Jez Begent
@jezbegent.bsky.social
Freelance IT worker. EVs, active travel, politics, tech, news n stuff.
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Many conclude that #COP30 wasn't a big success, but not a big failure either.
Given the speed with which the climate crisis is developing, any COP that's not a big success is now a big failure, though.
We can't afford losing a year.
Given the speed with which the climate crisis is developing, any COP that's not a big success is now a big failure, though.
We can't afford losing a year.
November 23, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Many conclude that #COP30 wasn't a big success, but not a big failure either.
Given the speed with which the climate crisis is developing, any COP that's not a big success is now a big failure, though.
We can't afford losing a year.
Given the speed with which the climate crisis is developing, any COP that's not a big success is now a big failure, though.
We can't afford losing a year.
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This is pretty striking and makes me wonder exactly what Labour have been up to in making policy seemingly in response to / fear of the former rather than the middle group.
Why do people think England flags have been raised on lampposts?
White adults
National pride: 26%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 49%
Both: 19%
Ethnic minority adults
National pride: 15%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 55%
Both: 20%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
White adults
National pride: 26%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 49%
Both: 19%
Ethnic minority adults
National pride: 15%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 55%
Both: 20%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
November 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM
This is pretty striking and makes me wonder exactly what Labour have been up to in making policy seemingly in response to / fear of the former rather than the middle group.
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I really cannot recommend this excellent piece on Hammersmith Bridge highly enough
Hammersmith Bridge
Where did 25,000 vehicles go?
nickmaini.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I really cannot recommend this excellent piece on Hammersmith Bridge highly enough
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We will struggle to explain to future generations how something so transparent and stupid was able to take place youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
November 21, 2025 at 12:16 PM
We will struggle to explain to future generations how something so transparent and stupid was able to take place youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
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Love to @jayforeman.bsky.social & @markcooperjones.bsky.social for shitting on Kensington & Chelsea cycling infrastructure in the Map Men Map Men Map Map Map Men Men book 👌
November 20, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Love to @jayforeman.bsky.social & @markcooperjones.bsky.social for shitting on Kensington & Chelsea cycling infrastructure in the Map Men Map Men Map Map Map Men Men book 👌
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Heat pumps news! DESNZ is expanding the Boiler Upgrade Scheme to cover air to air heat pumps and heat batteries.
Both will be eligible for a £2,500 grant if it fully replaces a gas or oil boiler…
www.businessgreen.com/news/4521952...
Both will be eligible for a £2,500 grant if it fully replaces a gas or oil boiler…
www.businessgreen.com/news/4521952...
Boiler Upgrade Scheme: Government set to expand scheme to include air conditioning heat pumps
Government expands heat pump scheme to include heat batteries and 'air-to-air devices' that can cool homes in summer, despite speculation over budget cuts
www.businessgreen.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Heat pumps news! DESNZ is expanding the Boiler Upgrade Scheme to cover air to air heat pumps and heat batteries.
Both will be eligible for a £2,500 grant if it fully replaces a gas or oil boiler…
www.businessgreen.com/news/4521952...
Both will be eligible for a £2,500 grant if it fully replaces a gas or oil boiler…
www.businessgreen.com/news/4521952...
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Cargo bikes can cost thousands but they'll replace a car, so cost society less in improved health, less damage on roads, less likely to kill someone
November 13, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Cargo bikes can cost thousands but they'll replace a car, so cost society less in improved health, less damage on roads, less likely to kill someone
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Every 20 minutes, someone in the UK is hit by an uninsured or hit-and-run driver. Four of the top ten postcodes for uninsured drivers is in Birmingham. We need to see action on tackling this and the many other dangers on our city's roads.
news.sky.com/story/worst-ar...
news.sky.com/story/worst-ar...
Worst areas for uninsured driving revealed - as hit-and-run victim says he was 'left for dead'
Every 20 minutes, someone in the UK is hit by an uninsured or hit-and-run driver, according to data from the Motor Insurers' Bureau.
news.sky.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Every 20 minutes, someone in the UK is hit by an uninsured or hit-and-run driver. Four of the top ten postcodes for uninsured drivers is in Birmingham. We need to see action on tackling this and the many other dangers on our city's roads.
news.sky.com/story/worst-ar...
news.sky.com/story/worst-ar...
