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Cllr Sam Casey-Rerhaye

@samcaseyr.bsky.social
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Green Party Councillor, Sandford & the Wittenhams South Oxon. Cycling, walking, climate, nature. I can now join the demographic ‘cycle granny’ lnk.bio/SouthEastGreenParty Promoted by Peter Dragonetti, on behalf of Green Party at PO Box 78066 Lond

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Cllr Sam Casey-Rerhaye @samcaseyr.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Catching up with last week Guardian Long Read about Burnham. & this is exactly my experience working with & observing Labour. Would love to see them change & be more open to other influences, esp from ground up (which is, of course, the Green Party approach!)
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How-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 02/10/2026
Listen: I don’t want to minimize the danger of high e-bike speeds. But if the problem here is that stores sell e-bikes that can drive faster than legal limits, then where’s the story about how literally *every car dealership has been doing the same thing for decades*?!?
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Hidden cameras show some stores unlocking speed limits on e-bikes, selling e-scooters that go up to 120 km/h | CBC News
A new hidden camera investigation by Marketplace shows how some stores are selling e-scooters and e-bikes with top speeds much higher than provincial speed limits and with recommended rider ages young...
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
18 years since the 2008 financial crisis. The “maxed out credit card” line is almost old enough to legally buy a pint in a pub.
BBC Newsnight •
@BBCNewsnight • 1h
"The credit card is maxed out... my fear come
28 October is that they look to the endless piggy bank of business."
Lord Walker, executive chairman of Iceland, looks ahead to the Autumn Budget.
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Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 02/10/2026
The world's largest data centre is being proposed for Chapelcross in Dumfries and Galloway. The proposals could use more energy than over two million homes in just one year! Join the campaign to stop these dangerous plans: greens.scot/ChapelcrossD...
Stop Chapelcross Data Centre. Join the campaign. greens.scot/chapelcrossdatacentre
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Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Lest we forget, the police took quite some time to decide that it was terrorism when a bomb went off in public with an obvious political motive - presumably because cars
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Now at #GreenPartyConference with campaigners and @greenparty.org.uk councillors talking how to improve temporary accommodation, a huge #PublicHealth issue, as well as one of #SocialJustice
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Iain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"BRITAIN BECOMES DUMP FOR THE NAXI EXILES. Scores of Jews and other exiles are being smuggled into England in small foreign ships, for £25 a time." Daily Mirror, 1938. Sound familiar?
Headline: Britain becomes dump for the Nazi exilesSCORES of Jews and other exiles, abandoning their homes in the Nazi terror, are being smuggled into England by the captains of small foreign ships who slink inside the three-mile limit at night and put ashore their human cargoes for £25 a time.
This smuggling, once sporadic, is now a racket earning thousands of pounds weekly for captains of French, Dutch and Belgian trawlers.
It was exposed entirely at Hove, yesterday when two foreign seamen were gaoled for smuggling a German in at Shoreham harbour last Monday.
Britain's immigration officers are helpless. They know that Hitler is dumping his unwanted people here. They cannot stop other Mid-European Governments seizing on Britain's lethargy to lower their own unemployment figures.
Every day refugee Spaniards, Jews, Ger mans and Austrians are slipping into Britain Employment agencies are inundated by fran-tic appeals from foreigners who, scared by European unrest, want British security.
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Raimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
No, but in this case many satellite companies and online map platforms have been hiding the evidence from space. A year ago the enormous bloodbath at Sudan's El Fasher after its sack by RSF (proxy of another US vassal state, UAE) left so much blood on the streets it was visible to space.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Keir Starmer wanted to be remembered as Prime Minister for building homes. Instead he will be remembered for his complicity in destroying them. #GazaGenocide
Rafah, in Gaza, on Google Earth, in 2022, left, and in 2026, right. (from https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/google-earth-gaza-images-update-b3057562.html)
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Cllr Sam Casey-Rerhaye @samcaseyr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hesrltine? Tebbit? Lawson? Howe?
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Met with Camden Leaseholders Forum this morning to hear about leasehold issues in Holborn and St Pancras. I was disappointed to hear they had been promised a dedicated councillor for leaseholders but this was reneged on by Camden Council. As MP I'll hold the council to account.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I've been a member of the lobby for well over a decade. Not a single one of my lobby colleagues has said a word about the Conservatives banning me from their conferences, without any explanation. Contrast with the US where even Fox News stood in solidarity when Trump banned news outlets he disliked
bylinetimes.com
Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Block Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban
The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press
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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
150 new houses are proposed for Sandford-on-Thames, on the southern edge of Oxford – but getting there by bike will mean waiting at four light-controlled crossings within 400m, dismounting on a narrow section of pavement, and crossing the fast and busy entrance to Heyford Hill Sainsbury’s.
