Andrew Brook

On the off-chance this reaches anyone who is in a good mood, perhaps you might give a song that I’ve written a little whirl? It’s about the exhilaration of a cool autumn night, and the perfume of nocturnal flowers in a glade. I’m rather proud of it! youtu.be/wfuJzV7bRUY?...

The clocks went back last night but our furry friends don’t know that, so don’t be surprised if they start nagging you for their meal an hour earlier than normal.

Feeling stressed? Hunkering down because of the storms? Here’s a song about calm, clear autumn nights, a sky full of stars and a glade mirrored with dew, like diamonds on blades of grass in the early hours. To make it even more atmospheric, the song is sung in Italian. youtu.be/wfuJzV7bRUY?...

My hobby is writing songs, and I am delighted to have been able to record one of my own tracks in Italian, with lyrics adapted by singer/songwriter Adriana Spuria. The soprano is Canadian singer Sharon Crawford, drums by Paolo Conte, and bass by Alex Bonanno. /2 youtu.be/wfuJzV7bRUY?...

There is something deeply indecent about institutions rediscovering the truth only once the people who pursued it have already paid the price. Carole Cadwalladr deserved support when it was difficult, not vindication when it became convenient.

A few weeks ago a (male) British author was politely drumming up business for his latest book which stood a chance of being number one in a book chart. I can’t remember the name of the book or the author, but maybe someone could remind me who it is, please? Did it get to number 1?

The Tory Bayeux Tapestry is very funny and a great skewering of most of the main characters, apart from Angela Rayner who looks absolutely iconic in every image

All carers need a break sometimes – and far too many carers don’t get them. This week, my wife Emily and I are taking our first two nights away as just us for over 18 years. When we’re back, I’ll keep fighting to guarantee respite breaks for every carer.

Have I missed Jeremy Corbyn’s “Your Party” party conference? They must all be so looking forward to it.

Anyway, it's not really true that Brexit has done more harm than good. It hasn't done any good at all.

They keep lying about public ownership of water Thank goodness we have fighters like Feargal Sharkey to call them out on this lie every time Make sure your MP has the facts. Take 2 minutes now to send them our NEW REPORT on how Andy Burnham can deliver public ownership: vist.ly/5jytv

How’s your Friday going?

Well hello!

Ryan Bridge - Founder of "Raise the Colours" flag protests - charged with 14 offences including common assault. Danny Thomas - ringleader of Dover/Portsmouth thuggery - an ex-con jailed for attempted kidnap at knifepoint. Almost like they're not "ordinary people with concerns" but criminals.

When blackshirts are marching through the streets of Dover and Portsmouth, the focus shouldn’t be on the disruption they cause, but on their fascist ideology and deliberate intimidation of migrants and people of colour. [1/2]

Kevin Rowland and Dexy's Midnight Runners are very unhappy that Nigel Farage used their music at the Reform party conference.

2000+ Americans have bought this book on import from the UK. Many of them have told me they love it. Meanwhile, the UK publishing industry: "I am sorry. We can't sell this book to an American audience. They will find it too British." FREE worldwide delivery here: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...

just stop oil protesters got five years in jail for *planning* to do this to the M25.

Personally, I think this undercover sting is *the* test for the police and the Electoral Commision. What they do will determine whether they are afraid or not of Nigel Farage.

…against pursuing the investigations, impeachment, and prosecutions. That would be a fatal error for American democracy. He must be exposed and what he has done painstakingly detailed or we will essentially ratify and institutionalize his transformation of our government into a mafia state.

In 1986, I endowed a chair at the Environmental Defense Fund for Dr Michael Oppenheimer to focus on the dangers of climate change. He along with other climate scientists and Al Gore warned the world was short on time to address its worst impacts.

This song is a couple of years old but I have only just discovered it, and I love it. Great storytelling, the song builds and builds and Lola Young is a great singer. And I love song that include profanity! youtu.be/h6nVOfThks4?...

Bognor beach is beautiful.

Dolly Parton was the very best of America.

What happened to Your Party? Either it has faded into the ether or every single one of them must have blocked me.

I came first in the Clacton by-election! Of the candidates who bothered to turn up for the results. Here is my victory speech!

There’s a new Facebook page for gay right-wing men which had a dreadful AI photo of the page owner with Farage, with his arm missing but not his hand. When I commented on it someone decided to mock up a photo of me with Frogface and all I can say is that he is three years younger than me.

George handily ignores that including spending by Westminster in Scotland, Scotland receives more money than it raises (Wasn’t able to reply, hence the repost)

For thousands of years, a solar eclipse has been a prophetic harbinger of a spectacular, epoch-making event. Just saying. #VoteBinface #Clacton

So, anyway, my excuse for the central heating still being on in our house is that it has been so very hot for the last two months that how was I supposed to know the difference?

"The politicians basically serve the rich, the wealthy, and their self-interest." Listen to this man in Nigel Farage's constituency.

Could someone please explain moderation lists and what it means if you have been added to one? Many thanks.

It's Schrödingers outrage, isn't it. If "I can't teach in a school because I'd fuck the kids" was a joke told by a drag queen, they'd be demanding they were crucified in a telephone pole but because it's One Of Them it's actually the height of edgy humour and the woke left can't stand that.

🗣️ PM @andy-burnham.bsky.social: "Britain’s prisons crisis has its roots in a failure to add sufficient new places between 2010 and 2024. Just 500 places were added and 23 prisons were closed. As a result, the system is now dangerously close to capacity and we are running the risk of...

What more fitting way to remember Rod Liddle’s life and work than by making nasty jokes about someone who can’t answer back

Yes I think that's the point Andrew is broadly making - if I understand correctly, he's advocating for closer EU alignment now and acknowledging that support for full EU membership would require building acceptance of Schengen and the Euro.

The scientist who discovered insulin gave it to the world, but in America - supposedly the greatest nation on earth - an entire family can become bankrupt for want of it, and people die, unable to afford it. And they call it the land of the free.

Nigel Farage (2016), "It's legitimate to say.. If people feel that voting doesn't change anything" "Then violence is the next step"