Such an excellent start to a Friday! A third trip for me to St Frideswide. #BikeBus as they were short a marshall. The kids were zooming around having fun for ages beforehand too. Three cheers for @cycloxoxford.bsky.social et al. & @holybollards.bsky.social for making sure today's went ahead!

The highway boundary here extends to the buildings. The council should put bollards up to keep cars from driving onto the pavement as none of this space belongs to the properties here. oxfordshiremaps.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappv...

Road deaths are falling (good) but are still monstrously high (unacceptable): there were four deaths a day on UK roads in 2024. This is avoidable - we need political willpower to get there. #VisionZero www.gov.uk/government/s...

Amen! Sign the petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

Our transport spokesperson @greenmattbfd.bsky.social : "Bradford and our district need NPR to deliver the economic boost we have been promised for years. "Every delay sends a message that our communities are being treated as an afterthought compared with London and the South East." 👏👏👏

There are lots of transport consultations on the go - this is a really short&easy one. A great warm up! My comment 'It is so important that every resident in Oxford has somewhere secure to store their bike. We are a long way from achieving this but these proposals are a step in the right direction"

Bike parking replacing car parking (rather than on pedestrianised pavement space) is a win win for sustainable travel! Please do respond to this consultation! letstalk.oxfordshire.gov.uk/oxford_cycle...

I biked with my best friend to the hospital when he was having surgery to remove glioblastoma (brain cancer) tumors. Then, we changed our weekly breakfast date to "bike to radiation appointment" dates. Biking to health care is not just for typical appointments.

The congestion charge is going live on 29th October. Apply for permits here: www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/transport-an... For anyone not comfortable with using online applications they can call: 01865 519800 www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/contactus/co...

Cars take up so much space in our cities. What a shame that this commercial was advocating for cars and not people, despite what they say at the end. Let's share the space on our roads fairly. @andrewgant.bsky.social @greenpartyemma.bsky.social @emilykerr36.bsky.social

This is excellent. The Albion have always been very good on supporting local community and social action and this is another great example. (Also, lovely to see the closing scene on my old street in Hanover!)

A recent poll had Greens just ahead of Libdems and now we've overtaken them membership numbers across Great Britain. Greens are on the up! join.greenparty.org.uk

Two days left to sign a petition to stop airport expansion in the UK. It has over 10,000 signatures so the government will have to respond: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

So many ways in which that’s a terrible policy but one of them would certainly be “a Reform government suddenly discovering how many British people also have an Irish passport”

This is abhorrent environmental vandalism from Labour. There is no justification for expanding airports in a climate emergency. Labour should get on with building new railway lines - including HS2 in full - instead. #TrainsNotPlanes www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Further "Labour trying to appeal to Reform is a terrible strategy" evidence. Fantastic analysis here. They argue that UK voters have grouped into two blocks* - voters are shifting within these blocks much much more than between. * 🟢 Labour, Green, LibDem, SNP, Plaid 🔵 Tory and Reform

I welcome the fact that the UK has finally recognised the State of Palestine. This is a long-overdue affirmation of Palestinian dignity after decades of dispossession and suffering. It is one small step towards justice; but the UK can and should do far more.

Absurd. How little does this Government care about the climate? Squeezing out 100k more flights a year won’t improve people’s daily lives. Investing in a growing green economy to lower bills, create high-paid jobs and cut deadly air pollution will! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Like many people in the replies, I fundamentally disagree that there is no other choice for the British left than Your Party working out. There already is a "genuinely democratic conference and socialist party" - @greenparty.org.uk

Taking over Oxford’s streets, bicycles of all shapes and sizes, such a joyful community event. Excellently organised by @cycloxoxford.bsky.social - let’s make it even bigger next year!

Amazing turn out of ~200 for #KidicalMass today! A huge thank you to @cycloxoxford.bsky.social and the Marshall. It's really moving seeing small children pedal around their city independently. Safe cycling routes means more freedom for everyone - perhaps especially children. 2/

Update: A Green Party of England & Wales spokesperson tells me they've just broken 78,000 members Which means the party has jumped 5,000 in less than 5 days. Picking up a lot of Your Party backers no doubt And it's up by 10,000 - about 15% - since Zack Polanski was elected leader. A big cash boost

KIDDICAL MASS OXFORD today - couldn’t have asked for a nicer day, let’s GOOOO! 🚲🚲🚲🚲

Oxford Green Party is now on Instagram. Give them a follow! www.instagram.com/oxford.green...

