Martin Cuddy
@cuddy30.bsky.social
Prototype manufacturing in nuclear fusion and vacuum science 👨🏭☢️🧲🔬 Active travel and public transport in Oxford UK 🚶♂️🛴🚲🚌 Kennington parish 🌳🚣
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Our voting system is broken.
It's time for a change that truly reflects what voters want.
It's time for a change that truly reflects what voters want.
December 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Our voting system is broken.
It's time for a change that truly reflects what voters want.
It's time for a change that truly reflects what voters want.
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car dependency is crippling the UK theconversation.com/how-the-uks-... "for the UK to be more like Singapore, the government needs to make motorists pay much more for their car use. To be more like the Netherlands, it must take away their space"
How the UK’s dependency on cars slows down the economy
Clogged up Britain
theconversation.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
car dependency is crippling the UK theconversation.com/how-the-uks-... "for the UK to be more like Singapore, the government needs to make motorists pay much more for their car use. To be more like the Netherlands, it must take away their space"
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NEW POD EPISODE! 🚨An unhappy fifth birthday. Five years and four prime ministers since the pavement parking consultation ended, and still no action.
What will it take to reclaim pavements?
shows.acast.com/streets-ahea...
What will it take to reclaim pavements?
shows.acast.com/streets-ahea...
Pavement Parking: An Unhappy Fifth Birthday | Streets Ahead
We wish the government's pavement parking consultation its unwanted fifth birthday
shows.acast.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:07 PM
NEW POD EPISODE! 🚨An unhappy fifth birthday. Five years and four prime ministers since the pavement parking consultation ended, and still no action.
What will it take to reclaim pavements?
shows.acast.com/streets-ahea...
What will it take to reclaim pavements?
shows.acast.com/streets-ahea...
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Since 2011 the fuel duty freeze has cost the Treasury £133 billion.
This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Rachel Reeves will freeze fuel duty to dodge ‘political suicide’
The chancellor will also highlight a rise in the minimum wage and plans to cut energy bills as she tries to win over voters by focusing on cost of living
www.thetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Since 2011 the fuel duty freeze has cost the Treasury £133 billion.
This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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November 12, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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Unless there's an unbreakably valid safety reason why not, all button-operated pedestrian crossings should activate the lights in pedestrians' favour instantly when pressed.
November 8, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Unless there's an unbreakably valid safety reason why not, all button-operated pedestrian crossings should activate the lights in pedestrians' favour instantly when pressed.
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Car brand BYD's new SUV ad pokes fun at people walking and cycling, comparing them to Horse & Carts.
It joins a long list of car ads that sell a false promise of convenience and aspiration while punching down at sustainable transport modes.
So I made it a bit more realistic...
It joins a long list of car ads that sell a false promise of convenience and aspiration while punching down at sustainable transport modes.
So I made it a bit more realistic...
November 7, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Car brand BYD's new SUV ad pokes fun at people walking and cycling, comparing them to Horse & Carts.
It joins a long list of car ads that sell a false promise of convenience and aspiration while punching down at sustainable transport modes.
So I made it a bit more realistic...
It joins a long list of car ads that sell a false promise of convenience and aspiration while punching down at sustainable transport modes.
So I made it a bit more realistic...
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Billie Eilish calls out billionaires in front of Mark Zuckerberg: 'Give your money away, shorties'
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/30/billie-eilish-speech-mark-zuckerberg/?utm_content=1762244400&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/30/billie-eilish-speech-mark-zuckerberg/?utm_content=1762244400&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
Billie Eilish calls out billionaires in front of Zuckerberg: 'Give your money away'
Billie EIlish has called out the billionaires and urged them to use their money to help people "that need it" while giving away over $11m to charity.
www.thepinknews.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Billie Eilish calls out billionaires in front of Mark Zuckerberg: 'Give your money away, shorties'
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/30/billie-eilish-speech-mark-zuckerberg/?utm_content=1762244400&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/30/billie-eilish-speech-mark-zuckerberg/?utm_content=1762244400&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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So either Labour need to ask candidates to step aside for the Greens to take on Reform....
