Reposted by Nick WalkerJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 18/09/2026my brilliant colleague @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on the threat from Elon Musk’s X platform www.ft.com/content/f270... 6528171174
Reposted by Nick WalkerAnneliese Dodds MP @anneliesedoddsmp.bsky.social · 30/08/2026I’m delighted the Government listened to parents and will deliver a ban on social media for under 16s plus other measures. I’ll keep pushing for those to include more control over content recommender feeds. We need action on the algorithms! 051
Reposted by Nick WalkerAnneliese Dodds MP @anneliesedoddsmp.bsky.social · 22/07/2026The news that the Botley Road reopening is yet again delayed will come as a bitter blow for local residents and businesses. It is particularly galling as every milestone had been hit by the project since January last year. 1/2 151
Reposted by Nick WalkerOxford City Council @oxfordcitycouncil.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Understand last week's announcement from government about Oxfordshire's reorganisation in 139 seconds with this animation. Learn more: 3councils.org 021
Reposted by Nick WalkerCallum Anderson MP @callumandersonmp.bsky.social · 03/07/2026I join the entire Milton Keynes Labour family in mourning the death of Councillor Shanika Mahendran, who has passed away at the age of 28 following a short illness. Milton Keynes is better because she was here. www.callumanderson.org.uk/newsandviews... 2152
Reposted by Nick WalkerCllr Brad Baines 🌹🐝 @bradtbaines.bsky.social · 08/06/2026I know a great deal of residents who walk or cycle to Sainsbury's via Rose Hill face disruption as a result of the sudden closure of the Cottesmore Rd bridge. This vital link needs to be reopened urgently. Please sign Ed Turner's petition calling for certainty about its future. buff.ly/s5pDUrlc.orgSign the PetitionPlease get a bridge between Rose Hill and Littlemore sorted and make diversion routes safe 022
Reposted by Nick WalkerJonathan Liew @jonathanliew.bsky.social · 28/05/2026we see you www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comIf you’re still on Elon Musk’s X, ask yourself this: why? | Jonathan LiewSome argue that quitting the platform formerly known as Twitter cedes the space to malign actors. But it’s an open sewer, beyond redemption, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew 33468137
Reposted by Nick WalkerCllr Brad Baines 🌹🐝 @bradtbaines.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Residents cannot wait another two years for restoration of a bus service across Donnington Bridge. Sign the petition ✍️ www.change.org/fixdonningto...change.orgSign the PetitionTell Oxfordshire County Council: Fix Donnington Bridge 011
Reposted by Nick WalkerDr Rachel Clarke @drrachelclarke.com · 23/02/2026This is one of the most heart-breaking & important articles I have ever read - from someone whose voices are so rarely heard, a teenaged girl. If you want to understand online misogyny in all its devastating impact, please read this shattering piece. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comI am a 15-year-old girl. Let me show you the vile misogyny that confronts me on social media every day | AnonymousObjectification, hate, rape threats: the politicians debating online abuse mean well, but to truly understand, they need to see what I see 30751391
Reposted by Nick WalkerJonathan Liew @jonathanliew.bsky.social · 02/12/2025column on the mansion tax refugees www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comWon’t somebody please think of Britain’s poor £2m homeowners? Oh, wait – everyone already is | Jonathan LiewContrast the furious reaction to Rachel Reeves’s ‘mansion tax’ to the response offered to those living with real housing injustice: indifference, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew 1612039
Reposted by Nick WalkerLewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 10/11/2025The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think. New piece from me. open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...open.substack.comThe truth about impartiality at the BBCAnd the hysteria of the current "crisis" 1392039711
Reposted by Nick WalkerBarney Ronay @barneyronay.bsky.social · 08/11/2025My beautiful laundrette www.theguardian.com/football/202...theguardian.comSilence over Sudan: why do Manchester City’s owners get away with so much?Two midweek matches in England had a backdrop of war and geopolitics, but only one drew large protests 85630
Reposted by Nick WalkerDavid Klemperer @dmk1793.bsky.social · 28/10/2025Glad to see Anneliese Dodds raising this important issue in Parliament today 0133
