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‘Scammer’ behind conspiracy group against Oxford’s green 15-minute cities

Exclusive: Not Our Future’s David Fleming ran firms accused of fraud, including one that promised a Covid death audit

‘Scammer’ behind conspiracy group against Oxford’s green 15-minute cities
A protest against 15-minute cities after Oxford announces its plans to go ahead with the scheme | Composite image by openDemocracy. Photos by Marcin Rogozinski / SOPA Images Limited / Alamy Stock Photo. All rights reserved
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A conspiracy group that claims a new green initiative is a front for “everlasting surveillance” is led by an alleged scam artist whose company was dissolved after taking donations for an “audit” of Covid deaths that has not been published, openDemocracy can reveal.

Not Our Future (NOF) was founded by marketing and sales professional David Fleming, 57, last year “to fight for the survival of our way of life as we know it”. Its key target is Oxford City Council’s ‘15-minute city’ scheme, which states that all vital services should be no more than 15 minutes by foot or bicycle from your front door.

Oxford’s £6.5m plan will see six traffic filters placed across the city, with drivers who do not hold permits issued fines for driving through those areas at certain times of the day.