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Life as a food delivery worker: ‘Sometimes men open the door naked’
Life as a food delivery worker: ‘Sometimes men open the door naked’
To earn a living as a delivery rider, some work 10-12 hour days, contending with low pay, exhaustion, accidents, injuries and harassment. Is this a new form of modern slavery?
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Life as a food delivery worker: ‘Sometimes men open the door naked’
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Diesel out ⛽️
Batteries in 🔋
It IS really that simple, shows this 🇸🇪 vessel from the 70s
⚡️⚡️⚡️
#alwaysbecharging
Batteries in 🔋
It IS really that simple, shows this 🇸🇪 vessel from the 70s
⚡️⚡️⚡️
#alwaysbecharging
October 13, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Diesel out ⛽️
Batteries in 🔋
It IS really that simple, shows this 🇸🇪 vessel from the 70s
⚡️⚡️⚡️
#alwaysbecharging
Batteries in 🔋
It IS really that simple, shows this 🇸🇪 vessel from the 70s
⚡️⚡️⚡️
#alwaysbecharging
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I FOI'd English councils whether they use legal land purchase powers to create traffic-free paths. Just 1% said they have successfully.
Why is something that's so common for roads almost never done for cycle routes? And what does it mean for cycling?
lauralaker.substack.com/p/cycleways-...
Why is something that's so common for roads almost never done for cycle routes? And what does it mean for cycling?
lauralaker.substack.com/p/cycleways-...
November 13, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I FOI'd English councils whether they use legal land purchase powers to create traffic-free paths. Just 1% said they have successfully.
Why is something that's so common for roads almost never done for cycle routes? And what does it mean for cycling?
lauralaker.substack.com/p/cycleways-...
Why is something that's so common for roads almost never done for cycle routes? And what does it mean for cycling?
lauralaker.substack.com/p/cycleways-...
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One important thing to understand about these policy support mechanisms (“benefits for middle class voters”) being scrapped or slashed is that they are *expressly designed* to incentivise people with money to spend it on clean technology, on basis that public spending can’t deliver transition on own
Hundreds of thousands to lose heat pump subsidies in Reeves’s budget plan
Exclusive: Supporters say grants largely going to middle-class households, but experts warn move will slow transition from gas boilers
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:50 PM
One important thing to understand about these policy support mechanisms (“benefits for middle class voters”) being scrapped or slashed is that they are *expressly designed* to incentivise people with money to spend it on clean technology, on basis that public spending can’t deliver transition on own
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The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
www.economist.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
Interesting that 'being caught' wasn't an option here which evidence shows is the key deterance factor.
How effective do Britons think capital / corporal punishment would be at reducing crime, and how does this compare to other punishments?
Long prison: 66% say effective
Death penalty: 62%
Flogging: 31%
Community service: 31%
Fines: 31%
Stocks: 29%
Short prison: 18%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
Long prison: 66% say effective
Death penalty: 62%
Flogging: 31%
Community service: 31%
Fines: 31%
Stocks: 29%
Short prison: 18%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
November 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Interesting that 'being caught' wasn't an option here which evidence shows is the key deterance factor.
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This really is poorly thought through.
If you are going to do a per mile charge it should be for all vehicles. Petrol is undercharged in comparison to its negative impacts.
And it's a phenomenally bad idea to create additional psychological barriers to owning EVs.
on.ft.com/4oxpaFs
If you are going to do a per mile charge it should be for all vehicles. Petrol is undercharged in comparison to its negative impacts.
And it's a phenomenally bad idea to create additional psychological barriers to owning EVs.
on.ft.com/4oxpaFs
Reeves poised to unveil Budget plan for EV drivers to pay per mile charges
Chancellor looks to offset a forecast sharp drop in government revenue from fuel duty
on.ft.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:57 AM
This really is poorly thought through.
If you are going to do a per mile charge it should be for all vehicles. Petrol is undercharged in comparison to its negative impacts.
And it's a phenomenally bad idea to create additional psychological barriers to owning EVs.
on.ft.com/4oxpaFs
If you are going to do a per mile charge it should be for all vehicles. Petrol is undercharged in comparison to its negative impacts.
