Ed Oliver
@edoliver1.bsky.social
Retired cartographer, now a grandad, plays cricket, digs allotment, keeps a classic car. Up the Orient!
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I was reflecting this morning on why I love the cartographic community so much:
Map makers are often competent technology people but they have too much invested in art, the humanities and the sciences to ever be "techies."
Map makers are often competent technology people but they have too much invested in art, the humanities and the sciences to ever be "techies."
October 23, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I was reflecting this morning on why I love the cartographic community so much:
Map makers are often competent technology people but they have too much invested in art, the humanities and the sciences to ever be "techies."
Map makers are often competent technology people but they have too much invested in art, the humanities and the sciences to ever be "techies."
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Opinion | "The Conservatives, seemingly without even really realising it, have put forward one of the most extreme anti-immigration policies issued by any political party in British history", writes Ian Dunt trib.al/Eph9xPO
October 22, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Opinion | "The Conservatives, seemingly without even really realising it, have put forward one of the most extreme anti-immigration policies issued by any political party in British history", writes Ian Dunt trib.al/Eph9xPO
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“Hands up if you oversaw the greatest act of self-harm in our history, caused thousands of unnecessary deaths, broke your own rules and syphoned £millions to your mates through dodgy contracts”
October 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
“Hands up if you oversaw the greatest act of self-harm in our history, caused thousands of unnecessary deaths, broke your own rules and syphoned £millions to your mates through dodgy contracts”
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NEW: Police knew a Kremlin spy ring recruited former leader of Reform Wales at least 3 years ago.
So why was Nathan Gill not charged till Feb this year?
Pls read part 2 of @thenerve.news special investigation into Nathan Gill. And please share!
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So why was Nathan Gill not charged till Feb this year?
Pls read part 2 of @thenerve.news special investigation into Nathan Gill. And please share!
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October 18, 2025 at 8:53 AM
NEW: Police knew a Kremlin spy ring recruited former leader of Reform Wales at least 3 years ago.
So why was Nathan Gill not charged till Feb this year?
Pls read part 2 of @thenerve.news special investigation into Nathan Gill. And please share!
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So why was Nathan Gill not charged till Feb this year?
Pls read part 2 of @thenerve.news special investigation into Nathan Gill. And please share!
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October 13, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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Thousands of Londoners have indefinite leave to remain.
They have legal rights and are our friends, neighbours and colleagues, contributing hugely to our city.
Threatening to deport people living and working here legally is unacceptable.
They have legal rights and are our friends, neighbours and colleagues, contributing hugely to our city.
Threatening to deport people living and working here legally is unacceptable.
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
www.theguardian.com
September 22, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Thousands of Londoners have indefinite leave to remain.
They have legal rights and are our friends, neighbours and colleagues, contributing hugely to our city.
Threatening to deport people living and working here legally is unacceptable.
They have legal rights and are our friends, neighbours and colleagues, contributing hugely to our city.
Threatening to deport people living and working here legally is unacceptable.
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Let me give you a list of Reform UK promises and the diametrically opposite reality they will lead to if implemented. (1/?)
August 18, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Let me give you a list of Reform UK promises and the diametrically opposite reality they will lead to if implemented. (1/?)
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Government has got this spectacularly wrong.
If an organisation is breaking the law, prosecute it.
But arresting people for holding up signs is a waste of police time, it's increasing support for the organisation &, above all, it's a flagrant violation of free speech.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
If an organisation is breaking the law, prosecute it.
But arresting people for holding up signs is a waste of police time, it's increasing support for the organisation &, above all, it's a flagrant violation of free speech.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Palestine Action protest arrests rise to more than 500
Police say the majority of arrests were for displaying placards in support of the banned group.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 11, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Government has got this spectacularly wrong.
If an organisation is breaking the law, prosecute it.
But arresting people for holding up signs is a waste of police time, it's increasing support for the organisation &, above all, it's a flagrant violation of free speech.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
If an organisation is breaking the law, prosecute it.
But arresting people for holding up signs is a waste of police time, it's increasing support for the organisation &, above all, it's a flagrant violation of free speech.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Remember that viral story last week about Angela Rayner bulldozing allotments? Which even the allotment society somewhat debunked?
