I'm predicting that Labour will hold the seat, followed by Greens with Reform third 🤞

I Swear is so, so good. Incredible insight into Tourette Syndrome with a top notch cast.

By-election day tomorrow. As a Gorton and Denton resident, I'm feeling apprehensive but looking forward to seeing my doormat once more

Two parakeets on my bird feeder this morning! Never seen these guys in Manchester before 😮 #gardenbirds

Made a little hanging plant 🧶 #crochet

Because the transition to secondary school is famously a really easy time for everyone involved 🙃

What worries me most about this is that it is likely to be autistic kids who will lose support at the most crucially needed time. Those (often girls) who are perceived to be "fine in school" at primary because of the consistency and sense of safety. Then the transition to secondary is devastating.

Celebrating two decades of marriage with this amazing human

An amazing charity shop book haul this morning! You rarely find graphic novels/anthologies but I struck gold and came home with one for each of the family 😍

EXCLUSIVE: Reform UK just broke electoral law in Gorton and Denton. The party confirmed they sent out campaign materials without proper party imprint, something it insists was a mistake.

Got my illegal letter yesterday. They are a bunch of chancers. #GortonandDenton

Decided to make the squares bigger for more colour variation. #crochet 🧶 #bookblanket

Say hello to Hannah Spencer—councillor, plumber, greyhound lover and your Green Party candidate for Gorton and Denton 💚

New challenge for locals is to feed increasingly absurd ways to pronounce 'Levenshulme' to all the first-time visiting journalists and political campaigners.

Got to stop humming Gorton and Denton to the tune of Eleanor Rigby

What makes for an effective resourced provision? Vision, investment, expertise and relationships, says this headteacher

You're all focused on the first sentence, but I want to talk about the second sentence, featuring what might be the weakest ever constituency link.

This sums it up nicely #Burnham #GortonandDenton

Looks like we're losing this byelection then. And as a constituent of Gorton & Denton, I absolutely do not want a Reform MP.

Mood in minneapolis right now

I suggested a family movie night to the kids and the boy is unwilling to entertain any choices other than Attack of the Clones

Quite glad that the big story in British politics is whether Andy Burnham will apply to stand in a by-election and not people being gunned down by state militias. Solidarity with Minnesotans resisting this barbarity.

Fun fact: Andy Burnham once dropped into one of my lessons when I was teaching Y10 A Christmas Carol.

Burnham would

Huginn in a box #Caturday

Grim.

Starmer’s allies launch ‘Stop Andy Burnham’ campaign to block parliamentary return www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

It's going to be a nailbiter...

Well this is all very exciting, and in my own constituency too!

It’s weird to feel nostalgic for George W Bush

Improvised a crochet design for an IKEA dining chair cover and am very happy with the result (as are the cats) 🧶

Crafters, if you would like something to work on capitalstitchco has released this pattern for free. The creator has said that in lieu of purchasing the pattern, put that money towards immigrants rights orgs of your choice. You can alter this for knitting & crochet too! 🧶 #knitsky #craftivism

Looking forward to more extensive coverage of the civil war about to break out in our hellhole cities.

I had the loveliest cosy weekend cat snuggling, crocheting, knitting, binge watching and baking. The mixed berry crumble was amazing, I have started Better Call Saul and I have remade the giant mitten. Plus all the laundry is done, packed lunches sorted for the week and I even finished a book 😊

Yes, this. I always have fun spotting the Stockport/Manchester/Liverpool locations though 😆

What is this obsession with 90s cars being used in TV dramas? This from Run Away, but you see them all the time...

Taking the boy to the barber's for his annual chop. He is AuDHD and absolutely hates it, so I always offer a reward. I asked him what he wanted to choose and he said "a dog" 😆 This kid will go far...

It was supposed to be Brave New World, OR 1984, OR Handmaid’s Tale, OR Children of Men. Not all of them at the same time.

'You Hate Free Speech' is the go-to Far Right smear every time a targeted group pushes back. Would be great if headlines like this helped people understand that ugly tactic.

Extremely solid advice for teachers.

After not quite getting into it first time around, I just binged Fallout season 1 in 36 hours and absolutely loved it. Casting, plot, music, cinematography, script and acting all 10/10, no notes.

A dominant theme of Hitler's speeches in the late 1930s is that Germany was surrounded by threats. These threats were imaginary: it was Nazi Germany that threatened other nations. But they were used to justify pre-emptive attacks. Trump is following this script.

Just finished knitting a mitten which turned out comedically large. Puzzled as to why, until I realised I'd picked up the US sized needles instead of metric 🤦‍♀️🧶 #ADHDproblems

This, please.

Back from a few nights on the gorgeous Welsh coast for new year.

Having a very nerdy family NYE with my Stardew Valley jigsaw, Lord of the Rings chess and The Big Lebowski 💜

My top 4 films of 2025: Flow Pillion The Outrun Will and Harper

My favourite shows of 2025* 1. Pluribus 2. Too Much 3. Katla 4. Slow Horses S5 5. Trapped S1 6. Your Friends and Neighbours 7. Adolescence 8. Down Cemetery Road 9. Film Club 10. Until I Kill You *Some of them were older ones I was catching up on

Also made a crochet baby blanket for my future granddaughter and a dragon scale dice bag for my husband 🧶