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Pablo @pablosquire.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

What’s depressing about this is that we have so many good councillors with great vision in Oxfordshire, they just aren’t in #Didcot. Literally read these ideas and think why can’t we have them?

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Cab Davidson @gnomeicide.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

We don't tax fuel highly @mrjamesob.bsky.social - the fuel price escalator being effectively abandoned means that motorists pay nowhere near the full economic cost of their activity. They are, in effect, massively subsidised. Meanwhile public transport crumbles.

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Cllr Emma Garnett @greenpartyemma.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

I am absolutely furious about this. How f'ing dare Labour pour fuel on the climate crisis and hand out more money to wealthier people? Keeping petrol prices artificially low is climate injustice writ large. Additional scorn for @libdems.org.uk who campaigned for this.

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Carlton Reid @carltonreid.com · 18/05/2026

Want to support the travelling public? OK, but *has* to be equitable. So, where are the plans to reduce bus and train fares? Why not also provide bungs to pedestrians, and pay cyclists? Why just motorists?

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Pablo @pablosquire.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Nathan you could have removed the flags while you were there 😂

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Pablo @pablosquire.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

I see a lot of posts about #cycling in Oxford, and how it’s so different to outer Oxfordshire (esp from @emilykerr36.bsky.social). Went to the East Oxford market earlier - knew it would be a hit when I saw the overspill of bikes there. Made me think it can happen. Even in #didcot #cyclinglife

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Cllr Emily Kerr 💚 @emilykerr36.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

The horrors of life in a 15 min city after LTNs introduced: a new independent bookshop that the neighbourhood kids cycle and walk to on a Saturday morning. I love East Oxford.

A photo of Caper bookshop on Magdalen Road.

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Pablo @pablosquire.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Didcot gets some cycling infrastructure- all together now “yeeeeeeeeahhhhhhh”. If we could just get some in the town, and to connect to HF1 that would be grand. Thanks OCC 😊 x

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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

A war of words over potholes has erupted between Oxfordshire County Council member for Highways, Andrew Gant and *checks notes* the Prime Minister, with Gant claiming the PM had made a “Prime Minister made a disgraceful and untrue statement” Buckle up, this one’s a rough road.

Official portrait of Keir Starmer, Wikimedia Commons

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Pablo @pablosquire.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

This letter needs to be posted far and wide - especially for the Facebook faithful that think the Council has surplus funds and are choosing not to spend it on roads.

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Andrew Gant @andrewgant.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

At PMQs on Feb 11 the Prime Minister made a disgraceful and untrue statement about Oxfordshire County Council highways maintenance. Here is my correspondence with the questioner Olly Glover, LibDem MP for Didcot and Wantage

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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

The Harwell Campus has announced a 25-year expansion plan, with better connections to Didcot and Wantage, a “walking first” campus, greater public accessibility, and new research buildings – including a brand new postgraduate Harwell Institute of Technology.

Map of the planned expansion of the Harwell Campus

Aerial view - Isis Neutron and Muon Source at Harwell

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20's Plenty for Us @20splenty.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

The evidence from the 2 years since Wales set a 20mph default for urban/village roads is clear:- 1,270 fewer casualties 134 fewer of them being fatal or serious £45 pa lower insurance premiums than without 20 These are big wins for communities, NHS, emergency services and economy. 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀

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Real Gaz on a proper bike: gazza_d@toot.bike @gazza-d.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Only passed driving test 3 weels earlier. No insurance. Habit of phone use whilst driving. Crashed and killed 2 whilst overtaking at almost 100mph. Just 6 years jail and an 8 year driving ban. What can be done to stop lunatics like this before they kill? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Liberty Mitchell jailed for causing crash that killed two people

Police found videos showing Liberty Mitchell would sometimes film Snapchat clips while driving.

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Ned Boulting @nedboulting.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Jim Ratcliffe is a prick. I always thought he was. He has done nothing to suggest that he is not a prick. I loathe Jim Ratcliffe and as a result I find it very hard to get behind his cycling team. He was a prick before he got into cycling. He’s always been a prick. I hope that clears things up.

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@CycleNottingham @cyclenottingham.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

You can’t park there mate..🙄

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Pablo @pablosquire.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

I don’t have a lot of faith in TVP and their Road Traffic team. However, I was hugely pleased to see @matthewbarber.co.uk confirm that this took place in #Didcot. Road traffic violence / speeding is the biggest problem we have. Thank you Matthew & the team for taking this step.

