Emily Smith 🔶

Donald Trump is gunning for the BBC, and Farage is cheering him on. Want to know why? Follow the money…

Nature not a blocker to housing growth, inquiry finds Commons committee report challenges ‘lazy narrative’ used by ministers that scapegoats wildlife and the environment

This is not a suprise.
It's like the 'planning committees are blockers' argument.
Call me old fashioned but I think policy should be based on facts and evidence.
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Very happy to be supporting Janey for Lib Dem Federal Board 💪

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Cllr Andrew Dodds

Anneliese Dodds MP

Oxfordshire County Council's cabinet member for transport, Andrew Gant, has fired back at Oxford East MP Anneliese Dodds over the city’s temporary congestion charge. In a five-page open letter, the LibDem councillor calls Labour’s opposition to it “grotesque, upsetting and bizarre”.

Very well deserved 🎉

Community celebrates official opening of long-awaited skate park The opening of Botley Skate Park has been officially celebrated after the previous one was delayed due to bad weather.

Such a great opening jam marking the opening of the lllloooonnngggg awaited #Botley Skate Park at the weekend 🛹

Wonderful to see this facility bring the community, all ages and backgrounds, together 😍

Angela Rayner accidentally pays less tax than she should have, resigns, and the media gives her hell.

Nigel Farage deliberately pays less tax than he should have, and the media gives him a free pass.

That, right there, is the problem.

Dear Mr Farage Welcome to Oxfordshire. You came here to talk about “mass deportations” but made no effort to understand the people or challenges of this community. Your proposals offer no costed plan. Daily flights, new detention centres and vast surveillance systems would cost billions. Empty slogans are not a substitute for serious policy. It did not go unnoticed that you spoke just minutes from Campsfield House, where a detention centre is being rebuilt despite local opposition and past scandals. Yet you chose not to meet residents living with those consequences. You often invoke Winston Churchill, born here in Oxfordshire. He spent his career grappling with difficult truths and forging alliances in our national interest. Instead of sowing division, we should build on that legacy. Our immigration system is broken after years of Government failure. It needs urgent, practical reform: fair, managed migration to meet workforce shortages, a faster asylum system and support for those fleeing war and persecution. That requires cooperation and honesty, not division. If you return, I would be glad to show you Oxfordshire’s real story: businesses thriving thanks to home and overseas talent, health and care services desperate for staff and residents supporting refugees with compassion. You would see a community interested in solving problems, not fuelling conflict. Yours sincerely Calum Miller MP

I have written to Nigel Farage in response to his visit to my constituency of Bicester and Woodstock today.

St. George's Cross flag on bridge on A34

Banner reading 'asylum seekers welcome'

Further flags over the A34 were replaced overnight with a banner reading 'Asylum Seekers Welcome', following a protest at the Kassam yesterday. Oxfordshire has been a county of sanctuary since February 2024. news.oxfordshire.gov.uk/oxfordshire-...

An interesting tool that shows @whitehorsedc.bsky.social bucking the house building trend and exceeding governments, again www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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I had the pleasure of interviewing Miriam Margolyes earlier this week for @bigissue.com. 🎤

The full interview will be out soon, but due to the latest news on Palestine today, I thought I’d share this clip early. 👇

Miriam Margolyes: “I feel it particularly because I’m Jewish”. 💬

Was great to join other Friends of the Earth groups at the Westminster lobby to call for action on climate, nature and justice. We had productive meetings with Freddie van Mierlo, Anneliese Dodds, Olly Glover, Callum Miller and Sean Woodcock 🌍💚

Lib Dems hold on to seat in Oxfordshire council by-election The Lib Dems have held their seat by a landslide in a recent Vale of White Horse District Council by-election in Oxfordshire.

Great result!

Well done Ben!

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Wantage, Grove, Wallingford, Botley... Towns and service centres are all specified in local plans, surely easy to compile a list 🤷

Pretty happy with this result 😁🔶 Huge congratulations to my new ward colleague Cllr Ben Potter 🎉

It's Polling Day in #Botley and #Sunningwell Ward
Don't forget to vote for a new District Councillor to work alongside me at @whitehorsedc.bsky.social

Thank you to the council staff running the polling stations today - stay cool!

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Strengthening leaseholder protections over charges and services: consultation

📣 The government is asking for feedback on reforms aimed at giving leaseholders of homes more transparency and control over service charges and quality of work.

These issues are raised frequently by constituents so do respond with your views by September 26th.

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Only city residents? I think there would be a lot of support for this across the county

Really encouraging shift towards supporting voting reform. I am definitely part of the 60%.

Voter apathy is rife, and making every vote count and removing the need for tactical voting would surely help reverse that.

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🔶 Such a fun (although hot 🥵) day campaigning for Ben Potter in #Botley today.
🙏 Huge hanks to @laylamoran.bsky.social @ollyglover.bsky.social and @libdemsoxon.bsky.social friends from across the county for your help. @whitehorsedc.bsky.social #By-Election @assoclibdemcllrs.bsky.social

My induction into being Cabinet Member for Planning Development has included visiting some impressive energy efficient housing developments and a @bbowt.bsky.social Habitat Bank to learn more about climate and nature friendly development 🌱🏘️ @whitehorsedc.bsky.social @libdemlocalgov.bsky.social

Oooh, you mean it's OK to leave, realise it's a mistake, then rejoin? 😉

But the base line salary is within the National Living Wage for someone over the age of 20 which is pretty important to clarify.

Where did you get 40hrs a week from? I work full-time and my hours are 37.5 a week.

Congratulations @charltonathletic.bsky.social 🎉 A bit tense at time but a great match to watch

So grateful to @oxfordprestrust.bsky.social for such lovely green spaces for #Botley folk to enjoy.

*Photo doesn't do the meadow and the views justice
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This is wonderful news for #Abingdon 😊🎉

The rhetoric coming from the PM this week fills me with sadness.

@amcarmichaelmp.bsky.social is spot on here. For a so-called 'progressive' party, Labour has this frighteningly wrong.