Don’t want to beat the gender drum but if a nation of men were stripped of their basic human rights I’m pretty sure there’d be a louder chorus of disapproval. We can’t abandon Afghan women. No talking in the street: how the Taliban silenced women like me
Is photo proof
@gwrhelp
that I’ve just sat on the floor from Tiverton Parkway to Paddington DESPITE holding a first class ticket?I’ve just been told ( after queuing at your Padd tix office for 15 mins) that I need to write and request compensation! Could you make it any harder?
New lows for
@GWRHelp
A first class advance ticket buys you a seat on floor outside the toilet in a train where it’s standing room from front to rear… I’m getting back in my car!
Back to the question that urgently needs answering. What are these ‘legal routes’? I’ve asked a series of experts this week on
@TimesRadio
and not one was able to identify how asylum seekers can legitimately enter ‘fortress Britain’ I’m all ears
@SuellaBraverman
@RishiSunak
A brainwashed 15 year old, now mother of three dead babies abandoned in a hell camp rather than facing British justice that who we are?Judges have refused to save Shamima Begum. Labour should bring her back to the UK to face justice
Hilarious take down of one of the showiest multimillionaires ‘fleeing’ the nation in fear of paying the same tax as the rest of us!
#tax4good
@MarinaHyde
It’s another British multimillionaire’s solemn farewell tour – how ever will we cope?
Has anyone else got a creeping sense of optimism this morning? Can’t just be the
#England
#EURO2024
win bounce back can it? And the fact we have a government who for now look like grown-ups unified and in charge under
@Keir_Starmer
Am I alone in feeling the gloom lifting🤔
Last night I bought a round of drinks in a pub that cost £45. I nearly fainted! A cheese sarnie has gone up by 40% in last year. What's the price hike that made your eyes bulge? And why is cost of living so much higher here in UK than our European neighbours?
@TimesRadio
A brave girl from Afghanistan spray paints
#LetHerLearn
on a wall to spread a powerful message of resistance against the Taliban's oppressive ban on girls' education.
Just testing the mood music on news that
@BorisJohnson
honours list is set to be approved by
@RishiSunak
? Am I the only person worried that honours have become payback system for favours done rather than act of appreciation for services to country? Was it ever thus?
@TimesRadio
I really struggle to understand why holding water companies to account for the colossal damage they have done is such a challenge? Many protected landscapes owned by English water firms in disrepair, data shows
Still baffled by the 4 millions views of my interview clip but delighted to spawn this interesting piece. Why won't Graham Norton speak up for JK Rowling? | The Spectator
So women over 55 don’t exist… wonder how that will play out at the next election? “The survey is open to all women in England aged 16 to 55 years” Landmark survey seeks women’s views on reproductive health -
She was 15 years old! She was groomed by a terrorist organisation. She was a minor who was sex trafficked by an evil fanatical cult ISIS. She should face justice in the UK where she was born. And yes if you’ve lost children you are still a mother.
#ShamimaBegum
@mariellaf1
she declared her country dead and did not want to be part of it and swore her life to carry out ISIS wishes she made her bed she now needs to sleep on it
Mayday
@jeremycorbyn
there’s still time to save the nation if you show statesmanship.Sacrifice short term ambition to be caretaker PM. Let the people genuinely vote you in AFTERWARDS . Meanwhile
#hilarybenn
#kenclarke
#michealhestletine
could presided over cross party cabinet.
A man who says there isn’t enough beer in the world to make a woman palatable enough to rape surely shouldn’t be sitting down with former PM’s? Or are we down so deep in the quagmire that we think that’s acceptable?
@jessphillips
Just recorded my final
#OpenBook
for
@BBCRadio4
after 18 yrs at the helm and now I’ve stopped sobbing wanted to say what a pleasure and privilege its been and that’s entirely thanks to the brilliant team who’ve made it with me over the decades. You all know who you are.
Cry beloved country. Thinking tonight of all those whose lives are thrown into terrible turmoil by the latest twist of government policy.This pandemic must be brought to heel and then we need to look at how to upgrade our political class.We are better than this that’s for sure.
I’d love to get off my soapbox but when women’s basic health needs continue to be ignored and under investigated I’m left with no option but to call it out. A campaign beckons so I’d love to hear further thoughts on this?
