Pablo
@pablosquire.bsky.social
Cyclist. Commuter. Ironman. Dog owner. Advocate for active travel & mental health.
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As a man of the people, I will always defend trail hunting, which I know is a top priority for all my working class constituents who own horses and enjoy simple pleasures like ripping foxes apart for laughs.
December 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
As a man of the people, I will always defend trail hunting, which I know is a top priority for all my working class constituents who own horses and enjoy simple pleasures like ripping foxes apart for laughs.
At #Christmas we tell the truth:
“Whichever way you look at it, you can’t reach the potential of cycling without making it much more safe and hospitable to cycle. It all comes down to that basic fact.”
@matthewbarber.co.uk 👀
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/de...
“Whichever way you look at it, you can’t reach the potential of cycling without making it much more safe and hospitable to cycle. It all comes down to that basic fact.”
@matthewbarber.co.uk 👀
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/de...
Cycling is changing at speed – but is Britain keeping pace?
Emulating the bike-friendly highways enjoyed by our continental neighbours will take a lot more money and political will
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 11:15 PM
At #Christmas we tell the truth:
“Whichever way you look at it, you can’t reach the potential of cycling without making it much more safe and hospitable to cycle. It all comes down to that basic fact.”
@matthewbarber.co.uk 👀
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/de...
“Whichever way you look at it, you can’t reach the potential of cycling without making it much more safe and hospitable to cycle. It all comes down to that basic fact.”
@matthewbarber.co.uk 👀
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/de...
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72-year old Baroness Neville-Rolfe said:
“Scooters and cycles regularly ride on pavements and, because of electrification, they can go at high speeds, up to 70 miles per hour, according to the Sunday Telegraph”
Two solutions:
1. Close the Telegraph.
2. Mandatory dementia tests for peers.
“Scooters and cycles regularly ride on pavements and, because of electrification, they can go at high speeds, up to 70 miles per hour, according to the Sunday Telegraph”
Two solutions:
1. Close the Telegraph.
2. Mandatory dementia tests for peers.
“Arrogant” cyclists riding at 70mph are ignoring police and making pavements “as dangerous as the road”, House of Lords told
During a debate on the Crime and Policing Bill, former Met Police head Lord Hogan-Howe reiterated his calls for bike number plates, while other peers claimed that the “threat” had shifted from “Lycra ...
road.cc
December 19, 2025 at 9:41 AM
72-year old Baroness Neville-Rolfe said:
“Scooters and cycles regularly ride on pavements and, because of electrification, they can go at high speeds, up to 70 miles per hour, according to the Sunday Telegraph”
Two solutions:
1. Close the Telegraph.
2. Mandatory dementia tests for peers.
“Scooters and cycles regularly ride on pavements and, because of electrification, they can go at high speeds, up to 70 miles per hour, according to the Sunday Telegraph”
Two solutions:
1. Close the Telegraph.
2. Mandatory dementia tests for peers.
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over the last 6 months i have been yelled at by people in cars for nothing beyond being a person on a bike. i wasn’t “in their way,” i wasn’t forcing them to alter their behavior; i wasn’t acting like a “scofflaw.” i think there is a growing hostility abroad toward cyclists and it really worries me
December 13, 2025 at 3:15 AM
over the last 6 months i have been yelled at by people in cars for nothing beyond being a person on a bike. i wasn’t “in their way,” i wasn’t forcing them to alter their behavior; i wasn’t acting like a “scofflaw.” i think there is a growing hostility abroad toward cyclists and it really worries me
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No.
Octopus could be the next commercially farmed seafood. Should it be? — Fast Company
They’re clever, they’re otherworldly, and if a growing band of companies and scientists have their way, they’re going to be raised for human consumption. Inside the birth of a new and controversial in...
apple.news
December 9, 2025 at 11:49 PM
No.
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We have actually got to the point where we need a national media campaign on how to behave as a socially responsible and acceptable person
This faced me walking to the bus stop the other night. Quite special, even for around here.
