James Thorniley
@jamesthorniley.bsky.social
Software developer living in Oxford. Here for active travel content amongst other things. Green Party.
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“The combined tuition fees of the entire Question Time panel would not cover my cost for 1 year of uni. Is that fair?”
Oli Dugmore
It’s absolutely NOT fair. This outrageous scandal must end
Oli Dugmore
It’s absolutely NOT fair. This outrageous scandal must end
February 6, 2026 at 7:34 AM
“The combined tuition fees of the entire Question Time panel would not cover my cost for 1 year of uni. Is that fair?”
Oli Dugmore
It’s absolutely NOT fair. This outrageous scandal must end
Oli Dugmore
It’s absolutely NOT fair. This outrageous scandal must end
Do you have the locations they want to get them in? I know they already did this on London road in Headington (they partially won the appeal so one of this monstrosities went up)
February 5, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Do you have the locations they want to get them in? I know they already did this on London road in Headington (they partially won the appeal so one of this monstrosities went up)
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We have 400 volunteers on the streets of Gorton and Denton today.
Labour are out of it. It's Greens vs Reform.
Lower bills, tax the rich, protect the NHS. We will win.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/exclus...
Labour are out of it. It's Greens vs Reform.
Lower bills, tax the rich, protect the NHS. We will win.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/exclus...
Exclusive: Zack Polanski Accuses Nigel Farage Of 'Running Scared' Of Head-To-Head Debate
The Reform leader said "if you pick a fight which a chimney sweep you get covered in soot".
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
February 4, 2026 at 10:00 AM
We have 400 volunteers on the streets of Gorton and Denton today.
Labour are out of it. It's Greens vs Reform.
Lower bills, tax the rich, protect the NHS. We will win.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/exclus...
Labour are out of it. It's Greens vs Reform.
Lower bills, tax the rich, protect the NHS. We will win.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/exclus...
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“Jaywalking is permitted in London. In 1966, the police tried to crack down on it, but gave up after three months.”
People walk and cycle on roads by right, people drive under licence.
Jaywalking is not a thing in English law and Waymo must not change that.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
People walk and cycle on roads by right, people drive under licence.
Jaywalking is not a thing in English law and Waymo must not change that.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Self-driving taxis are coming to London – should we be worried? | Jack Stilgoe
Waymo’s cars were first rolled out in San Francisco, but the English capital’s old roads, pelican crossings and jaywalkers may pose issues for AI, says science and technology professor Jack Stilgoe
www.theguardian.com
February 2, 2026 at 3:48 PM
“Jaywalking is permitted in London. In 1966, the police tried to crack down on it, but gave up after three months.”
People walk and cycle on roads by right, people drive under licence.
Jaywalking is not a thing in English law and Waymo must not change that.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
People walk and cycle on roads by right, people drive under licence.
Jaywalking is not a thing in English law and Waymo must not change that.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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For those just realizing how right I was about creeps like Lawrence Krauss & Richard Dawkins, you should know that I’m also right about good guys like Robin.
I will probably get told off for sharing this - but it does give some perspective on why I was under so much pressure to leave Monkey Cage - I accept my career is dead so….
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The BBC Chose Transphobia over Science
Transcript: Over the holidays, there was some news out of the UK that I wanted to highlight, lest it be lost in the news black hole that is Christmas and New Year: the British Broadcasting Corporat…
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February 1, 2026 at 1:47 AM
For those just realizing how right I was about creeps like Lawrence Krauss & Richard Dawkins, you should know that I’m also right about good guys like Robin.
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Local residents removed 8 flags hung around Oxford last night in response to an organised campaign from a group calling themselves the ’Raise the Colours Oxford’, who brought activists from the Midlands and Sheffield to ‘make Oxford look patriotic’
February 2, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Local residents removed 8 flags hung around Oxford last night in response to an organised campaign from a group calling themselves the ’Raise the Colours Oxford’, who brought activists from the Midlands and Sheffield to ‘make Oxford look patriotic’
Election is pretty close now deadline for formal nominations must be rapidly approaching if not already gone?
February 2, 2026 at 10:12 AM
Election is pretty close now deadline for formal nominations must be rapidly approaching if not already gone?
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An excuse to remind you of this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=keGo...
February 2, 2026 at 9:40 AM
An excuse to remind you of this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=keGo...
