Tim Spanner
@timspanner.bsky.social
News, politics, publishing, Mexico, F1 and radio in no particular order. Husband, Dad, Hispanohablante and cat owner.
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Oxford, UK
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Oxford, UK
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Independent anti-LTN candidate Saj Malik wins Cowley from Labour.
🟪 Ind 1299 [Saj Malik]
🌹 Labour 704
💚 Green 420
🔶 LibDem 249
➡️ Reform 224
🔵 Con 65
◻️ Ind 29
◻️ TUSC 25
🟪 Ind 1299 [Saj Malik]
🌹 Labour 704
💚 Green 420
🔶 LibDem 249
➡️ Reform 224
🔵 Con 65
◻️ Ind 29
◻️ TUSC 25
May 2, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Independent anti-LTN candidate Saj Malik wins Cowley from Labour.
🟪 Ind 1299 [Saj Malik]
🌹 Labour 704
💚 Green 420
🔶 LibDem 249
➡️ Reform 224
🔵 Con 65
◻️ Ind 29
◻️ TUSC 25
🟪 Ind 1299 [Saj Malik]
🌹 Labour 704
💚 Green 420
🔶 LibDem 249
➡️ Reform 224
🔵 Con 65
◻️ Ind 29
◻️ TUSC 25
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Independent Oxford Alliance wins Rose Hill & Littlemore from Labour. David Henwood is the new councillor, replacing Trish Elphinstone.
🟪 IOA 1240
🌹 Labour 1124
➡️ Reform 373
💚 Green 272
🔶 LibDem 112
🔵 Con 81
🟪 IOA 1240
🌹 Labour 1124
➡️ Reform 373
💚 Green 272
🔶 LibDem 112
🔵 Con 81
May 2, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Independent Oxford Alliance wins Rose Hill & Littlemore from Labour. David Henwood is the new councillor, replacing Trish Elphinstone.
🟪 IOA 1240
🌹 Labour 1124
➡️ Reform 373
💚 Green 272
🔶 LibDem 112
🔵 Con 81
🟪 IOA 1240
🌹 Labour 1124
➡️ Reform 373
💚 Green 272
🔶 LibDem 112
🔵 Con 81
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A reminder: Russia signed a treaty with Ukraine in 1997, accepting that Crimea was part of Ukraine. In 2014 Russia infiltrated Crimea and seized it. Now Pres Trump proposes that Ukraine should accept the loss of Crimea, and blames Pres Zelenskyy for refusing this peace deal.
April 24, 2025 at 11:04 AM
A reminder: Russia signed a treaty with Ukraine in 1997, accepting that Crimea was part of Ukraine. In 2014 Russia infiltrated Crimea and seized it. Now Pres Trump proposes that Ukraine should accept the loss of Crimea, and blames Pres Zelenskyy for refusing this peace deal.
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📚 Today is #WorldBookAndCopyrightDay, a chance to celebrate both the incredible stories that shape who we are, and the rights that ensure those authors are recognised, respected, and paid for their work. Now more than ever, we must make sure copyright is protected.
April 23, 2025 at 8:57 AM
📚 Today is #WorldBookAndCopyrightDay, a chance to celebrate both the incredible stories that shape who we are, and the rights that ensure those authors are recognised, respected, and paid for their work. Now more than ever, we must make sure copyright is protected.
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The ’fair use’ legal defence used by Meta and Anthropic last week against separate allegations of copyright infringement for training AI tools on published books won’t work in UK courts, according to the Publishers Association and Society of Authors 👇
Meta's 'fair use' defence for training AI with published books 'won't work in UK', says PA
www.thebookseller.com
April 4, 2025 at 8:06 AM
The ’fair use’ legal defence used by Meta and Anthropic last week against separate allegations of copyright infringement for training AI tools on published books won’t work in UK courts, according to the Publishers Association and Society of Authors 👇
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The UK has now issued a travel warning for the US: possible arrest or detention for failing to meet entry requirements.
March 20, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Yeah, the taxi adverts will be why people regularly die.
Not because we forced more traffic on to the roundabout by closing the alternative routes.
Not because we forced more traffic on to the roundabout by closing the alternative routes.
Adverts have been removed from the Plain roundabout following the successful campaign to persuade Oxford City Council not to renew consent. Objectors had said the adverts were distracting at an accident blackspot.
