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Nathan Ley

@nathanley.com
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County Councillor for north Abingdon since 2021 (LD). Usually riding a bike 🚲

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Nathan Ley @nathanley.com · 2h
Guest speaker at St Helen and St Katharine this week - joining students from secondary schools I created a workshop/game based on a hypothetical council with £1B to spend, but with difficult budget decisions to make... Big thanks to all, and all power to the OX14 Learning Partnership 💪
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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Oxfordshire’s first new Quiet Lane has come into effect. Shepherds Pit Lane, to the village of Stanton St John, now has a closed gate at one end to prevent through motor traffic, making the road safer for walkers and cyclists. The parallel Bayswater Road remains open to cars and is no slower.
Cllr Emily Kerr by the new Quiet Lane
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Laura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If only there was some sign that Andy Burnham ducks difficult decisions
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Laura F @dantsis87.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
cllrdrnathanley.substack.com/p/the-roofs-... excellent article here from a councillor in Abingdon. He's so right that we need more solar everyone, roofs won't solve the problem alone.
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The roofs won’t be enough
“Just put them on roofs instead” is the most comfortable argument in British politics. It is also the one that quietly hands the bill to our children.
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Christiaan Monden @cmonden.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Hear, hear! Excellent piece. The roofs first objection to urgently needed solar farms "does not survive contact with a calculator". It also doesn't survive our duty to our children.
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Nathan Ley @nathanley.com · 26/09/2026
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The roofs won’t be enough
“Just put them on roofs instead” is the most comfortable argument in British politics. It is also the one that quietly hands the bill to our children.
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Nathan Ley @nathanley.com · 21/09/2026
If these people in Piddington think this kind of stunt is helping.....it's not. www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2656868...
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Piddington 'is a women's issue', Tory leader says on visit
Kemi Badenoch has urged a village which voted to quit the United Kingdom not to leave, as she described plans for an asylum camp near Piddington as…
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Cllr Owen Burbidge 🔶 @oburbidge.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I’m sorry, but I’m going to put my neck on the line & say this is entirely the wrong policy position. We need to be incentivising people to use less fuel - 17.28bn litres of fuel per year currently. Imagine what £1.7bn per year could do to active & public transport. Not discount dinosaur juice
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Celestial M Weasel @celestialweasel.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
To celebrate the reopening of Botley Road, Bill Gates and George Soros are there in person scanning the 5G chips inserted with the COVID vaccine of the people walking through the checkpoint between the 15 minute neighbourhoods (Resisted the urge to make this comment on @nathanley.com 's FB post)
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Nathan Ley @nathanley.com · 19/09/2026
💧 Last month I wrote a blog asking you to consider that flooding might be a bit more complicated than “blocked drains” and a lazy council. I also promised to come back with something practical. So here it is. Less polemical, more practical. 👇 cllrdrnathanley.substack.com/p/what-you-c...
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Nathan Ley @nathanley.com · 14/09/2026
Honestly my life is about to get a lot more miserable these next few years Mid terms is gonna be a nice moment of catharsis in November. But it can't undo this
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Nathan Ley @nathanley.com · 12/09/2026
Honestly, I'm starting to wonder how *any* other party will be able to compete with this level of corruption, and such loose finance regulation That postal vote letter Farage sends us every year full of lies? Expect more of that Against the 'elites', fighting for the little guy? Yeah, right
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Andrew Copson @andrewcopson.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Dismayed by defeat of the assisted dying bill. Nothing was won today – no new palliative care funding, no new disability support. And the suffering that brought this bill to parliament remains.
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Nathan Ley @nathanley.com · 07/09/2026
Ultimately, Rayner is making the right call here imo
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Robin Tucker @robintucker1.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The Greater Oxford proposal was also based on fudged data, and would not deliver councils of viable scale. As POETS identified in the same doc, instead of using ONS growth rates of 0.5%, Oxford City inflated the rates to 2.9%, to grow tiny Greater Oxford from 240k population to 345k by 2040
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Nathan Ley @nathanley.com · 06/09/2026
Nice to see this fence and gate fixed at Long Furlong Community Centre ✅️ With thanks to Cllrs Helen & Caleb Abingdon Abbey Northcourt and Cllr Andy Foulsham
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Nathan Ley @nathanley.com · 04/09/2026
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Finally, the shops: what’s been submitted for the new north Abingdon local centre
If you live in North Abingdon, you have probably spent the last few years driving past a fenced-off rectangle of nothing on Dunmore Road and wondering when somebody was going to build the bit they pro...
