.politics.co.uk · 01/09/2025
🚨 NEW: Cross-party MPs publish ‘ready to go’ blueprint for electoral reform commission — FPTP “threatens to undermine the resilience and stability of our democratic system”, @appgfairelections.bsky.social MPs say — The group is calling on ministers to greenlight its plan Exclusive story 👇
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Cross-party MPs publish ‘ready to go’ blueprint for electoral reform commission - Politics.co.uk
A group of cross-party MPs have set out a “ready to go” blueprint for an independent review of the UK’s first past the post (FPTP) electoral system. The all-party parliamentary group (APPG) for fair e...
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