Illustrative map of the proposed 150-home siteNarrow path with "cyclists dismount" sign
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Cllr Sam Casey-Rerhaye @samcaseyr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
By Thatcher and her willing government & Tory party who kept her as leader. She did not do it alone.
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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
People who smoke in Oxfordshire are being encouraged to take part in Stoptober and make use of free local support, as the county prepares for a national change designed to help protect future generations from the harms caused by smoking. news.oxfordshire.gov.uk/stoptober-su...
news.oxfordshire.gov.uk
Stoptober support available as Oxfordshire prepares for smokefree generation
People who smoke in Oxfordshire are being encouraged to take part in Stoptober and make use of free local support, as the county prepares for a national change designed to help protect future generati...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Far from taking pride in it, the men who killed this magnificent animal should be deeply ashamed. That swift, sleek, wonderful monster, flashing with holographic colours, reduced to a dead black lump. www.devonlive.com/news/devon-n...
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Monster 282kg tuna landed in Brixham is 'heaviest ever' catch
Giant £4,000 Bluefin tuna caught off Devon coast could be heading to Michelin-starred restaurants
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Great afternoon in Kentish Town! One week today we can make history in Holborn & St Pancras - voting for rent controls, water nationalisation and action to tackle the climate crisis. We can only do it with your help! Join here: linktr.ee/HSP_6thGreenMP
Zack with two young people on the street holding vote Zack signsStaff and volunteers gathering outside cafe palestinaVote Zack Polanski sign going up in barber window Zack and a selfie with a woman on the street
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Cllr Sam Casey-Rerhaye @samcaseyr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Fantastic to see this launched. So exciting! I went to a presentation about 5 years ago from Cambridge and what they had done with Greenways planning - so brilliant to see this being implemented. Safe cycling is transformative for people’s health, wealth and well being.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Kemi Badenoch condemned Reform's ban on critical journalists covering their conference as "authoritarian", saying her own party would never do the same as "we believe in free speech. We believe in a free press." Now the Conservatives have banned Byline Times from their conference
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Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Ban Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban
The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
George is quite right on this. I discovered via FOI requests that just 5% of all woodland creation grants go to support natural regeneration of trees, and 95% to tree planting. I’ll continue to push DEFRA to fix this. www.theguardian.com/environment/... bsky.app/profile/geor...
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Government ‘failing to support natural regeneration of trees in England’
Campaigners say targets for woodland creation are unlikely to be met because 95% of grants are for planting
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Cllr Sam Casey-Rerhaye @samcaseyr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Collective responsibility = happiness Individual responsibly- a lot of misery and higher costs for the collective in other areas (eg NHS) See also student loans.
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Cllr Sam Casey-Rerhaye @samcaseyr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I think it usually is, but monitoring this so difficult for planning authorities- rely alot on the reporting of town and parishes but the balance of power/resources is with the developer who can agree to anything but not follow through
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Sadly there was a climate & nature shaped hole at the heart of Burnham’s speech. Nothing on the benefits of nature restoration & same old words on a “pragmatic” approach to N Sea drilling. There’s nothing pragmatic about pouring fuel on a scorching earth - he should rule out Rosebank & Jackdaw now
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Jane Baker @baker-jane.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Alongside highways/railway lines following works, where the aim was to create a green wall. What was left was plastic protective sheathes.
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Small-DickHaver @scumbagnobody.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I live in FL. You can always tell a builder or landscaper that cares becasue they plant trees in the rainy season. Then again you have the development next to mine that put a row of trees in next to the road and didnt plant them deep enough. First windstorm it knocked half down.
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The UK doesn't need an IMF bailout youtu.be/ZDbZgBiMp_8?... The Financial Times and others are asking if the UK might need to turn to the IMF for a loan - which is absurd, because nothing could be further from the truth.
youtu.be
The UK doesn't need an IMF bailout
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Time for this classic again.
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Cllr Sam Casey-Rerhaye @samcaseyr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Are these planted around new estates? Developers ticking the boxes of their conditions and then abandoning the tiny very cheap saplings
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Cllr Sam Casey-Rerhaye @samcaseyr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Italy has a lower pension payment for women????
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Cllr Sam Casey-Rerhaye @samcaseyr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
‘Doing’ good work. (Was an early post!!)
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
New post from @ldfreedman.bsky.social On the still ongoing, horrific, but little covered war in Sudan. How it illustrates the difficulties of ending wars, and whether there is any route to ending this one. (Free to read) samf.substack.com/p/the-sudan-...
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The Sudan War: is there any way out?
Since April 2023 Sudan has been consumed by a vicious war that gets far too little attention in the West.
