Laura McInerney
@missmc.bsky.social
Co-Founder of TeacherTapp, daily poll of 12k teachers. Former editor of Schools Week & Guardian columnist. Once a teacher, always a teacher.
SAY: Laura 'Mack & Ernie' (like there's 3 of us!)
SAY: Laura 'Mack & Ernie' (like there's 3 of us!)
Did you eventually remember? This feels high stakes!
November 18, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Did you eventually remember? This feels high stakes!
Under pressure is the worst for this stuff!
November 18, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Under pressure is the worst for this stuff!
Sure. I pride myself on same with talks. And teachers do same with lessons. So if you randomly blank one day, it’s new. She also didn’t say it kept happening, because she’s now using notes, we simply don’t know.
November 18, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Sure. I pride myself on same with talks. And teachers do same with lessons. So if you randomly blank one day, it’s new. She also didn’t say it kept happening, because she’s now using notes, we simply don’t know.
A very kind audience member said: “I’m impressed you’ve remembered as much as you have this far!”
Could have kissed her.
Could have kissed her.
November 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
A very kind audience member said: “I’m impressed you’ve remembered as much as you have this far!”
Could have kissed her.
Could have kissed her.
I know there’s a hormone/age part of this but I do also think it’s something that will happen at some time if you speak in front of people.
I had it happen during a speech with some headteachers a few years ago - like properly couldn’t remember anything all of a sudden. Just had to fess up!
I had it happen during a speech with some headteachers a few years ago - like properly couldn’t remember anything all of a sudden. Just had to fess up!
November 17, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I know there’s a hormone/age part of this but I do also think it’s something that will happen at some time if you speak in front of people.
I had it happen during a speech with some headteachers a few years ago - like properly couldn’t remember anything all of a sudden. Just had to fess up!
I had it happen during a speech with some headteachers a few years ago - like properly couldn’t remember anything all of a sudden. Just had to fess up!
You’ve identified the cross over in arguments though. Mahmood’s point is simply: if an asylum seeker with the right to work doesn’t seek work, they will continue to get their £39; however, if a British person stops seeking work, their benefits will also be stopped.
November 16, 2025 at 5:51 PM
You’ve identified the cross over in arguments though. Mahmood’s point is simply: if an asylum seeker with the right to work doesn’t seek work, they will continue to get their £39; however, if a British person stops seeking work, their benefits will also be stopped.
Essentially she wants an answer to the question of ‘if they have the right to work, why do they still get benefits, when mine would be taken away’ which may be only true for 8.5k people (and is only £39) but I think, for Mahmood, it’s a broader principle thing.
November 16, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Essentially she wants an answer to the question of ‘if they have the right to work, why do they still get benefits, when mine would be taken away’ which may be only true for 8.5k people (and is only £39) but I think, for Mahmood, it’s a broader principle thing.
She explained it this morning on Laura K, and repeatedly said the numbers are small (and didn’t imply increasing them) - but essentially it’s about the statutory requirement to provide being flexed, because we have work conditions for British citizens and she wants to even up *when right is given*.
November 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
She explained it this morning on Laura K, and repeatedly said the numbers are small (and didn’t imply increasing them) - but essentially it’s about the statutory requirement to provide being flexed, because we have work conditions for British citizens and she wants to even up *when right is given*.
Yes, Avanti is great and if you’re more than an hour late you should get the whole thing back. Not as good as working trains but a consolation.
November 15, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Yes, Avanti is great and if you’re more than an hour late you should get the whole thing back. Not as good as working trains but a consolation.
On the upside, get your delay repay in…
November 15, 2025 at 11:55 AM
On the upside, get your delay repay in…
Although, and I make this point in the name of statistical accuracy, foreign-born is not the same as refugee. I don’t think we know the rates for refugee children? (And not convinced it’s relevant anyway).
November 15, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Although, and I make this point in the name of statistical accuracy, foreign-born is not the same as refugee. I don’t think we know the rates for refugee children? (And not convinced it’s relevant anyway).
Have you watched Regretting You? I really did not enjoy Die My Love but it was helped by being watched the day after a film that was so bad the audience eventually started laughing at it.
November 13, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Have you watched Regretting You? I really did not enjoy Die My Love but it was helped by being watched the day after a film that was so bad the audience eventually started laughing at it.
Consolidating (or reducing) business surveys would also save small businesses a lot of time, because the burden of the surveys is mad.
November 13, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Consolidating (or reducing) business surveys would also save small businesses a lot of time, because the burden of the surveys is mad.
I also thinking working from home changes the equation. We have two rooms for offices now. (And with no garage, one room is basically storage).
November 12, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I also thinking working from home changes the equation. We have two rooms for offices now. (And with no garage, one room is basically storage).
My parents literally upsized in retirement so they could have a bedroom and bathroom downstairs for elderly parents and/or themselves.
November 12, 2025 at 2:36 PM
My parents literally upsized in retirement so they could have a bedroom and bathroom downstairs for elderly parents and/or themselves.
My pensioner mum has extra bedrooms in case her even more pensioner mum needs to stay, as well as me!
November 12, 2025 at 1:56 PM
My pensioner mum has extra bedrooms in case her even more pensioner mum needs to stay, as well as me!
And somehow they’ve turned it into a complex acronym, a telling off and thrown the word AI on top just to fuel the fire.
November 12, 2025 at 7:21 AM
And somehow they’ve turned it into a complex acronym, a telling off and thrown the word AI on top just to fuel the fire.
I genuinely can’t understand why they’ve said the words AI here, or made such a hoo-ha.
In essence it’s: we’ll email a data-derived attendance target and the name of a school like yours doing well on attendance. if you don’t hit the target, the RISE team or that school will help…
In essence it’s: we’ll email a data-derived attendance target and the name of a school like yours doing well on attendance. if you don’t hit the target, the RISE team or that school will help…
November 12, 2025 at 7:20 AM
I genuinely can’t understand why they’ve said the words AI here, or made such a hoo-ha.
In essence it’s: we’ll email a data-derived attendance target and the name of a school like yours doing well on attendance. if you don’t hit the target, the RISE team or that school will help…
In essence it’s: we’ll email a data-derived attendance target and the name of a school like yours doing well on attendance. if you don’t hit the target, the RISE team or that school will help…
What stood out to me was when he said the South Asian man was “actually the hero of the story”.
What’s the ‘actually’ doing there?
What’s the ‘actually’ doing there?
November 11, 2025 at 2:38 PM
What stood out to me was when he said the South Asian man was “actually the hero of the story”.
What’s the ‘actually’ doing there?
What’s the ‘actually’ doing there?