Mary Woolliams
@swift33.bsky.social
Oxford - Nurse, teacher, cyclist, food lover, wildlife appreciator.
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Billionaires and corporations are causing climate breakdown.
It's time to tax the rich.
www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/su...
It's time to tax the rich.
www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/su...
You can't solve a crisis with the same thinking that caused it
Billionaires and corporations are driving climate breakdown. It’s time to tax their wealth and build a fairer future.
www.newstatesman.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Billionaires and corporations are causing climate breakdown.
It's time to tax the rich.
www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/su...
It's time to tax the rich.
www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/su...
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Out door knocking yesterday for the Ridgeway by-election, I spoke to a resident who said "we've been let down for so many years now." - This person lives in a house that cost well over a million pounds. If even the people living in the big houses feel that way, how do you think poor people feel?
November 9, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Out door knocking yesterday for the Ridgeway by-election, I spoke to a resident who said "we've been let down for so many years now." - This person lives in a house that cost well over a million pounds. If even the people living in the big houses feel that way, how do you think poor people feel?
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If they only knew how to zoom in, they might just be able to make out the red poppy too....
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 PM
If they only knew how to zoom in, they might just be able to make out the red poppy too....
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Green MSPs Ross Greer @ross-greer.bsky.social and @patrickharvie.bsky.social joined workers at a picket outside #RockstarGames' office in #Edinburgh to stand in solidarity with workers unfairly fired for exercising their right to form a #TradeUnion
greens.scot/news/rocksta...
greens.scot/news/rocksta...
ROCKSTAR: Greens backs workers against union busting game developer
ROCKSTAR: Greens backs workers against union busting game developer - Rockstar are attacking worker's rights.
greens.scot
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Green MSPs Ross Greer @ross-greer.bsky.social and @patrickharvie.bsky.social joined workers at a picket outside #RockstarGames' office in #Edinburgh to stand in solidarity with workers unfairly fired for exercising their right to form a #TradeUnion
greens.scot/news/rocksta...
greens.scot/news/rocksta...
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Which one is more English?
November 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Which one is more English?
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Goodbye Comet Lemmon. See you again in 1,155 years. ☄
November 6, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Goodbye Comet Lemmon. See you again in 1,155 years. ☄
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Wow.
The Greens are not just SECOND in this poll.
They're now 3 points ahead of Labour - who are fourth.
Time for Labour to stand down to stop splitting the anti-Reform vote!
The Greens are not just SECOND in this poll.
They're now 3 points ahead of Labour - who are fourth.
Time for Labour to stand down to stop splitting the anti-Reform vote!
November 6, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Wow.
The Greens are not just SECOND in this poll.
They're now 3 points ahead of Labour - who are fourth.
Time for Labour to stand down to stop splitting the anti-Reform vote!
The Greens are not just SECOND in this poll.
They're now 3 points ahead of Labour - who are fourth.
Time for Labour to stand down to stop splitting the anti-Reform vote!
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Someone just shared this with me: 1967, 3,000 publicans marching against introducing breath tests for drivers.
Barbara Castle MP got this introduced and speed limits and seatbelts as mInister for transport, and faced the standard opposition.
Barbara Castle MP got this introduced and speed limits and seatbelts as mInister for transport, and faced the standard opposition.
November 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Someone just shared this with me: 1967, 3,000 publicans marching against introducing breath tests for drivers.
Barbara Castle MP got this introduced and speed limits and seatbelts as mInister for transport, and faced the standard opposition.
Barbara Castle MP got this introduced and speed limits and seatbelts as mInister for transport, and faced the standard opposition.
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Zack has got the billionaire-controlled media worried.
The Spectator are confused.
It's not going to be cost free.
Billionaires are going to pay more.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
It's not going to be cost free.
Billionaires are going to pay more.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 6, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Zack has got the billionaire-controlled media worried.