March 13, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Yeah, the taxi adverts will be why people regularly die.
Not because we forced more traffic on to the roundabout by closing the alternative routes.
Not because we forced more traffic on to the roundabout by closing the alternative routes.
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Presumably this was the plan all along and the spat with Zelenskyy in the White House the premeditated excuse.
Donald Trump pauses US military aid to Ukraine
The fallout from last week's argument in the Oval Office ratchets up significantly as America suspends arms for an as-yet unknown period.
news.sky.com
March 4, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Presumably this was the plan all along and the spat with Zelenskyy in the White House the premeditated excuse.
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🇪🇺🇬🇧 Through my first set of meetings in Brussels. The praise for Starmer is overwhelming: “What he has managed to do is not just good for him. It's good for all of us. Absolutely top notch. This is the UK at its best. The UK we have always admired.
March 3, 2025 at 8:03 AM
🇪🇺🇬🇧 Through my first set of meetings in Brussels. The praise for Starmer is overwhelming: “What he has managed to do is not just good for him. It's good for all of us. Absolutely top notch. This is the UK at its best. The UK we have always admired.
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Starmer tells Zelenskyy:
"As you heard from the cheers in the street outside, you have full backing in the United Kingdom... that is the people of the UK coming out to demonstrate how much they support you and the people of Ukraine."
"As you heard from the cheers in the street outside, you have full backing in the United Kingdom... that is the people of the UK coming out to demonstrate how much they support you and the people of Ukraine."
March 1, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Starmer tells Zelenskyy:
"As you heard from the cheers in the street outside, you have full backing in the United Kingdom... that is the people of the UK coming out to demonstrate how much they support you and the people of Ukraine."
"As you heard from the cheers in the street outside, you have full backing in the United Kingdom... that is the people of the UK coming out to demonstrate how much they support you and the people of Ukraine."
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No one seemed to object when Churchill turned up at the White House in the clothes he fought the war in.
March 1, 2025 at 12:23 PM
No one seemed to object when Churchill turned up at the White House in the clothes he fought the war in.
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Hard to think of a more dangerous moment for European security since the height of the Cold War. It’s brutally clear US is now indifferent if not actively hostile to Ukraine in the war. It’s not clear if the US would aid Europe if Russia were to expand that war...
March 1, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Hard to think of a more dangerous moment for European security since the height of the Cold War. It’s brutally clear US is now indifferent if not actively hostile to Ukraine in the war. It’s not clear if the US would aid Europe if Russia were to expand that war...
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As I argued some weeks ago, we have to listen to what Trump and Vance are telling us, as uncomfortable and even scary as it might be.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
March 1, 2025 at 9:32 AM
As I argued some weeks ago, we have to listen to what Trump and Vance are telling us, as uncomfortable and even scary as it might be.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
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For weeks, ministers and other British politicians have been trying to convince the rest of us and perhaps themselves that Trump is more normal than he is, that he cares about Ukraine and Europe more than he does and that is less inclined towards Putin than he is...
March 1, 2025 at 9:28 AM
For weeks, ministers and other British politicians have been trying to convince the rest of us and perhaps themselves that Trump is more normal than he is, that he cares about Ukraine and Europe more than he does and that is less inclined towards Putin than he is...
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I can't stand bullies. President Zelensky is now trying to stand up against two of them. We should have his back. #SlavaUkraïni
February 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I can't stand bullies. President Zelensky is now trying to stand up against two of them. We should have his back. #SlavaUkraïni
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No one on the left or right wants to give Starmer credit for it. But there was real skill and self-restraint in that performance. Everyone who’s had to deal with a powerful idiot will recognise it.
February 27, 2025 at 10:31 PM
No one on the left or right wants to give Starmer credit for it. But there was real skill and self-restraint in that performance. Everyone who’s had to deal with a powerful idiot will recognise it.
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A review of 90 low-traffic neighbourhoods found locals opposed the scheme in 87 per cent of cases where polling was conducted. The majority went ahead anyway
www.thetimes.com/uk/transport...
www.thetimes.com/uk/transport...
Residents hate them … so why do officials keep making more LTNs?
