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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

The Times, once again, calling for mass deportations of care workers and other legal migrant workers.

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mfight2.bsky.social @mfight2.bsky.social · 14h

Immigrants work, pay taxes, support their communities. They don’t vote or draw on governments social services. Restricting them is cutting off ones’ noses.

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Owen Massey @oweninoxford.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Yes! Making money for public transport. Bring. It. On. If you don’t like it, you can boycott the money making scheme by using the Park & Ride. That’ll show ‘em.

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Danny Yee @dannyyee.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The problem on the east side is that Frideswide Square doesn’t allocate any space for cycling wanderingdanny.com/oxford/2025/... so there is a complete mess where the separate provision under the railway bridge ends abruptly.

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against "dual provision" for cycling

One of the biggest problems with cycling infrastructure in Oxford is that it is riddled with what I call "dual provision", where two bad options are offered to people cycling instead of one good one. ...

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Cyclox @cycloxoxford.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Still confused about #Oxford 's traffic filters? This website explains the why and the how so you can be 'traffic filter ready' @cohsat.bsky.social oxfordtrafficfilters.co.uk

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Watching BBC News and it's striking to hear the presenters repeatedly referring to the AfD as "far-right" whilst refusing to ever say the same about the hundreds of actual masked blackshirts currently swarming British ports

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Cyclox @cycloxoxford.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

When people object to measures to reduce the number of cars on our roads, they are also choosing to have dirty air. We need better public transport, better routes and lanes for bicycles, better pavements and if we have those..... We all need to breathe. Well done London! Keep at it Oxford!

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ambrosen @ambrosen.eurosky.social · 07/08/2026

Good morning. Can I suggest you too and make a nice cup of tea and have a rest? Instructions on this website if you're struggling. www.nicecupofteaandasitdown.com

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Nate O @nateo.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Ex-PM Starmer said, in response to Raise the Colours terrorising people, ‘I am supporter of flags’, ‘I’m very encouraging of flags. I think they’re patriotic and I think they’re a great symbol of our nation’ and his family had ‘got St George’s flag in our flat’ www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Raise the Colours Oxfordshire organiser Ben Cullen head-butted a highways worker after police were called to McDonalds in Benson where highways staff were attempting to remove flags from lamp posts;
Highways staff now wear unbranded PPE, work in unbranded vehicles, wear face coverings to hide their identity, and do not travel alone for fear of attacks;
Highways staff working on streetlight maintenance, not flag removal, have been spat on and abused by RTC supporters;
Cullen and his partner Trudy Wells posted the office addresses and phone numbers of highways depots online, leading to comments suggesting “hanging council workers from those same lamp posts”;
RTC Oxfordshire fixed trackers to the vehicles used by highways staff, then used this to find out their home addresses – which have been published online, and repeated to staff with threatening messages;
Highways depots now have to remain locked at all times;
A highways contractor’s sponsorship of a children’s football club is being rethought after concerns that children could be targeted.

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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Leaders of flag-raising group Raise the Colours Oxfordshire placed trackers on highway workers’ cars to find out their home addresses, the High Court has heard. RTC then attempted to intimidate the highway staff into no longer removing flags by repeating their addresses to them.

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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Silly season? Oxford’s news never stops. In today’s newsletter: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Raise the Colours’ campaign of intimidation 🚍 More buses after Botley Road reopens 🔥 Oxfordshire firefighters tackle wildfires 🔨 Last orders at 16th century ironmongers Join thousands of subscribers: oxfordclarion.uk/the-clarion-...

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The Clarion, 4 August 2026

We're doing a rain dance. You? While we wait for some sorely needed water, here is some news, not all of it cheerful. Including less than savoury details about Raise the Colours; celebrating Oxford Ci...

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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Four organisers of Raise the Colours have given an undertaking to the High Court not to put up flags in Oxfordshire or to encourage others. A hearing took place today after Oxfordshire County Council applied for an injunction against Ryan Bridge (pictured), Ben Cullen, Trudy Wells and Kevin Good.

