🎅🏻 𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗬 𝗖𝗛𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗠𝗔𝗦 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗚𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻, 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲, 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗵𝘂𝗹𝗺𝗲. 🎄 I hope you have a great day with friends and family nd surrounded by love. 🎁 🕯️ And on our Advent ring, the waiting is over. The white Christmas candle is now lit, reminding us that the baby Jesus is born

✝️ 𝗔 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗘𝘃𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗦𝘁 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗲’𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝗛𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁. The church was packed which was so nice to see. Lovely carols, incense (which I love), fantastic singing from Rosemary and the baby Jesus in the manger… I’m all festive now. Happy Christmas everyone! 🎄

𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗬 𝟮𝟰𝘁𝗵 𝗕𝗜𝗥𝗧𝗛𝗗𝗔𝗬, 𝗠𝗔𝗜𝗦𝗜𝗘 𝘅𝘅𝘅

See: www.facebook.com/share/p/181c...

⛔️ 𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦𝗪𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗜𝗦 𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗗 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗟𝗢𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗡 🌳 We’ve secured a huge success by getting the Council to remove their proposals for Kingswater from the local plan ‼️𝗕𝗨𝗧 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿. 🗺️ We have to make sure the land retains its current zoning as protected open space in the local plan too

❤️ Today would’ve been my mum and dad’s 52nd wedding anniversary. They were married at Holy Innocents Church, Fallowfield on 22nd December 1973. 🎨 The wedding photo I have is black and white but with the magic of AI, it’s been colourised. It’s really brought the photo to life! Happy Anniversary. Xx

✝️ Thank you to all at St Anne’s Church, Haughton, for a lovely Mass celebrating the Fourth Sunday of Advent, and for such a friendly welcome. 🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️ All four Advent candles are lit now. It’s almost time for the Christmas candle to be lit and the celebrations to begin. 🎁

🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️ 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟰𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝗢𝗙 𝗔𝗗𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗧 - 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲 The fourth candle of Advent represents Love, the ultimate love of God that He might send His only Son for us. 👼 Called the “Angel's Candle, it leads us to eagerly await Christmas Day.🎄

🎄 Happy Christmas Dad (and Mum) xx

Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! 🎄 Here's a video to recap this year!

🎅🏻 We are now closed for Christmas… have a good Festive break all. See you in 2026. We will be monitoring emails and answerphone messages for emergency cases. 🎄

📰 READ: 𝗠𝗣 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗖𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗢𝗥𝗦 𝗕𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗟𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗦𝗔𝗩𝗘 “𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥’𝗦 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗘𝗡 𝗟𝗨𝗡𝗚” www.facebook.com/share/p/1QH1...

‼️The Labour Government have conducted a “Fair Funding” Review - putting things like deprivation and ability to raise money from council tax back in the Central Government Grant Formula for councils. For Tameside that’s a 23% increase or £63.5m. That’s more money for our local public services. 💷

‼️ 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗦 - £𝟯𝟯𝟭 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗹. 💷 Really welcome news today: The Labour Government is to increase Manchester City Council’s spending power by 47% That’s a £331 million cash injection for the services we rely on in the years up to 2029 The difference Labour makes 🌹

📮 A fab visit to the Manchester Delivery Office to thank our brilliant Royal Mail postal workers. Thanks to Mary for showing me around - it’s a huge operation compared to Denton’s little sorting office. It was nice to get a photo with some of the Levenshulme and Burnage posties too! ✉️ 📦

🕹️ Just arrived, a double game cart for my Atari 2600+ featuring the slated 2600 & near-perfect 7800 versions of Pac-Man Given how amateur the 2600 version is (it’s fun to play coz it’s soooo bad) you can see why Atari sued Commodore for its Jelly Monsters on the VIC20 #atari2600 #atari7800 #pacman

‼️𝗚𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗦 - Labour’s Employment Rights Bill has finally passed all Commons & Lords stages. Once enacted it’ll be the biggest uplift to workers’ rights in a generation. ✅ A ban on exploitative zero hours contracts ✅ Sick pay from day one ✅ A ban on fire and rehire ✅ Stronger family leave