I looked into one of the sites and it’s wilder still: they are *increasing* the number of allotments, not cutting them. capx.co/angela-rayne...
I looked into one of the sites and it’s wilder still: they are *increasing* the number of allotments, not cutting them. capx.co/angela-rayne...
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The Telegraph has launched a new campaign against Labour's housebuilding plans
capx.co
August 11, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Remember that viral story last week about Angela Rayner bulldozing allotments? Which even the allotment society somewhat debunked?
I looked into one of the sites and it’s wilder still: they are *increasing* the number of allotments, not cutting them. capx.co/angela-rayne...
I looked into one of the sites and it’s wilder still: they are *increasing* the number of allotments, not cutting them. capx.co/angela-rayne...
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Reform UK are a huge risk to the risk-sharing systems underpinning our economy and society, since they don't understand anything about them. One threat would be to the uni pension system USS, the biggest private scheme in the UK at £70bn. (1/2) www.timeshighereducation.com/news/univers...
University leaders urged to engage with Reform ahead of elections
Vice-chancellors warned against ignoring rise of populist party as political upheaval expected in coming years
www.timeshighereducation.com
August 8, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Reform UK are a huge risk to the risk-sharing systems underpinning our economy and society, since they don't understand anything about them. One threat would be to the uni pension system USS, the biggest private scheme in the UK at £70bn. (1/2) www.timeshighereducation.com/news/univers...
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🚨How Britain privatised itself into failure.🚨
Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble.
In 'Failed State', Sam Freedman explains what went wrong.
Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble.
In 'Failed State', Sam Freedman explains what went wrong.
How Britain privatised itself into failure
Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble. In Failed State, Sam Freedman explains what went wrong
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
July 27, 2025 at 5:54 AM
🚨How Britain privatised itself into failure.🚨
Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble.
In 'Failed State', Sam Freedman explains what went wrong.
Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble.
In 'Failed State', Sam Freedman explains what went wrong.
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Tens of millions of pounds wasted on a now-pointless Brexit control post that will sit empty before it was due to open. Taxpayer money wasted on Brexit red tape that could have been avoided entirely!
news.sky.com/story/post-b...
news.sky.com/story/post-b...
Post-Brexit border control post in Wales to sit empty
The post at Parc Cybi near Holyhead port in Anglesey is now nearing completion and set to be handed over to the Welsh government in the autumn.
news.sky.com
July 1, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Tens of millions of pounds wasted on a now-pointless Brexit control post that will sit empty before it was due to open. Taxpayer money wasted on Brexit red tape that could have been avoided entirely!
news.sky.com/story/post-b...
news.sky.com/story/post-b...
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✍️ Did Donald Trump steal the 2024 election?
A legal challenge in New York could reveal the truth behind allegations that last year’s election result was “consistent with vote manipulation”
A legal challenge in New York could reveal the truth behind allegations that last year’s election result was “consistent with vote manipulation”
Did Donald Trump steal the 2024 election?
A legal challenge in New York could reveal the truth behind allegations that last year’s election result was “consistent with vote manipulation”
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
June 30, 2025 at 12:36 PM
✍️ Did Donald Trump steal the 2024 election?
A legal challenge in New York could reveal the truth behind allegations that last year’s election result was “consistent with vote manipulation”
A legal challenge in New York could reveal the truth behind allegations that last year’s election result was “consistent with vote manipulation”
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It is astonishing that Trump didn't know when the US civil war ended -- primarily because he wrote such a brilliant, moving poem about Gettysburg, one that conveyed an overwhelming sense of a scholar's mind, laced with unparalleled knowledge of the conflict.
June 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM
It is astonishing that Trump didn't know when the US civil war ended -- primarily because he wrote such a brilliant, moving poem about Gettysburg, one that conveyed an overwhelming sense of a scholar's mind, laced with unparalleled knowledge of the conflict.
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✍️ Did Donald Trump steal the 2024 election?