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The Government needs to get serious about climate change. And it hasn't so we're suing. But this is the longest and most expensive legal letter Good Law Project has ever sent - and it involves a huge team of specialist lawyers. And we really could use your help. goodlaw.social/4cqi
Make Keir Starmer step up on climate
The government is failing to tackle global heating – so we’re forcing it to take action
goodlaw.social
November 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The Government needs to get serious about climate change. And it hasn't so we're suing. But this is the longest and most expensive legal letter Good Law Project has ever sent - and it involves a huge team of specialist lawyers. And we really could use your help. goodlaw.social/4cqi
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November 5, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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Buses are getting around Oxford faster as a result of the congestion charge, according to Oxford Bus Company. MD Luke Marion said “We’ve already seen encouraging improvements to traffic flow and bus journey times in the scheme’s first week.”
November 4, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Buses are getting around Oxford faster as a result of the congestion charge, according to Oxford Bus Company. MD Luke Marion said “We’ve already seen encouraging improvements to traffic flow and bus journey times in the scheme’s first week.”
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Cars the U.K are up to 55% larger today than they were in the 1970s and there are twice the number of motors on our roads as there were 30 years ago, but anti-Low Traffic Neighbourhood and anti-cycle lane campaigners keep claiming they 'cause congestion'.
Okay.
Okay.
November 4, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Cars the U.K are up to 55% larger today than they were in the 1970s and there are twice the number of motors on our roads as there were 30 years ago, but anti-Low Traffic Neighbourhood and anti-cycle lane campaigners keep claiming they 'cause congestion'.
Okay.
Okay.
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The world's poorest people aren't the ones causing large-scale climate breakdown - so why are they expected to pay for it?
Myself and my fellow Green MPs have written to the PM ahead of COP30 urging him to #MakePollutersPay through a tax on the extraction of fossil fuels.
Myself and my fellow Green MPs have written to the PM ahead of COP30 urging him to #MakePollutersPay through a tax on the extraction of fossil fuels.
We must ensure polluters, not the poorest, pay for climate action.
Ahead of COP30, we have written to the Prime Minister, urging him to ensure that those most responsible bear the cost.
Ahead of COP30, we have written to the Prime Minister, urging him to ensure that those most responsible bear the cost.
November 4, 2025 at 9:47 AM
The world's poorest people aren't the ones causing large-scale climate breakdown - so why are they expected to pay for it?
Myself and my fellow Green MPs have written to the PM ahead of COP30 urging him to #MakePollutersPay through a tax on the extraction of fossil fuels.
Myself and my fellow Green MPs have written to the PM ahead of COP30 urging him to #MakePollutersPay through a tax on the extraction of fossil fuels.
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See, would have been rude to park in the road here, what with the zig zags and all.
November 3, 2025 at 10:08 PM
See, would have been rude to park in the road here, what with the zig zags and all.
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The stunning Isle of Skye 🏴
November 3, 2025 at 6:46 AM
The stunning Isle of Skye 🏴
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Let them eat shit
November 1, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Let them eat shit
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Hope is contagious
Let’s make hope normal again
Join @greenparty.org.uk: join.greenparty.org.uk
#HopeIsContagious
@zackpolanski.bsky.social @rachelmillward.bsky.social @mothinali.bsky.social @easterngreenparty.bsky.social
Let’s make hope normal again
Join @greenparty.org.uk: join.greenparty.org.uk
#HopeIsContagious
@zackpolanski.bsky.social @rachelmillward.bsky.social @mothinali.bsky.social @easterngreenparty.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Hope is contagious
Let’s make hope normal again
Join @greenparty.org.uk: join.greenparty.org.uk
#HopeIsContagious
@zackpolanski.bsky.social @rachelmillward.bsky.social @mothinali.bsky.social @easterngreenparty.bsky.social
Let’s make hope normal again
Join @greenparty.org.uk: join.greenparty.org.uk
#HopeIsContagious
@zackpolanski.bsky.social @rachelmillward.bsky.social @mothinali.bsky.social @easterngreenparty.bsky.social
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An Oxford student has been acquitted of damaging Stonehenge by spraying it with orange powder in support of Just Stop Oil, reports the BBC. Niamh Lynch, a geography student at Regent's Park College, cited "reasonable excuse" in her defence.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Just Stop Oil activists cleared over Stonehenge protest
The trio are cleared of all charges after citing human rights law in their defence.
