Stephen Downing

[🚨The Celebration Police🚨 @PLCPolice]

Arsenal celebrating like they’ve won the league

[Arsenal @Arsenal]

The Arsenal. Your Premier League champions.

[Rupert Lowe MP @RupertLowe10]

I am today launching Restore Britain as a national political party.

Join us.

https://t.co/RMtEuHopgV

[Slough Heating Laurencians FC @SHL_FC]

Whisper it quietly but we might just be back kicking ball this weekend 🥹

And what a game we have in store to kick off 2026 for the #Heating 🔴⚫️⚽️ @sdowning85 @Stephenwatson84 @cfeasey8

[Slough Heating Laurencians FC @SHL_FC]

Final push for last minute online tickets, please see the below link or scan the QR code and make sure to select the Slough Heating option.

Ticket link:

https://t.co/6nncad9p6f

Please share 🫶🏻

@DonnyNo6 @EastBerkshireFL

Up the heating 🔴⚫️♨️

[Slough Heating Laurencians FC @SHL_FC]

Please secure your tickets for Friday nights game … make sure to select the Slough Heating ticket options.

Don’t wait to pay on the day as the tickets cost more and the clubs don’t benefit from the sale.

Please share ❤️

https://t.co/t1Xr6p16FY

[Slough Heating Laurencians FC @SHL_FC]

Just a small trip up the road 🤪 this Saturday in the Berks & Bucks … gotta love an away day, well not like we’ve got a choice this will be the 4th on the bounce #uth ♨️⚫️🔴

@DonnyNo6 @Stephenwatson84 @sdowning85 @cfeasey8

[Slough Heating Laurencians FC @SHL_FC]

Your Heating squad for today’s away trip to Langley Reserves #uth ♨️ 🔴⚫️

@DonnyNo6 @sdowning85 @Stephenwatson84 @cfeasey8

[Slough Heating Laurencians FC @SHL_FC]

Here’s our fixtures for the month ahead #uth ♨️ 🔴⚫️ @DonnyNo6 @sdowning85 @Stephenwatson84 @cfeasey8

[Slough Heating Laurencians FC @SHL_FC]

Game day 🔴⚫️ #uptheheating @DonnyNo6 @sdowning85 @Stephenwatson84 @cfeasey8

[Slough Heating Laurencians FC @SHL_FC]

Next up we travel to Sandhurst Royals this Saturday. If your free please get over and support the boys 💪🏼🔴⚫️ #uptheheating @DonnyNo6 @cfeasey8 @Stephenwatson84 @sdowning85 @EastBerkshireFL

[Slough Heating Laurencians FC @SHL_FC]

Brilliant performance today from the boys & much closer to our usual standards. Missed some great chances before the break which would have left us with a comfortable lead but happy with 3pts from a tough away day

Goals: Croker x2, Fuller x1
MoM: Skipper Robbie Smith
@DonnyNo6

[Slough Heating Laurencians FC @SHL_FC]

This Saturday we travel over to @PrestwoodFC for a tough away day #uptheheating @DonnyNo6 @Stephenwatson84 @sdowning85 @cfeasey8 🔴⚫️

[Slough Heating Laurencians FC @SHL_FC]

Game day 🔴⚫️⚽️ @DonnyNo6 @sdowning85 @Stephenwatson84 @cfeasey8 #uptheheating

[Slough Heating Laurencians FC @SHL_FC]

Finally in league action this Saturday as we welcome Frontline to the Stade De Polish 🏟️ 🔴⚫️⚽️ @DonnyNo6 @Stephenwatson84 @sdowning85 @cfeasey8

[Stephen Downing @sdowning85]

@SHL_FC 🙄

[Slough Heating Laurencians FC @SHL_FC]

Roll on Saturday 🙌🏻 #uptheheating ⚫️🔴 @DonnyNo6 @Stephenwatson84 @sdowning85 @cfeasey8

[Slough Heating Laurencians FC @SHL_FC]

We’re after a few more pre season games, please get in touch if you’ve got the following dates available:

July:
12th
19th
26th

August:
2nd
23rd

[Rupert Lowe MP @RupertLowe10]

A lot of talk about families and mothers, but what about fathers? For too long, family policy in Britain has treated dads like an awkward afterthought - we need to change that with a serious pro-father policy agenda.

I was lucky. I had a strong relationship with my father, and I have very strong relationships with my four children. I am fully aware that millions don’t have that same luxury. Of course, for some that will sadly never change - but dads need to be given a fairer crack at the whip.

It's very easy to underplay the immense responsibility a man feels when he has a child. He may not talk about it, but the weight is incredibly heavy indeed.

It’s their child too.

I’ve had plenty of constituents treated awfully post-separation, with the mother given far more rights and responsibilities. A child needs both parents, and the system shouldn’t pick sides based on outdated assumptions - unless there are genuine reasons. Family law needs revising to give dads a far greater say.

Tax breaks for responsible fathers, more childcare support for single dads, an overhaul of child maintenance which too often bankrupts men while denying them proper access.

Fatherlessness is a national crisis. It’s catastrophic, especially for young boys.

Good fathers should be supported. Struggling fathers should be helped. And absent fathers should be expected to step up.

I love the idea of boosting apprenticeships between men and their children, where the boy, or girl, learns the same trade as the father. We offer it at my companies, and the success is just fantastic to see - skills passed down through generations.

Mental health projects specifically for dads/men. I’ve spent some time with the lads in my constituency who run men’s walks and other projects. Just for men. It’s so fantastic, and makes a real genuine difference.

Some things should be specifically for men. And there’s nothing wrong with that, at all.

It’s all a conversation we need to have - I can’t recall hearing a politician ever talk about dads and more rights for men with their children. Clearly I don’t have all of the answers, but let’s start talking about it.

Before I get attacked and abused, nobody is downplaying the role of a mother in a child’s life, obviously. But dads play an important part too, and I think we need to do more to recognise and support that as a country.

A child needs a healthy, happy, and present father.