Emma Westcott

🚨 WATCH: Jess Phillips reads the names of the 107 women allegedly killed by men over the past year

Thinking about the time that I said that I was distantly related to Marie Curie and a guy explained “It’s pronounced Mariah Carey”

🚨Today we're publishing a new report on medical misogyny. 🗣️58% of women believe the NHS is institutionally misogynistic, and analysis of nearly 100,000 Mumsnet posts shows repeated experiences of dismissal, disbelief and delayed care. 🔗Read it here: bit.ly/MNmedmisog

The backlash is real!!😱😱😱😱😱. Gen Z males twice as likely as baby boomers to believe wives should obey husbands | Gender | The Guardian theguardian.com/world/2026/mar…

Don’t ever believe @bookingcom messages saying ‘an agent will get back to you as soon as possible’. I’ve set out the hapless, hopeless service I’ve had and filled in a customer satisfaction survey - ha! - and nothing has elicited a sensible response.

@wmarybeard @cn150 In the East End of London there is at least one church that became a synagogue and then a mosque.

On the question of whether churches should be allowed to become mosques, let's remember that the Parthenon was originally a "pagan" temple, then was converted into a Christian church, then became a mosque. This kind of conversion is not historically unusual.

@AshleyDalton_MP All good wishes to you Ashley and thank you for your service in the health team.

I’ve written for the Times today to share my experience of being a government minister living with cancer and explain why I’m giving up my ministerial responsibilities to focus on being MP for West Lancashire. thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…

A diverting time to be had in the replies

“Will you see it go viral on socials? No. Will it get sponsored by a supplement company? No. Will it increase your healthy life expectancy and make you feel happier? Public health evidence suggests yes.” theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Are you a capable and creative research leader who understands nursing? Want to help do work to support nursing practice, policy & research, and allow nursing to flourish? Then come work with us at the RCN😀 Happy to disucss the role and the Institute. itrent.rcn.org.uk/ce1090li_webre…

The loss of a man who played a such a significant role in the history of civil rights. Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader, dies aged 84 | Jesse Jackson | The Guardian theguardian.com/us-news/2026/f…

@benwesson @DrAyshaRaza I am very sorry for your loss, and Ealing’s loss, Ben. She looks like a vibrant and fun friend and comrade.

Ealing has lost a shining light in my dear friend Cllr @DrAyshaRaza. She was my chosen family - compassionate & fiercely loyal. From garden centre trips to pizza nights, she made ordinary moments extraordinary. I’ll carry her spirit with me always. I’ll miss her beyond words 💔

Beautiful. Welldone Manchester.

Over half of professionals satisfied in their work, new #NMC data show - #FitnesstoPractise News by Kings View Chambers NMC reveals that over half of respondents are satisfied in their work – motivated by making a difference to people’s lives. fitnesstopractisenews.co.uk/over-half-of-p… #nurses

This week is National Apprenticeship Week. More than 27,000 people started an NHS apprenticeship in 2024/25, the highest number since data collection began in 2016/17. Earn, learn and make a difference with an NHS apprenticeship. Find out more. healthcareers.nhs.uk/career-plannin…

⁦@HSJnews⁩ reporting fall in NHS headcount. MH workforce growth [circa 9k pa 2019 2025,plateauing in ‘25. ?26/27. Demand up, pts up, MHSTs, TTs, perinatal, 24/7 all age crisis/111, community MH growth, CYP WF from 9.5k-+21k. Much more to do. Digital=YES. WF ESSENTIAL!

BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors

Despite all of the hot takes on this topic, there is still much to be said about Epstein and his acolytes, and what this rank episode reveals about the inextricability of misogyny and power. But in time, and at a preference, by some really smart women.

In the 6 pieces - by women and men - there is no focus on misogyny and brutality towards women and girls. Tina Brown comes closest, in a piece like Andrew Marr’s in the now standard vein of: why I always knew he was a wrong ‘un. Hers about Epstein, his about Mandelson.

The New Statesman editorial this week starts ‘Before I get into the meat of things - Mandelson, Epstein, Andrew and all that’. They are not the ‘meat’ of this thing; the misogynistic exploitation of women and girls is the thing. Male commentators can’t keep it in focus.