Or actually bring in a fair democratic process where everyone's votes count equally.
It's time for Proportional Representation.
www.thenational.scot/news/2558507...
Or actually bring in a fair democratic process where everyone's votes count equally.
It's time for Proportional Representation.
www.thenational.scot/news/2558507...
'Just getting started': Zack Polanski reacts as Greens SECOND in new poll
ZACK Polanski has welcomed a new poll putting his party in second place at Westminster.
www.thenational.scot
October 30, 2025 at 5:50 PM
So either Labour need to ask candidates to step aside for the Greens to take on Reform....
Or actually bring in a fair democratic process where everyone's votes count equally.
It's time for Proportional Representation.
www.thenational.scot/news/2558507...
Or actually bring in a fair democratic process where everyone's votes count equally.
It's time for Proportional Representation.
www.thenational.scot/news/2558507...
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🥳🎉🪅🎉🥳
Green party reaches 100,000 members for first time after Polanski becomes leader
Green party reaches 100,000 members for first time after Polanski becomes leader
Green party in England and Wales has had near-50% rise in membership since Zack Polanski took over last month
The Greens in England and Wales have more than 100,000 members for the first time, the party has announced, a near-50% rise since Zack Polanski took over as leader last month.
It puts them on a potential course to overtake the Conservatives and comes little more than a week after the Greens announced they had moved past the Liberal Democrats in membership numbers, getting to 83,500. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 13, 2025 at 5:47 AM
🥳🎉🪅🎉🥳
Noticed @ollyglover.bsky.social appears to be sporting a halo at the @culbug.bsky.social meeting 😄
Divine intervention may be needed to get an unbroken cycle route between Abingdon and Europa School / Culham Campus (should be a safe & direct 15 min journey!).
😇🚴🏼♂️🚴♀️🚴💨💨💨
Divine intervention may be needed to get an unbroken cycle route between Abingdon and Europa School / Culham Campus (should be a safe & direct 15 min journey!).
😇🚴🏼♂️🚴♀️🚴💨💨💨
October 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Noticed @ollyglover.bsky.social appears to be sporting a halo at the @culbug.bsky.social meeting 😄
Divine intervention may be needed to get an unbroken cycle route between Abingdon and Europa School / Culham Campus (should be a safe & direct 15 min journey!).
😇🚴🏼♂️🚴♀️🚴💨💨💨
Divine intervention may be needed to get an unbroken cycle route between Abingdon and Europa School / Culham Campus (should be a safe & direct 15 min journey!).
😇🚴🏼♂️🚴♀️🚴💨💨💨
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UNLAWFUL ARREST
This woman was arrested for holding a sign with “I do not support the proscription of Palestine Action” on it, a totally lawful statement to make, even under the Labour government’s absurd new laws proscribing the direct action group.
wedonotcomply.org
This woman was arrested for holding a sign with “I do not support the proscription of Palestine Action” on it, a totally lawful statement to make, even under the Labour government’s absurd new laws proscribing the direct action group.
wedonotcomply.org
October 5, 2025 at 7:44 PM
UNLAWFUL ARREST
This woman was arrested for holding a sign with “I do not support the proscription of Palestine Action” on it, a totally lawful statement to make, even under the Labour government’s absurd new laws proscribing the direct action group.
wedonotcomply.org
This woman was arrested for holding a sign with “I do not support the proscription of Palestine Action” on it, a totally lawful statement to make, even under the Labour government’s absurd new laws proscribing the direct action group.
wedonotcomply.org
If I'm reading the data correctly it suggests 5% of reform voters think yes they are racist (and proud presumably).
And 20% of that group seem to think the party and policies are not racist enough.
Is that fair @yougov.co.uk (not checked the sample size, maybe just a couple of cranks)
And 20% of that group seem to think the party and policies are not racist enough.
Is that fair @yougov.co.uk (not checked the sample size, maybe just a couple of cranks)
Unsurprisingly, the overwhelming majority of Reform UK voters (87-90%) reject the idea that they or their party are racist, as do most Tory voters
Labour, Lib Dem and Green voters disagree, branding Reform UK, its policies, and its voters as "generally racist"
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Labour, Lib Dem and Green voters disagree, branding Reform UK, its policies, and its voters as "generally racist"
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
October 4, 2025 at 2:19 PM
If I'm reading the data correctly it suggests 5% of reform voters think yes they are racist (and proud presumably).