@WellbeingofWmen
@mariacaulfield
@menomandate
Not only that but we’re more likely to die of it if diagnosed later in life. Maybe partly because we’re no longer given routine testing? This is a further women’s health outrage which suggests it’s got much more to do with ageism than scientific fact.
Can’t we even own our own postal service? A nation once envied for its infrastructure now selling England by the pound. Royal Mail owner agrees to £3.57bn takeover by Czech billionaire
I disagree… this is not about censorship but the expectation we rightfully should have of acceptable behaviour from members of parliament. Liz Truss is not some tacky ‘influencer’ she’s a former British PM who’s entirely lost sight of her moral obligation.
@jessphillips
@mariellaf1
Why do we want her, why should we fund her legal costs, why should we fund her incarceration, why should we fund her new identity, housing and continued surveillance when she’s eventually released? Why?
Is
@BorisJohnson
a Russian bot purposed with discrediting our political system?What are your thoughts on the hundred strong honours list from the ex PM? Resignation Dishonours
Proud to have led this ‘wild rumpus’ and hopeful that
@mariacaulfield
is listening. Lend your voices to end deeply embedded discrimination.
@menomandate
Fury as women over age of 55 excluded from reproductive health survey via
@MailOnline
Is there nothing the government won’t stoop to in order to placate their
#brexiteers
, even denying women basic human rights? Is THIS what the people voted for? Abortion reform ‘blocked to protect DUP deal’ | News | The Sunday Times
If GP’s aren’t qualified to decide if you’re unwell, are anti benefit fraud teams a good substitute? Sounds pretty draconian to me. Rishi Sunak to strip GPs of right to sign people off sick
I have been shocked by reception to
#TheTruthAboutMenopause
on
@BBCOne
. I knew it deserved exploring but was unaware that for many thousands of women it would be an opportunity to talk about their symptoms and suffering for the first time. We must keep the conversation going!
Today we have a chance to change history. Let’s give it our best shot . See you in Parliament Square or along the way.
#PutItToThePeopleMarch
#PeoplesVote
I do actually agree with this. Vociferous debate all very well but ‘cancelling’ peoples livelihoods for what they think seems to me an affront to our very necessary right to freedom of speech and wholly uncivilised behaviour.
@Mw79812681Mw
@TimesRadio
@mariellaf1
Tired old trope that cancel culture doesn't exist because people say it in the papers. Loads of artists have lost work because of social media censure. Cancel culture doesn't mean cease to exist, it means cease to get work.
Isn’t calling a judge a “devil” and a trial a “sham” contempt of court?This is a scary moment in American history threatening the principles on which US was founded. An unstable US right now is not what the world needs! Putin must be rubbing his hands with glee.
#DonaldTrump
This is inaccurate and missing the point… women in their 50’s 60’s + continue to suffer the impact of post reproductive issues and hormonal deprivation whether it’s vaginal atrophy, incontinence breast cancer, insomnia, anxiety, dismissing their experience is discriminatory!
@Ellie_spaniel
@mariellaf1
The average age to experience menopause is 51. So most women in the UK will experience menopause before the age of 55. After 55 most women will be postmenopausal and their opinion on menopause treatment isn't relevant either.
Exactly 200 years after William Wilberforce founded the Anti-Slavery Society, here’s Suella Braverman at a facility to which she hopes to deport trafficked victims of modern slavery.
I’m so very grateful to all the readers like you who’ve been so loyal and also trusted me with their deepest difficult dilemmas over two decades. The Observer feel it’s time, after twenty years, for a “professional”to take over in “difficult” times . So sadly that’s all folks!
@EvaWiseman
@mariellaf1
I am going to miss Mariella's column so much - so insightful, useful, and comforting despite the often sad/distressing situations - perhaps because the column is a weekly reminder that there is a familiar stranger out there who always 'listens' attentively and replies so honestly
This is so wrong, discriminatory and ill judged. Our health has been sidelined for centuries and now we’re meant to be grateful that up to 55 we are of medical interest? Landmark survey seeks women’s views on reproductive health -
It may not have been the most edifying of election campaigns but on this bright sunny day heralding change I’m sparing a thought for those across the globe who don’t enjoy the democratic rights we take for granted. So don’t squander yours!
According to a new survey 43% of women have considered leaving their jobs because of exorbitant cost of childcare Now
@KwasiKwarteng
seems to want them to work longer hours for wages that don’t cover costs of kids care!I’ll discuss with
@PregnantScrewed
@TimesRadio
Your thoughts?
