Rosemary Frazer
@rosemaryfrazer.bsky.social
Disability Equality Consultant + Trainer. Politics/History nerd. Wheelchair and chocolate user. First Belfast, now London. Tomorrow...the stars
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Whatever else this government do (and there's plenty of issues with this budget) ministers will always be able to point to this as an incredible important contribution to the country's future. Almost half a million kids taken out of poverty.
Scrapping the two-child limit in full is a monumental decision. Well done to all involved in the Child Poverty Strategy, and everyone who has made the case against the policy.
OBR says scrapping costs £3 billion in 2029-30 and will lift 450,000 out of poverty
OBR says scrapping costs £3 billion in 2029-30 and will lift 450,000 out of poverty
November 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Whatever else this government do (and there's plenty of issues with this budget) ministers will always be able to point to this as an incredible important contribution to the country's future. Almost half a million kids taken out of poverty.
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I think if 24 people are dead it's more than "testing" a ceasefire.
BREAKING: At least 24 people are dead and 54 wounded after Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, testing the ceasefire that began in October, officials say.
Israel launches strikes in Gaza ceasefire's latest test as hospitals say 20 killed
Israel's military says it has launched new airstrikes against Hamas militants in Gaza, testing the ceasefire that began on October 10.
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November 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I think if 24 people are dead it's more than "testing" a ceasefire.
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Never liked cricket anyway. Stupid sport.
November 22, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Never liked cricket anyway. Stupid sport.
The wonderful Susie Dent will always find the right words.
Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
November 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The wonderful Susie Dent will always find the right words.
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Men will spend billions on building their own AI rather than go to therapy.
November 20, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Men will spend billions on building their own AI rather than go to therapy.
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Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage.
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
Covid inquiry live: ‘Inexcusable’ delays under Johnson led to 23,000 deaths
Lockdowns may have been avoided if Boris Johnson’s government had acted faster, damning report finds
www.thetimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage.
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
My legal training consists mainly of watching Perry Mason, Law and Order, Witness for the Prosecution and Rumpole of the Bailey, but I believe I could do better than Halligan. It's unbelievably poor.
November 20, 2025 at 1:54 PM
My legal training consists mainly of watching Perry Mason, Law and Order, Witness for the Prosecution and Rumpole of the Bailey, but I believe I could do better than Halligan. It's unbelievably poor.
Vance has been conspicuously quiet this past week. Can't think why.
November 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Vance has been conspicuously quiet this past week. Can't think why.
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We are doing our best not to dismember any more journalists with bone saws www.ft.com/content/dc11...
November 18, 2025 at 9:28 PM
We are doing our best not to dismember any more journalists with bone saws www.ft.com/content/dc11...
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Covering Jamal Khashoggi's murder was one of the most disturbing things I've worked on. Hearing Trump say he was "extremely controversial" and people "didn't like him" is chilling. Hard to take any other way than he thinks there is moral ambiguity in the murder of a journalist.
November 18, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Covering Jamal Khashoggi's murder was one of the most disturbing things I've worked on. Hearing Trump say he was "extremely controversial" and people "didn't like him" is chilling. Hard to take any other way than he thinks there is moral ambiguity in the murder of a journalist.
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This weekend has been an interesting approach to winning over the Parliamentary Labour Party for a leader on the verge of being dumped.
November 16, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This weekend has been an interesting approach to winning over the Parliamentary Labour Party for a leader on the verge of being dumped.
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We should stop the boats because it's dangerous, and we should stop the scapegoating of immigrants because it's wrong and cruel.
Controlled migration is good for the country, helps build our economy and diversity strengthens our communities. (1/6) 🧵
Controlled migration is good for the country, helps build our economy and diversity strengthens our communities. (1/6) 🧵
November 17, 2025 at 11:03 AM
We should stop the boats because it's dangerous, and we should stop the scapegoating of immigrants because it's wrong and cruel.
Controlled migration is good for the country, helps build our economy and diversity strengthens our communities. (1/6) 🧵
Controlled migration is good for the country, helps build our economy and diversity strengthens our communities. (1/6) 🧵
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This being the last post Alice made for herself makes me incredibly sad. We need more spaces for us. We need more places where voices like Alice’s are uplifted so that others can learn from the wisdom that needs to be shared.