And 20% of that group seem to think the party and policies are not racist enough.
Is that fair @yougov.co.uk (not checked the sample size, maybe just a couple of cranks)
And 20% of that group seem to think the party and policies are not racist enough.
Is that fair @yougov.co.uk (not checked the sample size, maybe just a couple of cranks)
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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 1, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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.
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🚲 Big win for Abingdon! £1.5m secured to fix the missing NCN5 link + boost walking & cycling
Plans include a new two-way contraflow on East St Helen St, Dutch entrance kerbs, continuous footways + better crossings
Have your say by 28 Oct – letstalk.oxfordshire.gov.uk/east-st-hele...
Plans include a new two-way contraflow on East St Helen St, Dutch entrance kerbs, continuous footways + better crossings
Have your say by 28 Oct – letstalk.oxfordshire.gov.uk/east-st-hele...
September 30, 2025 at 11:16 AM
🚲 Big win for Abingdon! £1.5m secured to fix the missing NCN5 link + boost walking & cycling
Plans include a new two-way contraflow on East St Helen St, Dutch entrance kerbs, continuous footways + better crossings
Have your say by 28 Oct – letstalk.oxfordshire.gov.uk/east-st-hele...
Plans include a new two-way contraflow on East St Helen St, Dutch entrance kerbs, continuous footways + better crossings
Have your say by 28 Oct – letstalk.oxfordshire.gov.uk/east-st-hele...
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Would better active travel routes help you get more exercise? Better local sports facilities?
Let @oxfordshirecc.bsky.social know!
The consultstion closes tomorrow (I assume at midnight).
letstalk.oxfordshire.gov.uk/getting-acti...
Let @oxfordshirecc.bsky.social know!
The consultstion closes tomorrow (I assume at midnight).
letstalk.oxfordshire.gov.uk/getting-acti...
Getting active in Oxfordshire
Have your say We’d like to hear from you about how active you are, whether you’d like to be more active, and what might help you move more. Your feedback will help us better understand what people in ...
letstalk.oxfordshire.gov.uk
September 29, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Would better active travel routes help you get more exercise? Better local sports facilities?
Let @oxfordshirecc.bsky.social know!
The consultstion closes tomorrow (I assume at midnight).
letstalk.oxfordshire.gov.uk/getting-acti...
Let @oxfordshirecc.bsky.social know!
The consultstion closes tomorrow (I assume at midnight).
letstalk.oxfordshire.gov.uk/getting-acti...
5 years ago, the Government consulted on how dangerous pavement parking could be tackled in England. The Government has yet to respond.
If pavement parking is a problem in your area – fill out the form and add to the map of danger hotspots across the UK.
@livingstreets.bsky.social
If pavement parking is a problem in your area – fill out the form and add to the map of danger hotspots across the UK.
@livingstreets.bsky.social
Map pavement parking hotspots
Five years ago, the Government consulted on how the dangerous practice of pavement parking could be tackled in England. The Government has yet to respond.
Together we want to show how pavement parkin...
act.livingstreets.org.uk
September 27, 2025 at 12:05 PM
5 years ago, the Government consulted on how dangerous pavement parking could be tackled in England. The Government has yet to respond.
If pavement parking is a problem in your area – fill out the form and add to the map of danger hotspots across the UK.
@livingstreets.bsky.social
If pavement parking is a problem in your area – fill out the form and add to the map of danger hotspots across the UK.
@livingstreets.bsky.social
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The government is bringing rail into public ownership after 30 years of failed privatisation
To make this succeed they must
🚄set up Great British Trains
🚄stop wasteful competition
🚄create a national railcard
🚄give passengers a real say
🚄INVEST like Switzerland does
weownit.org.uk/passengersno...
To make this succeed they must
🚄set up Great British Trains
🚄stop wasteful competition
🚄create a national railcard
🚄give passengers a real say
🚄INVEST like Switzerland does
weownit.org.uk/passengersno...
