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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Political science 63%

Sociology 22%

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Reposted by Will Jennings, Scott L. Greer, Christopher McCabe , and 9 more Will Jennings, Scott L. Greer, Christopher McCabe, Simon Wren‐Lewis, Jonathan Hopkin, Justin Lewis, Ian Loader, Jon Dean, Michael Larkin, Richard Moorhead, José Pina-Sánchez, Steven H. Seggie

Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 14h

The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.

New piece from me.

open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...

The truth about impartiality at the BBC

And the hysteria of the current "crisis"

open.substack.com

Reposted by Steve Peers, Peter Gatrell, Mary Corcoran , and 2 more Steve Peers, Peter Gatrell, Mary Corcoran, Ian Loader, Gerry Hassan

Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 22h

I’ve written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage urging them to condemn Donald Trump’s attack on the BBC.

The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.

Reposted by Martin McKee, Dorothy Bishop, Stephan Lewandowsky , and 9 more Martin McKee, Dorothy Bishop, Stephan Lewandowsky, Brigitte Nerlich, Will Jennings, Patrick Dunleavy, Steve Peers, Tim Bale, Marcus Grant, Ailsa Cameron, Stephen Ryan, Ian Loader

Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 22h

Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?

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Badvertising @badvertising.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING! 🚨

📢 We’ve taken over the ad space at Southwark tube station, calling on the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, to end adverts that promote pollution. 🧵 1/8

✍️ Use our template to write to the Mayor: actionnetwork.org/letters/time...

Reposted by Mark Robinson, Ian Loader, Guillaume Allègre

Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 3d

This video is brilliant: buff.ly/1zyTWmM

Seems a total slam dunk that owners of private jets should pay fuel duties. Doesn't it?

The answer is annoying.

Thread:

Private jets don't pay fuel tax. Now I don't either.

You pay fuel duty. Why don’t billionaires? This week, we launched WeWingAnyCar.com to help you qualify for the same tax breaks that private jets get. Because tax loopholes shouldn’t just be for…

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Reposted by Dorothy Bishop, Ian Loader

Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 3d

Quietly, a remarkable piece of public art is being created, which seeks to both explain the delays of the Botley Road, and share the highlights of West Oxford. We caught up with local artist Chris Shipton to hear more before its unveiling next week.

oxfordclarion.uk/botley-and-t...

Botley and the narrow bridge of art

Amidst the turmoil of the Botley Road bridge works, a remarkable artwork is being created, both to tell the story of the bridge and its complexities, and the rich history of West Oxford. Local artist...

oxfordclarion.uk

Reposted by Jonathan Portes, Will Jennings, Peter Thorne , and 5 more Jonathan Portes, Will Jennings, Peter Thorne, Gavin L. Foster, Steve Peers, Ian Loader, Stuart White, Pauline Stafford

Trades Union Congress @tuc.org.uk · 4d

Which one is more English?

Reposted by Michael H. Whitworth, Ian Loader

Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 6d

The vote on Oxford’s Congestion Charge is taken and goes broadly along party lines.

For removing the charge: 22 (Con, Lab, Ind)
Against removing the charge: 36 (LibDem, Green, Henley)
Abstain: 2 (Will Boucher-Giles, LibDem for Chesterton; Emma Markham, Green for Shrivenham)

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IrishCycle.com @irishcycle.com · 10d

If you cannot see children trick-or-treating, maybe consider not driving tonight?

A photograph with children trick-or-treating with text overlaid saying "If you can't see them then you're not paying attention". (Image by @tomflood.bsky.social for @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social but it applies worldwide)

Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 12d

I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.

This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.

Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · 12d

Drivers: it’s that time of the year when you need to respray your car fluorescent orange

Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · 13d

Happy Cleaner Air Day

Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 13d

Oxford’s Temporary Congestion Charge is now live. The charge will be at points on six roads in Oxford. Cars with permits & all other vehicles can pass through charge locations for free. Without a permit, £5 per day is payable.

www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/transport-an...

Bike, Bus and an empty road going past Magdalen College (Image Roger Close)

Reposted by Dorothy Bishop, Ian Loader

Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 13d

Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · 15d

Good question.

Quiet Majority @majorityquiet.bsky.social · 16d

Where have all the normal Tories gone?

Not long ago, the Conservative party had a centrist wing. Now it is flirting with immigration policies that make Idi Amin look like a moderate. #TheCreep

www.thenewworld.co.uk/marie-le-con...

Where have all the normal Tories gone?

Not long ago, the Conservative party had a centrist wing. Now it is flirting with immigration policies that make Idi Amin look like a moderate

www.thenewworld.co.uk

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Quiet Majority @majorityquiet.bsky.social · 16d

Where have all the normal Tories gone?