Demonstrators faced each other outside a hotel used to house asylum seekers in Oxford today. Pro immigration protesters numbered around 100 and bore placards saying ‘Hope not Hate’, ‘Everyone is welcome here’ and ‘The only minority destroying the country are billionaires.’

Proud to be part of this peaceful celebration of protecting refugees and standing up to hate. We also had better tunes!

Really proud of Oxford Green friends at the counter demonstration today. #RefugeesWelcome

The countdown is on! Join thousands of new members at @greenparty.org.uk Conference in Bournemouth, our most exciting yet! Only a few tickets left. Grab yours (and your sparkly jumpsuit) today! 💚

WELL NOW!!! I don’t know who the heck edited this video together but they did a rather smashing job 😉😉 Give it a watch folks! Last week’s Haringey safari ride, to everyone’s favourite song right now. Haringey Loves Cycling 🙌🏻🙌🏻

It's so exciting to see more and more people join the Green Party. A huge welcome to Gordon and all new members! join.greenparty.org.uk

Somerville College’s proposed new Ratan Tata Building, in the Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, has been given planning permission by Oxford City Council. The building will be mostly teaching and learning space with tutor offices, study space and seminar rooms.

'These are the rules - oh, but they don't apply to us' - see also Boris Johnson's Government and CV19 law breaches in Downing Street.

Some bicycle racks in the stubs by the planters could a) provide more bike parking and b) prevent this dangerous and anti social parking.

Shot / chaser

Oxford people - tomorrow (Saturday) morning at 11.30 there is a gathering at the Holiday Inn Express near the Kassam Stadium to counter anti-refugee protesters.

We've hit 74k 75k by the end of the night? Am I asking too much? Let's go, let's grow! join.greenparty.org.uk

join.greenparty.org.uk @zackpolanski.bsky.social

I think they're banking on inequality rising faster than sea levels... Or to mix metaphors from the lockdowns "we're all in the same storm, we're not all in the same boat" We cannot trust oil executives to do the right thing.

If you want join in a true democratic revolution a political party already exists that is fighting to end the establishment rule and make life better for everyone. Join us here👇 join.greenparty.org.uk/join-us/

'We cannot claim to stand with Palestine while undermining the unified, strategic voice of its people. If we are serious about justice, then we must do more than signal support, we must practice principled solidarity.'

All political tribes can be hypocritical but the right's current level of hypocrisy on free speech is deliberate. It's an assertion of power not a blindspot.

Brilliant article. "I agree that the tent needs to be expanded, the coalition needs to grow, and minds need to change, and I agree that bragging about having been right early on is not useful to anyone. But there are also real dangers to sidestepping a reckoning" www.thenation.com/article/worl...

Undertaxing large and dangerous cars, such as so-called SUVs, exposes the public to harm and loses the Government around £2 billion in tax, says transport consultant @transportenvironment.org www.theguardian.com/money/2025/s...

Labour are too timid in their approach to rail nationalisation - they're leaving the most lucrative bits so the banks that own them can carry on creaming off profit. We say nationalise it ALL, including the fat-cat Rolling Stock Companies! We support this campaign.

Manifold curses! Bad news: I have covid (v faint line but there). Good news: I tested before I was due to go to Birmingham for a packed work meeting so haven't taken my viruses there. Do a ) test if you have any symptoms - it's about and b) send me your best Netflix and Iplayer recommendations 🙏

The whole idea of massively increasing parking provision in 2025 is preposterous. With the new development they should be looking at slashing the number of parking places and instead providing the best possible provision for active travel.

Plans for a new railfreight hub and warehousing site at Ardley, north Oxfordshire, are going out to consultation. The plans envisage an “intermodal rail terminal” between Heyford Airfield (itself proposed as the site of Heyford Park new town) and the Chiltern main line railway.

🅿️ Removing parking is one of the most effective ways to reduce car use: theconversation.com/12-best-ways... 🤦‍♀️ @ox.ac.uk Warneford Hospital proposes adding ~50% more car parking.. 📝 Sign Headington Liveable Streets' petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/no... www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2546328...

*Appeal for witnesses* This is absolutely horrific - a driver in a grey Mercedes deliberately ran over two men on St Clements on 13/9 at around 10.30pm, in what the police believe to be a targeted attack. More details: ⬇️ www.thamesvalley.police.uk/news/thames-...

For anyone needing some music for these dark times- I recommend this excellent antifascist playlist @chrisjarvisdiy.bsky.social made. open.spotify.com/playlist/62Z... My current favourite song on it: "All you fascists bound to lose", Woody Guthrie. youtu.be/VwcKwGS7OSQ?...