Honoured and excited to be taking on the role of
#MenopauseEmploymentAmbassador
for UK Government. Grateful to Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Liz Kendall for placing trust in me and
@CarolynHarris
for her incredible support.
I have minimal interest in the
#eurovision2024
but the people’s vote that gave ZERO points to the UK seems a worrying sign of our status beyond our borders and amidst the tawdry tunes, glitz and sequins a very worrying state of affairs…
Thanks to everyone who helped make my show such a success, my hardworking brilliant young (mainly!) team and of course my listeners, especially for your inspired contributions to our call outs and your thoughts on issues of the day.Change is always scary but imperative!
Mariella Frostrup has announced she’s stepping down as a presenter at Times Radio to focus on wider work commitments and her campaigning for women in the workplace.
We are grateful for her role over the past four years and wish her all the very best for her future projects.
We will change the name of our website but I am sad for you that you would be so territorial about an issue that impacts all womens lives. No one ‘owns’ the words menopause or manifesto. Or their combined use. We should be united, not fighting!
#menopause
#manifesto
#midlife
@mariellaf1
Nope, it is unacceptable that you have used the name of my book. Many people involved with your organization know it is the name of my book. Change your name.
Affordable childcare would be a great way of getting a lot of people (women) back to work rather than bureaucrats policing doctors certs. How’s that looking? That and shared parental leave could revolutionise workplaces and society. Anyone game for trying it?
@wiwsummit
At 58 years old I’ve never walked a street at night without fear and without checking male passers by for potential threat. It’s something men only experience when they are in certain locations.For women there is no safe space. That’s what has to change
#makeourstreetssafe
Sad farewells this month to two fabulous female broadcasters
@KirstyWark
and
@Marthakearney
who have left their
#BBC
jobs.Hoping they’ll be replaced by equally senior women- otherwise it’s starting to look like our national broadcaster is no place for old(er) women?
@wiwsummit
Thought for the day from my disparaging 17-year-old daughter on looking at my outfit “When you are old sometimes vintage isn’t the way to go, as you yourself are vintage!!” 😂
Not a single Conservative voted against the
#RwandaBill
tonight. Anyone wishing they’d invested all that speechifying and energy on positive policies to improve our lives instead of self-harm
@TimesRadio
Couldn’t agree more. Let’s consider the reverse - an outstanding male Prime Minister resigns to the headline “Can Men Have it All”? Unthinkable right?
@TimesRadio
Well it’s a voluntary role and menopause may be a normal biological phase but it’s been gaslit for centuries and it’s costing the UK 1.5 billion a year in lost revenue. Does that answer your question?
#MenopauseWorkplaceAmbassador
@menomandate
@wiwsummit
@leicesterliz
@mariellaf1
FFS - it’s a NORMAL female XX only, human bodily process.
How much more taxpayers money is this government going to flush down the toilet?
This is one of the most egregious, inaccurate unpleasant women bashing articles I’ve had the misfortune to read.Mail should be ashamed. Women must have HRT or they will kill themselves, campaigners claim... but where's the evidence? | Daily Mail Online
More rational physicists please
@ProfBrianCox
on
#Brexit
"you can convince people to vote to abolish gravity but they will be very annoyed when they hit the ground."
I’d just like to point out that
@GWRHelpxc
have neither followed up OR compensated me contrary to their statement! First-class train ticket buys Mariella Frostrup a spot on floor
When was the last time you used cash?Micheal Gove says drivers must be able to pay for parking in cash, warning against older people becoming “digitally excluded”. He’s reminded councils in England to remind them that cash is legal tender. Do you agree
@TimesRadio
And this, one of
@DeborahJaneOrr
recent tweets “I’m ordering spring bulbs. So there. Even if I don’t see them bloom, I’ll have made some next spring in 2020.” RIP.
Ok sod it, let’s go back to
#Salem
Why is women’s health NEVER the priority? Maybe come up with an alternative before you withdraw the pain relief? Gas and air ban in hospitals leaves mums-to-be in agony
Blood boiling at man on
#today
@BBCRadio4
who seems entirely oblivious to the fact that most men couldn’t work the long hours he’s extolling if women weren’t doing domestic support and childcare!
Aide memoire for those still 🤷♂️ though seems pretty clear. “The Equal Pay Act 1970 is an Act of the United Kingdom Parliament which prohibits any less favourable treatment between men and women in terms of pay and conditions of employment”.