It’s been a pleasure working with Lex and everyone in the politics vertical at Teen Vogue. I’m heartbroken that my column, Disability Visibility, is gone. Teen Vogue was one of the few places that published disabled journalists regularly. I just spent the last 2 months working on my next column
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 15, 2025 at 11:20 PM
This being the last post Alice made for herself makes me incredibly sad. We need more spaces for us. We need more places where voices like Alice’s are uplifted so that others can learn from the wisdom that needs to be shared.
We must never let them grind us down. I never met Alice but she was an inspiration (and I mean that in the way it's meant to be said) to me and many other disabled people.
“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
November 15, 2025 at 10:38 PM
We must never let them grind us down. I never met Alice but she was an inspiration (and I mean that in the way it's meant to be said) to me and many other disabled people.
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Paid a Colombian tea grower $1,500 for a shipment. Got billed $150 by the Trump administration at the border. *I* got billed. Not the tea growers. Not the Colombian government. Me. The American business owner. I paid the Trump tax.
November 12, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Paid a Colombian tea grower $1,500 for a shipment. Got billed $150 by the Trump administration at the border. *I* got billed. Not the tea growers. Not the Colombian government. Me. The American business owner. I paid the Trump tax.
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A good day to listen to our proud, joyous history of the BBC: One of the greatest British inventions of the 20th Century. An institution which, even at its worst, is far better than its detractors podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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November 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
A good day to listen to our proud, joyous history of the BBC: One of the greatest British inventions of the 20th Century. An institution which, even at its worst, is far better than its detractors podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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I can't imagine a job i'd like to do less. Managing an organisation held to a ludicrous standard by roaring idiots on a daily basis, while the main mediums it uses are all in decline and it's starved of resources.
November 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I can't imagine a job i'd like to do less. Managing an organisation held to a ludicrous standard by roaring idiots on a daily basis, while the main mediums it uses are all in decline and it's starved of resources.
This is a question I've been asking a lot of the BBC political coverage in recent months. I love the BBC and would pay the licence fee for Radio 4 alone, but I do appreciate balance and fairness too please.
For as many years as anyone been counting two or more inmates been mistakenly released from British prisons most weeks. Record does not make it acceptable. System needs to be fixed. It does leave me asking why BBC now gripped by end-of-civilisation hysteria heard on Radio 4 Today programme.
November 6, 2025 at 3:30 PM
This is a question I've been asking a lot of the BBC political coverage in recent months. I love the BBC and would pay the licence fee for Radio 4 alone, but I do appreciate balance and fairness too please.
Day off tomorrow and so I'm staying up late watching the election results come in from the US. What else would I be doing? So far, so good.
November 5, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Day off tomorrow and so I'm staying up late watching the election results come in from the US. What else would I be doing? So far, so good.
Day off and apartment to myself and Otis is playing loud and long. Life is wonderful right now. (Ts and Cs suggest this may change but I'm enjoying the moment.)
November 3, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Day off and apartment to myself and Otis is playing loud and long. Life is wonderful right now. (Ts and Cs suggest this may change but I'm enjoying the moment.)
We have to find ways of countering this racist shit.
We're now at "black people aren't British". Open sewer racism. Look forward to seeing him on QT again soon.
November 2, 2025 at 3:49 PM
We have to find ways of countering this racist shit.
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For this is Thriller, Thriller Evening, and no person ventures forth to rescue you from the monstrous creature about to pounce upon thee
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For this is Thriller, Thriller Evening, and no person ventures forth to rescue you from the monstrous creature about to pounce upon thee
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October 25, 2024 at 2:37 PM
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For this is Thriller, Thriller Evening, and no person ventures forth to rescue you from the monstrous creature about to pounce upon thee
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For this is Thriller, Thriller Evening, and no person ventures forth to rescue you from the monstrous creature about to pounce upon thee
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This won't be popular but popularity is never some I've sought. I can't help feeling good when listening to a Carpenter's song. I'm too young to have known them in their prime but their songs are just lovely. There. I've said it.
October 31, 2025 at 2:35 PM
This won't be popular but popularity is never some I've sought. I can't help feeling good when listening to a Carpenter's song. I'm too young to have known them in their prime but their songs are just lovely. There. I've said it.