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Nathan Ley @nathanley.com · 04/09/2026
Chris Mason. Failing in his job at a very important time for our democracy
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Nathan Ley @nathanley.com · 04/09/2026
Matthew Barber, Liam Walker.....time to find another hobby
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Nathan Ley @nathanley.com · 03/09/2026
Visited Marcham Road Hospital this morning and saw the newly refurbished Abingdon EMU with Emma Leaver, COO at Oxford Health £1.1m from NHS England for same-day urgent care that keeps people out of the JR overnight Also saw the stroke rehab unit, podiatry and MIU. Brilliant staff.
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Nathan Ley @nathanley.com · 03/09/2026
📩 Abingdon Newsletter - August 2026 Please subscribe for future updates and to receive it directly to your email inbox every month Thank you! cllrdrnathanley.substack.com/p/abingdon-n...
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Nathan Ley @nathanley.com · 27/08/2026
Councillors! MPs! I wrote a reference you can use anytime someone absent mindedly shouts "blocked drains!!!" from their keyboard! cllrdrnathanley.substack.com/p/why-our-st...
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Why our streets may flood this winter, and it won't be because of the council's 'blocked drains'
The uncomfortable truth of what a baked summer does to a wet autumn
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Nathan Ley @nathanley.com · 23/08/2026
This is for every councillor that gets tagged in their local Facebook group this winter
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Nathan Ley @nathanley.com · 22/08/2026
This week's effort. I appreciate anyone who reads More nuance than the title suggests. Possibly more detail than the Oxford Mail comments section can handle Let's hope I don't have to post it too many times this winter! cllrdrnathanley.substack.com/p/why-our-st...
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Why our streets may flood this winter, and it won't be because of the council's 'blocked drains'
The uncomfortable truth of what a baked summer does to a wet autumn
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Nathan Ley @nathanley.com · 22/08/2026
This week's effort. I appreciate anyone who reads More nuance than the title suggests. Possibly more detail than the Oxford Mail comments section can handle Let's hope I don't have to post it too many times this winter! cllrdrnathanley.substack.com/p/why-our-st...
cllrdrnathanley.substack.com
Why our streets may flood this winter, and it won't be because of the council's 'blocked drains'
The uncomfortable truth of what a baked summer does to a wet autumn
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Nathan Ley @nathanley.com · 20/08/2026
"Eight Republican states this year introduced legislation to limit or prohibit mRNA" Fine. You'll die earlier in those states then. Move, or elect better politicians Moderna pins hopes on mRNA ‘game-changer’ for cancer vaccines - www.ft.com/content/cd52... via @FT
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Moderna pins hopes on mRNA ‘game-changer’ for cancer vaccines
Technology behind blockbuster Covid jabs is yielding promising results in oncology treatment
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Nathan Ley @nathanley.com · 15/08/2026
Here is a concept for many of our lives which came to me on holiday this year I had fun writing something a little different Maybe you can relate. Let me know! (Link in the comments 👇) cllrdrnathanley.substack.com/p/the-squash...
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The 'Squash and a Squeeze' Maxim of Life
On choosing the crowded version of life, on purpose
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Nathan Ley @nathanley.com · 15/08/2026
Here is a concept for many of our lives which came to me on holiday this year I had fun writing something a little different Maybe you can relate. Let me know! (Link in the comments 👇) cllrdrnathanley.substack.com/p/the-squash...
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The 'Squash and a Squeeze' Maxim of Life
On choosing the crowded version of life, on purpose
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Nathan Ley @nathanley.com · 12/08/2026
"Oxfordshire now leads UK on clean air" www.lgcplus.com/services/env...
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Isaac Beevor: Oxfordshire now leads UK on clean air
London is no longer ahead of the game, writes the partnerships director at Climate Emergency UK. Clean air and a decarbonised transport system were always
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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 09/08/2026
Here’s why we need solar farms and pretending we can just cover car parks and buildings simply won’t work. takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/the-green-...