Isn’t forgiveness and justice supposedly at the heart of our society or is that just spin? Ms Begum told the BBC: "I was hoping Britain would understand I made a mistake, a very big mistake, because I was young and naive."
Good news that women are being offered HRT in increasing numbers but clearly more deprived communities are not receiving equal care. Menopause affects 100% of women and support should be dependent on needs not visibility. We need to level up!
So that’s where the fake news comes from. It doesn’t say I made him look cowardly…so please let’s stick to facts. And maybe read the article in future…not just the tweet.
This is powerfully put and surely unarguable? Let’s do something we can be proud of during this pandemic. Making sure kids have enough to eat seems a good place to start.
@MarcusRashford
#FreeSchoolMeals
@TrussellTrust
Today a primary school headteacher in my constituency shared the letter she’d sent to her MP about Free School Meals. It’s really powerful so I’m sharing an anonymised version with her permission. Heartbreaking and inspiring. Keep going
@MarcusRashford
, this matters.
My
@BBCRadio4
swansong today at 4pm
#R4openbook
Aside from waft of melancholy as I say goodbye to my much loved job it’s a pretty good show! Thanks to the authors publishers and contributors who’ve made it such a pleasure and especially OB team members over past 18 years!
So much to hate. So little time. But a special mention to the new thing of two identical bottles of stuff by basins with only the tiniest writing telling you which is the sodding soap.
Gov want to survey women’s health through our reproduction lifespan and the impact doesn’t end when we stop popping babies. Neither does our knowledge decline once our ovaries go into retirement-it is fundamentally wrong and counter intuitive to age cap women’s health experience
@mariellaf1
Only a thought, but maybe they are wanting to survey those women in the reproductive years and since menopause generally means lack of reproduction they capped the age.
A good news day and proof that when women stick together and don’t take no for an answer the world moves with us! A special shout out too for the human dynamo that is
@carolynharris24
without whom this would never have happened.
The Prescription Prepayment Certificate will cost £18.70 and last for a year.
We are still waiting on details as to specifics and exactly how it will work. But this is a HUGE triumph and the result of years of fighting.
A big thank you! YOU made this happen. 💪💗👏
The curse of the menopausal woman struck I was chatting to my friends Stig and Aasmah on
@TimesRadio
breakfast, and the word Belarus slipped my mind. Am I alone in losing words as often as my keys? What have you forgotten, lift my load by sharing memory mishaps?
Am I the only person at a loss to understand what “full responsibility” means these days? Once upon a time it used to be followed by action of some sort but it seems
@BorisJohnson
regards it as a full stop.
@TimesRadio
My cab driver just told me she was put on antidepressants for a year before her GP finally diagnosed menopause. I am so sick of such stories. Women deserve better
#menopausematters
#truthaboutthemenopause
The final nail in the coffin for the honours list highlighting that it’s got nothing to do with honour at all?! Liz Truss requests peerages for some of her closest Tory supporters
Proud to have been there. Proud to be British. Among the crowd so many disillusioned voters who know it’s no crime to change your mind when you’ve been lied to. One million join march against Brexit as Tories plan to oust May | Politics | The Guardian
No wonder we can’t sleep! And this over FOUR DECADES after Equal Pay was enshrined in law. I’m tired of waiting, what about you? Gender pay gap at its widest for women in their 50s, study reveals
And this! Unbelievable that we stop smear tests at 64 when over a 1000 women over 60 die a year from cervical cancer. Is it ignorance
#ageism
or simply no one’s bothered to ask?
#WomenMatter
@loosewomen
@mariellaf1
Interesting to hear you say that they stop screening after 64.Age 65 is the age NHS classes people as geriatric. Which is a bit ridiculous considering retirement age will soon be higher than 65.
Not sure
@RishiSunak
is going to survive this campaign. He looks utterly broken and is not making any sense. Actually quite painful to watch
#BattleForNo10
From gay cowboy to Marvel's Doctor Strange, my big interview today at 2pm is the super busy Benedict Cumberbatch. Will this be the year he bags an Oscar for
#ThePoweroftheDog
#janecampion
?
Listen on
Dear Em , your fan, but for many women it’s not that simple , whether it’s bone density, painful sex, insomnia , anxiety, links between menopause and dementia. Surely we welcome a medical advance that improves the quality of women’s lives should they choose it?
#Menopause