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Cllr Sam Casey-Rerhaye @samcaseyr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Methane leaks are little known & often overlooked on climate change impact. This action group song good work exposing this poorly regulated industry www.wealdactiongroup.org.uk/methane/
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Methane – Weald Action Group
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Cllr Sam Casey-Rerhaye @samcaseyr.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
And I was one of them! Great day with hundreds of doors knocked & conversations had
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Truth 💥😡
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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
High energy news: United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and the United States Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) are linking their supercomputing platforms and AI efforts to accelerate nuclear fusion energy development. www.gov.uk/government/n...
gov.uk
UK and US fusion supercomputers to be linked across Atlantic
UKAEA and PPPL have joined forces to accelerate fusion energy’s development, linking UKAEA’s SUNRISE supercomputer with PPPL’s STELLAR-AI platform.
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Cllr Sam Casey-Rerhaye @samcaseyr.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I’ll be there!
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/09/2026
A MORATORIUM ON DATA CENTERS SHOULDN’T EVEN BE IN QUESTION AT THIS POINT And we definitely need more reporting on this issue: HEAT Data centers devour electricity and water, dump heat into communities, and Big Tech is building them faster than lawmakers are dealing with the consequences.
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Fan-ta @kingdomfashion.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The insane thing imo is that if you are an alcoholic, alcohol withdrawal can kill you.
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Cllr Sam Casey-Rerhaye @samcaseyr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Apart from the horrible cruelty demonstrated, restricting how much people can spend affects their local economy. What Tories (& LDs btw) never think about is how higher payments/social security nearly always spent in local economy, up to a high level of income. It’s cruel but also very stupid
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Cllr Sam Casey-Rerhaye @samcaseyr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Yes indeed. And from car crashes so it is sensible to wear a helmet in a car. Forcing or expecting ppl to wear helmets while cycling causes deaths through more dangerous motor vehicle driving & from less cycling overall= more sedentary- & respiratory-caused illnesses
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Cllr Sam Casey-Rerhaye @samcaseyr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
And so nice to see that waiting in a bicycle queue lets you have a chat with your fellow cyclists 🚴
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Cllr Sam Casey-Rerhaye @samcaseyr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Really shows how prices for some goods are now much lower - that’s equivalent to £306 today. I doubt a device that size/function would cost that much (is it still available!?)
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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The first train has just passed Didcot since the line was closed, meaning that GWR will be able to run services from Oxford to Paddington tomorrow. A CrossCountry service via Oxford to Southampton has safely passed Didcot on the avoiding line.
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Cllr Sam Casey-Rerhaye @samcaseyr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/... When you hear politicians say ‘less regulation, less red tape’ & other related fatuous comments, remember this: #votegreenparty #environment #cleanrivers
theguardian.com
‘The eels were climbing out of the water to die’: why did every fish in this idyllic lake perish overnight?
Furnace Brook in East Sussex was home to carp, tench, bream, roach and trout – and 15 trailer-loads had to be buried. The mystery led to a neighbouring farm, and a story of waste, pollution and dirty ...
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Cllr Sam Casey-Rerhaye @samcaseyr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Indeed, greater incentives for a social species like humans is the good of the group as well as yourself. Which is why I think gross inequality feels so uncomfortable at a very profound way
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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The Didcot gas leak that has stopped trains on the Great Western Main Line was caused by cutting into the gas main at a construction site where a gasometer stood, the Clarion understands. A new Lidl and self-storage facility are being built by the Hadden Hill/Abingdon Road roundabout.
Site plan from planning applicationArtists' impression of proposed store from the planning application
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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This is terrifying. The government needs to get a lot more serious about the rise of the violent militant and organised far right www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Far-right activist Daniel Thomas slashes dinghy in Channel with blade while rescue worker onboard
Thomas called followers to protest against arrival of asylum seekers in Gosport, but Border Force instead transported them to Dover
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Cllr Sam Casey-Rerhaye @samcaseyr.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
@annpettifor.bsky.social saying similar stuff
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Deeply disappointing to see Libdem leader now supporting more drilling in the North Sea - it will add to global volume of climate emissions, drive climate breakdown & send a dangerous signal to the rest of the world
news.sky.com
Sir Ed Davey says Jackdaw gas field 'makes sense' as decision looms for government
A consultation on the gas field - located 150 miles northeast of Aberdeen - closed last month, with the prime minister set to make a decision.
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Cllr Sam Casey-Rerhaye @samcaseyr.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Any man? Any job? Oh come on! clearly Palantir have made it their business model to worm way into UK politics to win contracts. And succeeded. Hardly neutral & fair by tender rules & the service they provide is mediocre to pathetic. Another Lord to push this agenda. Read the LRB article on this
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