A legal challenge in New York could reveal the truth behind allegations that last year’s election result was “consistent with vote manipulation”
A legal challenge in New York could reveal the truth behind allegations that last year’s election result was “consistent with vote manipulation”
Did Donald Trump steal the 2024 election?
A legal challenge in New York could reveal the truth behind allegations that last year’s election result was “consistent with vote manipulation”
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
June 27, 2025 at 8:36 AM
✍️ Did Donald Trump steal the 2024 election?
A legal challenge in New York could reveal the truth behind allegations that last year’s election result was “consistent with vote manipulation”
A legal challenge in New York could reveal the truth behind allegations that last year’s election result was “consistent with vote manipulation”
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This lull in the first digital nuclear war—a pocket civil war in the United States—is likely caused by Musk huddling with his lawyers to determine whether Trump really can deport him as Trump’s generals (e.g., Bannon) are urging him to do.
Things are getting quite serious, now.
Things are getting quite serious, now.
June 5, 2025 at 9:12 PM
This lull in the first digital nuclear war—a pocket civil war in the United States—is likely caused by Musk huddling with his lawyers to determine whether Trump really can deport him as Trump’s generals (e.g., Bannon) are urging him to do.
Things are getting quite serious, now.
Things are getting quite serious, now.
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🚨 Reform UK is in crisis. Again.
Just hours after a row over a proposed burqa ban, party chairman Zia Yusuf has quit. He says it’s no longer worth trying to get Reform elected.
If Farage’s own chairman has lost faith, why should voters back them?
Just hours after a row over a proposed burqa ban, party chairman Zia Yusuf has quit. He says it’s no longer worth trying to get Reform elected.
If Farage’s own chairman has lost faith, why should voters back them?
June 5, 2025 at 5:28 PM
🚨 Reform UK is in crisis. Again.
Just hours after a row over a proposed burqa ban, party chairman Zia Yusuf has quit. He says it’s no longer worth trying to get Reform elected.
If Farage’s own chairman has lost faith, why should voters back them?
Just hours after a row over a proposed burqa ban, party chairman Zia Yusuf has quit. He says it’s no longer worth trying to get Reform elected.
If Farage’s own chairman has lost faith, why should voters back them?
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Andrew Tate has been charged with rape, human trafficking, controlling prostitution and actual bodily harm.
Nigel Farage described him as "an important voice for young men". That tells you all you need to know about Farage's moral compass.
Nigel Farage described him as "an important voice for young men". That tells you all you need to know about Farage's moral compass.
May 28, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Andrew Tate has been charged with rape, human trafficking, controlling prostitution and actual bodily harm.
Nigel Farage described him as "an important voice for young men". That tells you all you need to know about Farage's moral compass.
Nigel Farage described him as "an important voice for young men". That tells you all you need to know about Farage's moral compass.
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Gullible idiots who voted for BREXIT on the back of ridiculous lies from UKIP & FARAGE are now going to vote for FARAGE & REFORM to clear up broken Britain, the Britain they broke.
It’s beyond human comprehension that so many people are that stupid.
It’s beyond human comprehension that so many people are that stupid.
May 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Gullible idiots who voted for BREXIT on the back of ridiculous lies from UKIP & FARAGE are now going to vote for FARAGE & REFORM to clear up broken Britain, the Britain they broke.
It’s beyond human comprehension that so many people are that stupid.
It’s beyond human comprehension that so many people are that stupid.
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Please share this if you live in England:
Reform have been heavily targeting disabled people and carers for recruitment since Labour announced the cuts to social security. People are angry and afraid, and that's what Reform are good at.
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#LocalElections
#CouncilElections
Reform have been heavily targeting disabled people and carers for recruitment since Labour announced the cuts to social security. People are angry and afraid, and that's what Reform are good at.
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#LocalElections
#CouncilElections
April 30, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Please share this if you live in England:
Reform have been heavily targeting disabled people and carers for recruitment since Labour announced the cuts to social security. People are angry and afraid, and that's what Reform are good at.
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#LocalElections
#CouncilElections
Reform have been heavily targeting disabled people and carers for recruitment since Labour announced the cuts to social security. People are angry and afraid, and that's what Reform are good at.
1/
#LocalElections
#CouncilElections