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What’s behind the Trump administration’s transatlantic provocations on UK free speech and who does the dark agenda really belong to?
| Claire Jones

Free speech: Is the UK on a “dark path”, Mr Vance?

What’s behind the Trump administration’s transatlantic provocations on UK free speech and who does the dark agenda really belong to?

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West England Bylines @westenglandbylines.co.uk · 20h

Bylines Network Reader Survey 2025

10 minutes to shape the future of citizen journalism bit.ly/BylinesNetworkSurvey

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Shivaji Shiva @shivajishivalaw.bsky.social · 1d

A few words from Tim in West England Bylines

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Making a mockery of the law: judicial treatment of non-volent direct action

Judicial refusal to allow people to say why they are protesting is both illegal and immoral

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Sarah @sarahwfpb.bsky.social · 1d

Grew up here. Never understood why Oxford thinks it is a cycling city. The cycle path up the Woodstock Rd is interupted by busstops, lampposts and trees all with painted markings that indicate that the cyclist should give way to them as well as every junction.

West England Bylines @westenglandbylines.co.uk · 2d

Why are cyclists killed by drivers on our roads?
Despite Oxford billing itself a “cycling city” four cyclists were killed in the city in a two-year period

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Why are cyclists killed by drivers on our roads?

Despite Oxford billing itself a “cycling city” four cyclists were killed in the city in a two-year period

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West England Bylines @westenglandbylines.co.uk · 2d

Despite Oxford billing itself a “cycling city” four cyclists were killed in the city in a two-year period | Dr Hazel Dawe

Why are cyclists killed by drivers on our roads?

Despite Oxford billing itself a “cycling city” four cyclists were killed in the city in a two-year period

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West England Bylines @westenglandbylines.co.uk · 2d

Why are cyclists killed by drivers on our roads?
Despite Oxford billing itself a “cycling city” four cyclists were killed in the city in a two-year period

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Why are cyclists killed by drivers on our roads?

Despite Oxford billing itself a “cycling city” four cyclists were killed in the city in a two-year period

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Complain to the BBC but don't expect to get more than a stock response | Peter Burke

The BBC and the oxygen of publicity

Complain to the BBC but don't expect to get more than a stock response

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West England Bylines @westenglandbylines.co.uk · 13d

North Somerset Council votes to join the West of England Combined Authority

The expansion of the West of England Combined Authority could be unpopular with some in North Somerset who have bad memories of Avon County

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North Somerset Council votes to join the West of England Combined Authority

Many do not want North Somerset to be part of the West of England Combined Authority. They are not keen on a return to the days of Avon County Council.

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West England Bylines @westenglandbylines.co.uk · 11d

Book review: All That Matters by Sir Chris Hoy
Sir Chris Hoy’s book describes how he coped with his cancer diagnosis

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Book review: All That Matters by Sir Chris Hoy

Sir Chris Hoy’s book describes how he coped with his cancer diagnosis

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West England Bylines @westenglandbylines.co.uk · 5d

An examination of the recent political shifts in Oxford city, and of how Labour is losing its grip on a historical stronghold | Toby Stephenson

Is Oxford’s political bubble deflating?

An examination of the recent political shifts in Oxford city, and of how Labour is losing its grip on a historical stronghold

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West England Bylines @westenglandbylines.co.uk · 4d

Judicial refusal to allow people to say why they are protesting is both illegal and immoral | Tim Gorringe

Making a mockery of the law: judicial treatment of non-volent direct action

Judicial refusal to allow people to say why they are protesting is both illegal and immoral

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West England Bylines @westenglandbylines.co.uk · 5d

An examination of the recent political shifts in Oxford city, and of how Labour is losing its grip on a historical stronghold | Toby Stephenson

Is Oxford’s political bubble deflating?

