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.
This is one of the best short explanations of neurodiversity that I've read anywhere.
It really doesn't... It implies that diversity is normal, and that the efforts of psychiatrists to identify various ways of being as *ab*normal are largely mistaken.
oolong.medium.com/neurodiversi...
oolong.medium.com/neurodiversi...
Neurodiversity is for Everyone
Acting as if everybody conforms to some idea of the ‘default human’ fails most people.
oolong.medium.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:19 AM
This is one of the best short explanations of neurodiversity that I've read anywhere.
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I'm reading through the white paper or whatever it is. RESTORING ORDER AND CONTROL: A statement on the government’s asylum and returns policy www.gov.uk/government/p...
Asylum and returns policy statement
This policy statement sets out significant reforms to the UK’s asylum and returns policy.
www.gov.uk
November 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I'm reading through the white paper or whatever it is. RESTORING ORDER AND CONTROL: A statement on the government’s asylum and returns policy www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Going to leave you with a Home Office chart from their most recent asylum stats so you can decide whether the UK is a magnet for asylum seekers with a uniquely generous asylum system www.gov.uk/government/s...
November 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Going to leave you with a Home Office chart from their most recent asylum stats so you can decide whether the UK is a magnet for asylum seekers with a uniquely generous asylum system www.gov.uk/government/s...
A good summary of the challenges in local government.
New post just out:
"The Reality Trap"
On Reform's struggles running councils.
What it tells us about how they'd fare if they won a general elections. And about how broken our system of local government is.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...
"The Reality Trap"
On Reform's struggles running councils.
What it tells us about how they'd fare if they won a general elections. And about how broken our system of local government is.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...
The Reality Trap
Reform's struggles in local government
open.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
A good summary of the challenges in local government.
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Cruel. Callous. Cowardly.
The public are seeing this Labour government for exactly who they are.
We all have a responsibility to make them pay at the ballot box.
Reject the hate. Reject them.
This is not who we are. Let's make hope normal again.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
The public are seeing this Labour government for exactly who they are.
We all have a responsibility to make them pay at the ballot box.
Reject the hate. Reject them.
This is not who we are. Let's make hope normal again.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Cruel. Callous. Cowardly.
The public are seeing this Labour government for exactly who they are.
We all have a responsibility to make them pay at the ballot box.
Reject the hate. Reject them.
This is not who we are. Let's make hope normal again.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
The public are seeing this Labour government for exactly who they are.
We all have a responsibility to make them pay at the ballot box.
Reject the hate. Reject them.
This is not who we are. Let's make hope normal again.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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In short, if a party is not trusted on an issue, moving from their 'expected' position is not believed by those who hold their new position, while those who hold the party's 'expected' position are alienated.
Those who hold more restrictive views on refugees are more likely to see Labour as pro-immigration, while those who hold more liberal views tend to see Labour as anti-immigration
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
November 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
In short, if a party is not trusted on an issue, moving from their 'expected' position is not believed by those who hold their new position, while those who hold the party's 'expected' position are alienated.
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“A vote for Labour is the only way to stop Reform”
Or
“Labour can actually do what Reform only claims it can do”
The government needs to pick one strategy, not both. The government seems unaware that voters can actually hear it trying both messages at once.
Or
“Labour can actually do what Reform only claims it can do”
The government needs to pick one strategy, not both. The government seems unaware that voters can actually hear it trying both messages at once.
November 17, 2025 at 8:54 AM
“A vote for Labour is the only way to stop Reform”
Or
“Labour can actually do what Reform only claims it can do”
The government needs to pick one strategy, not both. The government seems unaware that voters can actually hear it trying both messages at once.
Or
“Labour can actually do what Reform only claims it can do”
The government needs to pick one strategy, not both. The government seems unaware that voters can actually hear it trying both messages at once.
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I came to this country as a child refugee. No English, no certainty, no idea what my life could become. Britain gave me refuge.
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I came to this country as a child refugee. No English, no certainty, no idea what my life could become. Britain gave me refuge.
