Harriet McAllister
@hcat201.bsky.social
Key Stage 4 English Lead @TorquayAcademy
Lover of teaching, curriculum design, cats, Shakespeare and politics
Lover of teaching, curriculum design, cats, Shakespeare and politics
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Fair play to Sadiq Khan. To live rent-free inside the head of the president of the USA is a massive achievement for any Mayor of London.
September 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Fair play to Sadiq Khan. To live rent-free inside the head of the president of the USA is a massive achievement for any Mayor of London.
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Maybe I haven't looked hard enough but can't see any posts from the Starmer bashers who insist they will always give praise when it's due. I'd have though his efforts with other world leaders to reign in Trump and help Zelensky was worthy of praise. I'll keep looking.
August 19, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Maybe I haven't looked hard enough but can't see any posts from the Starmer bashers who insist they will always give praise when it's due. I'd have though his efforts with other world leaders to reign in Trump and help Zelensky was worthy of praise. I'll keep looking.
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Who was in Government in 2017?
Here's a fact for you all.
Prior to 2017 there was not a single documented case of any individual travelling by small boats across the English Channel to caim asylum in the UK.
Not ONE.
This current 'boats' crisis has been largely caused by Brexit.
But for some reason NOBODY is saying that.
Prior to 2017 there was not a single documented case of any individual travelling by small boats across the English Channel to caim asylum in the UK.
Not ONE.
This current 'boats' crisis has been largely caused by Brexit.
But for some reason NOBODY is saying that.
August 19, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Who was in Government in 2017?
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Totally this.
Put the bloody phone down.
Put the bloody phone down.
Not for the first time I am begging angry people to put the phone down, walk through actual streets, go to actual pubs, stand on the touch line at local sports clubs, browse Saturday markets, chat with ramblers on footpaths and rediscover beauty & contentedness.
Lionel Shriver tells those of us who live here what our country looks like if you leave it + rely on the media ecosystem of the very online right as a proxy for reality
July 25, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Totally this.
Put the bloody phone down.
Put the bloody phone down.
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This book has given me so many ideas for next year. We will be celebrating International Men's Day! @mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social @hcat201.bsky.social
June 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
This book has given me so many ideas for next year. We will be celebrating International Men's Day! @mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social @hcat201.bsky.social
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Apparently, according to my wife, "keep hydrated" doesn't mean "drink frozen margaritas", and I feel this is a misjudgment.
June 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Apparently, according to my wife, "keep hydrated" doesn't mean "drink frozen margaritas", and I feel this is a misjudgment.
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If you want to understand the mindset of the relatively normal people who are now supporting Reform, it’s worth taking a quick look here where The Newsagents go to Reform’s first pub, in Blackpool.
Playing Bingo Inside Britain's First REFORM PUB
YouTube video by The News Agents
youtu.be
June 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
If you want to understand the mindset of the relatively normal people who are now supporting Reform, it’s worth taking a quick look here where The Newsagents go to Reform’s first pub, in Blackpool.
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Labour have over 6k elected Councillor’s the Tories over 5k, Lib Dem’s over 3k yet the BBC and most other media outlets are acting as if Reform with less than 9O0 ( less than the Greens) are running the country.
May 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Labour have over 6k elected Councillor’s the Tories over 5k, Lib Dem’s over 3k yet the BBC and most other media outlets are acting as if Reform with less than 9O0 ( less than the Greens) are running the country.
This
So after the local election results the total councillors in UK is now:
Labour - 6125
Cons - 4400
Lib Dems - 3155
Green - 891
Reform - 677
I’m with Sarah. The media should hold him accountable for his Brexit, support of a sex offending president etc…
Labour - 6125
Cons - 4400
Lib Dems - 3155
Green - 891
Reform - 677
I’m with Sarah. The media should hold him accountable for his Brexit, support of a sex offending president etc…
Hey British media,
It’s no surprise that if you give Farage the run of the place, he’ll start winning.
Time to do your actual jobs and start interrogating him on his Brexit shitshow, his funding, his Trumpiness, his idiotic manifesto, his real plans for the NHS… instead of drumrolling him into No.10
It’s no surprise that if you give Farage the run of the place, he’ll start winning.