💉 Both Winter flu and Covid 19 are doing the rounds - if you’re eligible for a jab, you can get one free, without an appointment, at pop-up clinics at Crown Point North and Morrisons in Denton THIS SATURDAY. Be winter ready! ❄️

🕎 Happy Hanukkah - the festival of lights - to my Jewish friends and constituents in Gorton & Denton, Greater Manchester and across the UK. And my sincere prayers and condolences for those involved in the terrible terrorist attack earlier today in Sydney.

Labour’s Andrew Gwynne says he has no plans to give up seat for Andy Burnham

🚂 𝗦𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗔 𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟 - 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗰𝘀 𝗥𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆 🎅🏻 Ignoring all the media froth, it’s utter rubbish… instead I’m spending quality time at the East Lancs Railway in Bury with Lyle for their Santa Special. A great, festive, couple of hours!

🕯️🕯️🕯️ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗱 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 - 𝗝𝗢𝗬 Today we light the Candle of Joy, often marked by lighting a pink candle (the "Shepherd's Candle"). It represents the joy of the shepherds finding Jesus and anticipates the greater joy of His birth. 🐑 #Advent

£𝟭𝟳𝗺 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻 - 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽𝘀‼️ Ever since I successfully bid for the £17m from the Levelling-Up Fund for Denton, I’ve been keeping a close eye on its progress. The Masterplan is set to go to TMBC Cabinet next week, you can see ehats planned here: www.facebook.com/share/p/1Bar...

👩🏻‍🎓 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧 𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗦!!! £𝟯𝗯𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗡𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 ❤️ I’m proud that this Labour government is going to create 50,000 additional places for children with special educational needs (Send) in mainstream schools in England. It will change lives.📚 See: www.facebook.com/share/p/1Qnk...

🕹️ Running #Commodore #PET games on a #VIC20… it IS possible with a bit of backwards compatibility and FAT-40 app wizardry. The question is why would I want to? Because I can! Obvs. 👾 #retrocomputing

👩🏻‍🎓 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧 𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗦!!! £𝟯𝗯𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗡𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 ❤️ I’m proud that this Labour government is going to create 50,000 additional places for children with special educational needs (Send) in mainstream schools in England. It will change lives.📚 See: www.facebook.com/share/p/1Qnk...

This investment will change lives. It'll go towards bespoke, calming spaces to help children with additional needs get the support they need at a good, local school on their doorstep. Labour is building schools where every child can achieve and thrive. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

📮 𝗥𝗼𝘆𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀, for your information.👇🏻

🎄 𝗖𝗛𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗠𝗔𝗦 𝗝𝗨𝗠𝗣𝗘𝗥 𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 🎅🏻 Every year my constituency office staff & I take part in #ChristmasJumperDay. It’s organised by Save the Children UK and raises much needed funds for good causes involving children. 𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘 𝗗𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘 👉🏻https://www.savethechildren.org.uk/christmas-jumper-day

‼️ 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗗𝗕𝗨𝗥𝗬 𝗜𝗦 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗞 - 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀! 🗓️ 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗛𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗟 𝟮𝟭 𝗗𝗘𝗖𝗘𝗠𝗕𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗢 𝗠𝗔𝗞𝗘 𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗪𝗦 𝗞𝗡𝗢𝗪𝗡 💻 For how you can make your views known, see here: www.facebook.com/share/v/1DHQ...

‼️𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗠𝗣𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗹 💷 Manchester MPs have written to the Secretary for Local Government calling for a fair funding deal for Manchester City Council in the upcoming Local Government Finance Settlement. 📰 Read more here: www.facebook.com/share/p/1Bg3...

🎄 What a festive view of the office 💕

🚆Labour are taking back control of our railways. Our Railways Bill means: ✔️ Fewer delays ✔️ 21st Century ticketing ✔️ New powerful voice for passengers ✔️ Frozen fares ✔️ And new branding too, coming soon to a station near you!

