UK pothole activist poll after Minister’s Oxfordshire crash

National campaigner Mr Pothole has asked his followers on social media whether the government should start listening to him.

He said: “Should government finally listen to Mr Pothole on how to Fix Pothole Britain? After 13 years of studying and campaigning he may have just the answers.”

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Indeed, Mark Morrell, also known as Mr Pothole, based in south west Northamptonshire, has fought for, and championed, change on Oxfordshire roads for more than a decade.

His comments come after Heidi Alexander, who has been the Secretary of State for Transport since November 2024, hit a ‘Moon-like crater’ on the B4437 outside Burford.

This was in March, when she was travelling home with her husband to her Swindon South constituency from a Labour fundraising event, and her Mini Cooper ended up being towed away.

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander (Image: Ian West/PA Wire)

Photos obtained by The Sun show her green car being loaded on to an AA recovery truck after the incident.

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She told the newspaper: “I joked to my husband that I thought that the astronauts on Artemis II might have seen a similar-size crater when they were slingshotting around the Moon last week.”

Mr Pothole, announced he was quitting his campaign on National Pothole Day in January 2025, but continues to raise attention to the issue on social media, even offering Ms Alexander advice after this latest incident.

He said: “I’ve offered her advice on how to claim against Oxfordshire.”