Stu Brooking
@stubroos.bsky.social
❤️ London. Banal @Sloughtownfc.bsky.social & Surrey Cricket @kiaoval.com obsession. Beer sometimes. Higher Ed occasionally. London now but always Slough
I haven't cooked this before but cant wait to get it in oven. Tray bake thai chicken. Having done all the prep I'm salivating already
February 12, 2026 at 5:11 PM
I haven't cooked this before but cant wait to get it in oven. Tray bake thai chicken. Having done all the prep I'm salivating already
I have loved catching up with DS9. Have rewatched since S3 when it really finds it's feet. But the time has come to watch What You Leave Behind. I will miss Ben, Kira and all of the crew. What a show.
February 11, 2026 at 9:15 PM
I have loved catching up with DS9. Have rewatched since S3 when it really finds it's feet. But the time has come to watch What You Leave Behind. I will miss Ben, Kira and all of the crew. What a show.
75% of Manures current squad are immigrants, and he's an tax avoiding immigrant resident of Monaco, the £ucking Pri<k!!!
February 11, 2026 at 6:29 PM
75% of Manures current squad are immigrants, and he's an tax avoiding immigrant resident of Monaco, the £ucking Pri<k!!!
I'm so very old
February 11, 2026 at 1:01 AM
I'm so very old
Up until Christmas i thought we were in for a very long, tough season. Nothing done yet, but we're now closer to the playoff places than the R zone. And what form we're in. That. Will. Do. #OneSlough
February 10, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Up until Christmas i thought we were in for a very long, tough season. Nothing done yet, but we're now closer to the playoff places than the R zone. And what form we're in. That. Will. Do. #OneSlough
Things you love to see #OneSlough
It's three wins on the bounce for the Rebels!
Ruben Shakpoke with the only goal of the game in the 52nd minute takes Slough up to the 14th in the Enterprise National League South table. 📈
#OneSlough
Ruben Shakpoke with the only goal of the game in the 52nd minute takes Slough up to the 14th in the Enterprise National League South table. 📈
#OneSlough
February 10, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Things you love to see #OneSlough
Time to watch the greatest film of all time for the x time. What. A. Flick!
February 8, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Time to watch the greatest film of all time for the x time. What. A. Flick!
Back from the beer shop and, as always on a Sunday, the Mrs has Columbo on. I'm sucked in in 2 minutes. Peter Falk is just so watchable #JustOneMoreThing
February 8, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Back from the beer shop and, as always on a Sunday, the Mrs has Columbo on. I'm sucked in in 2 minutes. Peter Falk is just so watchable #JustOneMoreThing
For later. With frites, Onion Rings, breaded mushrooms, peas and a shallot/red wine reduction. I love Sundays
February 8, 2026 at 3:46 PM
For later. With frites, Onion Rings, breaded mushrooms, peas and a shallot/red wine reduction. I love Sundays
As a proud dual national of Britain and Ireland, I can say good riddance to that bog snorkeler. A stain on politics, with no policy ideas other than fighting people of my politics. Rot in irrelevance forever!
February 8, 2026 at 3:02 PM
As a proud dual national of Britain and Ireland, I can say good riddance to that bog snorkeler. A stain on politics, with no policy ideas other than fighting people of my politics. Rot in irrelevance forever!
I adore where I live, but 2 days of the Woolwich Wanderers at home is intolerable. Surrounded by them at the moment. I just want a quiet Sunday beer after doing the weekly food shop. There's 1000s of them.
a man in a helmet is standing in a desert .
ALT: a man in a helmet is standing in a desert .
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February 8, 2026 at 2:23 PM
I adore where I live, but 2 days of the Woolwich Wanderers at home is intolerable. Surrounded by them at the moment. I just want a quiet Sunday beer after doing the weekly food shop. There's 1000s of them.
Dreadful news. Only met Des a couple of times but he was generous and kind. A fantastic champion of beer and London. RIP
The Guide is saddened to hear of the passing of beer writer Des de Moor.
He was generous in sharing his extensive knowledge of the London beer scene and it was always a pleasure to cross paths and compare notes.
RIP Des, the next beer is for you 🍻
He was generous in sharing his extensive knowledge of the London beer scene and it was always a pleasure to cross paths and compare notes.
RIP Des, the next beer is for you 🍻
February 8, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Dreadful news. Only met Des a couple of times but he was generous and kind. A fantastic champion of beer and London. RIP
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February 7, 2026 at 7:39 PM
What an amazing football day. My #Rebels get an astonishing win away from home, & drag themselves away from the R zone, Boro have a classy 3 nil win to move into the playoff places & Clapton win to consolidate their 2nd place. Football is Brilliant
February 7, 2026 at 7:33 PM
What an amazing football day. My #Rebels get an astonishing win away from home, & drag themselves away from the R zone, Boro have a classy 3 nil win to move into the playoff places & Clapton win to consolidate their 2nd place. Football is Brilliant
Holloway Rd is shut, so i have the perfect opportunity for a prematch pint at The Robin. The Jaipur is, as always, in stonking condition #UTB #WeAreHaringey
February 7, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Holloway Rd is shut, so i have the perfect opportunity for a prematch pint at The Robin. The Jaipur is, as always, in stonking condition #UTB #WeAreHaringey
There are going to be a lot of football nomads today with games getting called off all over the country. Can guarantee that @haringeyboroughfc.bsky.social will be ON! So if you're in London looking for a football fix get yourselves to the only club on White Hart Lane
February 7, 2026 at 9:43 AM
There are going to be a lot of football nomads today with games getting called off all over the country. Can guarantee that @haringeyboroughfc.bsky.social will be ON! So if you're in London looking for a football fix get yourselves to the only club on White Hart Lane
I'm a walking North London Lefty Liberal cliché tonight
✅️ brewery tap room
✅️ hazy IPA
✅️ beard
✅️ long hair
✅ there will be️ broccoli on my pizza
And when we're done, its 15mins back to the flat on a bus that comes every 5 mins and costs £1.75. Have I told you before how much I ❤️ this fabulous city?
