*looks out the window* Is this a good time to remind you all about our guest article on helping to prevent flood risk with plants?! oxfordclarion.uk/how-plants-c...

Botley Road businesses Warlands Cycles, Jericho Coffee Traders and Spanner Works will launch a pop up shop in Broad Street this weekend. The initiative, from Oxford City Council and Network Rail, is timed to take advantage of festive trade and located at the heart of Oxford's Christmas events.

15 new affordable homes in Westlands Drive, Northway, have been given the go-ahead. City Council housing arm Ox Place is building them as a “low car development”, with just 3 car spaces (2 wheelchair users, 1 visiting carers) but bike spaces for each house plus communal storage.

💚 Greens are in second place for (I think) the first time ever in a poll. 🥀 First we replace Labour. Then we overtake Reform. 📩 Help us get there: join.greenparty.org.uk

of COURSE Reform know Brexit has made us poorer, and will do so for many years. That's the whole point. Reform have no success if the people in this country are happy and satisfied. They thrive on people being frustrated and angry. They NEED as many of us to be poor and without perspective.

Transport hubs were one of the key things disabled people in our recent research recommended. One place, where people can walk, wheel and cycle to catch buses, trams and trains; with seating, shelter and accessible toilets whilst we wait.

📈 It feels like yesterday I was impatient for us to break the 70k ceiling 🤯 We've almost doubled our members since then 💚 Huge kudos to @zackpolanski.bsky.social @rachelmillward.bsky.social @mothinali.bsky.social for inspiring so many people 🌱 There's room for so many more: join.greenparty.org.uk

Spot on “Many of Labour’s younger voters are already tempted by the Green Party, which combines environmentalism with left wing economics. Now by mocking Green protections & cosying up to developers, chancellor is giving them more reasons to jump ship”. So here it is join.greenparty.org.uk/join-us/

An unexpected and cheerful review of @emilykerr36.bsky.social and mine's recent antics in @oxfordclarion.bsky.social this week, from railways to beavers. "Very chipper" is a wonderful understatement on @greenparty.org.uk surging membership numbers. I personally have been bouncing off walls.

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

Have you been missing leafletting? Your prayers have been answered! Sunday 17th August - come over to Marston and help us inform residents about the amazing work @katejo99.bsky.social is doing as a City Councillor. Free & incredibly delicious lunch included.* actionnetwork.org/events/keep-...

Word of the day is ‘swullocking’, from 19th-century East Anglian dialect: sultry, sweltering, and sudiferous (sweat-inducing).

I've been disrupted by cut off water like 1000s of others.Schools & libraries have shut & JR has been on red alert.We must prioritise the most vulnerable.Oxford is at bursting point! Thames Water have underinvested for years. Good reason to bring it under public ownership www.itv.com/news/meridia...

Just love this Oxford charity shop tale. 💚📚

I'm supporting the Oxford Campaign led by @acornunion.bsky.social to stop bad landlords. There are 100s of bad landlords in Oxford and only 18 improvement notices were handed out last year by Oxford City Council. This needs to improve. @sheltercharity.bsky.social

Excellent news

Labour should be tacking left a) because austerity is a morally and economically bankrupt policy and b) it's a sensible strategy for them electorally. Tory voters are heading for Reform far far more than Labour voters are.

It’s raining, it’s raining, it’s raining!!! Bristol, 26 May 2025. My whole garden is dancing!! #Bristol #Rain #2025Images

"The Global Majority Greens find the Prime Minister’s racist immigration speech made on Monday to be an example of a government that is deflecting from its own incompetence in managing the country’s economy." Read our full statement in the screenshots that follow

We had so much fun at our #Oxford #KidicalMass ride on Sunday! Great to see so many people of all ages and capabilities there. Find out more about us cyclox.org

Great way to build up confidence with your family - cycling through Oxford. I hope to be meeting the Headington, Northway and Marston group at the JR Hospital point at 2pm. :-)

Just did BBC Radio Oxfordshire talking about our Green success in doubling from 3-7 Cllrs on the County Council and our positive policies of social change and economic and social justice. Join us and support our vision for a better and more sustainable future. 💚🌳

(... which is more than Reform, by the way)

💚 Thank you to all the staff who made the elections possible. 💚 Thank you to my amazing campaign managers @jamesthorniley.bsky.social @moosealston.bsky.social @chrisjarvisdiy.bsky.social for an incredible campaign. ⬇️ Thanks in video format below.