December 7, 2025 at 10:10 AM
We have actually got to the point where we need a national media campaign on how to behave as a socially responsible and acceptable person
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Not sure what the single yellow line means?
How about DON'T PARK ON THE PAVEMENT ... 🤦♀️
(Church Cowley Road, Oxford OX4)
#AntisocialParking #PavementParking #PavementsAreForPeople
How about DON'T PARK ON THE PAVEMENT ... 🤦♀️
(Church Cowley Road, Oxford OX4)
#AntisocialParking #PavementParking #PavementsAreForPeople
December 7, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Not sure what the single yellow line means?
How about DON'T PARK ON THE PAVEMENT ... 🤦♀️
(Church Cowley Road, Oxford OX4)
#AntisocialParking #PavementParking #PavementsAreForPeople
How about DON'T PARK ON THE PAVEMENT ... 🤦♀️
(Church Cowley Road, Oxford OX4)
#AntisocialParking #PavementParking #PavementsAreForPeople
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The best thing about Chipping Norton at Christmas is the Henry nativity scene.
December 6, 2025 at 11:37 AM
The best thing about Chipping Norton at Christmas is the Henry nativity scene.
If you looking at @ollyglover.bsky.social ‘s survey - “what matters to you?”. This Olly. #pavementparking that’s out of control in #Didcot. One year and we can’t see change. Just more cars. But yeah, let’s fix the potholes for them? @badlyparkedox.bsky.social @oxfordclarion.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
If you looking at @ollyglover.bsky.social ‘s survey - “what matters to you?”. This Olly. #pavementparking that’s out of control in #Didcot. One year and we can’t see change. Just more cars. But yeah, let’s fix the potholes for them? @badlyparkedox.bsky.social @oxfordclarion.bsky.social
Just had the @ollyglover.bsky.social questionnaire through. Brave question being asked, the reply will (based on the last year of no change) @greenparty.org.uk ? Doesn’t mention #activetravel as on option important to you either? #saveDidcot
December 4, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Just had the @ollyglover.bsky.social questionnaire through. Brave question being asked, the reply will (based on the last year of no change) @greenparty.org.uk ? Doesn’t mention #activetravel as on option important to you either? #saveDidcot
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Crucially, those looking to invest in potential car-replacing electric bikes can relax as a touted reintroduction of a cap on the Cycle to Work scheme never materialised in the Autumn Budget. Hit the link in comments for the full story.
November 26, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Crucially, those looking to invest in potential car-replacing electric bikes can relax as a touted reintroduction of a cap on the Cycle to Work scheme never materialised in the Autumn Budget. Hit the link in comments for the full story.
Strong start. They must be emulating GWR from the start 😊
Chiltern Railways has confirmed Oxford to Milton Keynes services will not start this year. The delay, first reported by the Clarion in September, has been picked up by national media this week. Chiltern says “We understand this will be disappointing to people looking forward to using the new route.”
November 20, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Strong start. They must be emulating GWR from the start 😊
If we are ever going to have a real road safety strategy we need to publish the consultation on #pavementparking and take it seriously. @ollyglover.bsky.social
Road collisions should not be viewed as inevitable. Today I pushed the Government to use the internationally recognised Safe System principles, grounded in harm reduction, as it develops a new road safety strategy.
November 20, 2025 at 8:40 AM
If we are ever going to have a real road safety strategy we need to publish the consultation on #pavementparking and take it seriously. @ollyglover.bsky.social
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I do wonder if labour are just chucking ideas at the wall to see what sticks, and what the reaction is.
They just seem to be fiddling at the edges and avoiding the big issues.
JUST RAISE BLOODY FUEL DUTY
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
They just seem to be fiddling at the edges and avoiding the big issues.
JUST RAISE BLOODY FUEL DUTY
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Hundreds of thousands to lose heat pump subsidies in Reeves’s budget plan
Exclusive: chancellor plans to fund energy efficiency levies via warm homes plan as part of drive to lower energy bills
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I do wonder if labour are just chucking ideas at the wall to see what sticks, and what the reaction is.