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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

The Radcliffe Observatory is currently under wraps as it is restored. The wrapping shows a beautiful building - the Radcliffe Observatory. The building joins a small but select list of in-process Oxford buildings disguised as themselves, which also includes the Eagle and Child pub on St Giles.

A photo of wrapped building with drawings on the wrapping showing the building.

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Somersetchris @somersetchris.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

For those of you that were in #Brighton yesterday, here is Ryan Bridge of Raise the Colours striking a woman. These are the people that claim that they are “protecting women and girls.”

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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Whenever I call Reform a racist party for racists, people often say something like "Well insulting them won't win them over" but they never say that it's not true

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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Further evidence the net zero economy is one of the few parts of the economy that is booming. Truly insane that now is the time politicians start attacking one of the only sources of growth for UK businesses. www.businessgreen.com/news/4530440...

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UK net zero economy tops £105bn and supports 1.1 million jobs

UK's burgeoning net zero industries hailed as economic 'powerhouse' following latest study from CBI Economics

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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

This is what Trump's done to the people's house: A third of it is rubble. Another third is a cage match. What a metaphor.

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Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

It’s a total puzzle. We keep being told Oxfordshire transport policies are unpopular and imposed on people. Yet the people keep voting for parties that support them 🤔

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Oxford Pedestrians Association @oxfordpedestrians.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Finally a definitive statement from the highways authority…

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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

On Tuesday, activists from ‘Raise the Colours’ erected flags along Abingdon Road in broad daylight. We ask who is behind it – and why the campaign is so controversial. oxfordclarion.uk/raise-the-co...

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The dark side of Raise the Colours

Early on Tuesday evening, amid rush-hour traffic, a ‘Highway Maintenance’-branded van was openly stationed on Abingdon Road affixing St George’s flags to lamp-posts. We ask who is behind it – and why ...

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Robert Knight @rupertairbear.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

They're literally verbally abusing local residents, obstructing council workers, using racist, misogynistic and homophobic language towards anyone who disagrees with them. What more do you need!? They're pests, and as our PCC your lack of interest in dealing with this matter is unacceptable.

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CoHSAT - Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel (Oxon) @cohsat.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

It is us, or is it odd that Labour are basing policy on one Citizens Assembly, but conveniently ignoring another. And are proposing 'reducing congestion' by, er, increasing cars on the roads. (From Oxford, where bus services are best) cohsat.org.uk/cohsat-welco...

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CoHSAT welcomes Citizens’ Assembly Recommendations - CoHSAT

CoHSAT, the Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel welcome the 20 recommendations of an independent and representative Citizens' Assembly on Transport in Oxfordshire. The effectiveness of a C...

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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Analysis by Oxford University has found that a UK powered fully by renewable energy could save households up to £441 a year on their energy bills. Maximising oil & gas extraction from the North Sea would save households less, and only if the tax revenues collected went directly to households.

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“Drill baby drill” approach to North Sea would cost households more than a fully renewable UK, finds Oxford analysis

A UK powered fully by renewable energy could save all households up to £441 a year on their energy bills, according to a new Oxford Smith School analysis. In comparison, maximising oil & gas extractio...

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Danny Yee @dannyyee.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Someone reports: these racks are fully uses and there are still a dozen cycles attached to nearby street furniture. This suggests to me that three car parking spaces should have been converted to cycle parking, not just one.

just after 6pm there was one car parked in the car space, 6 bikes on the three bike racks, and 12 bikes chained to posts, railings and street signs nearby. None was using the church bike racks, which are out of sight, behind the church tower. (I can’t imagine many would be happy using them after dark; also these are private bike racks and can’t be used in the same way as the public ones on the highway.)

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Spain's renewables build-out has structurally decoupled its electricity prices from gas markets. Gas now sets the price in only 15% of hours, compared to 90% in Italy. Countries that invested early in clean power are far less exposed to fossil fuel price shocks. Those that didn't now pay the price.

