Jack Lenox

Jack Lenox

@jacklenox.com

Cargo bike enthusiast, @eradicals.bike shop owner, @carspiracy.bsky.social podcast host, software engineer and Green Party Councillor. Born at 349ppm. eradicals.bike

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I literally spent a year investigating how the government props up Shell, and then they do this!

Dave Vetter@davidrvetter.bsky.social

Currently wondering what message the UK govt thought it was sending by dressing up the Minister for Net Zero in a literal Shell logo.

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Every study shows that decarbonising and *doing the things we legally agreed to do but needed Insulate Britain to remind us about* are cheaper for everyone and bring bills down. Cutting “The Green Crap” has only ever put bills *up* short term and long term. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

theguardian.comHeat pumps and insulation would cut UK living costs more than new oilfields, study suggestsWarm homes plan would create 50,000 jobs, compared with about 1,100 for Rosebank oilfield, thinktank finds

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So you can buy Mein Kampf in UK but not Sally Rooney? What a bunch of complete arseholes in Gov in UK.

Defend Our Juries@defendourjuries.bsky.social

Sally Rooney’s stand on Palestine is brave and humane, writes Zoe Williams The Normal People author’s determination to support Palestine Action, even if it means that her books are withdrawn from sale in the UK, makes a mockery of Britain’s terrorism laws. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/o...

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Producer: “Who can we get to represent the views of voters in struggling working class towns?” Researcher: “How about a London born privately educated banjo player who is the son of the billionaire who owns GB News?” Producer: “Perfect!”

Matthew Holehouse@matthewholehouse.bsky.social

The "red wall" is not a term you hear often these days

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Who amongst us hasn't been provoked into saying black people are animals and the King is a secret Muslim who should be decapitated?

Kevin Schofield@kevinschofied.bsky.social

Nigel Farage Suggests Race Row Reform Candidates May Have Been 'Provoked' www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/nigel-...

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Thanks boss, for standing by me and so many others!

Zack Polanski@zackpolanski.bsky.social

My friend and colleague @mothinali.bsky.social is a hero, working to heal divisions. His win today against right wing smears is not only for him but for all global majority politicians whatever party they serve in their fight against lies and abuse. www.thenational.scot/news/2664344...

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The magic money tree that no one wants to feed and water 👇

Mark Sutton@marksuttonbike.bsky.social

£5.62 returned for each £1 spent on cycling investments, finds @cyclinguk.bsky.social study www.cyclingelectric.com/news/5-62-re...

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You know, the thing is, I had drafted this piece a month ago, and then never published it, because I thought maybe it was too mean.

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I was on the telly.

GylesNaMopaleen@gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social

This is quite extraordinary. I don't think I have heard a more coherent, articulate and accurate deconstruction & demolition of Nigel Farage's ReformUK, Tory & Restore policy than this. In under 85 seconds! @rafaelbehr.bsky.social is on here folks and worth a follow.

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A 22 point increase in the Green vote share a year ago would have been unimaginable. Grateful to 🌱 @zackpolanski.bsky.social for being such a committed and hardworking candidate And 🌱 the awesome campaign team for mobilising, organising and managing huge teams of Greens out every day

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A man builds an IED. He sets it off in a busy public street. Shrapnel flies about hitting cars, homes and a child's bedroom. It's a miracle nobody is injured. And Reform MP Sarah Pochin calls his imprisonment "disproportionate" and "two tier justice."

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Lionel Reid, 19, ploughed his BMW into a cyclist while under the influence of alcohol and then left the scene. Cannabis was also found in his system. The 50-year-old cyclist sustained serious head injuries. I am sure we all feel reassured that Reid’s punishment is an 18-week suspended sentence.

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Thrilled to visit Oxfordshire’s first of the new Quiet Lanes: filtered to motor traffic, safe for us cyclists and walkers and horse-riders. First time I have ever felt safe to cycle to the fabulous Rectory Farm: love supporting local businesses.

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Stuff for drivers left on sidewalks for pedestrians is just another front in the #WarOnWalking.

Urban Truth Collective@urbantruth.bsky.social

The WAR ON WALKING has taken many forms around the world. It’s often as simple as how we signal who space is and isn’t for. Once our eyes are opened to all the ways we’ve prioritized cars over people, we can’t unsee it. Frustrating photo contributed by @stadsplanering.bsky.social. #WarOnWalking

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Replying to @brenttoderian.bsky.social

Posts like this about biking in Dutch cities are routinely replied to with comments like “well, they have the big advantage of being relatively flat.” The Dutch also have the big advantage of not constantly making excuses about why they can’t make clearly smarter city-making decisions. #Leadership

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"Shabana Mahmood staying as Home Secretary to presumably continue her appalling record of performative cruelty towards migrants and refugees is a warning sign that Burnham has not learnt the lessons from Starmer's failure," says Zack Polanski

Interesting piece from @danneidle.bsky.social on whether Britain has "run out of other people to tax". Much is right: the UK taxes ordinary and low-paid workers lightly by global standards, and you can't fund a big state from the very wealthy alone. But it overclaims where it matters.