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Any politician who is taking seriously that the next election might be lost to a far-right populist party, should be doing all they can to strengthen protections for vulnerable people. If this is lost, it will go down in history as a moment where everything collapsed.
November 14, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Any politician who is taking seriously that the next election might be lost to a far-right populist party, should be doing all they can to strengthen protections for vulnerable people. If this is lost, it will go down in history as a moment where everything collapsed.
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Private companies operating care services in just three regions of England made £250m profits in 3 years,
£87.7m of profits went to care providers owned by private equity controlled from tax havens.
Profits mean money buys less. Higher taxes for less service.
Say NO to privatisation.
£87.7m of profits went to care providers owned by private equity controlled from tax havens.
Profits mean money buys less. Higher taxes for less service.
Say NO to privatisation.
Private care providers in three English regions make £250m in three years
More than third of profits analysed went to firms owned by private equity or based in tax havens, research finds
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Private companies operating care services in just three regions of England made £250m profits in 3 years,
£87.7m of profits went to care providers owned by private equity controlled from tax havens.
Profits mean money buys less. Higher taxes for less service.
Say NO to privatisation.
£87.7m of profits went to care providers owned by private equity controlled from tax havens.
Profits mean money buys less. Higher taxes for less service.
Say NO to privatisation.
This has not happened overnight & it's not happened in a vacuum.
This is what trying to appease racists gets you - more racism.
Either Labour have only just woken up to what's been obvious to everyone else for a while now; or it's now stopped being politically convenient to ignore it.
This is what trying to appease racists gets you - more racism.
Either Labour have only just woken up to what's been obvious to everyone else for a while now; or it's now stopped being politically convenient to ignore it.
November 11, 2025 at 7:35 PM
This has not happened overnight & it's not happened in a vacuum.
This is what trying to appease racists gets you - more racism.
Either Labour have only just woken up to what's been obvious to everyone else for a while now; or it's now stopped being politically convenient to ignore it.
This is what trying to appease racists gets you - more racism.
Either Labour have only just woken up to what's been obvious to everyone else for a while now; or it's now stopped being politically convenient to ignore it.
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Glad that someone has finally taken responsibility for the appalling assault on democracy that was the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
November 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Glad that someone has finally taken responsibility for the appalling assault on democracy that was the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
The ways we do education, healthcare and employment in this country are increasingly failing neurodivergent people.
If you want to understand why we're seeing more and more people seeking diagnosis and support, that's an important part of the picture.
If you want to understand why we're seeing more and more people seeking diagnosis and support, that's an important part of the picture.
November 9, 2025 at 11:36 AM
The ways we do education, healthcare and employment in this country are increasingly failing neurodivergent people.
If you want to understand why we're seeing more and more people seeking diagnosis and support, that's an important part of the picture.
If you want to understand why we're seeing more and more people seeking diagnosis and support, that's an important part of the picture.
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If you read one thing this weekend, read this. The way we treat young people who are a little 'different' is endlessly shocking. With thanks and respect to Kate Szymankiewicz.
From theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
From theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
‘The ward felt like a prison. What had I let them do?’: how my daughter was crushed by a health service meant to help her
Ruth was 14 years old and being treated for an eating disorder when she died after being detained under the Mental Health Act. She wasn’t allowed to see her family for more than a few hours a week. Ho...
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
If you read one thing this weekend, read this. The way we treat young people who are a little 'different' is endlessly shocking. With thanks and respect to Kate Szymankiewicz.
From theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
From theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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The problem with diagnosing "the electorate have unreasonable expectations around tax and spend" is that those expectations did not develop in a vacuum. They are the product of decades of politicians and the media telling them they can have x services with y tax levels, or not contradicting it.
November 1, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The problem with diagnosing "the electorate have unreasonable expectations around tax and spend" is that those expectations did not develop in a vacuum. They are the product of decades of politicians and the media telling them they can have x services with y tax levels, or not contradicting it.
