Feeling despondent at the Reform gains across the country? They are counting on your despair. Labour don't have answers. The Prime minister thinks this is the moment to 'deliver faster' on the same tepid centrism that is handing this country to the far-right. Join the real fight back!

The Oxford Mail knew exactly what it was doing with this headline, but we won't complain about having a front page spread and more control on Oxford City Council! 📰🏛️💚 @oxfordgreenparty.bsky.social

The Oxford Mail knew exactly what it was doing with this headline, but we won't complain about having a front page spread and more control on Oxford City Council! 📰🏛️💚 @oxfordgreenparty.bsky.social

GREENS FIRST PLACE IN OXFORD!! We won NINE Councillors last night - the most EVER in a single election, taking five from labour to a total of 13!! Thank you to the 13,000+ people who supported us - this is an unmistakable Green WAVE with only bigger things to come. 💚

Love this photo from around 5 am this morning of 9/13 Oxford City Green councillors sat on the floor of the count room

Great work @oxfordgreenparty.bsky.social! One of five gains from Labour overnight, taking Green council number to 13. Congratulations also to other target winners James Thorniley, Alfie Davis, Sushila Dhall and Edward Mundy

‼️RESULT | Oxford City Council: 🟢Grn: 32% (+14) 🔴Lab: 31% (-13) 🟠Lib: 15% (-2) ➡️Ref: 10% (+10) 🔵Con: 6% (-2) ⚪️Oth: 6% (-7) { Won } 🔴Lab: 10 (-5) 🟢Grn: 9 (+5) 🟠Lib: 4 (-) ⚪️Ind: 1 (-) { After } 🔴Lab: 20 (-5) 🟢Grn: 13 (+5) 🟠Lib: 9 (-) ⚪️Ind: 6 (-) x.com/LeftieStats/...

💚 Outstanding result for @oxfordgreenparty.bsky.social, holding four and gaining five wards compared to the previous election, bringing us to 13 councillors (the most we've ever had). 🥳 📈 We also came second in several wards without actively campaigning there, showing potential for future growth. 🌱

You should listen to this because it's a great book that a lot of people will be interested in for its nuanced attention to gender, digital platforms, and labour...but also it's the first podcast I've hosted to mention twink death 😌

📚 Thank you to @rinewithoutacat.bsky.social for a thoughtful (and playful) conversation about my book 'Not Sex Work: Queer Intimacy, Post-identity and Incidental Encounters in the Digital Era' for the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social Human Rights series. 🎧 Listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/not-sex-work

Campaigning in the local elections requires lots of energy, so remember to keep yourselves well fed. One of mine and @apowelllaw.bsky.social's regular lunch spots is Aleppo's Falafel on Marston Street. 🥙

There quickly comes a point at which reasonable investigation of a candidate or party leader on the left tips into deranged obsession. Their real crime is to challenge power. They must be demonised and neutralised at all costs. Armies of journalists are deployed to unearth whatever they can.

Greens work harder to deliver for their communities. Vote Green on Thursday. 🗳️ ✅

Getting lots of love for this rather lovely bench which is actually mostly @rosierawle.bsky.social and @maxmorris.bsky.social - we talked about it and thought it would stop anti-social parking and improve that corner & it seems to be doing so.

This Thursday we have a chance to say NO to Labour - to demonstrate to the government that their direction - attacking the most vulnerable, mirroring Reform and governing like the Tories is REJECTED by the people of Oxford.

The force is strong (and Green) in Cowley this year! Join us to get the amazing @edwardmundy.bsky.social elected in Cowley ward!!

Go Sushila!!!!

Another exciting day knocking doors in Carfax and Jericho ward to get the amazing Sushila Dhall elected to Oxford City Council. 🌳 We need everyone who can to join us for this final push, with just four days left to persuade voters! ❎ Follow @oxfordgreenparty.bsky.social for further information. 💚

We've heard some parties are falsely pushing the tactical voting' line in order to scare people into voting for them - don't fall for it!! The numbers don't lie - Reform's performance across Oxford was poor last May, and their polling has declined slightly since then.

Gorgeous morning in Osney and St Thomas ward campaigning to get the brilliant Lois Muddiman re-elected to Oxford City Council. ☀️ Please remember that the election is just five days away on Thursday 7th May. 🗳️ Now's the time to show your support for @oxfordgreenparty.bsky.social across our city! 💚

Gorgeous morning in Osney and St Thomas ward campaigning to get the brilliant Lois Muddiman re-elected to Oxford City Council. ☀️ Please remember that the election is just five days away on Thursday 7th May. 🗳️ Now's the time to show your support for @oxfordgreenparty.bsky.social across our city! 💚

What will the political parties do for cycling in Oxford? On 7th May, Oxford city councillors are up for election. We asked every party for an interview, with only the Greens, Labour and Lib Dems taking part. Watch our in-depth interviews about their plans for cycling: www.youtube.com/@cyclox6376

Big thanks to Green Party MP Carla Denyer and Green Party Oxford for stopping by recently to show their support for our Save the UPP campaign 🙏 👀 savetheupp.com

