Rosi Sexton
@rosisexton.bsky.social
A collection of random hyperfoci held together by anxiety & sticky tape. Osteopath, climber, maths PhD, pianist, former professional MMA fighter. Dabbled in politics (Green). Passionate about health, health inequality, mental health, neurodivergence.
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UK public has paid £200bn to shareholders of key industries since privatisation.
In public ownership that would have gone into infrastructure, lower bills.
Privatisation delivered low investment, high bills, no tax on dividends to foreign investors.
No end to nightmare without public ownership.
In public ownership that would have gone into infrastructure, lower bills.
Privatisation delivered low investment, high bills, no tax on dividends to foreign investors.
No end to nightmare without public ownership.
UK public has paid £200bn to shareholders of key industries since privatisation
Analysis reveals ‘privatisation premium’ of £250 per household per year paid to owners of water, rail, bus, energy and mail services since 2010
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:53 AM
UK public has paid £200bn to shareholders of key industries since privatisation.
In public ownership that would have gone into infrastructure, lower bills.
Privatisation delivered low investment, high bills, no tax on dividends to foreign investors.
No end to nightmare without public ownership.
In public ownership that would have gone into infrastructure, lower bills.
Privatisation delivered low investment, high bills, no tax on dividends to foreign investors.
No end to nightmare without public ownership.
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Video clip of Natasha Devon raising concerns about Simon Wessely being involved in the government’s ADHD review.
She says it feels like a foregone conclusion because Wessely has already made comments about young people “overdiagnosing” their own mental health.
She says it feels like a foregone conclusion because Wessely has already made comments about young people “overdiagnosing” their own mental health.
December 8, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Video clip of Natasha Devon raising concerns about Simon Wessely being involved in the government’s ADHD review.
She says it feels like a foregone conclusion because Wessely has already made comments about young people “overdiagnosing” their own mental health.
She says it feels like a foregone conclusion because Wessely has already made comments about young people “overdiagnosing” their own mental health.
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Why should young people participate in an economy that offers them no hope for the future?
The inter-generational bargain that kept British capitalism afloat has collapsed - and Labour is too busy listening to corporate lobbyists to do anything about it.
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/generation...
The inter-generational bargain that kept British capitalism afloat has collapsed - and Labour is too busy listening to corporate lobbyists to do anything about it.
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/generation...
Generation Despair
Work doesn’t pay, housing is a trap, and life has been enshittified — why should young people keep propping up a system rigged against them?
graceblakeley.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Why should young people participate in an economy that offers them no hope for the future?
The inter-generational bargain that kept British capitalism afloat has collapsed - and Labour is too busy listening to corporate lobbyists to do anything about it.
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/generation...
The inter-generational bargain that kept British capitalism afloat has collapsed - and Labour is too busy listening to corporate lobbyists to do anything about it.
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/generation...
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Psychiatrist Penelope Campling implores us to acknowledge how our mental health is so utterly bound up with our social and material circumstances.
Wes Streeting and all in government need to acknowledge this.
midpsy.uk/2025/12/04/m...
Wes Streeting and all in government need to acknowledge this.
midpsy.uk/2025/12/04/m...
Mental health services on the brink
No longer able to continue her work as a consultant clinical psychologist in the NHS, Penny Priest retired in June 2024. Since then she has been struck by just how many other clinical psychologists…
midpsy.uk
December 5, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Psychiatrist Penelope Campling implores us to acknowledge how our mental health is so utterly bound up with our social and material circumstances.
Wes Streeting and all in government need to acknowledge this.
midpsy.uk/2025/12/04/m...
Wes Streeting and all in government need to acknowledge this.
midpsy.uk/2025/12/04/m...
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So Labour can moan about Greens being unrealistic as much as they want, but who is the bigger fantasist: the people who know the house is on fire and something radical is needed? Or the people saying "this is fine" as the roof falls in?
December 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
So Labour can moan about Greens being unrealistic as much as they want, but who is the bigger fantasist: the people who know the house is on fire and something radical is needed? Or the people saying "this is fine" as the roof falls in?