A review of 90 low-traffic neighbourhoods found locals opposed the scheme in 87 per cent of cases where polling was conducted. The majority went ahead anyway
www.thetimes.com
February 26, 2025 at 11:39 AM
A review of 90 low-traffic neighbourhoods found locals opposed the scheme in 87 per cent of cases where polling was conducted. The majority went ahead anyway
www.thetimes.com/uk/transport...
www.thetimes.com/uk/transport...
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Thumping fall in Tesla sales in Jan across Europe (EU +Efta + UK)… down 45%, to 9,945 from 18k last Jan. In EU alone halved to 7,500… at the same time EV sales in general up 37%.
Shares down 10%.
Overtaken by JLR and Mazda. And BYD in UK.
New model Y factor, but Musk hit too?
Shares down 10%.
Overtaken by JLR and Mazda. And BYD in UK.
New model Y factor, but Musk hit too?
February 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Thumping fall in Tesla sales in Jan across Europe (EU +Efta + UK)… down 45%, to 9,945 from 18k last Jan. In EU alone halved to 7,500… at the same time EV sales in general up 37%.
Shares down 10%.
Overtaken by JLR and Mazda. And BYD in UK.
New model Y factor, but Musk hit too?
Shares down 10%.
Overtaken by JLR and Mazda. And BYD in UK.
New model Y factor, but Musk hit too?
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My article for BBC Online about Pres Trump, NATO, and Ukraine:
John Simpson: 2025 could be year for the history books as Trump shreds global norms www.bbc.com/news/article...
John Simpson: 2025 could be year for the history books as Trump shreds global norms www.bbc.com/news/article...
John Simpson: 2025 could be year for the history books
Like 1968 or 1989, this could be a year when the world changes in a fundamental way.
www.bbc.com
February 23, 2025 at 1:24 PM
My article for BBC Online about Pres Trump, NATO, and Ukraine:
John Simpson: 2025 could be year for the history books as Trump shreds global norms www.bbc.com/news/article...
John Simpson: 2025 could be year for the history books as Trump shreds global norms www.bbc.com/news/article...
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If there were no elections happening in 2025, that might be true.
Oxford’s traffic filter trial will go ahead as planned when Botley Road reopens in August 2026, Oxfordshire County Council has confirmed. In a letter to stakeholders, OCC said “The permit system will be launched well in advance of the trial, and a public consultation will start as the trial begins.”
January 31, 2025 at 8:19 AM
If there were no elections happening in 2025, that might be true.
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The largest global online community of F1 fans has moved to ban the use of X (formerly Twitter) links across its reach... #F1
www.planetf1.com/news/reddit-...
www.planetf1.com/news/reddit-...
Global F1 Reddit community moves to ban popular X social media site
The largest global online community of F1 fans has moved to ban the use of X (formerly Twitter) links across its reach.
www.planetf1.com
January 26, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The largest global online community of F1 fans has moved to ban the use of X (formerly Twitter) links across its reach... #F1
www.planetf1.com/news/reddit-...
www.planetf1.com/news/reddit-...
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¡Barcelona será la Invitada de Honor de la #FILGuadalajara 2025! 📖
Les esperamos en Expo Guadalajara del 29 de noviembre al 7 de diciembre de 2025, para celebrar la edición 39 de la Feria Internacional del Libro de Guadalajara. 📚✨
#SomosLectores #VindranLesFlors
Les esperamos en Expo Guadalajara del 29 de noviembre al 7 de diciembre de 2025, para celebrar la edición 39 de la Feria Internacional del Libro de Guadalajara. 📚✨
#SomosLectores #VindranLesFlors
January 22, 2025 at 5:27 PM
¡Barcelona será la Invitada de Honor de la #FILGuadalajara 2025! 📖
Les esperamos en Expo Guadalajara del 29 de noviembre al 7 de diciembre de 2025, para celebrar la edición 39 de la Feria Internacional del Libro de Guadalajara. 📚✨
#SomosLectores #VindranLesFlors
Les esperamos en Expo Guadalajara del 29 de noviembre al 7 de diciembre de 2025, para celebrar la edición 39 de la Feria Internacional del Libro de Guadalajara. 📚✨
#SomosLectores #VindranLesFlors
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Frosty Friday on the Lye Valley boardwalk #LyeValley #Oxford
January 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Frosty Friday on the Lye Valley boardwalk #LyeValley #Oxford