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Emily Smith 🔶 @emnsmith.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Such a fun night celebrating the reopening of #Botley Road at TAP Social Movement 🚧

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Emily Smith 🔶 @emnsmith.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It was great to have a keynote speech at @libdems.org.uk conference about the essential work that councils do. Brilliant speech too, thanks Lisa 👏 🧡 @libdemlocalgov.bsky.social

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Emily Smith 🔶 @emnsmith.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Sooo close 🤞 Please Network Rail, don't let us down again 🚌 Thanks @oxfordshirecc.bsky.social for collating all the new bus timetable info here: share.google/TYq4IWEKYRNs...

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Emily Smith 🔶 @emnsmith.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This is a scary example of climate change impacting our daily lives and the cost of living. Surely the threat to our chips/Jacketz/mash will trigger government to bump UK food production and the rural economy higher up the 'To Do' list. share.google/7Wghx5gvX5oA...

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Heatwave triggers potato shortage in Europe

Extreme weather wiped out about 3.1mn tonnes of spuds, worth up to €620mn

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Vale of White Horse District Council @whitehorsedc.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The government has announced it will review its local government reorganisation (LGR) decisions across England. The leader of Vale of White Horse District Council expressed her disbelief and disappointment at the latest government announcement: orlo.uk/LGR_Oz3r2

A portrait of Cllr Bethia Thomas next to a quote expressing shock and seeking clarity regarding a government announcement.

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Emily Smith 🔶 @emnsmith.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Congratulations Cllr Hartley 🎉 @banburylibdems.bsky.social 🔶 A very solid win for @libdemsoxon.bsky.social and the good people of Chesterton & Launton have a truly excellent new councillor to represent them at County Hall 💫

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

People can "just adapt" to a changing climate, a thousand rightwing voices keep telling us. Either they lack imagination or they don't care. Try "adapting" to this. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

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Nepal flash flood: more than 1,500 missing, mostly tourists, after disaster kills at least 165 at Tibet border

Entire populated areas swept away after glacial collapse causes catastrophic flood in mountainous region popular with trekkers and pilgrims

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Emily Smith 🔶 @emnsmith.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

After YEARS of campaigning for bollards to enforce the pedestrian zone on Church Way, Botley and a year since planning permission was agreed, the Botley Development Company are installing bollards at Church Way 🙌 @libdemsoxon.bsky.social @oxlivstreets.bsky.social www.facebook.com/share/p/1Eeo...

Cllr Emily Smith at Church Way, Botley next to one of the new bollards that was installed this week

Approved plan for bollards on Church Way, Botley

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Emily Smith 🔶 @emnsmith.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

A beautiful day speaking with residents in Chesterton and Launton with @banburylibdems.bsky.social🔶 If elected on 3rd Sept, James Hartley will be a fantastic County Cllr putting his environmental expertise and experience in the armed forces to good use. Much praise for @calummillerld.bsky.social too

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Emily Smith 🔶 @emnsmith.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Lovely visit to the Senedd in the sunshine. Very different vibe from Westminster (and excellent coffee) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 05/08/2026

More questions over Farage's £5m gift... Daisy Cooper, deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats: “With every new revelation, Reform UK and Nigel Farage look more and more like a bunch of grifters who believe it’s one rule for them and one rule for everyone else."

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Farage urged to ‘come clean’ as fresh questions raised over £5 million gift

It casts new doubt on his defence for not declaring a £5 million gift from crypto-billionaire and Reform donor Christoph

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Nathan Ley @nathanley.com · 26/07/2026

🚧 £4m extra just approved to fix Oxfordshire's broken gullies - taking total investment to £9.42m over 2 years Now they've been cleared, the extra money is going into to fix the collapsed and broken structures where needed High-risk areas are now being cleaned annually, up from once every 4 years

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Emily Smith 🔶 @emnsmith.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

With Andy Burnham poised to take over as PM, there is an opportunity to change our voting system. We need proportional voting so people feel their vote matters, to improve engagement in politics, and to tackle the big issues the UK faces that take longer than four years to fix 🤞

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Nathan Ley @nathanley.com · 04/07/2026

NEW: A monthly newsletter of Council-related things we've been working on this past month. Starting with June 2026 Includes contributions from Abingdon East (Councillor Tom Greenaway) and Abingdon South (Cllr Neil Fawcett) cllrdrnathanley.substack.com/p/abingdon-n...