They just seem to be fiddling at the edges and avoiding the big issues.
JUST RAISE BLOODY FUEL DUTY
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
They just seem to be fiddling at the edges and avoiding the big issues.
JUST RAISE BLOODY FUEL DUTY
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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We are floating the removal of the ONLY tax break on cycles. (Yes, it’s imperfect, yes it misses out the chunk of population that don’t pay income tax).
We are definitely not going to restore the fuel tax on petrol to where it should be.
Remind me again why I voted for you?
We are definitely not going to restore the fuel tax on petrol to where it should be.
Remind me again why I voted for you?
November 13, 2025 at 9:17 AM
We are floating the removal of the ONLY tax break on cycles. (Yes, it’s imperfect, yes it misses out the chunk of population that don’t pay income tax).
We are definitely not going to restore the fuel tax on petrol to where it should be.
Remind me again why I voted for you?
We are definitely not going to restore the fuel tax on petrol to where it should be.
Remind me again why I voted for you?
Think a lot of cyclists in Oxford and Oxfordshire are delighted with this.
We may now get Road Safety back on the agenda with TVP and a police force that actually listens, and cares.
#cyclinglife
We may now get Road Safety back on the agenda with TVP and a police force that actually listens, and cares.
#cyclinglife
"Government announces PCCs to be abolished"
matthewbarber.co.uk/news/pccs-ab... (link in bio)
matthewbarber.co.uk/news/pccs-ab... (link in bio)
November 13, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Think a lot of cyclists in Oxford and Oxfordshire are delighted with this.
We may now get Road Safety back on the agenda with TVP and a police force that actually listens, and cares.
#cyclinglife
We may now get Road Safety back on the agenda with TVP and a police force that actually listens, and cares.
#cyclinglife
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“Cycle to Work should be about helping ordinary commuters switch to greener travel, not giving tax breaks to high earners buying £4,000 e-bikes for weekend rides in the Surrey Hills”.
To the contrary, £4k can get a young family out of a car and onto a cargo bike in a cycle lane.
To the contrary, £4k can get a young family out of a car and onto a cargo bike in a cycle lane.
November 13, 2025 at 8:08 AM
“Cycle to Work should be about helping ordinary commuters switch to greener travel, not giving tax breaks to high earners buying £4,000 e-bikes for weekend rides in the Surrey Hills”.
To the contrary, £4k can get a young family out of a car and onto a cargo bike in a cycle lane.
To the contrary, £4k can get a young family out of a car and onto a cargo bike in a cycle lane.
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Won't someone please think of the people paying £600 per night for a suite?
They want their Oxford congestion charge refunding, so let's screw the bus users and chuck the whole thing in the bin. (1/2)
www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2561634...
They want their Oxford congestion charge refunding, so let's screw the bus users and chuck the whole thing in the bin. (1/2)
www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2561634...
Hotel guests ask for congestion charge 'refund'
Guests staying at a luxury hotel in Oxford city centre have been asking for the congestion charge to be refunded from their bills
www.oxfordmail.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Won't someone please think of the people paying £600 per night for a suite?
They want their Oxford congestion charge refunding, so let's screw the bus users and chuck the whole thing in the bin. (1/2)
www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2561634...
They want their Oxford congestion charge refunding, so let's screw the bus users and chuck the whole thing in the bin. (1/2)
www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2561634...
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Axing the cycle-to-work scheme might seem like low-hanging fruit for a cash-strapped Treasury, but it would be a big mistake. Particularly with expensive kid-carrying cargo e-bikes, it's one of the most effective modal shift levers out there.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Rachel Reeves to cut tax benefits for workers using salary sacrifice schemes to buy bikes
Chancellor expected to introduce new limit on how much can be spent on a bicycle through cycle to work scheme
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Axing the cycle-to-work scheme might seem like low-hanging fruit for a cash-strapped Treasury, but it would be a big mistake. Particularly with expensive kid-carrying cargo e-bikes, it's one of the most effective modal shift levers out there.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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From an Oxford bus driver ⬇️
It's amazing how much of a difference the congestion charge in Oxford has made. The roads are much quieter, it's so easy driving around the city centre now and being able to keep to time. My job has become less stressful.
