Andrew Brook
@andrewbrook.bsky.social
British, gay, ginger, amateur musician
Retired MD of restaurant food supplier , now making music for fun
www.youtube.com/@andybrookmusic
Politics: slightly left of centre, pro EU, pro PR
music: lifelong fan of the Eurovision Song Contest. Don’t laugh.
Retired MD of restaurant food supplier , now making music for fun
www.youtube.com/@andybrookmusic
Politics: slightly left of centre, pro EU, pro PR
music: lifelong fan of the Eurovision Song Contest. Don’t laugh.
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One of the maddest elements of Brexit - and there are *many* - is the rewards that continue to be lavished on the blithering idiots who sold it & continue to be proved wrong about everything every day…
Ex Tory MP John Redwood has been made a peer, as Lord Redwood on 31 January, and was formally introduced in the Lords on Tuesday
February 11, 2026 at 8:34 AM
One of the maddest elements of Brexit - and there are *many* - is the rewards that continue to be lavished on the blithering idiots who sold it & continue to be proved wrong about everything every day…
Having spent five minutes shaking this poor toy rat to make absolutely sure that it is dead and any innards have been consumed, Chico is now cuddling up to it in his bed.
February 10, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Having spent five minutes shaking this poor toy rat to make absolutely sure that it is dead and any innards have been consumed, Chico is now cuddling up to it in his bed.
This was what voters who chose other parties wanted, and they seem to be more important than traditional labour voters and even campaigners like me.
“delivering the change voters asked for”
Don’t remember the voters asking for immigrants to be targeted, disabled people to lose their benefits, and trans people having their human rights stripped away.
Don’t remember the voters asking for immigrants to be targeted, disabled people to lose their benefits, and trans people having their human rights stripped away.
February 9, 2026 at 11:20 PM
This was what voters who chose other parties wanted, and they seem to be more important than traditional labour voters and even campaigners like me.
In the UK our government could learn a lot from this post, as could the Home Office.
The fact that Bad Bunny's halftime show made white bigots angry and feel excluded is A GOOD THING. It's one of the best things about it. It's not a problem to solve. It's a solution to pursue. Bigots *should* feel excluded. We should find *more* ways to celebrate the reality of USian diversity.
February 9, 2026 at 1:39 PM
In the UK our government could learn a lot from this post, as could the Home Office.
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It's such a fascinating description, a) as you say, do they think the government is not floundering now? b) was that really the case in the Corbyn years? I don't think 'Labour lacks direction' was the issue!
February 8, 2026 at 6:28 PM
It's such a fascinating description, a) as you say, do they think the government is not floundering now? b) was that really the case in the Corbyn years? I don't think 'Labour lacks direction' was the issue!
This is a test for European people of my generation. You will probably remember the song. Before watching the video, make a note of what your memories of the song are (for me it was catchy singalong typical lighthearted 70s British pop) and then say what you think after listening to the lyrics.
February 8, 2026 at 6:28 PM
This is a test for European people of my generation. You will probably remember the song. Before watching the video, make a note of what your memories of the song are (for me it was catchy singalong typical lighthearted 70s British pop) and then say what you think after listening to the lyrics.
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This is the reply to my concerns about Palantir from my MP. Make of it what you will. Seems reasonable to me however, still not comfortable UK gov dealing with a guy who has another agenda regarding European politics.
February 8, 2026 at 8:51 AM
This is the reply to my concerns about Palantir from my MP. Make of it what you will. Seems reasonable to me however, still not comfortable UK gov dealing with a guy who has another agenda regarding European politics.
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"I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hate so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain."
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
February 8, 2026 at 8:54 AM
"I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hate so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain."
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
What if the whole world agreed to ban all men from public office of any kind. Let women run the world?
February 5, 2026 at 12:13 AM
What if the whole world agreed to ban all men from public office of any kind. Let women run the world?
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The only credible reasons for Mandelson's appointment are ones Starmer can't say publicly: that he might get on well with Trump because he's his kind of guy. That'd be a direct attack on Trump.
(Whether the UK PM should say that about Trump is a different question from whether Starmer ever would)
(Whether the UK PM should say that about Trump is a different question from whether Starmer ever would)
February 4, 2026 at 9:48 AM
The only credible reasons for Mandelson's appointment are ones Starmer can't say publicly: that he might get on well with Trump because he's his kind of guy. That'd be a direct attack on Trump.
(Whether the UK PM should say that about Trump is a different question from whether Starmer ever would)
(Whether the UK PM should say that about Trump is a different question from whether Starmer ever would)
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As an ex publican I can tell you cutting the price of beer only helps the big brewers. The same big brewers who have friends in every party to help them continue their 500 year affair with profits and greed. Farage would be a good send to their bottom lines &certainly not any pubs.
February 3, 2026 at 8:31 PM
As an ex publican I can tell you cutting the price of beer only helps the big brewers. The same big brewers who have friends in every party to help them continue their 500 year affair with profits and greed. Farage would be a good send to their bottom lines &certainly not any pubs.
