Ian Loader

@ianloader.bsky.social

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I teach and research criminology stuff at the University of Oxford - https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/people/ian-loader. I am also Chair of Cyclox - https://www.cyclox.org. You'll find me musing on ecologies of security, policing, urban mobilities and Arsenal FC .. more

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Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · 2d

Will someone please protect us from tired people!!

Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 2d

Nadhim Zahawi thinks London is now unsafe, because the other day a tired-looking man walked past him during the morning rush hour.

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 2d

Nadhim Zahawi thinks London is now unsafe, because the other day a tired-looking man walked past him during the morning rush hour.

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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 2d

The Bodleian has refreshed its Space for Reading, a comfortable corner of the Weston Library free for the public to drop in and read. Local schoolchildren have selected bold colours and books on neurodiversity. The space opened in 2021 with books on Syria. visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/space-...

Space for Reading

The Space for Reading is a pop-up library at the Weston Library, open to everyone

visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk

Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · 5d

Matt Goodwin - an ‘anywhere’ - getting called out by Hannah - a somewhere’ 🤣

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Bold Politics @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 5d

Tomorrow's episode of Bold Politics is so so rare in British politics: real people who are unafraid to just be themselves for an hour because they know they don't have to protect any vested interests.

It's time for a clearout of robots in Westminster.

Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · 6d

Does chaos with Ed Miliband remain an option 🤔🤣?

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Anthony Painter @anthonypainter.bsky.social · 7d

Imagine if your whole political identity was defined by reacting to an imagined grand liberal conspiracy.

And imagine you were also a Labour MP.

What an odd paranoid existence you would have. Not least as you would despise many people you need to vote for you.

Sienna Rodgers

@siennamarla

X.com

Morgan McSweeney does have some fans in the Parliamentary Labour Party, of course.

One MP says they are “devastated” he has left.

Another warns it represents “full speed ahead to uber-woke, net-zeroist, rejoinerism”.

Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · 7d

Kinda think even McSweeney’s resignation makes Starmer look weak. He could/should have sacked him, but he didn’t.

Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · 7d

Just listened to this Ned and gang . Great show. Re your trip to India, you might find this of interest

uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...

Mumbai on Two Wheels

Cyclists from India reimagine transportation infrastructure for allMumbai is not commonly seen as a bike-friendly city because of its dense traffic and the a...

uwapress.uw.edu

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Emma Jacobs @emmavj.bsky.social · 7d

British values

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Badly Parked Oxford @badlyparkedox.bsky.social · 8d

🚸Windmill Primary protest!
dangerous parking + aggressive driving = children at risk. #pavementparking and ignoring school-streets restrictions 🤯

Kids need space to get to school safely — these behaviours aren’t “just inconvenient”. #SafeSchoolStreets
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Oxford parents protest over safety fears outside school

Parents at Windmill Primary School say they do not want an accident before changes are made.

www.bbc.co.uk

Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · 8d

I dunno. Giving signal priority to the cleanest, least harmful, least space-grabbing forms of mobility. It's not the worst idea.

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Jennifer Williams @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social · 10d

Wow what a pay off

www.thetimes.com/article/720a...

Keir Starmer’s hollowness is clear for all to see

The PM’s distaste for politics means he has outsourced every significant decision and now finds he’s left to pay the bill

www.thetimes.com

Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · 10d

Thanking bus drivers. On the brink of social and ecological collapse, Brits will console themselves that they kept saying ‘thank you’ as they left the bus.

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Omg. WTF is Happening? @lalahaenzy.com · 10d

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue

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Kenneth Armstrong @profkaarmstrong.bsky.social · 11d

It is worth recalling that the position of U.K. Ambassador to the US was not vacant at the time the Prime Minister chose to appoint Peter Mandelson to the role. A highly competent and respected woman was replaced.

Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · 11d

Saliba is just the best goal celebrator :)

Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · 11d

Yeah of course do this, rather than anything that would actually make e-bike and e-scooter riders safe. Car-brained nonsense.

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Theoretical Criminology @theoreticalcrim.bsky.social · 12d

🗣️CHECK IT OUT🗣️ Are you interested in guest-editing for Theoretical Criminology? #TheoreticalCrim is now accepting proposals for our 2028 special issue! Deadline for proposals is April 15, 2026. Find our full criteria here: journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/cm....

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Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · 13d

There’s a certain kind of person for whom the activity they are ostensibly engaged in - being in government, writing books etc. - is second order work, subservient to the first order task of remaining part of a networked elite. Mandelson seems like ‘Exhibit A’ for that way of being-in-the-world.

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World Bollard Association™️ @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social · 14d

Bollards save lives AND bring immense joy and happiness to the world.
#WorldBollardAssociation

Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · 14d

❤️

Isaac Rowlett @isaacrowlett.bsky.social · 14d

Proud of you, Milwaukee 🫡

Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · 14d

The Labour Party is a careerist crusade or it is nothing.

Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · 14d

What a strange man!

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Isaac Rowlett @isaacrowlett.bsky.social · 14d

Proud of you, Milwaukee 🫡

Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · 15d

Oh yeah I forgot. The party of law ‘n’ order 🤔

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Alison Hill @dralisonhill.bsky.social · 15d

Please sign this @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: No increase in car parking at Warneford Park! The increase of nearly 50% will increase congestion and goes against the city transport policy. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/no...