Matt Savage
@savageplatoon.bsky.social
Aspiring liberal elite. Climate policy, finance and economics. Director - Oxford Consulting Partners. Trustee - Dialogue Earth. Hopeful but realistic.
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Fortunately, I already figured out the plots of the next several Toy Story films
November 12, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Fortunately, I already figured out the plots of the next several Toy Story films
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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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Keir Starmer has effectively started a leadership challenge against himself. To have entered into this kind of madhouse Westminster squabbling so soon after an election is simply unforgivable.
inews.co.uk/opinion/back...
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I have always backed Starmer - until now
This kind of Westminster squabbling is unforgivable
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November 12, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Keir Starmer has effectively started a leadership challenge against himself. To have entered into this kind of madhouse Westminster squabbling so soon after an election is simply unforgivable.
inews.co.uk/opinion/back...
inews.co.uk/opinion/back...
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Finally driving my first EV and can’t be the only middle aged dad now *obsessed* with regenerative braking and getting as many miles as humanly possible.
November 12, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Finally driving my first EV and can’t be the only middle aged dad now *obsessed* with regenerative braking and getting as many miles as humanly possible.
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The Millennium Falcon, the Tardis, the USS Enterprise and even Starbug must all bow to the Eagle from Space:1999, by FAR the best spaceship in science fiction. Anyone who says otherwise is either mad or crazy.
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The Millennium Falcon, the Tardis, the USS Enterprise and even Starbug must all bow to the Eagle from Space:1999, by FAR the best spaceship in science fiction. Anyone who says otherwise is either mad or crazy.
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This game is getting silly now. Live Aid was closer to the end of WW2 than to the present day
November 7, 2025 at 1:38 PM
This game is getting silly now. Live Aid was closer to the end of WW2 than to the present day
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incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
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sorry everyone I’m just having a lot of fun with the congestion charge debate because look I live outside the ring road in a village with not great bus service and I personally think the CC is one of the best things to happen to Oxford this year
November 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM
sorry everyone I’m just having a lot of fun with the congestion charge debate because look I live outside the ring road in a village with not great bus service and I personally think the CC is one of the best things to happen to Oxford this year
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Gotta love Private Eye.
Always cuts through the crap.
Always cuts through the crap.
October 31, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Gotta love Private Eye.
Always cuts through the crap.
Always cuts through the crap.
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So you should really watch this. Just 2 minutes. But a window into the truly radical nature of the people Trump is nominating.
When pressed today, the nominee to be Ambassador to South Africa refuses to oppose reinstituting laws to prevent black people from voting in America.
When pressed today, the nominee to be Ambassador to South Africa refuses to oppose reinstituting laws to prevent black people from voting in America.
October 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
So you should really watch this. Just 2 minutes. But a window into the truly radical nature of the people Trump is nominating.
When pressed today, the nominee to be Ambassador to South Africa refuses to oppose reinstituting laws to prevent black people from voting in America.
When pressed today, the nominee to be Ambassador to South Africa refuses to oppose reinstituting laws to prevent black people from voting in America.
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Jeremy Mogford, Oxford hotelier and chairman of Oxford Business Action Group, has been charged with murder in connection with the death of his 100-year old mother Patricia Mogford. The 77-year old was charged together with 71-year old Sarah Pickering from Guildford.
October 23, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Jeremy Mogford, Oxford hotelier and chairman of Oxford Business Action Group, has been charged with murder in connection with the death of his 100-year old mother Patricia Mogford. The 77-year old was charged together with 71-year old Sarah Pickering from Guildford.
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A bus service every 7-8 minutes for Barton, every 7-8 minutes for Kidlington and Oxford Parkway, and every 5 minutes for Blackbird Leys will kick in from 30 November with a raft of timetable changes by Stagecoach. Night buses will operate on all these routes until 3.30am on Friday/Saturday.
October 23, 2025 at 12:20 PM
A bus service every 7-8 minutes for Barton, every 7-8 minutes for Kidlington and Oxford Parkway, and every 5 minutes for Blackbird Leys will kick in from 30 November with a raft of timetable changes by Stagecoach. Night buses will operate on all these routes until 3.30am on Friday/Saturday.