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The problem with boomer populism is that you eventually run out of other people's children.
February 3, 2026 at 11:37 AM
The problem with boomer populism is that you eventually run out of other people's children.
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The GOOD news is that the Labour Party doesn't need Peter Mandelson in order to embarrass itself, so his services in that regard won't be heavily missed.
BREAKING: Peter Mandelson resigns from Labour to avoid causing "further embarrassment" to party as result of Epstein links.
February 1, 2026 at 11:03 PM
The GOOD news is that the Labour Party doesn't need Peter Mandelson in order to embarrass itself, so his services in that regard won't be heavily missed.
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Earlier this evening:
“Your Party have not yet named a candidate to fight Gorton and Denton because they probably have still to elect the committee that will select the candidate,” said my wife, jokingly.
Er….
“Your Party have not yet named a candidate to fight Gorton and Denton because they probably have still to elect the committee that will select the candidate,” said my wife, jokingly.
Er….
February 1, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Earlier this evening:
“Your Party have not yet named a candidate to fight Gorton and Denton because they probably have still to elect the committee that will select the candidate,” said my wife, jokingly.
Er….
“Your Party have not yet named a candidate to fight Gorton and Denton because they probably have still to elect the committee that will select the candidate,” said my wife, jokingly.
Er….
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Some of my followers may enjoy this. I recently said, entirely sincerely, to a member of John Major’s Cabinet, that I thought the cones hotline predicted the shape of the future. They thought I was taking the piss and walked out of the restaurant. 🤣
My status as the founder and sole member of the John Major apologist club means I have to speak up for HW, whose measured response to the collapse of the Soviet Union meant the end of the Cold War was neither violent nor bloody.
January 28, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Some of my followers may enjoy this. I recently said, entirely sincerely, to a member of John Major’s Cabinet, that I thought the cones hotline predicted the shape of the future. They thought I was taking the piss and walked out of the restaurant. 🤣
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Honestly, since the referendum, the only voter targeted seems to be the 55 year old working-class social conservative from Barnsley who worked down the mines in 1980s in his 20s and can't spell LGBT that is the demographic of every Leave voter and Leave won.
January 28, 2026 at 12:13 PM
Honestly, since the referendum, the only voter targeted seems to be the 55 year old working-class social conservative from Barnsley who worked down the mines in 1980s in his 20s and can't spell LGBT that is the demographic of every Leave voter and Leave won.
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The Rest is Weather coming soon
January 27, 2026 at 8:23 AM
The Rest is Weather coming soon
A day late, but my Scottish partner made a traditional Burn’s night supper and it was surprisingly good :-)
January 26, 2026 at 7:51 PM
A day late, but my Scottish partner made a traditional Burn’s night supper and it was surprisingly good :-)
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Starmer needs to ditch McSweeney and craft a narrative for his government that appeals to Labour’s actual potential coalition - liberal, educated, urban, Remain-coded - as opposed to chasing working class voters with Diet Reform stylings.
Entirely unsurprising that Burnham has been blocked but probably increases the chances of a post-May challenge. Rayner has used this weekend to position herself well if she wants it.
January 25, 2026 at 12:13 PM
Starmer needs to ditch McSweeney and craft a narrative for his government that appeals to Labour’s actual potential coalition - liberal, educated, urban, Remain-coded - as opposed to chasing working class voters with Diet Reform stylings.
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The irony being the only reason Reform and Greens are viable in a GMCA election is the current national Labour leadership is so crap. "Burnham can't possibly resign and challenge for the leadership, because Starmer is so dire we'll lose Manchester in the process".
January 23, 2026 at 12:48 PM
The irony being the only reason Reform and Greens are viable in a GMCA election is the current national Labour leadership is so crap. "Burnham can't possibly resign and challenge for the leadership, because Starmer is so dire we'll lose Manchester in the process".
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Why do the former presidents of the USA who are still alive not say anything about their country having been overtaken by fascism?
January 23, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Why do the former presidents of the USA who are still alive not say anything about their country having been overtaken by fascism?
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You know who”stayed a little back” in VIetnam? DJT.
January 23, 2026 at 10:41 PM
You know who”stayed a little back” in VIetnam? DJT.
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This will not stop until the users doing this and Elon Musk and his X developers are prosecuted and jailed. What are we waiting for?
This week, an X user created an AI video of me being chloroformed and prepared for rape.
Victims are told it's not real and they're getting offended for no reason.
But nudification tools are weapons of sexual assault, and the harm they cause is real 👇
jessasato.substack.com/p/ai-nudific...
Victims are told it's not real and they're getting offended for no reason.
But nudification tools are weapons of sexual assault, and the harm they cause is real 👇
jessasato.substack.com/p/ai-nudific...
AI nudification: the latest weapon of violence against women and girls
In Julie Burchill’s recent article in the Spectator, Does it really matter if Grok undresses us all?, she makes the argument that those who, like me, have repeatedly had their clothes removed by socia...
jessasato.substack.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:49 PM
This will not stop until the users doing this and Elon Musk and his X developers are prosecuted and jailed. What are we waiting for?