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Robin Bennett

@robinfbennett.bsky.social

Musician, Festival organiser and Green Party Councillor

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Nate O@nateo.bsky.social · yesterday

Ex-PM Starmer said, in response to Raise the Colours terrorising people, ‘I am supporter of flags’, ‘I’m very encouraging of flags. I think they’re patriotic and I think they’re a great symbol of our nation’ and his family had ‘got St George’s flag in our flat’ www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Raise the Colours Oxfordshire organiser Ben Cullen head-butted a highways worker after police were called to McDonalds in Benson where highways staff were attempting to remove flags from lamp posts; Highways staff now wear unbranded PPE, work in unbranded vehicles, wear face coverings to hide their identity, and do not travel alone for fear of attacks; Highways staff working on streetlight maintenance, not flag removal, have been spat on and abused by RTC supporters; Cullen and his partner Trudy Wells posted the office addresses and phone numbers of highways depots online, leading to comments suggesting “hanging council workers from those same lamp posts”; RTC Oxfordshire fixed trackers to the vehicles used by highways staff, then used this to find out their home addresses – which have been published online, and repeated to staff with threatening messages; Highways depots now have to remain locked at all times; A highways contractor’s sponsorship of a children’s football club is being rethought after concerns that children could be targeted.
Cllr Dr Alex Powell@apowelllaw.bsky.social · yesterday

The campaign of harassment and intimidation Raise the Colours have undertaken against council staff, contractors, and members of the public as reported by the Clarion today is shocking if not surprising. Excellent reporting. oxfordclarion.uk/the-clarion-...

Adam Schwarz@adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 2w ago

When the story of why humanity didn't stop climate change is written, it will feature front pages like this. Even as the skies blacken with climate change-induced wildfires, right wing media continue their relentless crusade against measures to tackle it.

The Times: Net zero risks blackouts. Below a photo of French wildfires.
Tom Cox@dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Yes it could be argued that keeping up with world events is important but alternatively can I interest you in hugging an ancient mossy boulder that looks like a face and quietly listening while it tells you stories from centuries cloaked in mist.

A lovely mossy boulder with a face. I walked past this venerable stone gentleman on Dartmoor when I was beginning to write my first novel, Villager, and it whispered all 104,000 words of the book to me. So now I have to pay it all of my royalties. Unfortunately my ex-publisher stopped paying me royalties last year. Understandable, the boulder was not happy. But now I have a new publisher and the book has been republished. So remember if you purchase a copy you will be helping a boulder to eat, pay the rent on his riverside moss garden, and feed his boulder family.
Robin Bennett@robinfbennett.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Great to see my council (South Oxfordshire) is now on Bluesky, and also handing out capital grants for community buildings and projects...

South Oxfordshire District Council@southoxon.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Our Capital Grant Scheme opens for applications on Tuesday 26 May! Voluntary and community organisations can apply for up to £75,000 to support projects that improve the quality of life for people in South Oxfordshire. https://orlo.uk/xQlHy #Community #Funding #CapitalGrants

Capital Grant Coming Soon announcement with images of community facilities and projects that have previously recieved funding.
Oxford Clarion@oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 3mo ago

If you fancy supporting local producers this weekend, consider heading to a local market - there's one in the county every day of the week. We made this directory of markets in Oxfordshire. oxfordclarion.uk/oxfordshire-...

Oxfordshire Market Directory

Looking for fresh food, affordable clothes, or simply fed up with trudging round supermarkets? Oxfordshire’s markets might have the answer. We’ve taken a look at the history of the county’s markets i...

oxfordclarion.uk

Adam Bienkov@adambienkov.bsky.social · 4mo ago

BBC News leading all its bulletins on demands by former Government advisor Lord Robertson for more defence spending, without at any point mentioning his current paid senior role for US defence lobbyists

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Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery@naturerecovery.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Climate + nature need joined-up solutions 🌿 Our Oxfordshire strategy with the Oxford Local Nature Partnership & the district councils shows a diverse habitat approach could boost carbon storage by 28% & offset ~20% of emissions in 30 years.

Designing a carbon strategy that delivers for climate, biodiversity and resilient land use

Developing a high-integrity nature-based carbon sequestration strategy for Oxfordshire

naturerecovery.ox.ac.uk

Oxford Clarion@oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The Government consultation on how to reorganise Oxfordshire’s councils closes tonight at 23.59. Three proposals have been put forward: a single council for the whole county, two councils covering north+city and south (‘Ridgeway’), and three councils covering north, an enlarged Oxford, and south.

Cheese, sliced into two (Jonny Gios at unsplash.com)
Ed Newton-Rex@ednewtonrex.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🚨 It looks like the UK government is gearing up to upend copyright law in favour of AI companies, legalising the theft of their work. This is despite creatives' huge protests, and despite previous proposals being roundly rejected by the public. Please spread the word. 🧵 1/4

Cllr Sam Casey-Rerhaye@samcaseyr.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Thames Water discharging sewage into watercourse at South Morton for 940 hours … and counting. No rain for ~4 days, and no storms or heavy rain for longer than that. They should be prosecuted for this asap and the law applied (which can be imprisonment btw not just fines that end up on bills)

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Oxford Clarion@oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Abingdon Green Party candidate Aidan Reilly has called on Thames Water to clean up a sewage filled watercourse just south of the town. Thames Water data shows it has been dumping raw sewage into Oday Hill Ditch alongside Peep-O-Day Lane for hundreds of hours in February alone.

sewage in brook.