Reposted by Nick WalkerSean Woodcock MP @seanlwoodcock.bsky.social · 23/10/2025Exciting news for Oxfordshire today: the Labour government has announced a £120 million investment to restore passenger services on the Cowley Branch Line, following efforts by my colleague Anneliese Dodds MP and the local Labour team. Discover more here - www.oxfordlabour.org.uk/just-announc... 074
Reposted by Nick WalkerHOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 29/09/2025HOPE not Hate founder, Nick Lowles, speaking to the @theguardian.com Today in Focus podcast. 🎧 He says, this is an exceptionally dangerous moment, but we must remember that the majority of people are still in favour of our multicultural society. www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...theguardian.comHow to defeat Britain’s far right – podcastHope Not Hate founder Nick Lowles has spent decades researching, infiltrating and helping communities to combat far-right groups. But now, he says, ‘they have their sights on our multicultural society... 14214
Reposted by Nick WalkerNadia Whittome MP @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social · 10/09/2025It has long been known that Mandelson remained close to Epstein even after he was convicted of sex offences. He shouldn't have been appointed in the first place, and it is very clear that the Prime Minister must sack him immediately. We either stand with victims or we don’t. 29559111
Reposted by Nick WalkerMꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 28/07/2025Disgusted to see this beautiful landscape ruined by wind turbines. 532988582
Reposted by Nick WalkerJoe Dromey @joedromey.bsky.social · 06/07/2025This is excellent news 🙌 Sure Start was one of the most transformational policies of the last Labour government. Great to see Labour rebuilding support for families. 172
Reposted by Nick WalkerColm Murphy @colmpm.bsky.social · 03/07/2025The frequency with which @morganj0nes.bsky.social publishes incisive analysis in evocative prose is astonishing. www.newstatesman.com/politics/lab...newstatesman.comThe revenge of Labour’s soft leftKeir Starmer has provoked the mass of his party into organising – against his leadership. 4165
Reposted by Nick WalkerJoe Dromey @joedromey.bsky.social · 02/07/2025The public finances are under pressure. ✂️ big spending cuts are not sustainable 💷 changing the fiscal rules risks increasing borrowing costs So we must to look at increasing tax. I set out three options for @labourlist.bsky.social labourlist.org/2025/07/rach...labourlist.orgWelfare vote: 'Three options Rachel Reeves has to plug the fiscal gap' - LabourListWhat remained of the welfare reform bill scraped through the Commons yesterday. The government had been banking on… 043
Reposted by Nick WalkerCllr Brad Baines 🌹🐝 @bradtbaines.bsky.social · 03/05/2025Still recovering after a long couple of days. I am overwhelmed to have been re-elected as the Oxfordshire County Councillor for the larger Isis division. It has been an absolute privilege to represent the diverse communities of South & East Oxford over the last four years. 131
Reposted by Nick WalkerGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 01/05/2025The BBC is institutionally biased towards the right and the far right, and here's the proof: the results of an almost perfect before-and-after experiment. My column today. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comThe BBC is utterly beholden to the right. Why else would it fear a podcast about heat pumps? | George MonbiotThe broadcaster behaves like Starmer’s government: suppress the left, cave to your critics, and undermine your own survival, writes Guardian columnist George Monbiot 15024501026
Reposted by Nick WalkerAndrew Harrop @andrewharrop.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Back in the summer I don’t think anyone would have expected the first ministerial resignation over policy to come from Anneliese Dodds A team player who is smart, principled, pragmatic & collegiate - clearly she felt she was in an untenable situation www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comAnneliese Dodds resigns over Keir Starmer’s decision to cut aid budgetExclusive: International development minister warns it will be ‘impossible’ to retain funding in Gaza, Sudan and Ukraine 041
Reposted by Nick WalkerIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 28/02/2025This is huge news. She's not a household name but she's a Starmer ally, usually super loyal, and on a core point of principle. She's also right. 3550662
