Ian Brook
@ibrook.bsky.social
Retired, cricket loving, West Ham Utd. supporting, sailing enthusiast and motor cyclist. Proportional Representation campaigner and anti-Brexiter.
In less than a week, Al Pinkerton MP will be introducing a Bill calling for the government to open negotiations with the EU for a new Customs Union.
Research shows since leaving the EU the UK’s GDP has been damaged by 6-8% a new CU could return £25bn a year or more.
Support Al Pinkerton NOW.
Research shows since leaving the EU the UK’s GDP has been damaged by 6-8% a new CU could return £25bn a year or more.
Support Al Pinkerton NOW.
December 5, 2025 at 9:47 AM
In less than a week, Al Pinkerton MP will be introducing a Bill calling for the government to open negotiations with the EU for a new Customs Union.
Research shows since leaving the EU the UK’s GDP has been damaged by 6-8% a new CU could return £25bn a year or more.
Support Al Pinkerton NOW.
Research shows since leaving the EU the UK’s GDP has been damaged by 6-8% a new CU could return £25bn a year or more.
Support Al Pinkerton NOW.
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Classy Arsenal star Declan Rice joins the great and good in paying tribute to West Ham legend Billy Bonds
https://www.eucup.com/1395633/
The great and the good of football and British sport have come together to pay powerful, heartfelt tributes to West Ham icon Billy Bonds following his passing …
https://www.eucup.com/1395633/
The great and the good of football and British sport have come together to pay powerful, heartfelt tributes to West Ham icon Billy Bonds following his passing …
Classy Arsenal star Declan Rice joins the great and good in paying tribute to West Ham legend Billy Bonds - European Football - EUCUP.COM
The great and the good of football and British sport have come together to pay powerful, heartfelt tributes to West Ham icon Billy Bonds following his passing
www.eucup.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Classy Arsenal star Declan Rice joins the great and good in paying tribute to West Ham legend Billy Bonds
https://www.eucup.com/1395633/
The great and the good of football and British sport have come together to pay powerful, heartfelt tributes to West Ham icon Billy Bonds following his passing …
https://www.eucup.com/1395633/
The great and the good of football and British sport have come together to pay powerful, heartfelt tributes to West Ham icon Billy Bonds following his passing …
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R.I.P. Billy Bonds
West Ham legend
West Ham legend
November 30, 2025 at 1:06 PM
R.I.P. Billy Bonds
West Ham legend
West Ham legend
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Billy Bonds, West Ham legend as a player and manager, dies aged 79
Billy Bonds, West Ham legend as a player and manager, dies aged 79
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Bonds made a record 799 appearances for the Hammers
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Took the club into Premier League as a manager
The former West Ham captain and manager Billy Bonds has died at the age of 79, the Premier League club have announced.
Bonds was the longest-serving player for the Irons, making 799 appearances across a 21-year career in which he lifted the FA Cup twice as well as winning the old Second Division. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Billy Bonds, West Ham legend as a player and manager, dies aged 79
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There are players who embody their clubs and are interchangeable with them. For West Ham see Billy Bonds and for Billy Bonds see West Ham.
RIP BONZO
RIP BONZO
November 30, 2025 at 7:42 PM
There are players who embody their clubs and are interchangeable with them. For West Ham see Billy Bonds and for Billy Bonds see West Ham.
RIP BONZO
RIP BONZO
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Claret and blue, through and through: Billy Bonds embodied West Ham
Claret and blue, through and through: Billy Bonds embodied West Ham
That he stayed after relegation in 1978 and lifted the FA Cup with the team still in Division Two typified his commitment
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Claret and blue, through and through: Billy Bonds embodied West Ham
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November 30, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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My old man has a Billy Bonds story. When interviewing Sir Trevor , they asked him what he did if he was ever badly fouled & he said, “ l went over and told Billy.”
November 30, 2025 at 5:21 PM
My old man has a Billy Bonds story. When interviewing Sir Trevor , they asked him what he did if he was ever badly fouled & he said, “ l went over and told Billy.”
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Respect to the Mighty Billy Bonds. RIP.
November 30, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Respect to the Mighty Billy Bonds. RIP.
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RIP the great Billy Bonds. Fantastic lionheart, maybe the best ever uncapped English player. I once told him how much I wished he'd played for Spurs. Gave me a very old-fashioned look. What a man.
November 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
RIP the great Billy Bonds. Fantastic lionheart, maybe the best ever uncapped English player. I once told him how much I wished he'd played for Spurs. Gave me a very old-fashioned look. What a man.
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West Ham United have confirmed the death of longest-serving player Billy Bonds MBE at the age of 79.
Bonds captained West Ham to two FA Cup wins and a Second Division title over 799 appearances after moving from Charlton Athletic.
Bonds captained West Ham to two FA Cup wins and a Second Division title over 799 appearances after moving from Charlton Athletic.
November 30, 2025 at 12:23 PM
West Ham United have confirmed the death of longest-serving player Billy Bonds MBE at the age of 79.
Bonds captained West Ham to two FA Cup wins and a Second Division title over 799 appearances after moving from Charlton Athletic.
Bonds captained West Ham to two FA Cup wins and a Second Division title over 799 appearances after moving from Charlton Athletic.
Billy Bonds stands unrivalled as the longest-serving player in West Ham’s history, having made a total of 799 appearances across a 21-year career, four Hammer of the Year awards, and awarded two testimonials, a PFA merit award and an MBE for services to football.
RIP Bill, we will always love you.
RIP Bill, we will always love you.
November 30, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Billy Bonds stands unrivalled as the longest-serving player in West Ham’s history, having made a total of 799 appearances across a 21-year career, four Hammer of the Year awards, and awarded two testimonials, a PFA merit award and an MBE for services to football.
