Lexie H

Too often we judge other groups by their worst examples whilst judging ourselves by our best intentions - George W. Bush

No one serious from Trump’s team has visited Kyiv, one of the most important cities in global politics right now. But they’re heading to Hungary, a tiny country of 9 million people, to prop up Russian puppet Orbán. Tells you everything.

"That's exactly why 6 out of 7 British Adult Gender Clinics have blocked the follow-up data of the 9,000 Tavistock children. They didn't want it to come out what Finland is now showing: The "life-saving" treatment does not help the psyche, but often harms it."

@JeremyVineOn5 Bad education isn't inclusive.

Does good grammar still matter? A top university in London say they want to overlook grammatical errors in order to be more inclusive. Kings College reportedly told staff to focus on 'ideas not grammar'. What are your thoughts on that?

@jrkdenison @whatsinitforme @stellacreasy You don't know why someone doesn't work. They may be a carer, or disabled themselves. And Access to Work has been cut to the bone. Your judgemental view is exactly why disabled people are under employed. How about you focus on employers who don't pay enough?

Here's @stellacreasy admitting that 41% of those affected by the two-child benefit cap do not work at all, while failing (despite being a psychologist) to understand that incentivising people to be poor will only perpetuate poverty.

@SuffolkMatthew @BurnsideWasTosh Doesn't upset me, just underlines how we should restrict eligibility to people who understand how civil society works and have basic intelligence. Sorry if that upsets you. Have a grand day.

@LexieLovesBooks @BurnsideWasTosh Too many people are taking too much from too few taxpayers, vast numbers of them without having contributed. My belief that we must restrict eligibility - obviously starting with migrants and the physically capable - is a simple fact. I’m sorry if it upsets you.

All the people boring on about the State Pension you've paid into your whole life. Someone who has done nothing, paid no NI contributions will end up with pretty much the same through pension credit. The whole system is rigged against paying your way.

@JeremyVineOn5 The eligibility is for considerable psychological distress or risk of serious harm rather than for "anxiety". But you don't care for accuracy, just for baiting people to cause more division. Well done.

Is it too easy to get a blue badge? One in 20 people now own one and it lets people with disabilities park closer to shops. You can get one for everything from mobility issues to anxiety. But the AA reckons a fifth of them are being misused. What do you think?

@elliebatch @Telegraph @dr_musgrave Sadness is significantly different to depression. Understanding that is helpful. Being energetic is again massively different to having ADHD. And we don't medicate everything first. There are other strategies used/offered for many things. You sound like a tik tok talking shop.

@LexieLovesBooks @Telegraph @dr_musgrave I don’t agree, I don’t think stigma is much of an issue. Sharp increases in diagnoses and medication in recent years - 10% increase in the last year in the uk. Do we have to pathologise every single human condition/emotion?

🗣️ "Perverse incentives are currently labelling a generation of children as neuro-diverse, while locking many into a dependence on state benefits," writes @dr_musgrave. 🔗: telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/04/0…

@SuffolkMatthew @BurnsideWasTosh No, I'm pointing out the lack of critical thinking behind your words. Just do better.

@LexieLovesBooks @BurnsideWasTosh With eligibility my primary concern is migrants. You seem rather overwrought.

@nongnangning1 @SuffolkMatthew @BurnsideWasTosh Nope. Because raising a child is a full time job and most parents return to work once the child is at school.

@LexieLovesBooks @SuffolkMatthew @BurnsideWasTosh So you don't care about the single mums who couldn't work because they were popping out kids every couple of years?

@SuffolkMatthew @BurnsideWasTosh So you want poor people to get poorer? So disabled pensioners who couldn't perhaps work punished for that even more to satisfy your need for someone to pay for political mismanagement? And you think you're the good guy?!

@BurnsideWasTosh I do feel the case for retention of the triple lock would be better argued by that contingent if they also sought restricted eligibility - IE the actual contributory principle. What we are likely to end up with is no one getting a state pension apart from lifetime benefit monkeys

I have long ago reached the lucky position where nobody who pays me can tell me what to do or say. They know not even to try. I don’t need anybody’s money. I’ve worked long and hard all my life for my own financial independence. I have never inherited a penny (but I did benefit from wonderful parents who wanted me to have the education they never had). And it makes me my own man. I have no interest in what Rupert Murdoch or anybody else thinks of my writing or broadcasting.