Thanks to @edwardmundy.bsky.social for representing @oxfordgreenparty.bsky.social in the @bbcoxford.bsky.social radio debate today (starts from 3:06:25). Loved everything he brought into focus, from health inequalities to rent controls ("look up Vienna" was a highlight) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Busy and beautiful weekend campaigning with @oxfordgreenparty.bsky.social in Marston, Donnington, and Cowley to get the brilliant Kate, Rosie, and Edward re-elected to Oxford City Council. Join us for the next one greenoxford.com/events/ 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚

MEET (Some of) YOUR CANDIDATES! -we're proud to have a diverse range of community champions and everyday activists, from all walks of life across our amazing city, representing the Green vision for Oxford!!

all the deadlines you need to know if you want to vote on May 7! 👇

Thank you @carladenyer.bsky.social for coming to visit us at @oxfordgreenparty.bsky.social - what a fantastic day! I was very glad to show our support for the Save the Ultimate Picture Palace campaign, and the work that Refugee Resource do. savetheupp.com www.refugeeresource.org.uk

Keep dancing, everyone! Join.greenparty.org.uk

Great to write with @raawiyah.bsky.social and Calogero Giametta on the realities of LGBTIQA+ asylum following the BBC's deeply misleading and harmful reporting last week. theconversation.com/there-is-som...

An absolute pleasure for @oxfordgreenparty.bsky.social to host @carladenyer.bsky.social yesterday for our action day. An amazing turnout for some important conversations ahead of elections on May 7th. Particularly glad to visit the Ultimate Picture Palace and support their campaign to Save the UPP

Huge thank you to @carladenyer.bsky.social for visiting Oxford today to support our local candidates and councillors, alongside meeting campaigners for UPP and Refugee Resource. 💚

Thanks to @left-foot-forward.bsky.social for this chance to respond to the BBC's deeply flawed 'investigation' into the UK asylum system. leftfootforward.org/2026/04/we-n...

Had a lovely time presenting my research on how HIV positive people are represented by media then sitting down to discuss with @matthewhodson.bsky.social for the @thinkhumanfest.bsky.social. Managed to be a very flawed *human* by tripping over and unplugging the clearly marked projector wire twice!!

With the delightful @maxmorris.bsky.social after joining them in Oxford for a talk on media depictions of HIV.

Ironically the BBC stumbled on a really important story: Desperate asylum seekers being forced to turn to fraudulent fee-charging “advisors” to navigate a system that is intentionally impossibly baroque and from which all sources of free advice have been removed. But no: they chose Fake Gay Panic.

Final reminder that this event is happening TOMORROW from 5pm in the East Oxford Community Centre. I'll be sharing some reflections on interviews I did with HIV positive people about how we've been (and could be better) represented culturally, followed by a discussion, with refreshments provided! ☕

Powerful performances at this evening's @thinkhumanfest.bsky.social event, 'Try Me For Treason', where actors read speeches made by anti-war protesters in Russian courts.

Since 2012 the UK has treated all people with HIV, irrespective of nationality or immigration status. Treatment prevents HIV transmission so it’s good for the health of all of us to have every person with HIV treated. Farage’s policy would lead to more HIV cases and greater health costs.

Final reminder that this event is happening TOMORROW from 5pm in the East Oxford Community Centre. I'll be sharing some reflections on interviews I did with HIV positive people about how we've been (and could be better) represented culturally, followed by a discussion, with refreshments provided! ☕

BBC News using anecdotal evidence to suggest that there is a "vast problem" of asylum seekers "pretending" to be gay is not "investigative journalism", which is supposed to hold power to account (e.g. looking into the Home Office's flawed processes). This will only stir up hatred towards minorities.

What can I say, I like men with big... wallets! 👀

Join me and @maxmorris.bsky.social this Thursday (16th) for ‘Re-centring the Human in Representations of HIV’ at the East Oxford Community Centre. FREE tickets available here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/recentring...

HUGE doesn’t even behind to describe it at our 2026 CAMPAIGN LAUNCH!!! We were thrilled to host by FAR our biggest ever campaign launch. We’re ready to win the most seats and the most votes in these elections. People are ready for change! 💚

One of my favourite photos from yesterday's @oxfordgreenparty.bsky.social campaign and manifesto launch, just as the hail stones started raining down on us! 🌨️🌱☀️ Soon the residents of St Clement's ward will have an opportunity to be represented by two of the best people I know, Ahalya and Alex! ✊💚🤩

My face muscles are still sore from smiling so much. What an incredible day! What an incredible team of people to turn Oxford Green and make hope normal again. Huge thank you to Roger Close for the photos.

The Green Party has launched its manifesto for the Oxford City Council elections, pledging to build a ‘fairer, greener and more equal city’. They say that the manifesto was written following thousands of doorstep conversations with voters and responds to the big issues that residents have raised.

Great to be in Oxford today supporting Ahalya and the rest of the amazing @oxfordgreenparty.bsky.social candidates!

My mum complimented my makeup skills and asked for advice ahead of her wedding this summer, so that's all the validation I needed thank you very much!

📣 ONE WEEK to go! Join me and @matthewhodson.bsky.social in the newly refurbished East Oxford Community Centre for this free @thinkhumanfest.bsky.social event next Thursday, with refreshments provided. ☕ 🤩 Please register to attend. ⬇️