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For those who haven’t read it, I recently wrote a piece on autistic women and the dreaded GP visit
Diagnosed but not believed: Autistic women and the medical gaze
A GP I met for the first time three minutes ago is glancing over my electronic health record, trying to match it with the woman before him…
medium.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:22 PM
For those who haven’t read it, I recently wrote a piece on autistic women and the dreaded GP visit
If you believe this, I've got a Brexit to sell you.
Electoral Reform Society: “We are seeing an alarming trend of parties receiving larger and larger donations from single super-wealthy donors and the public are rightly asking what these very rich people expect in return for their money."
https://bit.ly/4rAErap
https://bit.ly/4rAErap
Farage denies crypto billionaire wants anything in return for £9m donation to Reform
The Reform UK leader promoted the cryptocurrency company which Christopher Harborne holds shares in – one month after receiving a record donation for the party
www.independent.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 9:07 PM
If you believe this, I've got a Brexit to sell you.
Wait... Starmer "never worried about the future of our country under a Tory government"...?!?
Where has he been for the last ten years?
Where has he been for the last ten years?
Keir Starmer - "I’ve always wanted a Labour government but I’ve never worried about the future of our country under a Tory government."
The words of a man so insulated from the harm done by the Tories he felt no compulsion not to continue the harm not being done to him and his.
The words of a man so insulated from the harm done by the Tories he felt no compulsion not to continue the harm not being done to him and his.
December 7, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Wait... Starmer "never worried about the future of our country under a Tory government"...?!?
Where has he been for the last ten years?
Where has he been for the last ten years?
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A talk I gave earlier this year has, unfortunately, become relevant again this week so I've published it here.
open.substack.com/pub/neurodiv...
open.substack.com/pub/neurodiv...
The Fascist Echo in Labour's "Over-diagnosis" Inquiry
Why Wes Steeting's new inquiry is about more than just renewed austerity
open.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:40 AM
A talk I gave earlier this year has, unfortunately, become relevant again this week so I've published it here.
open.substack.com/pub/neurodiv...
open.substack.com/pub/neurodiv...
Also: talking about MH symptoms can be hard.
We know a large proportion of GPs are likely to be unsympathetic or not believe us.
Having to play locum roulette with who you get to disclose your (say) trauma history to put a LOT of people off seeking help.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We know a large proportion of GPs are likely to be unsympathetic or not believe us.
Having to play locum roulette with who you get to disclose your (say) trauma history to put a LOT of people off seeking help.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Life being stressful is not an illness' - GPs on mental health over-diagnosis
Hundreds of GPs in England tell the BBC they are also worried about a lack of help for patients.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 6, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Also: talking about MH symptoms can be hard.
We know a large proportion of GPs are likely to be unsympathetic or not believe us.
Having to play locum roulette with who you get to disclose your (say) trauma history to put a LOT of people off seeking help.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We know a large proportion of GPs are likely to be unsympathetic or not believe us.
Having to play locum roulette with who you get to disclose your (say) trauma history to put a LOT of people off seeking help.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Lots of things we seek healthcare for are normal reactions to abnormal situations. Like falling downstairs.
A broken leg can be a normal response when you're exposed to forces that exceed your body's safe operating limits.
That doesn't mean you don't need healthcare.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A broken leg can be a normal response when you're exposed to forces that exceed your body's safe operating limits.
That doesn't mean you don't need healthcare.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Life being stressful is not an illness' - GPs on mental health over-diagnosis
Hundreds of GPs in England tell the BBC they are also worried about a lack of help for patients.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 6, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Lots of things we seek healthcare for are normal reactions to abnormal situations. Like falling downstairs.
A broken leg can be a normal response when you're exposed to forces that exceed your body's safe operating limits.
That doesn't mean you don't need healthcare.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A broken leg can be a normal response when you're exposed to forces that exceed your body's safe operating limits.
That doesn't mean you don't need healthcare.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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'Life being stressful is not an illness' - technically speaking neither is breathing in coal dust for a 12 hour shift but we still recognise blacklung as an illness.