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Pablo @pablosquire.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Did you see the police piece about all the “new” officers for the Road traffic team? It’s just pitiful as they can fill the room, if the culture stays then we will to continue to not be safe out there.

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Pablo @pablosquire.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

There isn’t a chance I’d let my son cycle in Oxfordshire on the roads. Drivers are protected and our PCC takes delight posting on FB about the good work his officers do chasing cyclists for lights. We have no infrastructure either for cycling and our MP / Council don’t care.

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Remember: Alex Pretti was a cyclist. This is simply the appropriate reaction to a gigantic SUV bring driven recklessly.

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CoHSAT - Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel (Oxon) @cohsat.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

@oxfordshirecc.bsky.social : 'We're making streets safer for children' @theoxfordmail.bsky.social 'Won't you think of how much it is costing dangerous and illegal drivers?'

A picture of an Oxford Mail headline 'Fines for driving near schools raised £300k'

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Hannah Bourne-Taylor *Author*Bird Campaigner @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Tears of joy! SCOTLAND HAS JUST PASSED SWIFT BRICKS INTO LAW unanimously! 4 years of asking England & Scotland sorts it in a month led by ACE ⁦‪ MARK RUSKELL MSP‬⁩ ♥️The RELIEF is unreal! Tell England to follow 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿by emailing PlanningPolicyConsultation@communities.gov.uk now!WOOP!

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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

The Health Secretary Wes Streeting says the decade's delay on building a GP surgery in Didcot's Great Western Park is 'completely shocking'. Unusually, he's leaning in to accelerate progress due to pressure from local MP Olly Glover, who he described as being 'like a dog with a bone' on the issue.

Cartoon : A dog in a bicycle helmet and glasses with a collar saying 'GLOVER" has a bone marked 'Great Western GP'
He is dragging the trouser leg of the Home Secretary, a man in a blue suit and brown shoes with a briefcase labeled 'STREETING'
Image: Oxford Clarion (And thanks to the cartoonist who contributed this.We are all the Clarion).

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Pablo @pablosquire.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Despite those findings Emily, we are told that shop lifting, e scooters and theft of farm vehicles were the priority. This is good news, no doubt about it - but if the culture remains from the top we don’t matter then it’s the same old story. It’s need whole scale change. #cyclinglife

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fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Me returning from the pub aged 18: "I'm stealing these traffic cones for the sheer fun of it." Me returning from the pub tonight aged 45: "I'm stealing these traffic cones to put them on the double yellows by my kids' school to stop people parking dangerously."

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Pablo @pablosquire.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

European precedent? TVP will ignore anything that gets in the way of the real issues on the road: A) electric scooters B) farm vehicles being stolen

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Pablo @pablosquire.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

I screamed when I saw your result! My wife asked if you were even real, I’m not sure I can be with someone that doesn’t understand the need for a croissant cap. Or trains that work.

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Real Gaz on a proper bike: gazza_d@toot.bike @gazza-d.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Twats. I bet the cycle lane is only dangerous due to inattentive drivers. I suspect none of them have actually cycled it. I'll also bet that the best you would get is you asked them for alternative proposals would be a shrug, because they don't care for anyone other than drivers.

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Pablo @pablosquire.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Some hope that #Didcot may well get some enforcement finally as we have some Councillors that care and listen. @dandwlabour.bsky.social @oxfordgreenparty.bsky.social @samcaseyr.bsky.social @andrewgant.bsky.social

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Pablo @pablosquire.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Spoke to @ollyglover.bsky.social about #pavementparking and it’s hard to not be frustrated, when you see the likes of @nathanley.com & @emilykerr36.bsky.social. He hasn’t commented (to my knowledge) about PP but here is Emily saying how so many of us feel. @badlyparkedox.bsky.social

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Real Gaz on a proper bike: gazza_d@toot.bike @gazza-d.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Love this quote... Christian Prudhomme, Tour de France director, said: “Stage Two was not meant to be this long (223km) but after seeing the Lake District National Park from above, in a helicopter, we thought ‘we need that’." www.nwemail.co.uk/news/2577006...