Time to do your actual jobs and start interrogating him on his Brexit shitshow, his funding, his Trumpiness, his idiotic manifesto, his real plans for the NHS… instead of drumrolling him into No.10
May 5, 2025 at 3:21 PM
This
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I'm going to quote post this again because I still see teachers enthusing about AI. Please don't ignore the environmental damage even if you're okay with the theft of copyright. ⬇️
April 12, 2025 at 7:36 AM
I'm going to quote post this again because I still see teachers enthusing about AI. Please don't ignore the environmental damage even if you're okay with the theft of copyright. ⬇️
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Just in case you wondered, here is Farage in Sept 2022 commenting on the infamous mini-budget.....
Funny how he's changed his tune.
Funny how he's changed his tune.
April 11, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Just in case you wondered, here is Farage in Sept 2022 commenting on the infamous mini-budget.....
Funny how he's changed his tune.
Funny how he's changed his tune.
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Can everyone water their lawns & soil. Birds need worms to feed their babies, but the ground is too hard
Love
Bert the Blackbird x
Love
Bert the Blackbird x
April 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Can everyone water their lawns & soil. Birds need worms to feed their babies, but the ground is too hard
Love
Bert the Blackbird x
Love
Bert the Blackbird x
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Love to see some polling on whether people think immigration has fallen in the last year. I'm fairly sure a large majority would say no.
The significant fall in immigration (visas) in 2024 is now a fact, not a forecast.
The 2024 net migration figure will be published in May 2025. Media and political discourse will catch up - a little bit - after those figures come up, but net migration is towards half of what most people say it is
The 2024 net migration figure will be published in May 2025. Media and political discourse will catch up - a little bit - after those figures come up, but net migration is towards half of what most people say it is
April 7, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Love to see some polling on whether people think immigration has fallen in the last year. I'm fairly sure a large majority would say no.
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-How Democracies Die (2018)
April 5, 2025 at 7:32 PM
-How Democracies Die (2018)
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Today, I did something I never thought possible... I (finally) delivered the manuscript for Leading Secondary English to @bloomsburyed.bsky.social.
64,500 words.
8 incredible case studies.
1 dream (almost fulfilled!).
64,500 words.
8 incredible case studies.
1 dream (almost fulfilled!).
December 16, 2024 at 10:22 PM
Today, I did something I never thought possible... I (finally) delivered the manuscript for Leading Secondary English to @bloomsburyed.bsky.social.
64,500 words.
8 incredible case studies.
1 dream (almost fulfilled!).
64,500 words.
8 incredible case studies.
1 dream (almost fulfilled!).
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This, from Lewis Goodall, is bang on the mark.
December 28, 2024 at 11:21 AM
This, from Lewis Goodall, is bang on the mark.
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Yeah it's time for proper restriction of smart phones for kids. Even a ban. We have enough evidence they're dreadful for us and worse for children. Let's get on with it now.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
If you’ve got children, you need to watch Swiped – and see how sick their phones are making them | Simon Jenkins
A TV documentary has revealed the toll of smartphone use on 11-year-olds’ mental health, and the consequences of addiction, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2024 at 6:13 AM
Yeah it's time for proper restriction of smart phones for kids. Even a ban. We have enough evidence they're dreadful for us and worse for children. Let's get on with it now.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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If your students struggle with GCSE English Language because they don't have the wider reading experience and the mental library to draw on, you need to bring that wide reading INTO CLASS in KS3.
Breadth over depth at KS3. Shared experience of texts that everyone can draw on. 1/
Breadth over depth at KS3. Shared experience of texts that everyone can draw on. 1/
December 10, 2024 at 8:14 PM
If your students struggle with GCSE English Language because they don't have the wider reading experience and the mental library to draw on, you need to bring that wide reading INTO CLASS in KS3.
Breadth over depth at KS3. Shared experience of texts that everyone can draw on. 1/
Breadth over depth at KS3. Shared experience of texts that everyone can draw on. 1/
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Following the Paper 1 exam report shared earlier, please find a synthesis and summary of the AQA English Language Paper 2 Examiners' Report for June 2024 here: 1drv.ms/w/c/4ca27bf9...
August 22, 2024 at 4:08 PM
Following the Paper 1 exam report shared earlier, please find a synthesis and summary of the AQA English Language Paper 2 Examiners' Report for June 2024 here: 1drv.ms/w/c/4ca27bf9...
Well this looks much nicer 🤞🏻
August 13, 2024 at 8:53 AM
Well this looks much nicer 🤞🏻