And it's a phenomenally bad idea to create additional psychological barriers to owning EVs.
on.ft.com/4oxpaFs
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Great charts 🙏
Based on the charts by @electric-nick.bsky.social and @leraffl.bsky.social, I thought it would be fun to create a #map in the nice @landgeist.bsky.social format.
Hope you'll find it interesting 🙏
The market share of new passenger #BEV 🔋🚘 registrations in the #EU, #EFTA and the #UK.
Based on the charts by @electric-nick.bsky.social and @leraffl.bsky.social, I thought it would be fun to create a #map in the nice @landgeist.bsky.social format.
Hope you'll find it interesting 🙏
The market share of new passenger #BEV 🔋🚘 registrations in the #EU, #EFTA and the #UK.
October 30, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Great charts 🙏
Based on the charts by @electric-nick.bsky.social and @leraffl.bsky.social, I thought it would be fun to create a #map in the nice @landgeist.bsky.social format.
Hope you'll find it interesting 🙏
The market share of new passenger #BEV 🔋🚘 registrations in the #EU, #EFTA and the #UK.
Based on the charts by @electric-nick.bsky.social and @leraffl.bsky.social, I thought it would be fun to create a #map in the nice @landgeist.bsky.social format.
Hope you'll find it interesting 🙏
The market share of new passenger #BEV 🔋🚘 registrations in the #EU, #EFTA and the #UK.
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October 30, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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Given the party's refusal to act on Pochin's brazen racism, it should be as socially unacceptable to vote for Reform as it was in the early 2000s to vote for the BNP.
And we should be prepared to say this to people's faces.
And we should be prepared to say this to people's faces.
October 28, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Given the party's refusal to act on Pochin's brazen racism, it should be as socially unacceptable to vote for Reform as it was in the early 2000s to vote for the BNP.
And we should be prepared to say this to people's faces.
And we should be prepared to say this to people's faces.
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Lewis Goodall pressing Chris Philp on the difference between what Sarah Pochin said and what Robert Jenrick said about 'white faces'.
October 26, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Lewis Goodall pressing Chris Philp on the difference between what Sarah Pochin said and what Robert Jenrick said about 'white faces'.
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The Conservative immigration proposals cannot be allowed to stand without a profound and widespread statement of moral condemnation inews.co.uk/opinion/tori...
October 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The Conservative immigration proposals cannot be allowed to stand without a profound and widespread statement of moral condemnation inews.co.uk/opinion/tori...
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Plug-in hybrid cars are essentially a massive fossil fuel demand protection scam enacted on well-meaning consumers trying to do the right thing
The gap between reported and real emissions is just utterly bonkers - new @transenvuk.bsky.social study here
www.transportenvironment.org/articles/smo...
The gap between reported and real emissions is just utterly bonkers - new @transenvuk.bsky.social study here
www.transportenvironment.org/articles/smo...
October 22, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Plug-in hybrid cars are essentially a massive fossil fuel demand protection scam enacted on well-meaning consumers trying to do the right thing
The gap between reported and real emissions is just utterly bonkers - new @transenvuk.bsky.social study here
www.transportenvironment.org/articles/smo...
The gap between reported and real emissions is just utterly bonkers - new @transenvuk.bsky.social study here
www.transportenvironment.org/articles/smo...
So, maybe not so keen on integration after all...
BBC News - Mayor considers scrapping English language lessons
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - Mayor considers scrapping English language lessons
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Reform's Dame Andrea Jenkyns considers scrapping English lessons
Dame Andrea Jenkyns says a £1m budget to teach foreign nationals "should be spent on everybody".
www.bbc.com
October 18, 2025 at 11:06 PM
So, maybe not so keen on integration after all...
BBC News - Mayor considers scrapping English language lessons
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - Mayor considers scrapping English language lessons
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Moral: Never pen a song title that could double as your last words
RIP
RIP
September 19, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Moral: Never pen a song title that could double as your last words
RIP
RIP
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NOTHING will prepare you for this 45-second story arc. From "I'm just doing this because I love the flag, it's totally grassroots, and I'm not part of anything political"... to who actually gave him the flags the night before.
Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.
Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.
September 10, 2025 at 11:08 AM
NOTHING will prepare you for this 45-second story arc. From "I'm just doing this because I love the flag, it's totally grassroots, and I'm not part of anything political"... to who actually gave him the flags the night before.
Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.
Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.