Not long ago, the Conservative party had a centrist wing. Now it is flirting with immigration policies that make Idi Amin look like a moderate

www.thenewworld.co.uk

Reposted by Tom Griffin, Mark Priestley, Ian Loader

Paul Lewis @paullewismoney.bsky.social · 23d

Betting firm threatens to end its entire High St presence if it has to pay any more tax bit.ly/4qhaL1j yet another in the too rich and too important to pay tax series

If gambling tax rises, we’ll shut all our 1,300 shops, warns Betfred

Increased levies expected to be imposed in next month’s budget could cost the company 7,000 jobs, according to Joanne Whittaker, the chief executive

bit.ly

Reposted by Yadvinder Malhi, Gavin L. Foster, Steve Peers , and 12 more Yadvinder Malhi, Gavin L. Foster, Steve Peers, Tom Shakespeare, Martin Paul Eve, Fabián Muniesa, Alison Phipps, Sabine Pahl, John Foot, Anders Sundnes Løvlie, Deborah Shaw, Ian Loader, Sue Timmis, Alan McNally, Christina Pagel

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 25d

British.

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road.cc @roadcc.bsky.social · 28d

According to the Labour MP, building the bike lane would cause "serious challenges" for local businesses, “erode public trust, and squander valuable public funds".

Cycle lane plans would put “economic vitality” of town at “serious risk”, warms MP – due to loss of six car parking spaces

According to the Labour MP, building the bike lane would cause "serious challenges" for local businesses, “erode public trust, and squander valuable public funds

road.cc

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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · Oct 10

BREAKING #antifa NEWS: "The England flags have been removed and replaced with other signs"
www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...

Reposted by Mary Bosworth, Ian Loader

Oxford Criminology @oxfordcrim.bsky.social · Oct 10

🎓 Congratulations to Dr Luiz Dal Santo! Oxford DPhil Criminology graduate.
"Punishment, State, and Society in the Global Periphery: Mass Incarceration, Mass Incorporation, and the Rise of a Protagonist Judiciary in Brazil",
📚 Luiz’s published research here: researchgate.net/profile/Luiz-Dal-Santo

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Mark Hebden @unionlib.bsky.social · Oct 10

We go live now to Donald Trump in the Oval Office to give a statement on the Nobel Peace Prize being given to a Venezuelan woman

a person is laying on the floor in front of a display of zap

ALT: a person is laying on the floor in front of a display of zap

media.tenor.com

Reposted by Max Nathan, Ian Loader, Jack Stilgoe

Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · Oct 9

By me this week - the happiest thing I've got to report of late, with a glorious trip over the summer to Montreal

"Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport."

www.economist.com/internationa...

Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport

Pedal power is booming, spinning up a new culture war

www.economist.com

Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · Oct 5

Happy Invincibles Day - to all
who celebrate #COYG

Reposted by Ian Loader, James Connelly

Donnachadh McCarthy @donnachadhmc.bsky.social · Oct 4

Whatever your party politics, @zackpolanski.bsky.social leaders speech deserves to be heard..

www.youtube.com/live/TZx9Vng...

Leader's Speech - Zack Polanski at Green Party Conference 2025

YouTube video by Green Party of England & Wales

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Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · Sep 30

Some people, when confronted with industrial levels of toxic waste generated by global corporations, prefer to complain about litter.

Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · Sep 27

So have we stumbled on one virtue of this ID scheme: Boris Johnson will no longer be able to work?

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Owen Massey @bookllyfr.bsky.social · Sep 25

I've had enough of listening. Time for action on low traffic.

My letter in the Oxford Times today

Your correspondent says 'we should listen' when it comes to Oxford's perennial transport issues.

I've been listening.

I've listened to people say that children's safety doesn't matter, because drivers can't be expected to slow down.

I've listened to people say that bus passengers don't matter, because drivers have more money.

I've listened to people say that traffic jams don't matter, because cities will always be congested.

I've listened to people say that collisions don't matter, because 'accidents will happen'.

I've listened to people say that vehicle emissions don't matter, because climate science isn't real.

And I've listened to people say that we mustn't reduce traffic, because that might inconvenience drivers.

I've listened, and I'm still waiting to hear a single effective alternative to low traffic.

Owen McKnight
Oxford

Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · Sep 24

This huckster knows exactly what he’s doing: creating chaos and feeding his base. But broadcasters must call this BS out. Would he refuse cancer treatment because he has ‘no idea’ if it works? Or stand in front of a moving car because the evidence of the damaging effects of a collision is unproven?

LBC @lbc.co.uk · Sep 24

"We were told thalidomide was a safe drug and it wasn't..."

Nigel Farage says he has 'no idea' if Donald Trump is right about paracetamol being linked to autism.

Reposted by Will Jennings, Steve Peers, Andrew Scott , and 9 more Will Jennings, Steve Peers, Andrew Scott, Tim Bale, Anand Menon, Jonathan Hopkin, David Merrett, Holger Hestermeyer, Steven Fielding, Ian Loader, James Connelly, Martyn Plummer

LBC @lbc.co.uk · Sep 24

"We were told thalidomide was a safe drug and it wasn't..."

Nigel Farage says he has 'no idea' if Donald Trump is right about paracetamol being linked to autism.

Reposted by Ian Loader

Andrew Gant @andrewgant.bsky.social · Sep 23

I have today sent the attached open letter to Anneliese Dodds MP

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