Cllr Sam Casey-Rerhaye @samcaseyr.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Catching 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!) 033
Reposted by Cllr Sam Casey-RerhayeHow-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 02/10/2026Listen: 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*?!?cbc.caHidden cameras show some stores unlocking speed limits on e-bikes, selling e-scooters that go up to 120 km/h | CBC NewsA 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... 511666381
Reposted by Cllr Sam Casey-Rerhayeflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 02/10/202618 years since the 2008 financial crisis. The “maxed out credit card” line is almost old enough to legally buy a pint in a pub. 1122138
Reposted by Cllr Sam Casey-RerhayeScottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 02/10/2026The 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... 110775
Reposted by Cllr Sam Casey-RerhayeProf. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Lest 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 16413
Reposted by Cllr Sam Casey-RerhayeNatalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Now 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 14516
Reposted by Cllr Sam Casey-RerhayeIain 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? 2229104
Reposted by Cllr Sam Casey-RerhayeRaimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 02/10/2026No, 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. 182
Reposted by Cllr Sam Casey-RerhayeGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Keir Starmer wanted to be remembered as Prime Minister for building homes. Instead he will be remembered for his complicity in destroying them. #GazaGenocide 441431531
Reposted by Cllr Sam Casey-RerhayeZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Met 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. 1135194
Reposted by Cllr Sam Casey-RerhayeAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I'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 dislikedbylinetimes.comKemi Badenoch's Conservatives Block Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist BanThe 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 861513614
Reposted by Cllr Sam Casey-RerhayeOxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 01/10/2026150 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. 254
Cllr Sam Casey-Rerhaye @samcaseyr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026By Thatcher and her willing government & Tory party who kept her as leader. She did not do it alone. 110
Reposted by Cllr Sam Casey-RerhayeOxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 01/10/2026People 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.ukStoptober support available as Oxfordshire prepares for smokefree generationPeople 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... 153
Reposted by Cllr Sam Casey-RerhayeGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Far 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...devonlive.comMonster 282kg tuna landed in Brixham is 'heaviest ever' catchGiant £4,000 Bluefin tuna caught off Devon coast could be heading to Michelin-starred restaurants 761386313
Reposted by Cllr Sam Casey-RerhayeZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Great 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 5510142
Cllr Sam Casey-Rerhaye @samcaseyr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Fantastic 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. 030
Reposted by Cllr Sam Casey-RerhayeAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Kemi 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 conferencebylinetimes.comKemi Badenoch's Conservatives Ban Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist BanThe 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 661092549
Reposted by Cllr Sam Casey-RerhayeGuy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 30/09/2026George 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...theguardian.comGovernment ‘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 16392123
Cllr Sam Casey-Rerhaye @samcaseyr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Collective responsibility = happiness Individual responsibly- a lot of misery and higher costs for the collective in other areas (eg NHS) See also student loans. 000
Cllr Sam Casey-Rerhaye @samcaseyr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I 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 010
Reposted by Cllr Sam Casey-RerhayeCaroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Sadly 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 11472147
Reposted by Cllr Sam Casey-RerhayeJane Baker @baker-jane.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Alongside highways/railway lines following works, where the aim was to create a green wall. What was left was plastic protective sheathes. 0151
Reposted by Cllr Sam Casey-RerhayeSmall-DickHaver @scumbagnobody.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I 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. 011
Reposted by Cllr Sam Casey-RerhayeRichard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The 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.beThe UK doesn't need an IMF bailoutYouTube video by Richard J Murphy 612365
Reposted by Cllr Sam Casey-RerhayeRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Time for this classic again. 156164645552
Cllr Sam Casey-Rerhaye @samcaseyr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Are these planted around new estates? Developers ticking the boxes of their conditions and then abandoning the tiny very cheap saplings 4143
Cllr Sam Casey-Rerhaye @samcaseyr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Italy has a lower pension payment for women???? 020
Cllr Sam Casey-Rerhaye @samcaseyr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026‘Doing’ good work. (Was an early post!!) 000
Reposted by Cllr Sam Casey-RerhayeSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026New 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-...samf.substack.comThe 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. 46731
Cllr Sam Casey-Rerhaye @samcaseyr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Methane 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/wealdactiongroup.org.ukMethane – Weald Action Group 151
Cllr Sam Casey-Rerhaye @samcaseyr.bsky.social · 27/09/2026And I was one of them! Great day with hundreds of doors knocked & conversations had 010
Reposted by Cllr Sam Casey-Rerhayeebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Truth 💥😡 9052151727
Reposted by Cllr Sam Casey-RerhayeOxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 26/09/2026High 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.ukUK and US fusion supercomputers to be linked across AtlanticUKAEA and PPPL have joined forces to accelerate fusion energy’s development, linking UKAEA’s SUNRISE supercomputer with PPPL’s STELLAR-AI platform. 652
Reposted by Cllr Sam Casey-RerhayeChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/09/2026A 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. 24861783086
Reposted by Cllr Sam Casey-RerhayeFan-ta @kingdomfashion.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The insane thing imo is that if you are an alcoholic, alcohol withdrawal can kill you. 001
Cllr Sam Casey-Rerhaye @samcaseyr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Apart 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 000
Cllr Sam Casey-Rerhaye @samcaseyr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Yes 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 010
Cllr Sam Casey-Rerhaye @samcaseyr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026And so nice to see that waiting in a bicycle queue lets you have a chat with your fellow cyclists 🚴 001
Cllr Sam Casey-Rerhaye @samcaseyr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Really 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!?) 130
Reposted by Cllr Sam Casey-RerhayeOxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The 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. 095
Cllr Sam Casey-Rerhaye @samcaseyr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026www.theguardian.com/environment/... When you hear politicians say ‘less regulation, less red tape’ & other related fatuous comments, remember this: #votegreenparty #environment #cleanriverstheguardian.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 ... 032
Cllr Sam Casey-Rerhaye @samcaseyr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Indeed, 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 000
Reposted by Cllr Sam Casey-RerhayeOxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The 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. 3216
Reposted by Cllr Sam Casey-Rerhayesianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 23/09/2026This 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...theguardian.comFar-right activist Daniel Thomas slashes dinghy in Channel with blade while rescue worker onboardThomas called followers to protest against arrival of asylum seekers in Gosport, but Border Force instead transported them to Dover 024561
Cllr Sam Casey-Rerhaye @samcaseyr.bsky.social · 22/09/2026@annpettifor.bsky.social saying similar stuff 010
Reposted by Cllr Sam Casey-RerhayeCaroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Deeply 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 worldnews.sky.comSir Ed Davey says Jackdaw gas field 'makes sense' as decision looms for governmentA consultation on the gas field - located 150 miles northeast of Aberdeen - closed last month, with the prime minister set to make a decision. 36564189
Cllr Sam Casey-Rerhaye @samcaseyr.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Any 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 000