Life in a harmful environment makes you ill and people who don't know that shouldn't be doctors.
Life in a harmful environment makes you ill and people who don't know that shouldn't be doctors.
The fact that many GPs don't believe people with mental health conditions will not be news to those of us with mental health conditions who have had to deal with these cunts.
Kudos on the BBC for continuing to manufacture consent to take away our rights and healthcare though.
Kudos on the BBC for continuing to manufacture consent to take away our rights and healthcare though.
'Life being stressful is not an illness' - GPs on mental health over-diagnosis
Hundreds of GPs in England tell the BBC they are also worried about a lack of help for patients.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 6, 2025 at 9:26 AM
'Life being stressful is not an illness' - technically speaking neither is breathing in coal dust for a 12 hour shift but we still recognise blacklung as an illness.
Life in a harmful environment makes you ill and people who don't know that shouldn't be doctors.
Life in a harmful environment makes you ill and people who don't know that shouldn't be doctors.
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'There is growing evidence that it is cost-effective for the NHS to provide welfare advice and thereby help maximise people’s incomes.'
In her latest blog - Julia Cream looks at the ways maximising people's incomes, could help reduce costs for the NHS. https://bit.ly/3KtQ4iu
In her latest blog - Julia Cream looks at the ways maximising people's incomes, could help reduce costs for the NHS. https://bit.ly/3KtQ4iu
Is There A Quick Route To Reducing Health Care Costs? | The King's Fund
A recent US study showed one simple intervention resulted in 27% fewer visits to emergency services. Could it work in the UK too?
www.kingsfund.org.uk
December 5, 2025 at 9:43 AM
'There is growing evidence that it is cost-effective for the NHS to provide welfare advice and thereby help maximise people’s incomes.'
In her latest blog - Julia Cream looks at the ways maximising people's incomes, could help reduce costs for the NHS. https://bit.ly/3KtQ4iu
In her latest blog - Julia Cream looks at the ways maximising people's incomes, could help reduce costs for the NHS. https://bit.ly/3KtQ4iu
If only we could have seen this coming.... 🙄
"There is an obvious lesson to take from this, that the government seems almost certain to ignore: there is no way for the government to win for as long as it plays this game…The goalposts will be endlessly shifted."
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-t...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-t...
The crazy right will never be satisfied about migration
Keir Starmer slashed net migration as the Mail and Farage demanded - and still got hammered for it
www.thenewworld.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 11:25 PM
If only we could have seen this coming.... 🙄
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Clearly we have a crisis of overdiagnosis of eye problems requiring expensive and life long medical intervention (glasses). We need to crack down on Specsavers.
December 4, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Clearly we have a crisis of overdiagnosis of eye problems requiring expensive and life long medical intervention (glasses). We need to crack down on Specsavers.
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Facial recognition, scrapping juries, and mandatory digital ID.
This Labour Government is creating a toolkit for the far-right.
The EU has already put strong controls on this intrusive technology, MPs must pass legislation to do the same.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
This Labour Government is creating a toolkit for the far-right.
The EU has already put strong controls on this intrusive technology, MPs must pass legislation to do the same.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
Facial recognition to be expanded in fresh crime crackdown
Critics called on the government to limit roll-out of facial recognition, but others have urged ministers to accelerate the expansion to ‘boost safety’
www.independent.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Facial recognition, scrapping juries, and mandatory digital ID.
This Labour Government is creating a toolkit for the far-right.
The EU has already put strong controls on this intrusive technology, MPs must pass legislation to do the same.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
This Labour Government is creating a toolkit for the far-right.
The EU has already put strong controls on this intrusive technology, MPs must pass legislation to do the same.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
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Really terrific piece by @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk this. Poses really difficult questions for governments of left and right about how provision works:
Government by Breakage
What a failed appliance promotion shows us about our state
www.joxleywrites.jmoxley.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Really terrific piece by @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk this. Poses really difficult questions for governments of left and right about how provision works:
I love this piece. ❤️ As a neurodivergent healthcare professional, I speak to so many neurodivergent people who have been harmed by the biases baked into our healthcare system, and its increasing inaccessibility to brains that feel the world differently from the norm.