@elliebatch @Telegraph @dr_musgrave A dx is only burdensome because of the stigma that exists in society. Understanding the why of something, even if it is mild or temporary can be and usually is part of the solution. And if something is mild, they don't usually straight up offer medication especially to children.

@LexieLovesBooks @Telegraph @dr_musgrave I agree that a dx can help some children when symptoms are extreme but for many with mild symptoms a dx is burdensome - a lifelong label that defines them. The impacts of medicating a developing brain are largely unknown.

@models_by_Russ Yorkshire Puddings go with every roast.

Happy Easter Sunday, you lovely lot 🐣🌅 Sun’s up, kettle’s on, and somewhere in Yorkshire a tray is already heating up ready for the most important decision of the day… Right—serious question: Are Yorkshire puddings acceptable on Easter Sunday… or is that strictly reserved for a “proper” Sunday roast? Because let’s break this down— Easter usually means lamb. Lamb is a roast. And if it’s a roast… where exactly have the Yorkshires gone? Are we saying there’s a seasonal exemption? Do Yorkshire puddings clock off for Easter weekend like the rest of us? Or are we just letting standards slip in the name of chocolate eggs and chaos? I’m not having it personally. If there’s gravy on the plate, a Yorkshire pudding should be there doing its job like a professional. So before the family turns up, the arguments start, and someone inevitably burns something… Settle it: Yorkshire puddings on Easter Sunday—yes or no? (And if you say no… I’m questioning your entire upbringing.) Have a cracking one 🐰♥️ Will your puddings rise today

@Miss_Snuffy You don't tell a child they can't cope with life demands because of their disability. You make sure they have everything they need to thrive exactly like you would for any other child. That you don't seem to understand that, is disappointing and irritating in equal measure.

“…the current epidemic of childhood disability is not a medical problem. It is a cultural failure. Telling children that they are disabled, and unable to cope with the demands of life, is setting them up for a life of dependency and unfulfilled potential” spiked-online.com/2026/04/03/why…

@elliebatch @Telegraph @dr_musgrave Not every case is going to need medication. And a dx helps a child or person understand the world that they're in, work their way through. It can be part of the solution. If people were more supportive and understanding.

@LexieLovesBooks @Telegraph @dr_musgrave No I’m very clear where the distress is coming from just not sure the solution is to pathologise the distress and medicate it.

@SandyofSuffolk @SteveSayersOne Actually, a decent govt could afford decent pensions, proper disability benefits and a safety net for people who need financial support when unable to work. And they would continue to help asylum seekers while having strong border controls. Your version is spiteful & divisive.

Isn't it funny how so many people resent pensioners getting £954 every 4 weeks, but they're happy to fund millions of working age people sitting on their bums all day watching TV because they claim to be anxious, or illegal immigrants living it up in warm hotels eating three meals a day. Strange old world.

@elliebatch @Telegraph @dr_musgrave Camhs has been under funded for years, ed psych the same. Young children recent went through the pandemic where their schooling and development was significantly altered with no plans for support. And you're not sure where the distress is coming from?!

@LexieLovesBooks @Telegraph @dr_musgrave Maybe not every energetic child, I should have said why so many. Why is the prevalence of diagnosis SO high and is it helping them? As a mum of 3 who works in urgent treatment I’ve never seen a generation so psychologically distressed with waiting lists for camhs into years

@sarahstuartxx So people who think they're making healthy choices, can find the choices easier. Or people like me who have been forced to go vegan can find the wider range of foods. Marketing works too well sometimes!

Why are we now calling vegetarian food, 'plant-based'? Fucks me off no end.

@mrmurph5 @DrHoenderkamp Throw money at them? Are you kidding? And if they're working, maybe they saved like everyone else.

@LexieLovesBooks @DrHoenderkamp The disabled people i work with, all of them have thousands in the bank. We literally throw money at them

Why do people hate the elderly so much? So tired of listening to the left and some on the right, demonising pensioners for daring to draw a pension, mainly after 40-50 years of hard graft and tax paying. The same people don't want to discuss or demonise in the same way the 1 million 18-24 year olds not working/paying tax and only taking from the state. Or the ballooning benefits bill for those who decide that their ailment means that they can just take from the state regardless of contribution. Benefits should be an acute lifeline or safety net for the very small percentage of us who cannot work or need help to get back to work; not a lifetime activity for those who could but don't work. Leave the elderly alone; £12,500 a year is hardly a bounty and they earned it.