Bob the Worm
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I'm not a real doctor but I am a real worm
question for Rory & Alastair: why, in spite of everything that has happened in the last week, are they still actively using Twitter? How can they justify supporting the platform?
January 13, 2026 at 12:46 PM
question for Rory & Alastair: why, in spite of everything that has happened in the last week, are they still actively using Twitter? How can they justify supporting the platform?
Something must have gone very very badly wrong with recycling policy in this country if it matters THAT much if people from Berks or Bucks sneak into Oxfordshire to recycle stuff. Ludicrous.
January 1, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Something must have gone very very badly wrong with recycling policy in this country if it matters THAT much if people from Berks or Bucks sneak into Oxfordshire to recycle stuff. Ludicrous.
I recently discovered that the same is true of most postboxes in the city centre. There are a few exceptions around the post office on St Aldates, but the rest are "whenever we feel like it".
December 28, 2025 at 10:53 AM
I recently discovered that the same is true of most postboxes in the city centre. There are a few exceptions around the post office on St Aldates, but the rest are "whenever we feel like it".
I think we could all save a lot of time here by acknowledging it's never going to happen.
December 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I think we could all save a lot of time here by acknowledging it's never going to happen.
I am curious: would this make it illegal for a British company to require an employee to travel to the US for work, as it would indirectly breach data privacy laws?
December 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I am curious: would this make it illegal for a British company to require an employee to travel to the US for work, as it would indirectly breach data privacy laws?
it doesn't work too well on days when it's not raining either. Have you been on the ring road lately?
November 29, 2025 at 11:07 PM
it doesn't work too well on days when it's not raining either. Have you been on the ring road lately?
As we have discussed before, OCC decisions have been instrumental in both issues. The LTNs have forced more traffic round the Plain; the "busiest bus route in the UK" has such wide cycle lanes than two buses can't pass each other in opposite directions.
November 20, 2025 at 10:54 PM
As we have discussed before, OCC decisions have been instrumental in both issues. The LTNs have forced more traffic round the Plain; the "busiest bus route in the UK" has such wide cycle lanes than two buses can't pass each other in opposite directions.
Someone was always going to have to pay the cost of Brexit and COVID. It was always going to be us, who else could it be? And that, fundamentally, underpins all of the government's woes. Yes, they could have communicated it better, but that wouldn't have made it any more popular.
November 17, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Someone was always going to have to pay the cost of Brexit and COVID. It was always going to be us, who else could it be? And that, fundamentally, underpins all of the government's woes. Yes, they could have communicated it better, but that wouldn't have made it any more popular.
Who could possibly have predicted that removing what little parking there was, coupled with an absence of enforcement, would lead to this?
November 16, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Who could possibly have predicted that removing what little parking there was, coupled with an absence of enforcement, would lead to this?
... so let us reward at such behaviour by making them exempt from the congestion charge
November 15, 2025 at 6:57 AM
... so let us reward at such behaviour by making them exempt from the congestion charge
I've read the post, read the website and still have genuinely no idea what this means. It's as if someone has asked ChatGPT to put together as many buzzwords as possible without actually saying anything
November 10, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I've read the post, read the website and still have genuinely no idea what this means. It's as if someone has asked ChatGPT to put together as many buzzwords as possible without actually saying anything
But it's not illegal is it? What is preventing Oxford making it illegal like it is in London and Scotland? And before anyone says "but causing an obstruction is already illegal," what good is that if it's never enforced?
November 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
But it's not illegal is it? What is preventing Oxford making it illegal like it is in London and Scotland? And before anyone says "but causing an obstruction is already illegal," what good is that if it's never enforced?
aren't the permits already per adult? I am the registered keeper of my wife's car, and therefore she can't get her own set of permits for it. which is pretty outrageous.
November 6, 2025 at 7:45 PM
aren't the permits already per adult? I am the registered keeper of my wife's car, and therefore she can't get her own set of permits for it. which is pretty outrageous.
they were stopping cyclists without lights this evening. they were very busy indeed. they could perhaps have also gone round the corner and caught all the cyclists in cornmarket at 5pm
November 6, 2025 at 7:43 PM
they were stopping cyclists without lights this evening. they were very busy indeed. they could perhaps have also gone round the corner and caught all the cyclists in cornmarket at 5pm
well that's a pretty obvious lie. only the riding is free, not the parking which was nearly 2/3rds of the cost
November 4, 2025 at 6:58 PM
well that's a pretty obvious lie. only the riding is free, not the parking which was nearly 2/3rds of the cost
one could argue that until there's a Saturday when it isn't full, the congestion charge hasn't really worked
November 1, 2025 at 2:32 PM
one could argue that until there's a Saturday when it isn't full, the congestion charge hasn't really worked
yet it is still full... x.com/OxonTravel/s...
November 1, 2025 at 1:59 PM
yet it is still full... x.com/OxonTravel/s...
how dare the council do what the majority want?
November 1, 2025 at 9:05 AM
how dare the council do what the majority want?
Anecdotally, non camera roads feel busier. But half term is not a good time to measure that.
October 31, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Anecdotally, non camera roads feel busier. But half term is not a good time to measure that.
it's reasonably obvious that traffic will drop on roads with cameras. As you say, the real test is what it does to traffic in the rest of the city. My fear is that buses will just be stuck in different places to where they were stuck before.
October 31, 2025 at 6:47 PM
it's reasonably obvious that traffic will drop on roads with cameras. As you say, the real test is what it does to traffic in the rest of the city. My fear is that buses will just be stuck in different places to where they were stuck before.
Because of the way people in Banbury get a vote over who runs Oxford, but those of us who live just a mile outside the Oxford ring road do not. The perpetual failure of the current system is failing to acknowledge that "Oxford" includes Wheatley, Garsington, Kennington, etc
October 30, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Because of the way people in Banbury get a vote over who runs Oxford, but those of us who live just a mile outside the Oxford ring road do not. The perpetual failure of the current system is failing to acknowledge that "Oxford" includes Wheatley, Garsington, Kennington, etc
you only have to look at the map to see how truly insane this proposal is
October 29, 2025 at 9:40 PM
you only have to look at the map to see how truly insane this proposal is
Did they say they would leave X or scrap either of those two policies? "Not doing the stuff I want them to do" is not really "failure". If it were, then almost every government would be doomed to failure because they will never command a majority of public opinion.
October 29, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Did they say they would leave X or scrap either of those two policies? "Not doing the stuff I want them to do" is not really "failure". If it were, then almost every government would be doomed to failure because they will never command a majority of public opinion.
Most cities' congestion charges keep traffic out, Oxford's (mostly) just makes it drive more miles, while (bizarrely) giving priority to HGVs and vans. Do any of those other cities give priority to the most dangerous vehicles?
October 29, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Most cities' congestion charges keep traffic out, Oxford's (mostly) just makes it drive more miles, while (bizarrely) giving priority to HGVs and vans. Do any of those other cities give priority to the most dangerous vehicles?