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Cowleyforniadreaming @holybollards.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Bus commuters should not get the benefit of improved bus services so shop owners can continue to drive to work. 👍

screenshot from google search result -- Bus gates — Bus gates: our views — OHSA: "Hoyle's of Oxford (Phillip Scaysbrook), High Street retailer ... I will no longer be able to bring my car in to work to park in my private space behind the shop."

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Cowleyforniadreaming @holybollards.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

wait so building labs, labs labs and not houses houses houses has actually NOT helped Oxford's ecomomic outlook?

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

These people are poison. They will unleash racist thugs on the streets of this country and call it security. They will subjugate us to the US and call it patriotism. They must be stopped. There is no more important task in politics.

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Pete Miles @petermiles.eurosky.social · 06/02/2026

"The Mandelson scandal is bad. Very bad indeed. And that therefore makes it comparable to an average Tuesday under the Johnson administration."

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Why is every scandal existential for Starmer? Because he has actively worked to eradicate his own support base. And that, along with the Mandelson decision, can be laid at McSweeney's door iandunt.substack.com/p/starmers-m...

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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

In she goes… the 48-wheeler Self Propelled Modular Transporter lines up the new concrete box that will form the walkway and bridge abutment at Botley Road. The jacks in the foreground will lift the box into position, enabling the SPMT to be driven out again.

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Robert Knight @rupertairbear.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

So, it turns out that the flag people have a Facebook page that can be viewed without an account. It raised my blood pressure by looking, but in doing so, I found a handful of names associated with this movement. The question is, why can't @oxfordshirecc.bsky.social do this and take legal action?

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Cowleyforniadreaming @holybollards.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

"Council should not be raising revnue" from school streets. May I remind the editor of our local newspaper that the only reason they are is because drivers choose to ignore the restrictions that were put in place to PROTETCT CHILDREN from getting hurt or killed outside their schools.

a copy of today's Oxford Times. Headline: "School street fines prompting concern - 'Council should not be raising revenue' "

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

The reason why cyclists and pedestrians push back against these types of campaigns is not because we think visibility is bad (I wear hig-viz!), but because it's victim blaming that diverts attention from the real issues: dangerous drivers and poor infrastructure

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Retraction Watch @retractionwatch.com · 21/01/2026

A Taylor & Francis journal has retracted a widely-read paper linking cardiac-related mortality to COVID-19 vaccines after an unsuccessful legal attempt by the lead author to block the withdrawal. That author says he is considering further legal action against the publisher.

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Lawsuit fails to block retraction of paper claiming to link heart-related deaths to COVID-19 vaccines

Greg J. Marchand in a photo from his research institute’s website. A Taylor & Francis journal has retracted a widely-read paper linking cardiac-related mortality to COVID-19 vaccines afte…

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Fiona Harvey @fionaharvey.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

If you are troubled by selfish people burning wood in your neighbourhood, now a leading cause of air pollution linked to illnesses from asthma to miscarriage, dementia and heart disease, now is your chance to make your views known.

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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

The Cowley Low Traffic Neighbourhoods have saved 30 collisions over 3 years within the LTNs and boundary roads according to latest casualty data, analysed by @cohsat.bsky.social The Cowley LTNs were implemented in April 2021, after sporadic coronavirus lockdowns between March 2020 and March 2021.

Graph showing road collisions within the Cowley LTNs declining between 2015 and 2024

Graph showing decline in casualties across LTNs and boundary roads, with significant decline in 2023 and 2024. 2020 and 2021 are shaded paler due to Covid lockdown.

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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Once more for the weekend long read crowd.

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CoHSAT - Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel (Oxon) @cohsat.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

That is classic disinformation from ORFOL. The ruling states "Permission to apply for judicial review is refused." They may "request reconsideration of the refusal of permission" at a hearing. Normally 30 minutes. We presume they will be asking for more of your money ...

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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

🚨 BREAKING: A legal bid to halt Oxford’s congestion charge has been turned down. The High Court today refused an application for judicial review by Open Roads For Oxford Ltd, which had raised £60,000 “from private donations, transfers from aligned funds, and our GoFundMe campaign” to bring the case.

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Captain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Four generations of my family have served our country. Service is in my blood. The President wouldn’t know anything about that.

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