🌸 Lovely to see the first set of cherry trees on St Anne’s Road blossoming. The council planted a different cherry species in between these trees so once one lot of blossom is over, we get another bloom 🌳 #Spring #blossom

Louise Casey: England’s social care system faces ‘moment of reckoning’

And my little Vic 20 homage, running in bitmap mode.

So proud of my mate @sharonhodgsonmp.bsky.social on her appointment to the role of Public Health Minister… I know how much public health means to her and she will rock it in this job (which like me, she Shadowed in Opposition). Best of luck 👏🏻

☀️ The sun is out so I’ve cut the lawn, weeded, trimmed the bushes and now I’m having a rest. Can’t do as much as I could used to in one go but this is great for mind and soul. And spring has sprung 🌼 🪏 #GardeningWithGwynne

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 To all my Welsh friends, and to those of us of Welsh heritage, a very Happy Saint David’s Day. Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Sant Hapus 🌼

🌼 Spring has sprung in the Gwynne garden. I love this month when everything starts to come together life again. 🪏 “For every time there is a season and a time to every purpose under the heavens” - never a truer word. #FreshStart #NewBeginnings #GardeningWithGwynne

🗳️ 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝘆-𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 👇🏻

💔 26th Feb is always a difficult day for me: 32 years ago (when I was 19) my mum died from ovarian cancer. She was just 50. My Aunty Moe gave a photo as a keepsake. The wonder of AI has brought it to life for 5 secs. Miss her every day, but especially today when I could do with one extra cuddle. x

🪴 Shattered myself out (doesn’t take much these days) but I’ve given the back lawn its first cut of the season and generally tidied it up for the spring. 🌱 ☀️ Plus the sun is shining and the daffodils are out! 🌼 #GardeningWithGwynne

Rod Hull Betaplays: Gravzronox (AKA Gaviscon😉) - Misfit at his very best! New VIC20 Game coming soon! 🕹️🚀 www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwZg... #RetroGaming #Retrocomputing #8bit #VIC20 #Commodore #commodorevic20

📖 Woooo just got home to the latest issue of Zzap! Amiga… time to catch up on the latest for my other favourite retro computer 🕹️ #retrocomputing #Commodore #Amiga

At the OSCE PA conference in Vienna, I was proud to reiterate the UK’s support for Ukraine. I also highlighted the OSCE’s efforts to return the stolen Ukrainian children and free the three OSCE officials wrongly imprisoned in Russia.

🎂 Happy birthday to no. 2 son, Will. Hope it’s a good one! Xxx

🗳️ I’ve done my bit for democracy. I have my obvious preference 🌹 but it’s likely to be a tightly fought contest and I genuinely wish the winner well. Denton’s my hometown and I want it and Burnage, Gorton, Levenshulme and Longsight to be the best places they can be. #Democracy

😂😂😂 Well it’s not wrong! 😂😂😂

In the post today: I have no “neighbour” called Patrica Clegg (although she is very much a real person) - just an illegal election leaflet missing who it’s promoted by, printed by and on behalf of… 📮 RTS

🕹️ Whoop whoop! My floppy disk edition of The 8-Bit Guy’s new game QUARX arrived today. Great graphics, sound and gameplay (incredible in fact for the VIC-20). And very quickly addictive too!

The rainbow over Denton just now is absolutely stunning 🌈

🍫 Sometimes nice people do nice things… a BIG thank you to Dan Greef at Deliciously Guilt Free Chocolate for sending Allison and I some of your amazing chocolate. Thanks also for your kind words and well-wishes. It’s massively appreciated 🙏🏻

🕹️ I love Manic Miner. I used to play it on my mate’s Speccy and wished my VIC had a version. We made do with Perils of Willy instead… but this 2018 VIC version of Manic Miner by Steve McCrea easily stands up to the original version. It’s great (and only needs +16k which we all had back in the day!)

🕹️ I love Manic Miner. I used to play it on my mate’s Speccy and wished my VIC had a version. We made do with Perils of Willy instead… but this 2018 VIC version of Manic Miner by Steve McCrea easily stands up to the original version. It’s great (and only needs +16k which we all had back in the day!)