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Abingdon Newsletter: June 2026

A monthly round-up of local issues, council updates and casework from across Abingdon

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Emily Smith 🔶 @emnsmith.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Thank you @oxfordclarion.bsky.social as ever for your informative and 'non-sensational' newsletter.

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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 10/05/2026

We think GB News presenter Camilla Tominey needs a calculator, and a map… 🤦‍♀️

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LGA Liberal Democrat Group @libdemlocalgov.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

The Liberal Democrats deliver for our communities and get the job done. We listen to local people, roll up our sleeves and never take people for granted. It’s why so many voters have turned to the Lib Dems in recent elections, and why so many are backing us again this Thursday.

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Emily Smith 🔶 @emnsmith.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Good to see @whitehorsedc.bsky.social and @oxfordshirecc.bsky.social maintaining such high recycling rates ♻️ 💪💛

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Emily Smith 🔶 @emnsmith.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Stanford @whitehorsedc.bsky.social by-election is this Thursday! Lots of praise for local @libdemsoxon.bsky.social candidate Adrian Betteridge on the doorsteps this weekend 🔶😎

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Emily Smith 🔶 @emnsmith.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

A fun night at the by-election count in Abingdon this evening! Congratulations to Cllr Pell who joins the @whitehorsedc.bsky.social Lib Dem group. And to Cllr Dunne who was elected to Abingdon Town Council 🔶

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Olly Glover, MP 🔶 @ollyglover.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

📣 I am looking for a committed and proactive Caseworker to join my busy constituency team. For more information about this role and how to apply please visit: www.w4mpjobs.org/JobDetails.a....

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Emily Smith 🔶 @emnsmith.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Excellent article about how potholes got so bad and how the work being down to reverse the trend will take a little time.

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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 09/12/2025

🚨BREAKING🚨 MPs have voted to PASS our bill to establish a UK-EU customs union. The Prime Minister must now listen to his own MPs, drop his self-imposed red lines and finally go for proper growth through an ambitious trade deal with the EU.

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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 25/11/2025

Ahead of the budget tomorrow, we asked some of our MPs what they want to see from Reeves’ announcement 👇

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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 19/11/2025

Donald Trump is gunning for the BBC, and Farage is cheering him on. Want to know why? Follow the money…

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Emily Smith 🔶 @emnsmith.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

This is not a suprise. It's like the 'planning committees are blockers' argument. Call me old fashioned but I think policy should be based on facts and evidence. @libdemlocalgov.bsky.social share.google/G8AcLy7jQdP5...

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Nature not a blocker to housing growth, inquiry finds

Commons committee report challenges ‘lazy narrative’ used by ministers that scapegoats wildlife and the environment

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Emily Smith 🔶 @emnsmith.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Very happy to be supporting Janey for Lib Dem Federal Board 💪

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

ARE YOU PAYING ATTENTION YET? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Oxfordshire County Council's cabinet member for transport, Andrew Gant, has fired back at Oxford East MP Anneliese Dodds over the city’s temporary congestion charge. In a five-page open letter, the LibDem councillor calls Labour’s opposition to it “grotesque, upsetting and bizarre”.

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Emily Smith 🔶 @emnsmith.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Such a great opening jam marking the opening of the lllloooonnngggg awaited #Botley Skate Park at the weekend 🛹 Wonderful to see this facility bring the community, all ages and backgrounds, together 😍

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Community celebrates official opening of long-awaited skate park

The opening of Botley Skate Park has been officially celebrated after the previous one was delayed due to bad weather.

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Angela Rayner accidentally pays less tax than she should have, resigns, and the media gives her hell. Nigel Farage deliberately pays less tax than he should have, and the media gives him a free pass. That, right there, is the problem.

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Calum Miller @calummillerld.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

I have written to Nigel Farage in response to his visit to my constituency of Bicester and Woodstock today.

Dear Mr Farage

Welcome to Oxfordshire. You came here to talk about “mass deportations” but made no effort to understand the people or challenges of this community.

Your proposals offer no costed plan. Daily flights, new detention centres and vast surveillance systems would cost billions. Empty slogans are not a substitute for serious policy.

