Rosanna Lockwood
@rosannalockwood.bsky.social
British television presenter and journalist in Dubai. English accent, international outlook (not a spy!)… Interviewing interesting people✨✈️
“It didn’t matter to Mr. McGee what they wrote, as long as they wrote something. Each time a premium user — who pays at least $8 per month for special features — interacted with his posts, he earned a little bit of money under X’s revised revenue program.”
Great piece by the NYT on the crappy economics of being a toxic right-wing influencer on X. Delightful read.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/t...
He’s a Master of Outrage on X. The Pay Isn’t Great.
An online creator went from a “nobody” to a conspiratorial sensation on X. What he gets in return is less clear.
www.nytimes.com
June 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
“It didn’t matter to Mr. McGee what they wrote, as long as they wrote something. Each time a premium user — who pays at least $8 per month for special features — interacted with his posts, he earned a little bit of money under X’s revised revenue program.”
Great piece by the NYT on the crappy economics of being a toxic right-wing influencer on X. Delightful read.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/t...
He’s a Master of Outrage on X. The Pay Isn’t Great.
An online creator went from a “nobody” to a conspiratorial sensation on X. What he gets in return is less clear.
www.nytimes.com
June 11, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Great piece by the NYT on the crappy economics of being a toxic right-wing influencer on X. Delightful read.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/t...
This week I spoke to John*: a specialist doctor in his seventies, who spent more than 40 years working for the NHS in various cities around the UK, before moving to Dubai six years ago. Read to the end for BBC habits, a Blackpool analogy and Brexit blues. leavingbritain.substack.com/p/why-john-l...
Why John Left Britain
A former NHS doctor who moved to Dubai in his late sixties
leavingbritain.substack.com
May 7, 2025 at 9:02 AM
This week I spoke to John*: a specialist doctor in his seventies, who spent more than 40 years working for the NHS in various cities around the UK, before moving to Dubai six years ago. Read to the end for BBC habits, a Blackpool analogy and Brexit blues. leavingbritain.substack.com/p/why-john-l...
Why YOU are leaving Britain (or at least thinking about it) leavingbritain.substack.com/p/why-you-ar...
Why YOU are leaving Britain
Or at least thinking about it
leavingbritain.substack.com
April 30, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Why YOU are leaving Britain (or at least thinking about it) leavingbritain.substack.com/p/why-you-ar...
Why I left Britain (again): leavingbritain.substack.com/p/why-i-left...
Why I left Britain (again)
A new Substack by Rosanna Lockwood.
leavingbritain.substack.com
April 23, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Why I left Britain (again): leavingbritain.substack.com/p/why-i-left...
The Baby Gap: Politicians want more children. Their policies are failing @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/2f4e...
The Baby Gap: Politicians want more children. Their policies are failing
Governments offer a catalogue of creative incentives for childbearing — yet fertility rates just keep dropping
www.ft.com
January 29, 2025 at 9:51 AM
The Baby Gap: Politicians want more children. Their policies are failing @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/2f4e...
Glad to see this warning from Joe Biden in his final address to the nation:
“Today, an oligarchy is taking shape in America of extreme wealth, power and influence that literally threatens our entire democracy, our basic rights and freedoms, and a fair shot for everyone to get ahead”
“Today, an oligarchy is taking shape in America of extreme wealth, power and influence that literally threatens our entire democracy, our basic rights and freedoms, and a fair shot for everyone to get ahead”
January 16, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Glad to see this warning from Joe Biden in his final address to the nation:
“Today, an oligarchy is taking shape in America of extreme wealth, power and influence that literally threatens our entire democracy, our basic rights and freedoms, and a fair shot for everyone to get ahead”
“Today, an oligarchy is taking shape in America of extreme wealth, power and influence that literally threatens our entire democracy, our basic rights and freedoms, and a fair shot for everyone to get ahead”
Currently hedged across Threads, Bluesky, Notes and X, waiting for the tech bro Hunger Games to finish playing out.
January 13, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Currently hedged across Threads, Bluesky, Notes and X, waiting for the tech bro Hunger Games to finish playing out.