Rod Hull Replays: Psycho Shopper - Commodore VIC20 +16k - I'm tense and nervous, and I can't relax 😱 www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXdk... #RetroGaming #Retrocomputing #8bit #VIC20 #Commodore #commodorevic20

🍽️ Sundays don’t get any better than this… roast beef and all the trimmings, syrup sponge pudding and custard and now a film with Lyle 📺 #Bliss

🗳️ Big congratulations to Angeliki Stogia, Labour’s candidate in the Gorton and Denton by-election. Given the chance, she will be a great MP for Gorton & Denton, Abbey Hey, Burnage, Dane Bank, Haughton Green, Levenshulme and Longsight. 🌹

I. Cannot. Wait. Let’s party like it’s 1980 🥳

❤️ 𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗘𝗥 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗗 of Lyle who seems to have come back from the 4th Denton Scout Group’s presentation evening with a whole clutch of new Beaver badges!🪡 He couldn’t wait to show me. #ProudGrandad

@theandrewgwynne.bsky.social as I’m no-longer a Member of Parliament I’ve changed pretty much all my socials (this, Facebook, and LinkedIn) to theandrewgwynne Just having a tussle with Meta over insta! And X is deleted.

🕹️ A great game!

📜 And there we are: it was the first item of business on Monday… thanks to my friend @baronesskeeley.bsky.social for sending me Hansard so I have it as a record to go with the rest of my MP archive. 🌹Ironic this onetime Patron of the Friends of Real Lancashire lands a place in the County of York!😂

🕯️Today is #HolocaustMemorialDay. I joined the March of the Living in 2023 with my friend @sharonhodgsonmp.bsky.social and some incredible British survivors of Auschwitz. The size of the operation, the dehumanisation and mass murder is horrifying. 1.5m Jews were exterminated at Auschwitz I & II ✡️

🧱 The long road to recovery clearly involves helping Lyle to build his birthday Lego Minecraft… Just look at the concentration on our faces! 👀 Thanks Aunty @lyncbrown.bsky.social x

Dear President Trump. This is Lance Corporal Andrew Breeze Way in Denton. It’s named after a local soldier serving with the 1st Battalion, The Mercian Regiment, who was killed in NATO Operations on June 12, 2010, by an explosion during a security patrol in Helmand Province. RIP 🇬🇧

🌹 Applications are now open as Labour begins its search for its Gorton and Denton by-election candidate

📜 It’s now official… for the first time in my life I’m landed gentry with a Crown Stewardship. Then they told me it was in Yorkshire Then they told me the Manor House had fallen down Then they told me it was unpaid Oh well. New beginnings and all that. 😂

Working on my next secret VIC-20 project. No screenshots yet because it's so secret

Statement in full on Facebook: www.facebook.com/share/p/1Adq...

A “bumper” £1.5 billion package will “restore national pride” and save more than 1,000 arts venues, museums, and libraries from closure, according to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).

A day late (we went out for a birthday tea last night) but who doesn’t like a Colin the Catterpillar? 💚

Snake Games Are The Best Games Eat all the food in a level to move on. The more you eat, the longer you grow. There are three food types. Eat one of each to poop a green jelly worth lots of points. But eat two or more of the same type and you’ll poop a yellow mushroom instead. Don't eat mushrooms!

💬 "Our alliances are even more important in our increasingly volatile world." 🔴 Gary Kent and Paul Richards of Labour Friends of NATO provide their case for why Labour must defend its security alliance... 💪 🌍 Read more here 👇 labourlist.org/2026/01/labo...

🎂 𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻’𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝟳 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆. 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗟𝘆𝗹𝗲! 🎁

British democracy is under constant threat from foreign based disinformation campaigns. @emilythornberry.bsky.social is right to highlight how we should be more proactive in holding social media companies to account.

☕ 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗪 𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 🫖 Never mind Blue Monday, with @samaritans.bsky.social it’s now #BrewMonday. Have a cuppa and a chat with someone. I know first-hand how debilitating depression is. You might just make someone’s day!💚 You can find out more & support them here: www.samaritans.org/support-us/c...

The #Commodore #VIC20 User Guide really is a great way to introduce kids to programming. Lyle and I have gone from the 10 PRINT “VIC 20” 20 GOTO 10 through to making birds fly on the screen and a jumping man, and he was engrossed in it all - typing it himself, with just a bit of help from grandad!

[1984] I decided to try BASIC programming on the VIC 20 for the first time in 40 years Then I showed it to my 10-year-old daughter. #programming #retro #retrocomputing #1980s #nostalgia #genx #code medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

European leaders warn of ‘downward spiral’ after Trump threatens tariffs over Greenland – Europe live

The most ambitious SEND training package in our country’s history. Every child in every nursery, school & college across England will be taught by staff who can support a range of needs. Labour is building schools where every child can achieve & thrive. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

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