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Former Cherwell columnist, failed candidate for Oxford University Chancellor, ‘Prince of Darkness’, St. Catherine’s alumnus and architect of ‘New Labour’ Peter Mandelson has resigned as a member of the Labour Party over links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cl...
February 2, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Former Cherwell columnist, failed candidate for Oxford University Chancellor, ‘Prince of Darkness’, St. Catherine’s alumnus and architect of ‘New Labour’ Peter Mandelson has resigned as a member of the Labour Party over links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cl...
And more mundanely, the permit scheme is administered through a website everyone finds impossible to use, so adds to frustration that way
February 2, 2026 at 8:07 AM
And more mundanely, the permit scheme is administered through a website everyone finds impossible to use, so adds to frustration that way
Yes - the permit scheme (100 passes) is in fact one of the bits people find most objectionable. Council seems to have gone with it to avoid excessive network impact, and because other options (city wide congestion charge) were ruled out in earlier stages of planning
February 2, 2026 at 7:58 AM
Yes - the permit scheme (100 passes) is in fact one of the bits people find most objectionable. Council seems to have gone with it to avoid excessive network impact, and because other options (city wide congestion charge) were ruled out in earlier stages of planning
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Am I reading this right? 1. Developer claims new homes not viable without government help. 2. Gov. says fine here's £10m with some minor strings attached. 3. Developer suddenly discovers they didn't need that money after all, whoops!
🚨 CLARION EXCLUSIVE 🚨
£10m of Government funding for Oxford was sent back. Could it have paid for the cancelled Dutch-style cycleway on Woodstock Road?
In a deep dive, we ask why a Government grant was returned, and if it could have been spent elsewhere in Oxford.
oxfordclarion.uk/exclusive-10...
£10m of Government funding for Oxford was sent back. Could it have paid for the cancelled Dutch-style cycleway on Woodstock Road?
In a deep dive, we ask why a Government grant was returned, and if it could have been spent elsewhere in Oxford.
oxfordclarion.uk/exclusive-10...
Exclusive: £10m of Government funding for Oxford was sent back
A £10m grant for infrastructure in north Oxford was returned to Government unspent – just as a safe cycleway on Woodstock Road, to be funded by the very same Government body, was cancelled due to a £1...
oxfordclarion.uk
January 31, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Am I reading this right? 1. Developer claims new homes not viable without government help. 2. Gov. says fine here's £10m with some minor strings attached. 3. Developer suddenly discovers they didn't need that money after all, whoops!
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Say hello to Hannah Spencer—councillor, plumber, greyhound lover and your Green Party candidate for Gorton and Denton 💚
January 30, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Say hello to Hannah Spencer—councillor, plumber, greyhound lover and your Green Party candidate for Gorton and Denton 💚
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Labour government: "We can't really afford to feed children right now"
Also Labour government "Hey AI companies here's some cash we just had laying around"
This is what political choice looks like. There's always money, they're just deciding to give it to big business rather than look after people.
Also Labour government "Hey AI companies here's some cash we just had laying around"
This is what political choice looks like. There's always money, they're just deciding to give it to big business rather than look after people.
BREAKING: Free AI training will be offered to every adult in the UK, with short courses to teach people how to use simple AI tools effectively in the workplace.
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells #BBCBreakfast about the scheme
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells #BBCBreakfast about the scheme
January 28, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Labour government: "We can't really afford to feed children right now"
Also Labour government "Hey AI companies here's some cash we just had laying around"
This is what political choice looks like. There's always money, they're just deciding to give it to big business rather than look after people.
Also Labour government "Hey AI companies here's some cash we just had laying around"
This is what political choice looks like. There's always money, they're just deciding to give it to big business rather than look after people.
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When will this regression end? Conversion therapy? It was someone who was on the board of sex matters who played a major part in me resigning from Monkey Cage because they like to bully people into silence
January 23, 2026 at 5:29 PM
When will this regression end? Conversion therapy? It was someone who was on the board of sex matters who played a major part in me resigning from Monkey Cage because they like to bully people into silence
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“We are putting Palantir on notice. This is a military surveillance company tied to authoritarian surveillance and the devastation in Gaza — and it has no role in our NHS.”
Green Party leader Zack Polanski on why Palantir must be kept out of the National Health Service.
Green Party leader Zack Polanski on why Palantir must be kept out of the National Health Service.