I wrote about systemic medical bias, chocolate medals and Eamonn Holmes
Diagnosed but not believed: Autistic women and the medical gaze
A GP I met for the first time three minutes ago is glancing over my electronic health record, trying to match it with the woman before him…
medium.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I love this piece. ❤️ As a neurodivergent healthcare professional, I speak to so many neurodivergent people who have been harmed by the biases baked into our healthcare system, and its increasing inaccessibility to brains that feel the world differently from the norm.
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The last 25 years has seen a perpetual goldilocks dance in policy and perception around mental ill-health. Under diagnosis and lack of support is seen as a scandal until the costs of treating this seriously are manifest, then it's 'there's too much, there must be mistakes somewhere in counting'
December 4, 2025 at 2:50 PM
The last 25 years has seen a perpetual goldilocks dance in policy and perception around mental ill-health. Under diagnosis and lack of support is seen as a scandal until the costs of treating this seriously are manifest, then it's 'there's too much, there must be mistakes somewhere in counting'
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Always amused (not amused) at how regularly the idea that there is a 'right' amount of mental ill-health in British society and that we must somehow return there. Declaring the correct amount of mental ill-health based on what you are prepared to pay to mitigate its effects isn't how reduction works
December 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Always amused (not amused) at how regularly the idea that there is a 'right' amount of mental ill-health in British society and that we must somehow return there. Declaring the correct amount of mental ill-health based on what you are prepared to pay to mitigate its effects isn't how reduction works
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Streeting to next launch inquiry into “over-diagnosis” of left-handedness.
“Never used to be like this,” he insists.
“Never used to be like this,” he insists.
December 4, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Streeting to next launch inquiry into “over-diagnosis” of left-handedness.
“Never used to be like this,” he insists.
“Never used to be like this,” he insists.
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Migrants, trans and non-binary individuals, disabled individuals, and now neurodivergent individuals. Does Labour have a check list of which already marginalised and vulnerable groups they will go after on any particular day?
December 4, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Migrants, trans and non-binary individuals, disabled individuals, and now neurodivergent individuals. Does Labour have a check list of which already marginalised and vulnerable groups they will go after on any particular day?
Can we talk about the ways in which society is increasingly hostile towards neurodivergent people, and the effect this almost certainly has on driving the numbers of people seeking support?
Considering Streeting's well stated belief autism, ADHD etc, along with mental health issues, are "overdiagnosed", I won't hold my breath for this doing anything other than being used to cut support, along with opportunities for diagnosis, for people who need it. #r4today
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Streeting orders review into mental health and ADHD diagnosis
The health secretary said the aim was to tackle a rising demand for services and the increased pressure on the NHS.
www.bbc.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Can we talk about the ways in which society is increasingly hostile towards neurodivergent people, and the effect this almost certainly has on driving the numbers of people seeking support?
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This is off the top of my head.
These sorts of inefficiencies happen on quite literally a daily basis. Everybody in the system knows this. Everyone.
Yet what is the government’s diagnosis?
“Juries. They are the problem. Get rid of juries.”
It is absolutely mind-boggling.
These sorts of inefficiencies happen on quite literally a daily basis. Everybody in the system knows this. Everyone.
Yet what is the government’s diagnosis?
“Juries. They are the problem. Get rid of juries.”
It is absolutely mind-boggling.
November 27, 2025 at 8:06 PM
This is off the top of my head.
These sorts of inefficiencies happen on quite literally a daily basis. Everybody in the system knows this. Everyone.
Yet what is the government’s diagnosis?
“Juries. They are the problem. Get rid of juries.”
It is absolutely mind-boggling.
These sorts of inefficiencies happen on quite literally a daily basis. Everybody in the system knows this. Everyone.
Yet what is the government’s diagnosis?
“Juries. They are the problem. Get rid of juries.”
It is absolutely mind-boggling.
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Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇
November 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