Read the report - Passengers not profit: a vision for the Railways Bill
The government's upcoming Railways Bill should include these reforms if it is serious about delivering for passengers.
weownit.org.uk
September 27, 2025 at 8:51 AM
The government is bringing rail into public ownership after 30 years of failed privatisation
To make this succeed they must
🚄set up Great British Trains
🚄stop wasteful competition
🚄create a national railcard
🚄give passengers a real say
🚄INVEST like Switzerland does
weownit.org.uk/passengersno...
To make this succeed they must
🚄set up Great British Trains
🚄stop wasteful competition
🚄create a national railcard
🚄give passengers a real say
🚄INVEST like Switzerland does
weownit.org.uk/passengersno...
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September 22, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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I recently spoke in Parliament about the impact of pavement parking—a concern I hear often from constituents with disabilities, sight loss or mobility aids.
It makes everyday journeys harder and more dangerous. Councils need proper powers to act.
Everyone deserves safe, accessible streets
It makes everyday journeys harder and more dangerous. Councils need proper powers to act.
Everyone deserves safe, accessible streets
September 15, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I recently spoke in Parliament about the impact of pavement parking—a concern I hear often from constituents with disabilities, sight loss or mobility aids.
It makes everyday journeys harder and more dangerous. Councils need proper powers to act.
Everyone deserves safe, accessible streets
It makes everyday journeys harder and more dangerous. Councils need proper powers to act.
Everyone deserves safe, accessible streets
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British NIMBYism is truly a sight to behold.
“We are rejecting this solar farm, because one time I saw an electric vehicle on fire, which reminded me that decades ago a coal mining disaster killed lots of children”.
“We are rejecting this solar farm, because one time I saw an electric vehicle on fire, which reminded me that decades ago a coal mining disaster killed lots of children”.
September 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
British NIMBYism is truly a sight to behold.
“We are rejecting this solar farm, because one time I saw an electric vehicle on fire, which reminded me that decades ago a coal mining disaster killed lots of children”.
“We are rejecting this solar farm, because one time I saw an electric vehicle on fire, which reminded me that decades ago a coal mining disaster killed lots of children”.
This decision is so ridiculous the Witney Gazette will find it hard to parody...
A solar farm that could have powered “all the households in Witney” has been refused permission by West Oxfordshire District Council. Councillors were concerned about the risk of fire, one drawing parallels to the 1966 Aberfan disaster: “Until someone can guarantee it is safe, I can’t support it.”
September 9, 2025 at 11:57 AM
This decision is so ridiculous the Witney Gazette will find it hard to parody...
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As part of the APPG on Fair Votes, I am pleased to see our cross party proposal for an independent review of the UK’s out-dated first-past-the-post electoral system published.
Cross-party MPs publish ‘ready to go’ blueprint for electoral reform commission - Politics.co.uk
A group of cross-party MPs have set out a “ready to go” blueprint for an independent review of the UK’s first past the post (FPTP) electoral system. The all-party parliamentary group (APPG) for fair e...
www.politics.co.uk
September 2, 2025 at 1:38 PM
As part of the APPG on Fair Votes, I am pleased to see our cross party proposal for an independent review of the UK’s out-dated first-past-the-post electoral system published.
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I challenged the Foreign Secretary to sanction Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Sadly he declined to answer
September 2, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I challenged the Foreign Secretary to sanction Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Sadly he declined to answer
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It's disappointing that the government's plan to get people moving is focused around "Go for a jog" rather than, as the evidence suggests, building environments that encourage everyday incidental exercise: the ability to walk to amenities
liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/388...
liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/388...
Streeting’s bid to get Britain off the couch and save NHS £10bn
Health Secretary’s Get Britain Moving campaign could be undermined by difficulty to walk in some areas
liveapp.inews.co.uk
September 1, 2025 at 6:54 AM
It's disappointing that the government's plan to get people moving is focused around "Go for a jog" rather than, as the evidence suggests, building environments that encourage everyday incidental exercise: the ability to walk to amenities
liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/388...
liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/388...