✅️ brewery tap room
✅️ hazy IPA
✅️ beard
✅️ long hair
✅ there will be️ broccoli on my pizza
And when we're done, its 15mins back to the flat on a bus that comes every 5 mins and costs £1.75. Have I told you before how much I ❤️ this fabulous city?
February 6, 2026 at 7:39 PM
I'm a walking North London Lefty Liberal cliché tonight
✅️ brewery tap room
✅️ hazy IPA
✅️ beard
✅️ long hair
✅ there will be️ broccoli on my pizza
And when we're done, its 15mins back to the flat on a bus that comes every 5 mins and costs £1.75. Have I told you before how much I ❤️ this fabulous city?
✅️ brewery tap room
✅️ hazy IPA
✅️ beard
✅️ long hair
✅ there will be️ broccoli on my pizza
And when we're done, its 15mins back to the flat on a bus that comes every 5 mins and costs £1.75. Have I told you before how much I ❤️ this fabulous city?
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Quite funny that Starmer's allies are waking up to this point now …
Cuts to Winter Fuel… not in the manifesto
Disability benefit cuts… not in there either
Cutting jury trials… also not there
Digital ID… no mention
Raising employers NI… nope
Freezing tax threholds… nah
Contracts with Palantir… no
Cuts to Winter Fuel… not in the manifesto
Disability benefit cuts… not in there either
Cutting jury trials… also not there
Digital ID… no mention
Raising employers NI… nope
Freezing tax threholds… nah
Contracts with Palantir… no
February 6, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Quite funny that Starmer's allies are waking up to this point now …
Cuts to Winter Fuel… not in the manifesto
Disability benefit cuts… not in there either
Cutting jury trials… also not there
Digital ID… no mention
Raising employers NI… nope
Freezing tax threholds… nah
Contracts with Palantir… no
Cuts to Winter Fuel… not in the manifesto
Disability benefit cuts… not in there either
Cutting jury trials… also not there
Digital ID… no mention
Raising employers NI… nope
Freezing tax threholds… nah
Contracts with Palantir… no
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There's no reason to accept this as normal, though. Much of Starmer and Labour's unpopularity is not misfortune but his own doing. Mandelson was a choice. Consistently pursuing policy positions designed to appeal to people who will not vote for you - and alienating core supporters - is a choice.
Starmer's reported condition - incredibly unpopular, shorn of authority, probably un-reelectable and yet will stagger on for want of an alternative - is just the new normal of how Britain is governed. It was also true for two-thirds of May's premiership, half of Johnson's and all of Sunak's.
February 6, 2026 at 11:48 AM
There's no reason to accept this as normal, though. Much of Starmer and Labour's unpopularity is not misfortune but his own doing. Mandelson was a choice. Consistently pursuing policy positions designed to appeal to people who will not vote for you - and alienating core supporters - is a choice.
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Zack Polanski, "Palantir.. £240 million contract last month"
"That was lobbied by Global Counsel which is Peter Mandelson's lobbying group"
"The idea that a defence company from the US has its fingerprints all over our healthcare system, alongside Peter Mandelson"
"That was lobbied by Global Counsel which is Peter Mandelson's lobbying group"
"The idea that a defence company from the US has its fingerprints all over our healthcare system, alongside Peter Mandelson"
February 4, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Zack Polanski, "Palantir.. £240 million contract last month"
"That was lobbied by Global Counsel which is Peter Mandelson's lobbying group"
"The idea that a defence company from the US has its fingerprints all over our healthcare system, alongside Peter Mandelson"
"That was lobbied by Global Counsel which is Peter Mandelson's lobbying group"
"The idea that a defence company from the US has its fingerprints all over our healthcare system, alongside Peter Mandelson"
Just from a distance (I've been once), I like having the tiniest bit of skin in the game at London's oldest football ground. I've got 2 more planned visits this season. #NonLeagueIsTheBestLeague
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Enfield Borough 1 Clapton CFC 4
Enfield Borough 1 Clapton CFC 4
February 4, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Just from a distance (I've been once), I like having the tiniest bit of skin in the game at London's oldest football ground. I've got 2 more planned visits this season. #NonLeagueIsTheBestLeague
👀 @londontom.bsky.social . Get involved before the playoffs. This club is on the up. Pub in Stratford and bus pre game or meet at the ground for cans on 28th Mar?
February 4, 2026 at 9:52 PM
👀 @londontom.bsky.social . Get involved before the playoffs. This club is on the up. Pub in Stratford and bus pre game or meet at the ground for cans on 28th Mar?
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In 2018 Steve Bannon bragged to Jeffrey Epstein about his influence over European politicians including Nigel Farage and that he could “shut down any crypto legislation or anything else we want”.
What is Reform’s first and only piece of draft legislation?
A pro-crypto Bill.
What is Reform’s first and only piece of draft legislation?
A pro-crypto Bill.
February 4, 2026 at 2:45 PM
In 2018 Steve Bannon bragged to Jeffrey Epstein about his influence over European politicians including Nigel Farage and that he could “shut down any crypto legislation or anything else we want”.
What is Reform’s first and only piece of draft legislation?
A pro-crypto Bill.
What is Reform’s first and only piece of draft legislation?
A pro-crypto Bill.