An examination of the recent political shifts in Oxford city, and of how Labour is losing its grip on a historical stronghold

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West England Bylines @westenglandbylines.co.uk · 6d

A consideration of transport as a long problem for policy makers in the UK | Steve Dawe

Transport as a long problem

A consideration of transport as a long problem for policy makers in the UK

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West England Bylines @westenglandbylines.co.uk · 8d

Complain to the BBC but don't expect to get more than a stock response | Peter Burke

The BBC and the oxygen of publicity

Complain to the BBC but don't expect to get more than a stock response

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West England Bylines @westenglandbylines.co.uk · 9d

Essential reading. The infrastructure for P25 is already being built in Millbank Tower -

"Americans were warned about Project 2025. The question now is whether the UK will pay attention this time around, or keep believing polite but forceful denials."

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Project 2025: The UK Edition (Part 2)

A Cambridge academic, a YouTube influencer, and Reform UK’s old HQ - the ingredients for our own Project 2025 are already mixed.

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West England Bylines @westenglandbylines.co.uk · 10d

Bath’s community Christmas dinner continues to enrich both guests and volunteers after 54 years | Hazel Pennington

Bath community Christmas dinner

Bath’s community Christmas dinner continues to enrich both guests and volunteers after 54 years

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West England Bylines @westenglandbylines.co.uk · 11d

Book review: All That Matters by Sir Chris Hoy
Sir Chris Hoy’s book describes how he coped with his cancer diagnosis

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Book review: All That Matters by Sir Chris Hoy

Sir Chris Hoy’s book describes how he coped with his cancer diagnosis

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West England Bylines @westenglandbylines.co.uk · 12d

Milton Keynes set the stage in September to host an event showcasing technology and innovation | Rebecca Kay

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The 2025 Milton Keynes Tech Week

Milton Keynes set the stage in September to host an event showcasing technology and innovation

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Rebecca Kotey @rebeccakoates.bsky.social · 12d

Read my article on @westenglandbylines.co.uk on how Milton Keynes set the stage in honouring its title as the home of UK technology and innovation ⬇️

Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 12d

The 2025 Milton Keynes Tech Week
Milton Keynes set the stage in September to host an event showcasing technology and innovation

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The 2025 Milton Keynes Tech Week

Milton Keynes set the stage in September to host an event showcasing technology and innovation

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West England Bylines @westenglandbylines.co.uk · 13d

North Somerset Council votes to join the West of England Combined Authority

The expansion of the West of England Combined Authority could be unpopular with some in North Somerset who have bad memories of Avon County

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North Somerset Council votes to join the West of England Combined Authority

Many do not want North Somerset to be part of the West of England Combined Authority. They are not keen on a return to the days of Avon County Council.

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West England Bylines @westenglandbylines.co.uk · 13d

The expansion of the West of England Combined Authority could be unpopular with some in North Somerset who have bad memories of Avon County | Julian Greenbank

West England Bylines @westenglandbylines.co.uk · 13d

Inspiration for us all to dig in from our MD, @benjitoon.bsky.social 👏👏👏

Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 13d

Newcastle says no – a city united in kindness and against fascism

Thousands came together to show the City’s true character: united, diverse, welcoming of refugees, rejecting hate

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Newcastle says no – a city united in kindness and against fascism

Thousands came together to show the City’s true character: united, diverse, welcoming of refugees, rejecting hate

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BremainInSpain @bremaininspain.com · 16d

It’s troubling to hear the political commentariat describing Donald Trump’s and Nigel Farage’s actions as ‘unprecedented’. It suggests they are observing individual pieces of the jigsaw instead of the broader authoritarian context.
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Emergency alert: Trump, Farage and the authoritarian web

It would be a mistake to assume democracy is our default state, or to underestimate the gladiatorial power of its modern enemies Project 2025 is aligned with global authoritarianism and won’t stand or...

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West England Bylines @westenglandbylines.co.uk · 16d

Armed Border Patrol agents terrorised peaceful streets of Chicago on Sunday afternoon

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Armed Border Patrol Agents Disrupt Peaceful Downtown Day: 'It's Horrifying'

The federal troops were seen in Millennium Park, on the Magnificent Mile and in the Gold Coast — days after patrolling the Chicago River in a boat. "This is another brazen provocation from the Trump a...

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West England Bylines @westenglandbylines.co.uk · 17d

Please recognise these children but reading and sharing their poetry. Thank you -

The Editor, West England Bylines, Poems by the children of Palestine

Ahmad was recently forced to leave his house in the north of Gaza and move to the south with his family.

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