Peter West

Come to Headington to shop and have a picturesque view of bikes / scooters both stationary and parked on the pavement.

I’m Not sure they have a PM Question time as he doesn’t answer questions; they should rename the session PM brief(ish) statement time!

Just opened a letter from the hospital telling me about an appointment this morning unfortunately it arrived after my appointment!! Not the hospital’s fault, the letter was sent a week ago!!

@LittleNinjaUK The Royal National Insitute for the Blind has already objected to cycle routes being between bus stops and roads and I have objected on behalf of Oxtalk (Oxford & District Talking News) but ignored. I’ve alteady aware of a cyclist knocking over someone getting off a bus)

The low cost equitable solution. The pavement space taken for cycle lanes should instead be used to widen bus lanes. Pedestrians would have access to & from the bus stop without crossing cycle routes and cyclists can safely pass buses at bus stops. E-bikes on roads not pavements!

@tonybrett What’s that got to do with the thread?

@PeterOneH The electorate appears not to be with you, buddy.

Oxford is becoming g a disaster zone for traffic; minor issues on the ring roads and there is chaos in and around Oxford. Good job we’ve got the Lib - Dems in charge!

@tonybrett It’s a pity the lib - dems avoided mentioning their traffic policies but did say they would stop the Thames Water debacle for which they have no control at county level.

@BurnsideWasTosh 👍👍

I see that the Oxford City Labour managed council is now opposing the traffic policies that they unanimously voted for and helped design. The party had an opportunity to vote against the policies recently but decided to abstain. It must an election coming up!

Kier Starmer states he’s never lost a fight; I recall someone supporting a second referendum; also making so many u - turns by his government gives me the the impression that he hasn’t lost a fight, because he gives in before it starts!!

I see the Labour Party have temporarily chosen not to ditch the captain in order that they can all go down together! What a party!!

The old saying is ‘Advisors advise, ministers decide’ so Starmer should be going and taking McSweeney with him for giving poor advice.

@ReconnectingOx @rail_guns Depends on whether they think they’ll get re-elected or not. Principles are not considered!

Apparently, Oxford City Labour councillors are now opposed to expanding Oxford's zero emmision zone - despite @rail_guns fronting up a city report endorsing it. So will their county colleagues be voting against spending £3.8m developing the scheme at next week's budget meeting?

@ReconnectingOx @eastoxbusiness The council is being led by councillors who are trying to get emissions down to zero without acknowledging the implications or cost; the law of diminishing returns! Is applicable.

Oxford City Council is talking shite when it claims - in its draft air quality action plan - that extending the zero emmision zone to cover the city centre "should significantly reduce air pollution". There's little pollution left - and half of that remains comes from buildings.

I hear that the council have stopped publicising their footfall and spend data. I wonder why?

@ReconnectingOx Not a good advert for the pro cycling lobbies in Oxford where the council’s traffic policies are crucifying some businesses that didn’t get any support or subsidies from either the council or the government.

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@jonsopel He would be in court if he was treated simply as a member of the public , never mind being ‘asked’ to resign.

It is frankly staggering that Craig Guildford has not resigned. He told MPs the Jewish community had been consulted and approved the decision. They hadn’t been and didn’t. He said they relied on intel from Dutch police. The Dutch contradicted that And he told MPs the force hadn’t used AI. They had. How can you have trust in a Chief Constable - a Chief Constable for goodness sake - who seems to struggle with the truth? Someone who repeatedly misled parliament. This looks like a classic case from the darker days of policing of reaching a judgement first and then massaging/cooking/inventing the evidence to justify it. It is shameless

@cargilb @ediz1975 Didn’t see that in the higher code! The bigger problem is the cyclist ignoring the code altogether! But what do you expect!!

@ediz1975 the motorcyclist is supposed to be in the center of the lane.

Cyclist cycles on wrong side of the road …. To stay safe obviously but then collided with a motorcycle…. Who is at fault here ?

Is there a new meal called ‘Chicken Kier’ or is it just a Labour rumour?

Excellent weekend; Xmas evening with Xmas tree, band and carols in Wilkins Road, organised by Saj and Mohammed, plus the Oxford Civic Society have published a ‘Walks in Oxford 2026 A4 calendar (£10) using 3 of my photos !