Revisiting this theme (in more ways than one) www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic...
January 7, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Revisiting this theme (in more ways than one) www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic...
Reposted by Rosanna Lockwood
Elon Musk has called for Nigel Farage to be replaced as leader of Reform UK, saying he doesn’t “have what it takes.”
This is genuinely funny.
This is genuinely funny.
Elon Musk calls for Nigel Farage to be replaced as Reform UK leader
The billionaire has been rumoured to be considering a multi-million pound donation to Reform UK.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 5, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Elon Musk has called for Nigel Farage to be replaced as leader of Reform UK, saying he doesn’t “have what it takes.”
This is genuinely funny.
This is genuinely funny.
Reposted by Rosanna Lockwood
Any woman who has ever received online abuse has some understanding of what Jess Philips is now exposed to, but it is on an entirely different level.
It is dangerous to her safety.
Yes, it is diplomatically “delicate”. But if you do nothing it is an admission of your own impotence.
A capitulation.
It is dangerous to her safety.
Yes, it is diplomatically “delicate”. But if you do nothing it is an admission of your own impotence.
A capitulation.
Elon Musk, owner of X, tweeted that Home Office Minister Jess Phillips "deserves to be in prison" and labelled her a "rape genocide apologist"
This is the type of radicalised content that socialises people towards violence against Ministers and MPs
www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/starmer...
This is the type of radicalised content that socialises people towards violence against Ministers and MPs
www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/starmer...
Starmer urged to take action as 'out of control' Musk targets Jess Phillips
Days after calling for X posts to be "more positive", Musk has dubbed Jess Phillips a "rape genocide apologist".
www.thelondoneconomic.com
January 4, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Any woman who has ever received online abuse has some understanding of what Jess Philips is now exposed to, but it is on an entirely different level.
It is dangerous to her safety.
Yes, it is diplomatically “delicate”. But if you do nothing it is an admission of your own impotence.
A capitulation.
It is dangerous to her safety.
Yes, it is diplomatically “delicate”. But if you do nothing it is an admission of your own impotence.
A capitulation.
Everyone is so sick. I am recovering from 10-day bronchitis, my partner is now down. Everyone I know who’s got on a plane in the past fortnight is coughing. Is there a shadow pandemic happening? Or just regular seasonal stuff?
January 4, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Everyone is so sick. I am recovering from 10-day bronchitis, my partner is now down. Everyone I know who’s got on a plane in the past fortnight is coughing. Is there a shadow pandemic happening? Or just regular seasonal stuff?
I knew that by going to the UK in the week before Christmas I would get sick. I joked about it every time I had one drink too-many, stood outside a pub in whipping rain, and/or had someone cough in my face. But I had forgotten what it was like to be down this bad. Dubai has turned me soft.
December 28, 2024 at 11:51 AM
I knew that by going to the UK in the week before Christmas I would get sick. I joked about it every time I had one drink too-many, stood outside a pub in whipping rain, and/or had someone cough in my face. But I had forgotten what it was like to be down this bad. Dubai has turned me soft.
Tues: Christmas turkey
Tues: Christmas sandwiches
Weds: Leftover roast bowl
Weds: Turkey tacos
Thurs: ✨Rest day✨
Fri: Leftover potato Tortilla and turkey
And who knows what the weekend may deliver
Tues: Christmas sandwiches
Weds: Leftover roast bowl
Weds: Turkey tacos
Thurs: ✨Rest day✨
Fri: Leftover potato Tortilla and turkey
And who knows what the weekend may deliver
December 28, 2024 at 11:37 AM
Tues: Christmas turkey
Tues: Christmas sandwiches
Weds: Leftover roast bowl
Weds: Turkey tacos
Thurs: ✨Rest day✨
Fri: Leftover potato Tortilla and turkey
And who knows what the weekend may deliver
Tues: Christmas sandwiches
Weds: Leftover roast bowl
Weds: Turkey tacos
Thurs: ✨Rest day✨
Fri: Leftover potato Tortilla and turkey
And who knows what the weekend may deliver
Reposted by Rosanna Lockwood
In case you missed it, a Telegraph columnist is calling for the UK to join a federal superstate with a single currency and free movement of people.