Got some more trees planted! Thanks to Oxfordshire CC’s community orchard budget we have six new little fruit trees on Meadow Lane Rec some of interesting fruit types. Thanks to IFRA (esp Tom) who worked with me on this and the team who actually planted them. MORE TREES!!

Huge thanks to Oxford City Council's excellent OXClean initiative.... And of course the wonderful #Marston volunteers, Marston Eco Group and local area of Croft Road Rec, who make it all happen. A sunny Sunday also helps. :-)

International Women's Day perfect for watching Under 14s Girls Mansfield Rd Football Team, then #Marston Cycle Hub to fix my bike, then Marston Community Gardening Allotment. Powerful. Supportive. Co-operative. (I love the fact that Loise - Bike Doctor looks like she has a light-saber in her hand!)

Nothing like spot of local community tree mulching and snowdrop planting to keep warm on cold February days... Huge thanks to @communityfirstoxon.bsky.social #Oxfordcityfootballclub, @cagoxfordshire.bsky.social #OXSRAD #OxfordBrookes for their support.

Exeter and Hertford Colleges have put in a Planning Application for a major refurbishment of sports facilities in New Marston. Remember to make your comments in the consultation before 11 February. That's 3 more days! public.oxford.gov.uk/online-appli...

Libraries are some of my favourite places. I'm in and out of the Oxfordshire Westgate library all the time. I love their recent book displays for Veganuary and "Short books for short days". Go and checkout their photo exhibition- it's free and closes tomorrow!

And home again! H2 bus empty and roads full . ... #loveyourbus

On my morning commute from Oxford to Witney. Bus is empty except me and one other person. Traffic gridlock all the way. #crazytimes #publictransport

Children facing a ‘happiness recession’ says laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce

Watching #Strictly final tonight. Could we form a new electoral system based on the joy and heart of strictly, with the head, dialogue and nuance of Citizens Assemblies? #strictlydemocracy.

Looking forward to the week ahead. I have a meeting with the Managing Director of Oxford Bus Company about our local bus in Marston - the X3. If you have any questions for him - please message me... :-)

Out and about tonight in #Marston #Oxford with amazing youth workers, Paula and Callum. It is hugely important work, to make sure young people sense that they are valued and belong in their local community. #future

I’ve worked alongside the amazing Mary Colwell for years on the Natural History GCSE & it was *not* a Tory initiative. It was agreed due to huge pressure campaigners brought to it. It’s a pity we’ve got to do it all over again with Labour - but we will! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Students from an East Oxford primary school have planted a 'mini forest' of 980 saplings in collaboration with Protect Earth and @emilykerr36.bsky.social The children learned about the role of trees in suporting ecosystems and fighting climate change. www.protect.earth/blog/a-fores...

Proud of Oxford City Greens last night at Oxford City Council for this motion - which was hugely supported. This is a first step (get it!?) towards a future Oxford which is more equal, healthy, accessible and happy.

The Clarion on mine and @maxmorris.bsky.social motion about making Oxford more walkable. Looking forward to discussing this tonight at full council. oxfordclarion.uk/is-oxford-a-...

"This COP has tested the patience of everyone who wants to see the devastating climate crisis tackled. The final agreement is simply not good enough. It’s time to build a COP process free from fossil fuel influence." - Adrian Ramsay, Green Party Co-leader and MP for Waveney Valley.

Trying to keep positive. I've signed up to Bluesky and to @electheruk.bsky.social. Even attended an Electher check in online. Really supportive. Keeping the focus on local, community and listening.. #empathy #care #honesty

Brrr! With temperatures plunging, here's how we can help wildlife weather the cold. ❄️

🗣️ "There are too many people in employment not managing to get by." 📺 Green MP Ellie Chowns saying it as it is on Question Time tonight. Like what you're hearing? Join the Green Party today ⤵️ https://buff.ly/2DmcTix