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The Green Party is STILL bad at being green
We need 'industrial-scale' solar if we want to reach Net Zero.
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Nathan Ley @nathanley.com · 07/08/2026
🚢 Currently travelling back from wonderful France 🇫🇷 But I’ve still put together our July round-up ! Please subscribe/share if you find it useful 🙂 cllrdrnathanley.substack.com/p/abingdon-n...
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Abingdon Newsletter: July 2026
A monthly round-up of local issues, council updates and casework from across Abingdon
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Nathan Ley @nathanley.com · 04/08/2026
Despite a Police and Crime Commissioner for the wider region who works against us, @oxfordshirecc.bsky.social is being brave and leading the way on road safety in 2026
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Nathan Ley @nathanley.com · 27/07/2026
It's that time of the year again Taking a short break from the internet — genuinely knackered and in need of a proper switch-off Something tells me we might need that energy over the next 12 months.... Thank you for the kindness and civility as ever 🧡 See you soon
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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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Nathan Ley @nathanley.com · 25/07/2026
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Six Months In: Was the Tip Booking System Worth It?
A close look at the savings, the recycling gains, and the fly-tipping picture the council isn’t spinning
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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Protect our kids. Not like that. Awful people.
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Nathan Ley @nathanley.com · 23/07/2026
🗺️ The Minister who signed off the "Greater Oxford" boundary grab was sacked days later. Look at the shape - it's a gerrymander, reaching for villages that have nothing to do with the city (but cutting us out?) I'd rather keep Oxfordshire whole. Please sign & share: www.oxonld.uk/lgr
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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
This is a significant increase on the £2.7 million received from in 2025/26, because Oxfordshire County Council's active travel rating has increased from 2 to 3 - joint best in the country. www.activetravelengland.gov.uk/resources/ca...
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Active travel capability ratings | Active Travel England
View the latest active travel capability ratings.
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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Oxfordshire is getting more money for walking and cycling. Active travel funding for Oxfordshire County Council has been confirmed at £5.4m a year for 2026/27 to 2029/30 by the Department for Transport, £4.1m for Capital and £1.3m for Revenue items such as capability and activation programmes.
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Nathan Ley @nathanley.com · 19/07/2026
Good bye, Argentina 👋
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Nathan Ley @nathanley.com · 18/07/2026
Another beautiful July Saturday morning ☀️ Check out my ride on Strava: strava.app.link/Lj6j6xp3R4b
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Nathan Ley @nathanley.com · 18/07/2026
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The abolition of Oxfordshire is here...
What Greater Oxford really means for Abingdon - and why this is far more than a council boundary change
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Neil Fawcett @neilmfawcett.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Fantastic result! Well done Rob and the team :-D This ward will be part of the new Greater Oxford council area and gives a good indication of Labour's strength outside the city.
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Nathan Ley @nathanley.com · 15/07/2026
Abingdon town centre active travel improvements following consultation Some changes but fundamentally we are NOT going back. This isn't Didcot, or Banbury, or Bicester 💪 Full info here: www.facebook.com/share/p/1EEE...
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arseblog @arseblog.com · 14/07/2026
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Nathan Ley @nathanley.com · 14/07/2026
Detour home from work via the old university, possibly for the first time Funny how it feels like yesterday
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Nathan Ley @nathanley.com · 12/07/2026
An absolute pleasure to be alive strava.app.link/2LjHXqj6H4b
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Early ride before it's too hot, inspired by the boys 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Strava
View Nathan Ley's Ride on July 12, 2026 | Strava
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Nathan Ley @nathanley.com · 12/07/2026
Argentina remind me of Brazil in 2014. Scrape through somehow, then get their overdue hammering in the semi final We got this....
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Nathan Ley @nathanley.com · 09/07/2026
Nice knowing you, Tour De France. Shame there isn't a contest this year, but glad to not waste the money on a subscription
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Nathan Ley @nathanley.com · 08/07/2026
The commute is either this or the Bakerloo line. I choose this ☀️🚴‍♀️
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