Ex County Councillor Active Traveller Disability Advocate Public Health Carer of Matias Uses "I think it is a bit more complicated than that" a lot. Was once called a "sweetie" by Emma Thompson. 🥰https://bsky.app/profile/damohaywood.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/damohaywood.bsky.social/post/3mvrlpkwhvc2dThe chutzpah here is something to behold! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cw4gq87ed6n3o18 Sep 2026 06:57 +0000at://did:plc:retl35ou2vc3yj35thnon66f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvrlpkwhvc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/damohaywood.bsky.social/post/3mp4ynhtpc62xPlease stop bringing up 1976, for a start you have to be over 55 to remember it. Also it does us a disservice. It provides climate change deniers with a nonsense argument that this is only weather, it isn't. One outlier 50yrs ago, is not the same as +30⁰C in May/June year after year. 🔥🔥🔥25 Jun 2026 17:52 +0000at://did:plc:retl35ou2vc3yj35thnon66f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp4ynhtpc62xhttps://bsky.app/profile/damohaywood.bsky.social/post/3moxz3l34oa27If Burnham is not planning to change the manifesto commitments, what's the point in changing leaders? Doesn't that make us (the public) look like mugs, do they think we are that gullible? Policy not Politics Please!23 Jun 2026 18:16 +0000at://did:plc:retl35ou2vc3yj35thnon66f/app.bsky.feed.post/3moxz3l34oa27https://bsky.app/profile/damohaywood.bsky.social/post/3mmywfs5rvs2xGo and visit the Oxford Botanical Gardens. Go on do it. Beautiful & Interesting!29 May 2026 16:11 +0000at://did:plc:retl35ou2vc3yj35thnon66f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmywfs5rvs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/damohaywood.bsky.social/post/3mmywcn5t2k2xI love this from Nathan! No messing, cars kill, @oxfordshirecc.bsky.social are doing something about it! Chapeau! [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 May 2026 16:09 +0000at://did:plc:retl35ou2vc3yj35thnon66f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmywcn5t2k2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/damohaywood.bsky.social/post/3mlqgubvhlm24FFS @bbcnews get the name of the MP proposing the loyal address correct. It is Naz Shah from Bradford not Yasmin Qureshi! Two different British-Asian women!!!13 May 2026 13:46 +0000at://did:plc:retl35ou2vc3yj35thnon66f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqgubvhlm24https://bsky.app/profile/damohaywood.bsky.social/post/3mlqdl57end2dI make this comment about my area only. I live on a mainly WC estate in Oxford, we have: 4 parks 1 GP 1 Pharmacy 1 Dentist (NHS) 4 Good Pri Schs & One Sec Sch 1 FE college 1 library 4 shops 1 leisure centre The council is building new homes. Active travel provision. It's really not bad!13 May 2026 12:47 +0000at://did:plc:retl35ou2vc3yj35thnon66f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqdl57end2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/damohaywood.bsky.social/post/3mlg5hwppfw24Change is limited in western democracies if we maintain our adherence to the capitalist market. Governments, in whatever form, are simply tinkering with the edges, the have-nots will remain so whether Labour, Reform or even the Greens "govern". https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/08/uk-borrowing-costs-fall-pound-rises-keir-starmer-bond-yields?CMP=share_btn_url09 May 2026 11:31 +0000at://did:plc:retl35ou2vc3yj35thnon66f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlg5hwppfw24https://bsky.app/profile/damohaywood.bsky.social/post/3mlbjzkmkic2sWe've voted. Matias decided that the most progressive party was worthy of his support. #Vote #Election202607 May 2026 15:33 +0000at://did:plc:retl35ou2vc3yj35thnon66f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbjzkmkic2shttps://bsky.app/profile/damohaywood.bsky.social/post/3mlanlblhmj2pClearly not *that* wary07 May 2026 07:03 +0000at://did:plc:retl35ou2vc3yj35thnon66f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlanlblhmj2phttps://bsky.app/profile/damohaywood.bsky.social/post/3ml6zl5ondk27"Transport scientists suggest it shows the limits of what can be achieved by encouraging clean forms of transport without discouraging polluting ones" Vienna’s public transport is the envy of the world – so why can’t it ditch cars? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/06/vienna-public-transport-tram-network-ditch-cars?CMP=share_btn_url06 May 2026 15:33 +0000at://did:plc:retl35ou2vc3yj35thnon66f/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6zl5ondk27https://bsky.app/profile/damohaywood.bsky.social/post/3ml4aoqqrs22mI cannot see that voting for any party this Thursday is going to make our lives any better, things are about to get worse. However, if you vote for certain parties our lives will become much, much, much worse. #LocalElections05 May 2026 13:02 +0000at://did:plc:retl35ou2vc3yj35thnon66f/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4aoqqrs22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/damohaywood.bsky.social/post/3mkudmflehv24May, the month the trug comes into the shower to use for watering the garden. #savewater02 May 2026 09:33 +0000at://did:plc:retl35ou2vc3yj35thnon66f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkudmflehv24https://bsky.app/profile/damohaywood.bsky.social/post/3mkoyin674t2gBuild them and they will come. Unfortunately Labour hasn't and this will be their reckoning: Labour is facing wipeout in its final stronghold. Why? It’s housing, housing, housing | Aditya Chakrabortty https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/30/labour-wipeout-local-elections-london-housing?CMP=share_btn_url30 Apr 2026 06:31 +0000at://did:plc:retl35ou2vc3yj35thnon66f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkoyin674t2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/damohaywood.bsky.social/post/3mjzsrbc25j2gMad fact... 42% of Labour Prime Ministers have had to fire Peter Mandelson.21 Apr 2026 20:22 +0000at://did:plc:retl35ou2vc3yj35thnon66f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjzsrbc25j2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/damohaywood.bsky.social/post/3mjeo6w7m3n2j1 in 5! Think of all the children you see and 1 in 5 is now scarred by poverty. 1 in 5! More than a fifth of UK’s ‘austerity children’ scarred by poverty, study says https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/apr/13/uk-austerity-children-scarred-poverty-study-conservatives?CMP=share_btn_url13 Apr 2026 10:35 +0000at://did:plc:retl35ou2vc3yj35thnon66f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjeo6w7m3n2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/damohaywood.bsky.social/post/3miz6mnjwe22tWhat sort of society is it where we take away the only respite from an 84yr old caring for his two disabled sons... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly0922zj0vo08 Apr 2026 20:57 +0000at://did:plc:retl35ou2vc3yj35thnon66f/app.bsky.feed.post/3miz6mnjwe22thttps://bsky.app/profile/damohaywood.bsky.social/post/3milcdsi3ac2tA must read... [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Apr 2026 08:26 +0000at://did:plc:retl35ou2vc3yj35thnon66f/app.bsky.feed.post/3milcdsi3ac2thttps://bsky.app/profile/damohaywood.bsky.social/post/3mikagnywv22wThis is primarily why I will not be voting @oxfordlabour.bsky.social next month. You should never punch down! Next week’s disability cuts will make people destitute – and you might not understand how bad they are until it’s too late | Frances Ryan https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/02/labour-disability-cuts-universal-credit?CMP=share_btn_url02 Apr 2026 22:19 +0000at://did:plc:retl35ou2vc3yj35thnon66f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mikagnywv22whttps://bsky.app/profile/damohaywood.bsky.social/post/3migmmylqoc2bDoes anyone have any idea whether something is an April's fool or not? I surely don't.01 Apr 2026 11:47 +0000at://did:plc:retl35ou2vc3yj35thnon66f/app.bsky.feed.post/3migmmylqoc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/damohaywood.bsky.social/post/3migmlnv3bk2bGo back to where you came from... P***K. [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Apr 2026 11:46 +0000at://did:plc:retl35ou2vc3yj35thnon66f/app.bsky.feed.post/3migmlnv3bk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/damohaywood.bsky.social/post/3mhyawl24gc2pAt my wife's school they performed a "lockdown drill" today... Get under tables for 15mins etc etc. I do wish schools were educated (ironic) about relative and absolute risk. If they were rather than performing such ridiculous drills - 1 of 2...26 Mar 2026 18:40 +0000at://did:plc:retl35ou2vc3yj35thnon66f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhyawl24gc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/damohaywood.bsky.social/post/3mhqbxcbyas2wHaving been a previous Labour councillor within Oxford, I can say that many locally known this is bollocks, and it won't work, but this is all about votes, and... [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Mar 2026 14:37 +0000at://did:plc:retl35ou2vc3yj35thnon66f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhqbxcbyas2w