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The British media:
When child sex offences are committed by an asylum seeker: "we should deport all asylum seekers just in case"
When child sex offences are committed by a member of the royal family: "we'll stop calling him 'Prince'"
When child sex offences are committed by an asylum seeker: "we should deport all asylum seekers just in case"
When child sex offences are committed by a member of the royal family: "we'll stop calling him 'Prince'"
October 31, 2025 at 10:02 AM
The British media:
When child sex offences are committed by an asylum seeker: "we should deport all asylum seekers just in case"
When child sex offences are committed by a member of the royal family: "we'll stop calling him 'Prince'"
When child sex offences are committed by an asylum seeker: "we should deport all asylum seekers just in case"
When child sex offences are committed by a member of the royal family: "we'll stop calling him 'Prince'"
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Kemi Badenoch is absolutely right about this.
At the time she hacked Harriet Harman's emails it was an offence carrying a prison sentence of up to five years
At the time she hacked Harriet Harman's emails it was an offence carrying a prison sentence of up to five years
October 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Kemi Badenoch is absolutely right about this.
At the time she hacked Harriet Harman's emails it was an offence carrying a prison sentence of up to five years
At the time she hacked Harriet Harman's emails it was an offence carrying a prison sentence of up to five years
The British media:
When child sex offences are committed by an asylum seeker: "we should deport all asylum seekers just in case"
When child sex offences are committed by a member of the royal family: "we'll stop calling him 'Prince'"
When child sex offences are committed by an asylum seeker: "we should deport all asylum seekers just in case"
When child sex offences are committed by a member of the royal family: "we'll stop calling him 'Prince'"
October 31, 2025 at 10:02 AM
The British media:
When child sex offences are committed by an asylum seeker: "we should deport all asylum seekers just in case"
When child sex offences are committed by a member of the royal family: "we'll stop calling him 'Prince'"
When child sex offences are committed by an asylum seeker: "we should deport all asylum seekers just in case"
When child sex offences are committed by a member of the royal family: "we'll stop calling him 'Prince'"
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It's not confused and it's not hapless. They got what they wanted and got the center-right to establish it as the new common m normal. Then, consistent with the behaviour of all right wing racists for the last century, they refused to take yes for an answer and upped their demands.
More confusion from the hapless Philp/Lam team
“It is now our formal announced policy to restrict benefits to anyone who is not a British citizen. That is policy.".
Obviously, that would mean tearing up the Conservatives' own Brexit deal with the EU.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
“It is now our formal announced policy to restrict benefits to anyone who is not a British citizen. That is policy.".
Obviously, that would mean tearing up the Conservatives' own Brexit deal with the EU.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Tories deny they have thrown out plans to toughen up indefinite leave to remain
Plans to retrospectively remove the settled status are no longer Tory policy, a spokesman suggested on Wednesday.
www.independent.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 8:15 AM
It's not confused and it's not hapless. They got what they wanted and got the center-right to establish it as the new common m normal. Then, consistent with the behaviour of all right wing racists for the last century, they refused to take yes for an answer and upped their demands.
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As we have been saying: Keir Starmer could personally machine gun refugees in the channel and *it still wouldn't be enough* because the entire point of the fascist worldview is to rage against the external and internal enemies of the people and the soft traitors who enable them.
October 30, 2025 at 8:20 AM
As we have been saying: Keir Starmer could personally machine gun refugees in the channel and *it still wouldn't be enough* because the entire point of the fascist worldview is to rage against the external and internal enemies of the people and the soft traitors who enable them.
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"Yeah, but in FPTP you can't do that, it's practically like voting for <enemy du jour>."
Usually said, often by Labour supporters, in a tone suggesting you don't understand how FPTP works.
But they can't explain why, despite the members wanting it, switching to RP never makes the manifesto?
Usually said, often by Labour supporters, in a tone suggesting you don't understand how FPTP works.
But they can't explain why, despite the members wanting it, switching to RP never makes the manifesto?