December 27, 2024 at 7:47 AM
In case you missed it, a Telegraph columnist is calling for the UK to join a federal superstate with a single currency and free movement of people.
Daring to open X these days is like staring into the abyss
December 13, 2024 at 9:22 PM
Daring to open X these days is like staring into the abyss
America appoints its very own Margarita Simonyan (presides over Russia Today)
So #Trump has named a new Director of #Voice of America, Kari Lake. Read all about why it matters who runs #VOA, for the world and for US democracy.
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
December 12, 2024 at 5:43 AM
America appoints its very own Margarita Simonyan (presides over Russia Today)
Could the Meta problems today across WhatsApp/instagram be our first big Bluesky kumbaya moment
December 11, 2024 at 6:46 PM
Could the Meta problems today across WhatsApp/instagram be our first big Bluesky kumbaya moment
Absolutely. And those at the lower percentages, accuse those at the higher percentages of “virtue signalling”
This is sort of fascinating because if you were to turn on pretty much any talk radio station or pick up any tabloid, you'd be forgiven for thinking it was the inverse.
December 11, 2024 at 10:36 AM
Absolutely. And those at the lower percentages, accuse those at the higher percentages of “virtue signalling”
Reposted by Rosanna Lockwood
Half of all TV coverage of Muslims in the UK was broadcast by the far right channel GB News, new research shows. And it was all negative.
“The findings demonstrate an “excessive” focus on Muslims bordering on an “obsession”, according to a new report by the Centre for Media Monitoring.”
“The findings demonstrate an “excessive” focus on Muslims bordering on an “obsession”, according to a new report by the Centre for Media Monitoring.”
GB News broadcasts half of all UK stories about Muslims, analysis shows
Exclusive: CfMM report over two-year period says channel’s ‘negative’ focus on Islam borders on an ‘obsession’
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2024 at 10:17 PM
Half of all TV coverage of Muslims in the UK was broadcast by the far right channel GB News, new research shows. And it was all negative.
“The findings demonstrate an “excessive” focus on Muslims bordering on an “obsession”, according to a new report by the Centre for Media Monitoring.”
“The findings demonstrate an “excessive” focus on Muslims bordering on an “obsession”, according to a new report by the Centre for Media Monitoring.”
So horrified by the details of the Gisèle Pellicot case and yet they keep coming.
The 50 men accused in mass rape of Gisèle Pelicot www.bbc.com/news/article...
The 50 men accused in mass rape of Gisèle Pelicot www.bbc.com/news/article...
The 50 men accused in mass rape of Gisèle Pelicot
The men accused of raping Gisèle Pelicot have been dubbed Monsieur-Tout-Le-Monde as they broadly represent a microcosm of French society.
www.bbc.com
December 11, 2024 at 10:25 AM
So horrified by the details of the Gisèle Pellicot case and yet they keep coming.
The 50 men accused in mass rape of Gisèle Pelicot www.bbc.com/news/article...
The 50 men accused in mass rape of Gisèle Pelicot www.bbc.com/news/article...
Some mild relief
A timely reminder that fascism doesn't appeal to the majority of Brits
But the way so much of mainstream media cover subjects suggests it is in the top two concerns of the the everyday Brit
But the way so much of mainstream media cover subjects suggests it is in the top two concerns of the the everyday Brit
December 10, 2024 at 11:59 AM
Some mild relief
Reposted by Rosanna Lockwood
I've written a long profile of Douglas Murray for Prospect. Saving the west, one polemic at a time www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/philos...
Douglas Murray: Saving the west, one polemic at a time
Over many years, the writer has built a huge following as a darling of the global illiberal right. His intellectual journey is a reproachful mirror fo...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 4, 2024 at 9:31 AM
I've written a long profile of Douglas Murray for Prospect. Saving the west, one polemic at a time www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/philos...