RIP Bill, we will always love you.
RIP Bill, we will always love you.
Look at the atrocities that Putin & Russia have committed against Ukraine. Russian soldiers butcher, & torture Ukrainian POWs. Raped Ukrainian women and children. Targeted children's cancer hospitals, bombed maternity wards.
Do not condone these war crimes? Russia and Putin must be held to account.
Do not condone these war crimes? Russia and Putin must be held to account.
November 24, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Look at the atrocities that Putin & Russia have committed against Ukraine. Russian soldiers butcher, & torture Ukrainian POWs. Raped Ukrainian women and children. Targeted children's cancer hospitals, bombed maternity wards.
Do not condone these war crimes? Russia and Putin must be held to account.
Do not condone these war crimes? Russia and Putin must be held to account.
Vote, and stand with Ukraine and freedom. McCain would. Reagan would. General Marshall would. General Patton would. Appeasing Putin is repugnant and anti-American. Let's not forget that Russia is our adversary.
November 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Vote, and stand with Ukraine and freedom. McCain would. Reagan would. General Marshall would. General Patton would. Appeasing Putin is repugnant and anti-American. Let's not forget that Russia is our adversary.
I beg the United States Senate & the U.S. House of Representatives to support Ukraine. Russia is our adversary, not a partner. Russia is a terrorist state, not a civilized country. Putin is a war criminal. The country that won WWII cannot be the country that rewards this generation's Hitler, Putin.
November 24, 2025 at 1:12 PM
I beg the United States Senate & the U.S. House of Representatives to support Ukraine. Russia is our adversary, not a partner. Russia is a terrorist state, not a civilized country. Putin is a war criminal. The country that won WWII cannot be the country that rewards this generation's Hitler, Putin.
Why did Nuno bring on the useless Kraut and take off Wilson who always puts his heart and sole into the match? Well played Areola otherwise we would be in even more trouble. This is going to be a very difficult season with this squad of crap players! Need some changes in January URGENT.
November 22, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Why did Nuno bring on the useless Kraut and take off Wilson who always puts his heart and sole into the match? Well played Areola otherwise we would be in even more trouble. This is going to be a very difficult season with this squad of crap players! Need some changes in January URGENT.
What a disgrace Trump/Vance and the USA is, in making Ukraine surrender to a brutal adversary whilst calling it a settlement. They obviously have little regard in defending democracy.
Let’s hope Europe steps up.
Let’s hope Europe steps up.
November 21, 2025 at 6:45 PM
What a disgrace Trump/Vance and the USA is, in making Ukraine surrender to a brutal adversary whilst calling it a settlement. They obviously have little regard in defending democracy.
Let’s hope Europe steps up.
Let’s hope Europe steps up.
As the centre of political gravity shifts towards ever more punitive policies, & not part the democratic mandate.
It’s not about Shabana Mahmood’s identity or migrant background.
Politics shaping is by the loudest voices of division, & not democratic values that the vast majority of us believe in.
It’s not about Shabana Mahmood’s identity or migrant background.
Politics shaping is by the loudest voices of division, & not democratic values that the vast majority of us believe in.
November 18, 2025 at 5:29 PM
As the centre of political gravity shifts towards ever more punitive policies, & not part the democratic mandate.
It’s not about Shabana Mahmood’s identity or migrant background.
Politics shaping is by the loudest voices of division, & not democratic values that the vast majority of us believe in.
It’s not about Shabana Mahmood’s identity or migrant background.
Politics shaping is by the loudest voices of division, & not democratic values that the vast majority of us believe in.
Now that the LibDems are below the Greens in the polls, will Ed Davey realise that appearing stand-up at live at the Apollo is not the way to get the public’s support? Time for LibDem MPs to call time on his hopeless leadership.
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Now that the LibDems are below the Greens in the polls, will Ed Davey realise that appearing stand-up at live at the Apollo is not the way to get the public’s support? Time for LibDem MPs to call time on his hopeless leadership.
Lady Clementine was talking to a street sweeper. "What did you talk about?” Asked Churchill
She smiled, "Years ago he was madly in love with me."
Winston said,”So you could have been the wife of a street sweeper today"
′′Oh no, my love, had I married him, he would have been the Prime Minister today.
She smiled, "Years ago he was madly in love with me."
Winston said,”So you could have been the wife of a street sweeper today"
′′Oh no, my love, had I married him, he would have been the Prime Minister today.
October 31, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Lady Clementine was talking to a street sweeper. "What did you talk about?” Asked Churchill
She smiled, "Years ago he was madly in love with me."
Winston said,”So you could have been the wife of a street sweeper today"
′′Oh no, my love, had I married him, he would have been the Prime Minister today.
She smiled, "Years ago he was madly in love with me."
Winston said,”So you could have been the wife of a street sweeper today"
′′Oh no, my love, had I married him, he would have been the Prime Minister today.
Ive never understood the concept of ‘winning’ a mandate?
October 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Ive never understood the concept of ‘winning’ a mandate?
Nuno’s strategy of not having his best West Ham side on the pitch until 20 minutes from the end doesn’t seem to be working.
October 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Nuno’s strategy of not having his best West Ham side on the pitch until 20 minutes from the end doesn’t seem to be working.
Clearly not a managerial problem at West Ham; the club is clearly populated with crap players. How does Pacqueta stay on a football pitch for 90 minutes. The hammers need fighters not posers!
October 20, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Clearly not a managerial problem at West Ham; the club is clearly populated with crap players. How does Pacqueta stay on a football pitch for 90 minutes. The hammers need fighters not posers!
At last……….so what are you going to do about it?
October 18, 2025 at 9:54 AM
At last……….so what are you going to do about it?