January 22, 2026 at 11:58 AM
“We are putting Palantir on notice. This is a military surveillance company tied to authoritarian surveillance and the devastation in Gaza — and it has no role in our NHS.”
Green Party leader Zack Polanski on why Palantir must be kept out of the National Health Service.
Green Party leader Zack Polanski on why Palantir must be kept out of the National Health Service.
Fantastic news, huge thanks and congratulations to this campaign
Court of Appeal just ruled Tower Hamlets DECISION to remove the Bethnal Green LTN is UNLAWFUL.
Councils can't remove without going through proper process & getting Mayor of London's approval.
This is a MASSIVE precedent for London. Years of work vindicated.
#SaveOurSaferStreets
#LTN
Councils can't remove without going through proper process & getting Mayor of London's approval.
This is a MASSIVE precedent for London. Years of work vindicated.
#SaveOurSaferStreets
#LTN
January 22, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Fantastic news, huge thanks and congratulations to this campaign
You want to cancel the elections, you have to ask to cancel the elections, a simple "yes" will do!
January 19, 2026 at 5:54 PM
You want to cancel the elections, you have to ask to cancel the elections, a simple "yes" will do!
This is like when I ask my daughter if she wants a snack and she replies "if you want me to."
The Government has told Oxford City Council it thinks its response on postponing elections was unclear – and that “in the absence of a clear request”, Government will assume May elections should proceed. Postponement had been mooted in the light of the upcoming reorganisation of England’s councils.
January 19, 2026 at 5:53 PM
This is like when I ask my daughter if she wants a snack and she replies "if you want me to."
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Keir Starmer did everything he could to be US poodle and his strategy has ended in total humiliation. Both him and Farage are puppets of a hostile foreign nation.
It's obvious that if someone is a bully - you don't just keep appeasing them.
Disastrous strategy by Labour.
It's obvious that if someone is a bully - you don't just keep appeasing them.
Disastrous strategy by Labour.
January 17, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Keir Starmer did everything he could to be US poodle and his strategy has ended in total humiliation. Both him and Farage are puppets of a hostile foreign nation.
It's obvious that if someone is a bully - you don't just keep appeasing them.
Disastrous strategy by Labour.
It's obvious that if someone is a bully - you don't just keep appeasing them.
Disastrous strategy by Labour.
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You know what? Sometimes the worst thing is to be pragmatic.
When you're dealing with a toddler who just asks for more jelly beans, you have to stop trying to appease him. It won't last.
The tantrum is going to be less bad than the appeasement.
When you're dealing with a toddler who just asks for more jelly beans, you have to stop trying to appease him. It won't last.
The tantrum is going to be less bad than the appeasement.
January 19, 2026 at 10:15 AM
You know what? Sometimes the worst thing is to be pragmatic.
When you're dealing with a toddler who just asks for more jelly beans, you have to stop trying to appease him. It won't last.
The tantrum is going to be less bad than the appeasement.
When you're dealing with a toddler who just asks for more jelly beans, you have to stop trying to appease him. It won't last.
The tantrum is going to be less bad than the appeasement.
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Good - time for other councils to do this too
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Council removes almost 1,000 flags from Derby streets
The city council said it would continue to remove unauthorised flags from lamp-posts.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 18, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Good - time for other councils to do this too
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Free bus travel for under 22s is just one step to help support those areas devastated by years of austerity.
KMPG analysis shows that for every £1 invested in bus services, we get an economic benefit ranging from £4.55 to £5.
news.sky.com/story/green-...
KMPG analysis shows that for every £1 invested in bus services, we get an economic benefit ranging from £4.55 to £5.
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Green Party calls for free bus travel in England for under-22s
Green Party leader Zack Polanski said young people had been shut out of work and training because of the cost of living, promising that Green councillors would push for the change if elected in May.
news.sky.com
January 17, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Free bus travel for under 22s is just one step to help support those areas devastated by years of austerity.
KMPG analysis shows that for every £1 invested in bus services, we get an economic benefit ranging from £4.55 to £5.
news.sky.com/story/green-...
KMPG analysis shows that for every £1 invested in bus services, we get an economic benefit ranging from £4.55 to £5.
news.sky.com/story/green-...
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Come snow, sleet, rain or shine we're starting the new year out RIGHT campaigning in east Oxford!!
January 17, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Come snow, sleet, rain or shine we're starting the new year out RIGHT campaigning in east Oxford!!