Nigel Brook
nidgebrook.bsky.social
Nigel Brook
@nidgebrook.bsky.social
Father, husband and mechanic trainer at XO bikes. Trying to break the cycle of re-offending
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The NSF Hill Climb is ON! Thanks to Lewisham Council for your support, and to our charity partner, XO Bikes.

Oct 18th.

There are 50 places (free), choosing from three options to tackle the mighty "Mûr de Ned":

Cycling, Running and Walking.

Enter now: neverstraysfar.com/pages/events
September 11, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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I think I’ll get a t shirt printed with an image of that radical revolutionary, Tony Hart.
Protester arrested over ‘Plasticine Action’ T-shirt: ‘How ridiculous is this?’ — The Guardian
Miles Pickering says crowd at protest over Palestine Action ban was laughing at ‘silliness’ of scene as he was detained
apple.news
August 18, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Ukraine-Russia latest: Trump promises ‘big day’ at White House - The Times and The Sunday Times
Having read all of this piece two things struck me. 1, shit I am in agreement with Ian Duncan Smith😱
2, I am reminded of the old soviet era joke, “there is no news in the truth and no truth in the news.”
August 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I worked here from 2003 to 2019 and absolutely loved it.
It is so sad that what are essentially community spaces like this, and the equally worthy London Bike Kitchen are just not financially viable in London anymore.
"Between rising costs, a brutal economic climate, and a million other small battles, we just couldn’t make it work anymore"

Iconic London bike shop Brixton Cycles announces that it's permanently closing its doors
Iconic London bike shop closes citing “rising costs and brutal economic climate”
Brixton Cycles, after months of rumours and concerns about it shutting down among cyclists, has announced that it’d be permanently closing its doors
road.cc
April 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
For the few, not the many🙄
Heathrow expansion backed, stricter tax on non-doms out, deregulation back in fashion - all in the name of growth.

This raises a fundamental question about the government's growth mission: whose growth are we talking about?

Read my article for @theguardian.com

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I’m a Labour MP – but the government’s ‘growth’ mission reeks of panic | Clive Lewis
The decision to expand Heathrow is just the latest evidence that my party is chasing policies that serve profit, not people, says Labour MP Clive Lewis
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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1. If Trump runs out of immigrants to persecute, I suspect the next target for his performative sadism will be people with disabilities. Already, without a shred of evidence, he has blamed the air crash on disabled air traffic controllers, with horrible, stereotyping slurs about their disabilities.🧵
February 1, 2025 at 8:34 AM
@nedboulting.bsky.social
Excellent evening at the Churchill Theatre on Wednesday.
Highly educational. I learned that using an obscure bearing size just to be different in their rear hubs was the very least of the Pellisier Brother’s crimes.
November 22, 2024 at 5:29 PM
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🚨🚨 Breaking: @guardian.extwitter.link will no longer post on Elon Musk’s X from its official accounts as platform’s coverage of US election crystallised longstanding concerns about its content. This is big, very big. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/media/2024/n...
Guardian will no longer post on Elon Musk’s X from its official accounts
Platform’s coverage of US election crystallised longstanding concerns about its content, says Guardian
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2024 at 1:28 PM