Reposted by Nick WalkerHeather Stewart @guardianheather.bsky.social · 28/02/2025That rare thing, a principled political resignation (remember Dodds was Starmer's first choice for shadow chancellor, in that pre-Hartlepool, soft left shadow cabinet. He's come a long way...) www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comAnneliese Dodds resigns over Keir Starmer’s decision to cut aid budgetExclusive: International development minister warns it will be ‘impossible’ to retain funding in Gaza, Sudan and Ukraine 03812
Reposted by Nick WalkerStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Terrific resignation letter by Anneliese Dodds, this. 352165632
Reposted by Nick WalkerMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 17/02/2025"It is well-known that most of the mainstream media do not approach a Labour Government in a neutral way. Some blatantly misrepresent what is happening, but more often they simply do not report activity, leaving people with a sense that the government is doing nothing."eastangliabylines.co.ukGovernment is busy: but the media are not telling youDespite what the press tells us, the government is very busy, often doing popular things. But you wouldn’t know it from the press coverage 1482409939
Reposted by Nick WalkerBen Fenton @benfenton.bsky.social · 23/01/2025This is a hell of a piece of writing about a story that, if you heard about it for the first time, would blow your socks off. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...prospectmagazine.co.ukThe lies and smears from Murdoch’s news empire cannot be ignoredRupert Murdoch has now spent around £2bn in keeping the truth about the way his news organisations operate out of the courts in the UK and US. Please ... 13534210
Reposted by Nick WalkerOxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 20/01/2025A community workshop took place this Saturday to gather community input on pieces of art to be featured across Cowley's Templars Square. The murals will reflect what Cowley means to locals and be created by local artist Lisa Made It. 184
Reposted by Nick WalkerParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Or to put it another way, bill to protect children voted through, despite Tory attempt to wreck it. Good old BBC. 211037223
Reposted by Nick WalkerStella Creasy MP @stellacreasy.bsky.social · 02/01/2025However much they shout, facts remain the same. Our democracy and our freedom to live peacefully with each other is now at risk every second these people use their money and their networks to rewrite history. We need urgent political finance law reform and we each need to stand up for the truth. 2019471
Reposted by Nick WalkerMayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 31/12/2024In 2024, hundreds of thousands of children in London received free school meals. Many young Londoners would otherwise have gone hungry. As we enter 2025, let's never forget that while politics can be frustrating, it can have a huge impact, offering much-needed hope to those who need it most. 1528947
Reposted by Nick WalkerLabourList @labourlist.bsky.social · 17/12/2024🇩🇪 "Scholz and Starmer have sometimes been compared – both centrist social democrats, who have sought to appear as reassuring, competent politicians." ✍️ Ed Turner on what lessons Labour can learn from Olaf Scholz's fall from grace: labourlist.org/2024/12/germ...labourlist.orgGerman election: ‘Olaf Scholz’s fall from grace has crucial lessons for Starmer’ – LabourListAnd now it’s official. On 23 February, Germany will go to the polls again, with elections brought forward from late September after the three party… 022
Reposted by Nick WalkerJonathan Freedland @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Anyone who dreads the prospect of Faragist nationalist populism in Britain should want this Labour government to succeed. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comWe cannot afford for Starmer’s government to fail. Because Farage is lying in wait | Jonathan FreedlandIt is not enough for the Labour leader’s ‘milestones’ to be achieved. Voters must feel the improvement in their daily lives, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland 1813334
Reposted by Nick WalkerOxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 07/12/2024Today is Small Business Saturday – a day to support local businesses no matter the weather. Oxford East MP Anneliese Dodds said: “We’re absolutely spoiled for choice for small businesses here in Oxford, from the Covered Market to gems on the Cowley Road, Magdalen Road, Headington High St and more.” 131
Reposted by Nick WalkerMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 01/12/2024We need an urgent inquiry in the UK into foreign interference in our politics & media. …one which needs to advise rules for Parliament to enact before the next General Election hits. 1333041992
