Andrew Gwynne
@theandrewgwynne.bsky.social
Just an ordinary husband | dad | grandad | gardener | VIC-20 & Amiga user | recovering politicoholic
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❤️ 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
He couldn’t wait to show me. #ProudGrandad
January 30, 2026 at 8:49 PM
❤️ 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
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.
Just having a tussle with Meta over insta! And X is deleted.
January 30, 2026 at 3:19 PM
@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.
Just having a tussle with Meta over insta! And X is deleted.
🕹️ A great game!
Cheese and Onions is back in stock!
Limited numbers, as I've ran out of sleeves!
www.tfw8b.com/product/chee...
#Commodore #VIC20 #RetroGaming #RetroComputing #8bit
Limited numbers, as I've ran out of sleeves!
www.tfw8b.com/product/chee...
#Commodore #VIC20 #RetroGaming #RetroComputing #8bit
January 30, 2026 at 3:12 PM
🕹️ 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!😂
🌹Ironic this onetime Patron of the Friends of Real Lancashire lands a place in the County of York!😂
January 28, 2026 at 12:40 PM
📜 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!😂
🌹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 ✡️
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 ✡️
January 27, 2026 at 3:22 PM
🕯️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 ✡️
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
Thanks Aunty @lyncbrown.bsky.social x
January 24, 2026 at 1:52 PM
🧱 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
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 🇬🇧
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 🇬🇧
January 23, 2026 at 10:31 PM
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 🇬🇧
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 🇬🇧
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🌹 Applications are now open as Labour begins its search for its Gorton and Denton by-election candidate
Gorton and Denton by-election: Labour begins search for candidate – LabourList
Applications are open for Labour members to stand as the party’s candidate for the Gorton and Denton by-election. The by-election, triggered by the resignation of…
labourlist.org
January 23, 2026 at 6:09 PM
🌹 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. 😂
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. 😂
January 23, 2026 at 5:36 PM
📜 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. 😂
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. 😂
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Working on my next secret VIC-20 project.
No screenshots yet because it's so secret
No screenshots yet because it's so secret
January 22, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Working on my next secret VIC-20 project.
No screenshots yet because it's so secret
No screenshots yet because it's so secret
Statement in full on Facebook: www.facebook.com/share/p/1Adq...
January 22, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Statement in full on Facebook: www.facebook.com/share/p/1Adq...
Reposted by Andrew Gwynne
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).
DCMS to spend £1.5bn in 'serious' uplift to capital funding - Arts Professional
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
www.artsprofessional.co.uk
January 22, 2026 at 9:11 AM
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? 💚
January 21, 2026 at 4:31 PM
A day late (we went out for a birthday tea last night) but who doesn’t like a Colin the Catterpillar? 💚
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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!
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!
Vic 20: Snake Games are the Best Games by Hewco
An unexpanded game of snake for the Commodore Vic 20
hewco.itch.io
January 20, 2026 at 3:31 PM
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!
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!
Reposted by Andrew Gwynne
💬 "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...
🔴 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...
‘Labour must defend NATO’ – LabourList
After July 1945, Clement Attlee’s Labour Government enacted twin pillars to support our personal and national security: the NHS and NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty…
labourlist.org
January 20, 2026 at 11:15 AM
💬 "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...
🔴 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! 🎁
January 20, 2026 at 9:34 AM
🎂 𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻’𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝟳 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆. 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗟𝘆𝗹𝗲! 🎁
Reposted by Andrew Gwynne
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.
UK politics ‘constantly suffering’ from online disinformation, says Labour MP
Emily Thornberry says risk posed to British democracy by bot farms and biased algorithms requires action
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:35 PM
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...
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...
January 19, 2026 at 3:15 PM
☕ 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...
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!
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!
January 18, 2026 at 5:08 PM
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!
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!
Reposted by Andrew Gwynne
[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...
Then I showed it to my 10-year-old daughter.
#programming #retro #retrocomputing #1980s #nostalgia #genx #code
medium.com/@RetroTechSh...
[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.
medium.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
[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...
Then I showed it to my 10-year-old daughter.
#programming #retro #retrocomputing #1980s #nostalgia #genx #code
medium.com/@RetroTechSh...
Reposted by Andrew Gwynne
European leaders warn of ‘downward spiral’ after Trump threatens tariffs over Greenland – Europe live
European leaders warn of ‘downward spiral’ after Trump threatens tariffs over Greenland – Europe live
Denmark, Norway, Sweden, the UK, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Finland will face tariffs from 1 February
www.theguardian.com
January 17, 2026 at 8:03 PM
European leaders warn of ‘downward spiral’ after Trump threatens tariffs over Greenland – Europe live
Reposted by Andrew Gwynne
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...
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...
£200 million to be spent on Send training for teachers
There will also be a new expectation for all staff in every school, college and nursery to receive training on Send
www.independent.co.uk
January 16, 2026 at 8:14 AM
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...
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...
Reposted by Andrew Gwynne
📣 Opportunity ‼️
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LabourList opportunities: Freelancers needed for devolved and local elections – LabourList
Do you have unique Labour-focused insight into the electoral politics of Scotland, Wales or your local government area? Can you write quick, clean and engaging…
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January 15, 2026 at 7:30 PM
📣 Opportunity ‼️
🤔 Think you could write for LabourList? ✍️
🌟 With 2026 a HUGE year for electoral politics, we're looking for some skilled freelancers with an interest in devolved and local elections 🔍
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🌟 With 2026 a HUGE year for electoral politics, we're looking for some skilled freelancers with an interest in devolved and local elections 🔍
👀 Read more if this could be you 👇
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📉 Waiting lists have fallen by 312,000 since Labour came into government & 88,000 in the most recent stats
🚑 Ambulances are arriving faster
📈 Patient satisfaction with access to GPs is up
🩵 There's so much more to do - but today shows that we're turning round the NHS & getting it back on its feet
🚑 Ambulances are arriving faster
📈 Patient satisfaction with access to GPs is up
🩵 There's so much more to do - but today shows that we're turning round the NHS & getting it back on its feet
January 15, 2026 at 1:44 PM
📉 Waiting lists have fallen by 312,000 since Labour came into government & 88,000 in the most recent stats
🚑 Ambulances are arriving faster
📈 Patient satisfaction with access to GPs is up
🩵 There's so much more to do - but today shows that we're turning round the NHS & getting it back on its feet
🚑 Ambulances are arriving faster
📈 Patient satisfaction with access to GPs is up
🩵 There's so much more to do - but today shows that we're turning round the NHS & getting it back on its feet
My friend, Sharon, has been campaigning on this for years. Hard work and persistence pays off 👏🏻
Today the Government are delivering real, lasting change for millions of people through Northern Powerhouse Rail.
Reopening the Leamside Line, connecting the Metro to Washington, and ensuring faster, more frequent services across our region shows the difference a Labour Government makes.
Reopening the Leamside Line, connecting the Metro to Washington, and ensuring faster, more frequent services across our region shows the difference a Labour Government makes.
January 14, 2026 at 3:02 PM
My friend, Sharon, has been campaigning on this for years. Hard work and persistence pays off 👏🏻