It did not go unnoticed that you spoke just minutes from Campsfield House, where a detention centre is being rebuilt despite local opposition and past scandals. Yet you chose not to meet residents living with those consequences.

You often invoke Winston Churchill, born here in Oxfordshire. He spent his career grappling with difficult truths and forging alliances in our national interest. Instead of sowing division, we should build on that legacy.

Our immigration system is broken after years of Government failure. It needs urgent, practical reform: fair, managed migration to meet workforce shortages, a faster asylum system and support for those fleeing war and persecution. That requires cooperation and honesty, not division.

If you return, I would be glad to show you Oxfordshire’s real story: businesses thriving thanks to home and overseas talent, health and care services desperate for staff and residents supporting refugees with compassion. You would see a community interested in solving problems, not fuelling conflict.

Yours sincerely

Calum Miller MP

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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Further flags over the A34 were replaced overnight with a banner reading 'Asylum Seekers Welcome', following a protest at the Kassam yesterday. Oxfordshire has been a county of sanctuary since February 2024. news.oxfordshire.gov.uk/oxfordshire-...

St. George's Cross flag on bridge on A34

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Emily Smith 🔶 @emnsmith.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

An interesting tool that shows @whitehorsedc.bsky.social bucking the house building trend and exceeding governments, again www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... @laylamoran.bsky.social @ollyglover.bsky.social @libdemsoxon.bsky.social

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Oxford Friends of the Earth @oxfordfoe.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Was great to join other Friends of the Earth groups at the Westminster lobby to call for action on climate, nature and justice. We had productive meetings with Freddie van Mierlo, Anneliese Dodds, Olly Glover, Callum Miller and Sean Woodcock 🌍💚

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Emily Smith 🔶 @emnsmith.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Pretty happy with this result 😁🔶 Huge congratulations to my new ward colleague Cllr Ben Potter 🎉

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Emily Smith 🔶 @emnsmith.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

It's Polling Day in #Botley and #Sunningwell Ward Don't forget to vote for a new District Councillor to work alongside me at @whitehorsedc.bsky.social Thank you to the council staff running the polling stations today - stay cool! @assoclibdemcllrs.bsky.social @libdemlocalgov.bsky.social

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Olly Glover, MP 🔶 @ollyglover.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

📣 The government is asking for feedback on reforms aimed at giving leaseholders of homes more transparency and control over service charges and quality of work. These issues are raised frequently by constituents so do respond with your views by September 26th. www.gov.uk/government/c...

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Strengthening leaseholder protections over charges and services: consultation

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Emily Smith 🔶 @emnsmith.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Really encouraging shift towards supporting voting reform. I am definitely part of the 60%. Voter apathy is rife, and making every vote count and removing the need for tactical voting would surely help reverse that. @makevotesmatter.bsky.social

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Emily Smith 🔶 @emnsmith.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

🔶 Such a fun (although hot 🥵) day campaigning for Ben Potter in #Botley today. 🙏 Huge hanks to @laylamoran.bsky.social @ollyglover.bsky.social and @libdemsoxon.bsky.social friends from across the county for your help. @whitehorsedc.bsky.social #By-Election @assoclibdemcllrs.bsky.social

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Emily Smith 🔶 @emnsmith.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

My induction into being Cabinet Member for Planning Development has included visiting some impressive energy efficient housing developments and a @bbowt.bsky.social Habitat Bank to learn more about climate and nature friendly development 🌱🏘️ @whitehorsedc.bsky.social @libdemlocalgov.bsky.social

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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 07/06/2025

Oooh, you mean it's OK to leave, realise it's a mistake, then rejoin? 😉

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Emily Smith 🔶 @emnsmith.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Congratulations @charltonathletic.bsky.social 🎉 A bit tense at time but a great match to watch

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Emily Smith 🔶 @emnsmith.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

So grateful to @oxfordprestrust.bsky.social for such lovely green spaces for #Botley folk to enjoy. *Photo doesn't do the meadow and the views justice @whitehorsedc.bsky.social

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Emily Smith 🔶 @emnsmith.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

This is wonderful news for #Abingdon 😊🎉

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Emily Smith 🔶 @emnsmith.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

The rhetoric coming from the PM this week fills me with sadness. @amcarmichaelmp.bsky.social is spot on here. For a so-called 'progressive' party, Labour has this frighteningly wrong.

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