www.bbc.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:03 PM
An Oxford student has been acquitted of damaging Stonehenge by spraying it with orange powder in support of Just Stop Oil, reports the BBC. Niamh Lynch, a geography student at Regent's Park College, cited "reasonable excuse" in her defence.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Here’s something really graphic for Halloween:
October 31, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Here’s something really graphic for Halloween:
Entertaining thread! Thank you @itsjoels.bsky.social
What’s the stupidest thing you’ve ever done? I don’t mean “cheating on your partner” stupid, I mean stupid stupid. Like, once, I had this bubble bath which smelled absolutely delicious, so I took a big glug of it. That kind of stupid. (It did not taste delicious.)
October 31, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Entertaining thread! Thank you @itsjoels.bsky.social
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What’s the stupidest thing you’ve ever done? I don’t mean “cheating on your partner” stupid, I mean stupid stupid. Like, once, I had this bubble bath which smelled absolutely delicious, so I took a big glug of it. That kind of stupid. (It did not taste delicious.)
October 31, 2025 at 10:55 AM
What’s the stupidest thing you’ve ever done? I don’t mean “cheating on your partner” stupid, I mean stupid stupid. Like, once, I had this bubble bath which smelled absolutely delicious, so I took a big glug of it. That kind of stupid. (It did not taste delicious.)
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If you're a National Trust member, it's that time of year again: Midnight tonight is the deadline. It's a shame people have to keep doing this to keep a toehold on historical truth in this country, but here we are. Voting link: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
![[Scene is the entrance cabin to a NATIONAL TRUST PROPERTY AND GARDENS]
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NATIONAL TRUST EMPLOYEE [inside cabin]:
Hello there
2
[A young family - two parents two kids - have arrived at the front desk].
DAD:
Hi - do you have an activity trail, for the kids?
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NT EMPLOYEE:
Of course – you’re just in time for the Autumn Gammon Trail!
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MUM:
That sounds fun, doesn’t it kids?
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NT EMPLOYEE [handing an activity sheet and pencils to the kids]:
Every autumn, the Reform Trust gammons flock back to the National Trust for the AGM. Just follow the trail round the grounds, and see how many you can spot!
6
NT EMPLOYEE [hearing something in the gardens]:
Listen - that's their call
[Calls emanating from the landscape]:
tut-tut
woke-woke
7
NT EMPLOYEE [showing the family an apparently empty fenced enclosure with some bushes in]:
They are extremely sensitive and fragile...
But you can bring them out of hiding if you put a little sign down mentioning slavery.
8
KIDS [pointing]:
There they are!
[Some little red faced PEOPLE wearing Barbour jackets and gilets emerge cautiously from the bushes. They are creeping towards a TINY SIGN in the middle of the enclosure].
[Little people noises]:
woke-woke
tut-tut
woke-woke
9
[Close-up of the TINY SIGN - we can read that it says]:
Slavery had a bit to do with building this massive house.
[Noises from the little people again as they inspect the tiny sign]:
tut-tut
woke-woke
10
MUM [pointing]:
What's that one doing there?
NT EMPLOYEE:
Oh, that's so sweet…
11
[We see that one of the people is sat on a rock, with a little laptop open on a tree stump, and they are furiously typing away].
NT EMPLOYEE:
I think he's writing a column for the Daily Telegraph…
12
[We see close up to the little person’s screen, it is a word document reading]:
Are National Trust scones secretly WOKE?
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October 31, 2025 at 9:02 AM
If you're a National Trust member, it's that time of year again: Midnight tonight is the deadline. It's a shame people have to keep doing this to keep a toehold on historical truth in this country, but here we are. Voting link: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
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Cycling to take the train at Oxford Station just got harder. You can only accessible the large cycle parking area from the South, and they've removed about 88 spaces! @andrewgant.bsky.social @emilykerr36.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Cycling to take the train at Oxford Station just got harder. You can only accessible the large cycle parking area from the South, and they've removed about 88 spaces! @andrewgant.bsky.social @emilykerr36.bsky.social