"babies born to black mothers were 81% more likely to die in neonatal care and that babies whose mothers lived in the most deprived areas had a 63% higher risk." www.bmj.com/content/391/...

Whole fucking thing makes me sick to my stomach. An abject fucking liar, a man who lies as easily as he fucking breathes, threatening an organisation which strives for truthfulness. And plastic patriots like the Mail and Farage urging him on. Jackels.

This could be tremendous news for the region...

1.5⁰C is dead! 2.0⁰C is mostly dead...

"no going back to a majoritarian politics in which most voters loyally choose one of two archaic teams. All that has gone. What hasn’t yet occurred to most politicians is that the same applies to people in suits spouting cliches about “hardworking families”" Spot on @johnharris1969.bsky.social

Unsure how to communicate the congestion charge? Well the @oxfordclarion.bsky.social does it just fine...

$1trn. That is simply offensive. #Musk

The #Oxford Temporary Congestion Charge for Cars is off to a good start: Sreets that were jammed are now free. Buses can move as they should, and more people are using them. Essential services can get around. Great to go forward, not back to jams! news.oxfordshire.gov.uk/start-of-tem...

Nov 4th, 2025, Oxford, UK 06.30, 14⁰C.

My mother-in-law's fig tree has fruited twice this year (never twice previously), I still have tomatoes growing. It was 13⁰C at 7am this morning. We are screwed! #ClimateCatastrophe

We don't really care about this, do we? Probably because these are atrocities caused by poor brown people on other poor brown people. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Again and again, we are shocked by the treatment of learning-disabled people. Yet we never learn from the past | John Harris www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

As usual @johnharris1969.bsky.social is on the money here... At Glastonbury, I saw what England’s silent majority really looks like. Why aren’t politicians listening? | John Harris www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

If you, like Oxford Labour would like: * Cheaper and more accessible Public Transport * Action on private school traffic * More frequent P&R buses and shuttles Then support the Temporary Congestion Charge and in Q9 select the relevant options. 🗳️Consultation link: shorturl.at/FuVxo

Astonishing the number of #Labour #MPs marking 30years of the Srebrenica #Genocide without a hint of irony. #Gaza

It cannot be a preventative health service without addressing the social determinants of health, which this plan does not mention. Disappointing silo thinking. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

It's a fucked up world when Rachel Reeves crying affects our cost of living.

I wonder how many Palestinians were murdered overnight?

This!

102 killed today. But words are more hurtful apparently!

How inept, shambolic and embarassing this is for any Labour government. Let alone one with such a majority! www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ck...

Bus-stop bypasses. Here's the @livingstreets.bsky.social 2024 report: "If levels of cycling are to be significantly increased, and this is to become an ordinary, inclusive means of transport, then entirely ruling out the use of bus stop bypasses is not a viable option. "

"After that carers should stop enabling newly disabled people by refusing to look after them." Ouch! www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

God damn it I'm glad that Ireland exists.

Multinational tech, tax doging bastards they may be... But this is lovely...

Occasionally my brain comes to stop and thinks... "I can't believe a #Labour government is hitting the most vulnerable in society and actively putting more children into poverty 🤯"

Some excellent news for once... #NHS #BreastScreening www.nhs.uk/tests-and-tr...

“Worse than anything under the Tories.” For today’s Guardian, I spoke to leading disability campaigners about the government’s concessions and why they will urge MPs not to support the bill. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

"Reactions.. have been positive from Oxford’s bus companies, Cyclox, the Green Party, Oxford West's Lib Dem MP, and the Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel. Opponents include the Labour administration on the City Council, the Labour MP for Oxford East, and Labour’s county councillors."

For all his "Socialist" credentials, you do realise that the multi millionaire Michael Eavis has actively avoided paying tax. #Glastonbury #Hypocrite

This is a depressing read, unfortunately... Global, regional, and national trends in routine childhood vaccination coverage from 1980 to 2023 with forecasts to 2030: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 - The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Health inequalities ≠ care inequalities. Remember that.

📍The geography of disability benefit cuts & jobs Some of the places with the highest rates of claims have fewest vacancies to go round. Cuts will make sick and disabled people poorer. From @data.ft.com www.ft.com/content/51d2...

What does it say about me and my upbringing, I always viewed Class being about education primarily. Class no longer main dividing line in UK politics, survey shows www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

A fantastic piece by an excellent councillor. It cuts through the bullshit, hypocrisy and misinformation. @oxfordlabour.bsky.social councillors could learn something about the need to actually do something and not simply criticise and politicise. Chapeau Nathan Chapeau.

It is now only a byline ⅔ of the way down the page. 🇵🇸 At least 40 more Palestinians killed seeking aid in Gaza, say medics and officials www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Who are Keir Starmer's Labour party?! 😡 #PalestineAction

So are people getting their money back 🤔😂

Remember, on this fine Monday morning... "Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder. Help someone's soul heal. Walk out of your house like a shepherd." Rumi

Nestled in a 1500-word article about the behaviour of (some) people cycling in Paris, there is an important graphic. Of course, people being killed or injured by drivers of motor vehicles happens so frequently that it sometimes even ceases to make news. www.thetimes.com/world/europe...

So a run in with a #RoyalMail van today. Overtook me without predicting what was in front, he ended up blocking the Cowley Road. Idiot.

The A415 causeway is the main problem. It is currently a choice between a busy A-road or a narrow, bumpy, elevated footpath. So many who would like to cycle to Europa School and @ukaeaofficial.bsky.social are instead pushed into cars, adding to congestion, pollution, and road danger.

Public Health 101... IT DOESN'T MATTER! You should behave in the same way and avoid passing viruses on. 🤦‍♂️ www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/health/...

So Oxford...

Oxford Labour coming out against the Congestion Charge & offering no policy alternatives, saying people want "less congestion" and "to be listened to." So like the recent Labour-sponsored Citizens Assembly which voted 74% in favour of a congestion charge?!? oxfordclarion.uk/citizens-ass...

Yay can I do my #CongestionCharge dance? #Oxford

Is this at all surprising when 31% of children live in poverty. Desperate people do desperate things, especially when the status quo has failed them...

What the government needs to do with the spending review... www.health.org.uk/reports-and-...

And we had a fantastic time. Bought some lovely stuff and ate a scrumptious lunch.