November 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
From an Oxford bus driver ⬇️
Is it wrong to set up a crowd funding to buy @nathanley.com a house in #Didcot, to have half a chance of change?
Appreciate David R has tried now for a long time 😊
Appreciate David R has tried now for a long time 😊
I just find it such a depressing and unambitious thing to say. As if our population is *that* unhealthy it’s so unthinkable they might cycle
It just needs some imagination (and leading by example) to shake people from the inertia, or at least highlight excuse making when we see it…
It just needs some imagination (and leading by example) to shake people from the inertia, or at least highlight excuse making when we see it…
November 7, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Is it wrong to set up a crowd funding to buy @nathanley.com a house in #Didcot, to have half a chance of change?
Appreciate David R has tried now for a long time 😊
Appreciate David R has tried now for a long time 😊
My swim squad has started communicating on Facebook, so I’ve had to activate my account.
I’ve never been so depressed by the Councillors for Didcot.
Apparently we need more roads, remove the one bus gate and they voted against the congestion charge.
We deserve more. #Didcot needs more.
I’ve never been so depressed by the Councillors for Didcot.
Apparently we need more roads, remove the one bus gate and they voted against the congestion charge.
We deserve more. #Didcot needs more.
November 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
My swim squad has started communicating on Facebook, so I’ve had to activate my account.
I’ve never been so depressed by the Councillors for Didcot.
Apparently we need more roads, remove the one bus gate and they voted against the congestion charge.
We deserve more. #Didcot needs more.
I’ve never been so depressed by the Councillors for Didcot.
Apparently we need more roads, remove the one bus gate and they voted against the congestion charge.
We deserve more. #Didcot needs more.
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I don't need the flying taxi because the fact they're using government funds for this bullshit instead of active and public transport is enough to send me into orbit.
Flying electric taxis will be travelling between Oxford and Cambridge next year. A six-month pilot project (geddit) aims to prepare the infrastructure and develop a business case as a first step towards “commercially viable regional operations”.
October 2, 2025 at 8:49 AM
I don't need the flying taxi because the fact they're using government funds for this bullshit instead of active and public transport is enough to send me into orbit.
Good to see that one year on:
Didcot gridlocked with cars ✅
Dangerous as ever to cycle ✅
Pavement parking out of control ✅
GWR trains expensive & late ✅
But it’s okay; once Olly gets promoted we may see some change. Starting to feel it was a wasted vote & the change promised isn’t coming #didcot
Didcot gridlocked with cars ✅
Dangerous as ever to cycle ✅
Pavement parking out of control ✅
GWR trains expensive & late ✅
But it’s okay; once Olly gets promoted we may see some change. Starting to feel it was a wasted vote & the change promised isn’t coming #didcot
I'm pleased to have been appointed @libdems.org.uk Transport Spokesperson.
Transport should be an enabler of a thriving economy, social mobility, and preventing climate change, and I will campaign for affordable and reliable public transport, walking and cycling, and roads that work for all.
Transport should be an enabler of a thriving economy, social mobility, and preventing climate change, and I will campaign for affordable and reliable public transport, walking and cycling, and roads that work for all.
October 3, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Good to see that one year on:
Didcot gridlocked with cars ✅
Dangerous as ever to cycle ✅
Pavement parking out of control ✅
GWR trains expensive & late ✅
But it’s okay; once Olly gets promoted we may see some change. Starting to feel it was a wasted vote & the change promised isn’t coming #didcot
Didcot gridlocked with cars ✅
Dangerous as ever to cycle ✅
Pavement parking out of control ✅
GWR trains expensive & late ✅
But it’s okay; once Olly gets promoted we may see some change. Starting to feel it was a wasted vote & the change promised isn’t coming #didcot