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Stunning poem by Anne Tannam 💙
#amreading
#amreading
October 18, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Stunning poem by Anne Tannam 💙
#amreading
#amreading
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OK guys, post your best signs from today for entry into my Top 15 No Kings Sign Contest.
October 18, 2025 at 7:34 PM
OK guys, post your best signs from today for entry into my Top 15 No Kings Sign Contest.
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The US federal attack on Portland has resulted in the best advertisement for a city that I have ever seen. Round-the-clock joy, community solidarity and silliness that much of the West has lost and longs for.
October 13, 2025 at 12:41 PM
The US federal attack on Portland has resulted in the best advertisement for a city that I have ever seen. Round-the-clock joy, community solidarity and silliness that much of the West has lost and longs for.
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Absolutely superb effort by all those who voted for this, many of whom are now dead.
October 11, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Absolutely superb effort by all those who voted for this, many of whom are now dead.
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every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”
October 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”
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stop thinking right now
October 11, 2025 at 9:08 AM
stop thinking right now
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Blessed are the frogs, for they keep making authoritarians look incredibly stupid
October 10, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Blessed are the frogs, for they keep making authoritarians look incredibly stupid
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Genuinely outstanding news, even if this news story can apparently only report on it by cramming it full of every objection imaginable. People should be able to drink as late as they please. And by 'people' I mean me.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Pubs to stay open until early hours in push for UK growth
Exclusive: Plans for England and Wales would help ailing hospitality sector but health experts criticise plans
www.theguardian.com
October 8, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Genuinely outstanding news, even if this news story can apparently only report on it by cramming it full of every objection imaginable. People should be able to drink as late as they please. And by 'people' I mean me.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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That Kemi Badenoch Tory conference speech in full: nothing is our fault, even though we crashed the economy; rich people should pay less tax; hate is fine when it is aimed at the “woke”; here’s a load of unaffordable electoral bribes aimed at people that are already wealthy and need zero help.
October 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM
That Kemi Badenoch Tory conference speech in full: nothing is our fault, even though we crashed the economy; rich people should pay less tax; hate is fine when it is aimed at the “woke”; here’s a load of unaffordable electoral bribes aimed at people that are already wealthy and need zero help.
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An unexpected archaeological discovery in Oxfordshire County Council’s proposed new HQ could transform our understanding of Oxford’s history. Madeline Odent @oldenoughtosay.com unearths a fascinating site – and floats an intriguing possibility…
oxfordclarion.uk/have-we-foun...
oxfordclarion.uk/have-we-foun...
Have we found St Frideswide’s Priory?
An unexpected discovery at Oxfordshire County Council’s proposed new HQ could transform our understanding of Oxford’s history. Madeline Odent explains more…
Oxfordshire County Council received some u...
oxfordclarion.uk
October 8, 2025 at 12:10 PM
An unexpected archaeological discovery in Oxfordshire County Council’s proposed new HQ could transform our understanding of Oxford’s history. Madeline Odent @oldenoughtosay.com unearths a fascinating site – and floats an intriguing possibility…
oxfordclarion.uk/have-we-foun...
oxfordclarion.uk/have-we-foun...
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Been to the youngest’s harvest assembly.
Theory: every primary school built pre about 1980 in Britain has some version of this equipment. It is referred to as something like ‘the apparatus’.
No one has any memory of it ever being used.
Theory: every primary school built pre about 1980 in Britain has some version of this equipment. It is referred to as something like ‘the apparatus’.
No one has any memory of it ever being used.
October 8, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Been to the youngest’s harvest assembly.
Theory: every primary school built pre about 1980 in Britain has some version of this equipment. It is referred to as something like ‘the apparatus’.
No one has any memory of it ever being used.
Theory: every primary school built pre about 1980 in Britain has some version of this equipment. It is referred to as something like ‘the apparatus’.
No one has any memory of it ever being used.
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How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.
October 8, 2025 at 8:20 AM
How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.