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Cumbria to host Tour de France in 2027 as iconic race comes to UK

Live coverage of the announcement of the route of the 2027 Tour de France Grand Depart which will pass through Cumbria and the Lake District

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Pablo @pablosquire.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Or the non pro motoring articles behind the paywall?

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Pablo @pablosquire.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Sad that it’s behind the paywall. I dare say the Reform / Tory response of how they will block any attempt to restrict parking will be free to see though.

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Pablo @pablosquire.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Go. On. Andrew! OCC Didcot Councillors not supporting it 👀 Come on @andrewgant.bsky.social !!! #pavementparking

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Pablo @pablosquire.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Did you do the mighty Whitchchurch hill after?

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Andy Cox @andy-cox.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Let alone their future driving permissions… Why is road crime treated differently to other crime? IMO complacency and acceptance of road danger as inevitable have dulled accountability. Strategy isn’t enough — we need a fundamental root & branch cultural reset. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

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Nearly 630 drivers dodge jail over their role in death crashes

An average of ten a month are given community service orders, suspended sentences or fines instead of being sent to prison for triggering killer car crashes.

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Cowleyforniadreaming @holybollards.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Meanwhile with the year not even 2 weeks old, we already had 2 pedestrians hit by cars in Oxford, one suffered life threatening injuries, the other killed. bsky.app/profile/oxfo...

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Engineer Like A Girl @engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Just ban it. Stop this being socially acceptable FFS 🤬

A white van parked fully across a footway, blocking it completely.

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Pablo @pablosquire.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Key sentence here - “why do the police spend time harassing cyclists?” Culture. Simple as that. We need change top to bottom at TVP. If this doesn’t happen, then the paralysis continues and every day we are in danger. #cyclinglife

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Andy Cox @andy-cox.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Around 250 people a year in the UK are killed in drink-driving related road crashes. This headline below does a disservice to every victim and bereaved family, reflecting outdated and dangerous attitudes that still need to change. Great post, Emily.

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Pablo @pablosquire.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Matthew is going. The Mayor is going to be the new PCC. Hopefully @emilykerr36.bsky.social is going to have a lot of chats with him / her and I’m happy to recommend about 400 people that could do an investment/ assessment into the culture of TVP.

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Commuter cyclist @smallfoggyhouse.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

He's not interested. They've denied perfectly reasonable FOI requests about drivers on phones actually being prosecuted (apparently it would cost them too much to read their own database).

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Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Maybe the police could turn their mind to why people might cycle on the pavement here. Priorities!!!

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Pablo @pablosquire.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

What has to happen before TVP actually support cyclists and other vulnerable road users? The new PCC needs to effect cultural change within TVP, or we will remain in this paralysis. @cycloxoxford.bsky.social @cohsat.bsky.social @nathanley.com @emilykerr36.bsky.social #cyclinglife

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Pablo @pablosquire.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Ah look - it’s TVP cracking down on important issues in Oxford like cycling in Summertown. Thank god they are taking Road safety seriously and acting on what Oxford and its residents really care about. As said - end the culture within TVP and give us a police force that is for for purpose.

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Owen Massey @oweninoxford.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

1967: 'Three thousand publicans marched against the breath tests' for drink driving 2026: 'Pubs blast new drink-drive limit' - front page of motonormative local rag @theoxfordmail.bsky.social today If your pub needs drink drivers to survive, your pub needs to close NOW.

'March of the anti Castle brigade' - black-and-white newspaper clipping dated 19 September 1967 showing march in favour of drink driving via https://xcancel.com/willnorman/status/1704065204177260631

PUBS BLAST NEW DRINK-DRIVE LIMIT
Front page of the Oxford Mail, Friday 9 January 2026

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Cycling UK Official @cyclinguk.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

A big moment for @livingstreets.bsky.social! After years of campaigning it’s good to finally see movement on plans to prevent pavement parking. But leaving action to local authorities, not a nationwide ban, risks inconsistency and continued harm to those just trying to get around.

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Sian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

The only target for the number of people killed on the road should be zero. With its Road Safety Strategy, the Government has massively overlooked key actions to cut traffic and achieve safer and slower vehicle speeds, which are truly effective at saving lives and essential to reaching this goal.

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Pablo @pablosquire.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

@matthewbarber.co.uk 👀 Please can you sign post me to your view on the Govt road safety strategy as I cannot see it anywhere? #pavementparking @badlyparkedox.bsky.social

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