Dan Neidle@danneidle.bsky.social

UK tax has gone up significantly over the last 25 years But the tax paid by the average UK worker has not This apparent miracle was achieved by taxing “other people”: higher earners, capital, property, banks, etc The strategy has run out of road A 🧵 on what happens next.

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The biggest gap in the piece is about income flows, but what drives public anger is the stock of accumulated wealth and soaring asset prices. He brackets it out as "inequality, not revenue" – but for many of us that's the whole point. Taxing wealth isn't only about the revenue.

Where I fully agree: land value tax. Replacing council tax, business rates and stamp duty with an LVT would be fairer and pro-growth. The Greens have campaigned for exactly this for as long as I can remember. Maybe we haven't run out of road – we've dodged the best tax on wealth there is.

Interesting piece from @danneidle.bsky.social on whether Britain has "run out of other people to tax". Much is right: the UK taxes ordinary and low-paid workers lightly by global standards, and you can't fund a big state from the very wealthy alone. But it overclaims where it matters.

Dan Neidle@danneidle.bsky.social

UK tax has gone up significantly over the last 25 years But the tax paid by the average UK worker has not This apparent miracle was achieved by taxing “other people”: higher earners, capital, property, banks, etc The strategy has run out of road A 🧵 on what happens next.

The core move is "almost no country funds a big state this way, so it can't be done". That shows difficulty, not impossibility – it's about the power of mobile capital, not a law of physics. And Switzerland, Norway and Spain run recurring wealth taxes today.

His claim that a wealth tax "wouldn't work" is presented as settled, but it's a live dispute and he's firmly on one side. And the sums he calls illusory aren't trivial: the popular taxes he dismisses could raise ~£40bn – more than the defence rise he cites in the same piece.

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BREAKING: Reform UK leader Nigel Farage bought a £1.4 million property in cash shortly after receiving a £5m personal gift from billionaire donor Christopher Harborne, according to property records seen by Sky News.

My favourite thing about travelling with a bike on Avanti West Coast is not only do they make it as difficult as possible beforehand (needs to be booked way in advance because hardly any spaces, paper tickets only etc.)

But also the station and train staff always assume you don't have a bike reservation. And they seem so disappointed to learn you've actually bothered/managed to jump through all the hoops to get one.

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A please @labouruk.bsky.social, stop saying that it's up to us to stop Reform. YOU could stop a Reform government in 2029, by introducing the proportional representation so many in the country have been clamouring for. The only way Farage can win is through our crazy first-past-the-post system.

It's nauseating to watch the positive spin and soft balls Kuenssberg keeps tossing to Reform on the BBC's local election coverage. While seemingly only capable of asking the same negative questions of the Greens that have been addressed dozens of times already.

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I joined NY’s Cutest on the Bergen Bike Bus that they ride to school every Wednesday, rain or shine. We’re adding bike boulevards and more pedestrian space on Bergen and Dean Street, from Court Street to East New York Ave. It was a wonderful kind of day.

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Boris Johnson and Michael Gove admitted taking cocaine and a Tory MP in the last parliament had to go to rehab to treat his addiction. But no rightwing commentators mention this when discussing the Greens' drug policy.

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Many Jewish people don't want non Jewish people telling us what to believe & say. For the Prime Minister to criticise the single Jewish party leader on Antisemitism demonstrates the lack of credibility and seriousness of Labour on the issue. www.thenational.scot/news/2604932...

thenational.scotZack Polanski slams 'disgusting' Keir Starmer over antisemitism remarksZack Polanski has slammed the Prime Minister over claims Keir Starmer is conflating "criticism of the Israeli Governments genocide [with]…

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In the news today, a cyclist on the pavement who killed a man is charged with manslaughter. By contrast, here's a van driver who killed a little girl. He was driving on the pavement: common, and illegal. Killed her. Only charged with dangerous driving. Fully let off. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-engl...

bbc.co.ukCheshire van driver cleared of dangerous driving after four-year-old's deathFour-year-old Esmé Rose Weir was run over as she rode her scooter along the pavement to pre-school.

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Oil prices wouldn't be all over the news today if more of our economy was powered by local, secure renewable energy. This isn't an "energy crisis". It's a fossil fuel crisis. 44% of UK electricity came from renewables in 2025. More of that plus an electrified economy => no more oil shocks.