October 13, 2025 at 2:26 PM
"Yeah, but in FPTP you can't do that, it's practically like voting for <enemy du jour>."
Usually said, often by Labour supporters, in a tone suggesting you don't understand how FPTP works.
But they can't explain why, despite the members wanting it, switching to RP never makes the manifesto?
Usually said, often by Labour supporters, in a tone suggesting you don't understand how FPTP works.
But they can't explain why, despite the members wanting it, switching to RP never makes the manifesto?
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Good article by @seththevoz.bsky.social on Labour's coalition + Reform
It is indicative of the voting system holding people back, denying them a choice by forcing them into, and to vote for, big-tent parties
You can't change it unless you vote differently.
eastangliabylines.co.uk/party-politi...
It is indicative of the voting system holding people back, denying them a choice by forcing them into, and to vote for, big-tent parties
You can't change it unless you vote differently.
eastangliabylines.co.uk/party-politi...
On the Reform problem, Labour faces a serious strategic dilemma
Labour has long been divided. But these are not normal times, and arguments between factions may hand power to Farage
eastangliabylines.co.uk
October 13, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Good article by @seththevoz.bsky.social on Labour's coalition + Reform
It is indicative of the voting system holding people back, denying them a choice by forcing them into, and to vote for, big-tent parties
You can't change it unless you vote differently.
eastangliabylines.co.uk/party-politi...
It is indicative of the voting system holding people back, denying them a choice by forcing them into, and to vote for, big-tent parties
You can't change it unless you vote differently.
eastangliabylines.co.uk/party-politi...
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If Greens start consistently leading Labour in polls, and beating them in local elections then the logic of tactical voting which Labour has been relying on could flip savagely on them. As Caerphilly by-election shows, "Only Labour can beat Reform" doesn't work if voters know it isn't true.
Our latest Westminster voting intention (26-27 Oct) has Labour on their lowest figure ever recorded by YouGov, with the Greens on their highest
Reform UK: 27% (+1 from 19-20 Oct)
Labour: 17% (-3)
Conservatives: 17% (=)
Greens: 16% (+1)
Lib Dems: 15% (=)
SNP: 3% (-1)
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
Reform UK: 27% (+1 from 19-20 Oct)
Labour: 17% (-3)
Conservatives: 17% (=)
Greens: 16% (+1)
Lib Dems: 15% (=)
SNP: 3% (-1)
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
October 28, 2025 at 10:53 AM
If Greens start consistently leading Labour in polls, and beating them in local elections then the logic of tactical voting which Labour has been relying on could flip savagely on them. As Caerphilly by-election shows, "Only Labour can beat Reform" doesn't work if voters know it isn't true.
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And very grateful I am, too. 😀
I've written up an attempt to interpret this (and the poll that the Greens commissioned to investigate further).
open.substack.com/pub/ewanhoyl...
I'm sure the @financialtimes.com would have an interest in exploring this further...?
I've written up an attempt to interpret this (and the poll that the Greens commissioned to investigate further).
open.substack.com/pub/ewanhoyl...
I'm sure the @financialtimes.com would have an interest in exploring this further...?
Voting intention polls are failing our democracy.
Voting intention polling is dreadfully distorted by tactical considerations and gives a false impression of party support.
open.substack.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:56 PM
And very grateful I am, too. 😀
I've written up an attempt to interpret this (and the poll that the Greens commissioned to investigate further).
open.substack.com/pub/ewanhoyl...
I'm sure the @financialtimes.com would have an interest in exploring this further...?
I've written up an attempt to interpret this (and the poll that the Greens commissioned to investigate further).
open.substack.com/pub/ewanhoyl...
I'm sure the @financialtimes.com would have an interest in exploring this further...?
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Reform are into Day Three of Racismsplaining. It's harder than it looks.
thecritic.co.uk/easy...
thecritic.co.uk/easy...
October 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Reform are into Day Three of Racismsplaining. It's harder than it looks.
thecritic.co.uk/easy...
thecritic.co.uk/easy...