@VoteTimBarnes

Cllr for West End & Deputy Leader @citywestminster | Fmr Parliamentary Candidate, Cities of London and Westminster | c/o 90 Ebury St, Westminster SW1W 9QD

 Westminster, London
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Joined September 2015
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Standard News@standardnews15h
Cyclists flout Oxford Street traffic ban nearly every minute with no sign of fines trib.al/TokL6vJ
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Oxford Street can't carry on as it is. But if it is going to be pedestrianised, it has to be done properly, with Westminster residents and businesses listened to, not pushed through the way the Mayor wants. Well said @ThomasFTurrell.
City Hall Conservatives
@CityHallToriesOct 26
The status quo on Oxford Street can't continue - if the street must be pedestrianised, it should be done properly - not the way the Mayor is pursuing, says @ThomasFTurrell
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🏛️ Labour's Budget tomorrow: a Family Home Tax, a £100m cut almost halving Westminster's core funding, and more money for Sadiq Khan's pet projects. Westminster sends £8.8bn a year to the Treasury. It deserves a fair deal. #WestminsterMatters
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Ediz
@ediz197517h
Agressive cyclist acting entitled on Oxford Street …. Did they expect anything different to this …. Someone pls tell Harry he is acting like an idiot…..
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Seb Johnson
@SebJohnsonUK18h
A new AI lab has just emerged from London and it has raised a $40m seed. It is the largest ever robotics seed in the UK and the company has built a foundational model designed to achieve instant learning. i.e. show a robot something ONCE and it will learn how to do it. It was founded by a Professor of Robot Learning at Imperial College London (@Ed__Johns) Their model is trained entirely in simulation, so instead of learning specific tasks, it learns how to learn. Then when you give it one real demonstration, on objects it’s never seen, it picks the task up instantly. This is VERY COOL and it is amazing to see more and more frontier AI companies coming out of London. Huge congrats to the whole @Machenta_ team
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Simon Clarke
@SirSimonClarke17h
It’s almost like this is an absolutely terrible idea👇
Antonello Guerrera
@antoguerrera18h
The traffic on Wigmore St on Day 1 of pedestrianised Oxford St 😬
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Julie Redmond
@JulieredmondWOct 26
Wet carpet, displaced traffic and general chaos and confusion around Oxford Street today! Thank you @BBCNews @GrahamSatchell for listening to Westminster residents concerns. @MaryleboneAssoc @MumsForLungs @MaryleboneMums @OxfordStreet @OxfordStreetW1 @TfL
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Antonello Guerrera
@antoguerrera18h
The traffic on Wigmore St on Day 1 of pedestrianised Oxford St 😬
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The Spectator
@spectatorOct 25
Oxford Street is set to be pedestrianised on Monday. The change to what is often called the world’s longest shopping street is controversial and opposed by Westminster Council. But London Mayor Sadiq Khan, having taken control of the area via the Oxford Street Development Corporation, hopes pedestrianisation will revive its flagging fortunes and bring back the shoppers in the run-up to Christmas. ✍️ Alex Klaushofer Article | spectator.com/article/pedest… | @alexklaushofer
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Samira Ahmed@SamiraAhmedUK21h
Closing much of Oxford Street to traffic may be a good thing in principle, but yesterday I watched buses struggling to navigate turning off, causing gridlock. I think of people with disabilities who rely on buses&can’t walk long distances. Where is their public transport access?
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Cleverly for London@jcforlondonOct 26
JC out in Greenwich Market Small businesses are the foundation of London. We need a mayor who backs them.
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Mark@viyvotvoyOct 26
Replying to @CharlieM_OBE
I’m a cabdriver in London and 3 times this morning passengers have asked me to take them to Selfridges and John Lewis. I say I can’t get them there, they say is it a demo, I say no it’s closed permanently. They decide to go Harrods instead. Business killer.
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Taxis cannot drive along the new pedestrianised section of Oxford Street but dedicated ranks on side streets (e.g. Orchard St/Duke St by Selfridges, Holles St by John Lewis) allow drop-offs within ~100m of the stores. tfl.gov.uk/status-updates… tfl.gov.uk/oxford-street londoncorporatecabs.com/news/oxford-st…
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CSDWestminster
@CSDWestminsterOct 26
The University of Westminster is pleased to announce the next round of Quintin Hogg Trust (QHT) Doctoral Studentships, supporting outstanding doctoral research across all schools. westminster.ac.uk/study/post…
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Susan Hall AM
@CouncillorsuzieOct 26
Well done Sadiq Khan. Delayed because of the traffic due to your vanity project. Shocking but so predictable! 👇
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Mik Scarlet@MikScarletOct 26
Went to Oxford Street to try out the pedestrian zone. Oh dear. Accessibility? Nah yet again.
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Nimco Ali (OBE)
@NimkoAliOct 26
A few things come to mind. What a way to kill nightlife even further. What about the people who rely on night buses to get to and from work? And surely this will make phone theft even easier. Those criminals on e-bikes are going to have a field day.
Sadiq Khan
@SadiqKhanOct 26
A momentous day for London. I’m so excited to see our plans to transform Oxford Street becoming a reality. And this is just the beginning.
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Oxford Street is traffic-free from today. Tim Barnes (@voteTimBarnes) told Sky News why the Mayor has done "completely the opposite" of Barcelona: the one great east-west road closed, traffic pushed into Mayfair, Soho, Marylebone and Fitzrovia. #WestminsterMatters #Westminster
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Frankie Last@frankie2001miaOct 26
So now we must use the tube only which costs double the amount? £1.75 for the bus. £3.50 for the tube. Ofc, it hardly matters when you’re not someone who counts it all.
Lewis Goodall
@lewis_goodallOct 25
Brilliant news. Now let’s extend it across central London.
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Cristo
@cristo_radioOct 26
Who could have possibly predicted this?!?!
BBC London
@BBCLondonNewsOct 26
Cyclists are continuing to ride along the newly pedestrianised section of Oxford Street, despite being asked to dismount. Around seven security staff have been stationed near Oxford Circus, calling out to cyclists to get off their bikes, with mixed success. More on this story ➡️ bbc.in/3W32bbT #OxfordStreet #London #Cycling #Pedestrianisation
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The Telegraph
@TelegraphOct 26
'I visited the new Oxford Street – it’s a far cry from Sadiq Khan’s pedestrian ‘paradise’' Find out what @edcumming thought of London’s grand revamp 👇 telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10…
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