🎄They don’t have to do it but doesn’t Denton look better for their fantastic Festive efforts? ✨ Thank you to Vault 2 Bar & Bistro / Lorenzo Italian. to the Red Lion and to Local Lounge for your amazing decorations. Denton’s never looked so Christmassy and that’s down to you.🎅🏻 #DestinationDenton

🏗️ Looks like this £23 million infrastructure project is nearing completion to me… 🚧

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘀 𝗟𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸? 🛠 350,000 new workplace & training opportunities 🏫 360 Youth Hubs 🖥 A Jobs Guarantee for 18-21yr olds who are long-term unemployed 𝗟𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 📰 Read: www.facebook.com/share/p/19yc...

❤️ Today’s Lego Star Wars Advent Calendar present was an R2 Unit. Only 7 days in and I’m building quite a collection. The Force is strong this Advent.

✝️ A lovely Second Sunday of Advent Mass at St Anne’s, Haughton. nice to be with old friends and to be asked to light the second Advent candle which represents peace and repentance. 🕯️🕯️ 🏗️ It also looks like the new St Anne’s Rd bridge is near completion as you can get a good nosey from the church!

New blog post - "Can I Add Games to the Penultimate Cartridge?" blog.tynemouthsoftware.co.uk/2025/12/can-... (quick answer is yes, that's why we made the PU+3)

🕯️🕯️ 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗗 𝗦𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝗢𝗙 𝗔𝗗𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗧 Today, the second purple candle - which represents Peace - is lit on the Advent Wreath, signifying the coming Kingdom of justice. To Christians across Gorton & Denton, Burnage, Levenshulme and Longsight, I wish you hope, peace, joy and love in Advent 🙏🏻

🛍️ 𝗦𝗠𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗕𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗦𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗗𝗔𝗬 We’ve some great local businesses across Gorton & Denton… & there’s some great new businesses opening up too. Make sure you use them, or you’ll lose them - not just for #SmallBusinessSaturday, but all year round. Here’s a montage of some I’ve supported in 2025

📺 𝗪𝗔𝗧𝗖𝗛: Here’s how Labour’s going to lift 550,000 kids out of poverty AND help all families along the way! 👦🏼🧒🏽👧🏿

New UK child poverty strategy launches with talk of welfare reform

👦🏼🧒🏽👧🏿 𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗟𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆 - a plan to lift 550,000 kids out of poverty. That’s 6,090 here in Gorton and Denton. 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹: www.facebook.com/share/p/1GDk...

🚌 £𝟭𝟯𝟭.𝟱 𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗗 𝗕𝗬 𝗚𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗡𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗧𝗢 𝗗𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗕𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗕𝗨𝗦𝗘𝗦 𝗔𝗖𝗥𝗢𝗦𝗦 𝗚𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗢𝗡 & 𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗢𝗡 🚍 Andrew Gwynne MP has today backed the Labour Government’s plan to deliver faster and more reliable buses with £131.5m in funding to Greater Manchester. 📰 Read more here: www.facebook.com/share/1CwEtm...

Great video. Thanks Robin. Throbin. Oh. wait, no, that sounds wrong.

Great news that SEND is to be a key provision at early years in Labour’s Best Start Family Hubs. Here’s what it means for Manchester and Tameside families: www.facebook.com/share/p/17oM...

𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗼 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿 𝗪𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿 𝘀𝗼 𝗳𝗮𝗿: 1) Ewok 2) Computer console 3) C3PO

🦽 𝗢𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟯, 𝘄𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀. It’s a time to promote understanding of disability issues & to show support and respect for the well-being and rights of persons with disabilities.

BREDBURY IS BACK - Stockport plan removes Green Belt protection to this section of the Tame Valley and re-zones for industry, giving developers all the wanted after previous refusals at Appeal. See more here: www.facebook.com/share/p/1BxQ...