Matt

I know statistics are poorly understood and are misused. But facts matter

Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them

‘Thick as Thieves’: Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage’s Putin Problem Far from being distant from the Reform UK Leader, insiders told Byline Times that the former MEP convicted of bribery was one of Farage’s closest aides, while we reveal how Gill worked on the Kremlin’...

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@bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12

I'm gonna change my name to Steve Stevens and put in a cheeky application for the job. Think I'll have all the right credentials

Plenty of industry tonight but perhaps lacking a little quality. Any away point is a good point though #oufc

Long term colleague of Nigel Farage and Former Leader of Reform UK in Wales

Ex-Reform politician admits Russia-linked bribery charges

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Where Is the Opposition to Nigel Farage's Immoral Mass Deportation Plan? Keir Starmer's Government's refusal to explicitly condemn the Reform leader's plans to tear thousands of families and communities apart is only clearing his path to Downing Street, argues Adam Bienkov

🔴Where Is the Opposition to Nigel Farage’s Immoral Mass Deportation Plan?

Keir Starmer’s refusal to explicitly condemn Farage's plans to tear thousands of families and communities apart is only clearing his path to Downing Street, argues @adambienkov.bsky.social

bylinetimes.com/2025/09/22/w...

This shit isn't just rhetoric, when they whip up hatred against foreigners there are real people's lives that get ruined as a result. All those numbers are people ultimately.

We get married in a few weeks and had been looking to buy our first house together soon after (in the time since we were last cleaned out by visa fees we've been saving like mad for a deposit).

I think we may need to start shifting priorities towards a return to Japan instead.

Farage vows to scrap indefinite leave to remain, placing thousands at risk of deportation Reform UK plans to force non-citizens to apply for visas, with high salary thresholds and no access to NHS services

Don't normally get too personal on here but this would force me and my partner to leave. She's Japanese and paid thousands of pounds in visa fees and NHS surcharges just to be allowed to stay here — she's never taken a penny in public funds.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Feels good to have that winning feeling back! First of many 💪 #oufc

It’s come to this: Keir Starmer is now just the warm-up act for Nigel Farage | Aditya Chakrabortty As Labour flounders and dabbles in the politics of hatred to gain a point or two, it is those far from power who will suffer most, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

This country’s only going one way if Keir Starmer keeps appeasing Nigel Farage – very well put by Aditya Chakrabortty:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/18/clear-keir-starmer-warm-up-act-nigel-farage

In 2022, historic Oxford book chain Blackwell's was bought by its high street rival Waterstones. Blackwell’s, which has its flagship store in Broad Street and a total of 18 bookshops, was put up for sale after its owners abandoned a plan to hand it to employees. There is also a Blackwell's at the Westgate Centre. Following Waterstones' move, William Baker House looks set to become a centre for Harry Potter.

It just keeps getting worse

Bear with me, I anticipate your disagreement. There is a clear pattern to the advice given to those who want to press back against rising racism. What it boils down to is that if you point out that racism is often being dressed up as “legitimate concerns” you will alienate people. /1

Very revealing about the culture of Starmer's Labour Party

US cash turned Tommy Robinson into the poster boy of UK f... Outside the Old Bailey in 2018, a reinvented Tommy Robinson flashed his perfect new teeth to 2,000 diehard supporters at a “free Tommy” rally on a stage ...

My colleague @thejohnsimpson.bsky.social has done a terrific deep dive into the financial links between US tech billionaires and Tommy Robinson

Well worth a read

observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

Thank goodness no one was wearing a Palestine Action t-shirt or it could've got nasty

Oh look, proof that the 'immigration crisis' is just a pack of lies

You were one of the first to do it! Way back when those YouTube videos were the only way I had of watching Conference match highlights while I was away at uni, a godsend

Excuse me for my ramblings but I did enjoy talking about some of the unusual #oufc related stuff on YouTube

YouTube video by You are my Oxford podcast S 2, Episode 4: Moore or Less? David Icke in goal; & losing yourself in an OUFC YouTube rabbit hole.

There’s so incredible content from #oufc Oxford’s past on YouTube. Matt Bruce @mattoufc.bsky.social takes us on a journey of discovery in the latest episode of You are my Oxford podcast. youtu.be/HXuqEG_qbnw

Melania has the chance to do the funniest thing ever right now

Way too many chips

Chipocalypse Now

Day Two of Reform conference, and we're getting the good stuff. At the Heartland Institute's fringe "Is Climate Realism Inevitable", we've learned that electric cars are part of a Marxist plot to control humanity, and heard calls for the abolition of the BBC.

One solitary line of text surrounded on all sides by adverts on an Oxford Mail news story

The good news: I found an Oxford Mail article that's not locked behind a paywall!

The bad news: it looks like this

If you fancy a good laugh, Swindon are playing Reading right now in the pointless trophy #oufc

Motormouth goon Jeremy Clarkson writes that he's considering moving to Dubai

I think he'd fit in just perfectly in Dubai

The Horizon system has a lot to answer for...

What could possibly go wrong?

Football result from the J3 League: Azul Claro Numazu 4 Tochigi City 5. A crazy game won by two stoppage-time goals from City

Holy shit

Maybe we should pay just a fifth of our water bills from now on...