Rosemary Hughes

Crossword puzzle obsessive and grammar geek.

[Philip O'Connor @PhilipOConnor5]

If you, like me, feel that we are fortunate to have @Keir_Starmer as our Prime Minister please repost. I am not even a member of the Labour Party.

[Rosemary Hughes @crosspuzzler]

@Duffycaramole @LiztheFizzyWhiz Do wish they lasted longer when picked. I carried them as a bridesmaid when I was 9. Have never stopped loving their scent.

[Rosemary Hughes @crosspuzzler]

@Bbmorg Assuming you can spread it. One of the good things about summer is spreadable butter. Actually, there are several good things about warm weather, but this is one of the best.

[Rosemary Hughes @crosspuzzler]

@MrBonMot 19 teaspoons? I’m lucky if I can find six!

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

Should Nigel Farage be arrested for inciting riots?

Like - Yes
RT - Instantly

[Harry Eccles @Heccles94]

Mate, this is embarrassing.

You are literally not the shadow Home Secretary.

You’re not even an elected politician.

[G. F. Allen @AuthorGFAllen]

Make books great again!

[Rosemary Hughes @crosspuzzler]

@BlokeOnWheels Fabulous!

[Woke Lefty 🫣 @SalfordMe2023]

In response to @Helen_Whately

The continued demonization of the most vulnerable members of our society for political point scoring has to stop.

On Sky News this morning you bumbled your way through an interview in which you described anxiety as a 'low level mental health condition' and said people suffering from it shouldn't qualify for PIP.

I don't receive PIP, but I know a thing or two about anxiety, and there's nothing 'low level' about people who get PIP because of it.

Mild anxiety isn't a qualifying condition for PIP.

As a former senior RASSO detective I've seen rape survivors become so crippled with anxiety they can't leave their homes. Men and women whose entire lives were stolen from them because someone decided to violate their very essence.

I buried my brother when he took his life because he couldn't cope with the anxiety that haunted his every waking hour.

You were asked to clarify if all sufferers from anxiety would be denied PIP. After twice being told it's okay to say you didn't know, if you didn't, you said yes, anxiety 'on it's own' wouldn't be a qualifying condition.

You further claimed that anxiety sufferers don't incur 'additional expenses' so therefore their condition doesn't meet the original purpose of PIP.

You clearly don't understand the disease, and it IS a disease, if you believe that.

Ironically, comments like those you so glibly threw out at the public this morning will serve only to worsen the condition of those sufferers who will, despite knowing there's no prospect of you ever being anything other than Shadow Secretary, now become ever more affected.

MPs earn an obscene £98,599 a year. On top of that you receive staffing costs, office costs, travel costs and accommodation costs.

The very least the public is entitled to expect from any 'duly elected' Member of Parliament is they understand they have a duty of care that, as a minimum, requires them to understand the subjects they're making policy decisions about.

There are far too many politicians currently running with the narrative that people with a disability, whether it's physical or psychological, are a drain on our finances.

Nobody chooses to be disabled, stop punching down on those who sadly are.

[Rosemary Hughes @crosspuzzler]

@MikeBales That’s if you can even remember.

[Rosemary Hughes @crosspuzzler]

@ronmanagernottm I have Book 2 too and a treble recorder. Yep, you have to feel sorry for the teachers.

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

HOLY CRAP Trump actually accomplished a miracle. Here is what he got out of Iran:

- Reduce its stockpile of enriched uranium by about 98%

- Limit uranium enrichment to 3.67% purity (far below weapons-grade)

- Cut the number of installed centrifuges by roughly two-thirds

- Only enrich uranium at one declared site (Natanz)

- Stop enrichment activities at Fordow and convert it into a research facility

- Redesign the Arak heavy-water reactor so it could not easily produce weapons-grade plutonium

- Ship out or dilute excess enriched uranium
Allow extensive inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Permit continuous monitoring of nuclear facilities and supply chains

- Accept “snap” inspections under expanded monitoring rules

- Avoid building new heavy-water reactors for years

- Stay within strict limits on uranium stockpile size and centrifuge development for set periods ranging from 10–25 years

Ooops, sorry!

That was the JCPOA that Obama signed with Iran, only to have him tear it up, kill 140 kids, get hundreds of Americans injured, 13 killed, and gas prices to surge 50%.

[Rosemary Hughes @crosspuzzler]

@miffythegamer @joecousins89 As it was unusually cold only a week ago. It’s climate change, innit? And we are not prepared.

[John Collins @Logically_JC]

The cleanup on aisle 47 is going to take forever.

[Rosemary Hughes @crosspuzzler]

@pambizbuster @willminting @BBCNews @Ofcom I recommend using a remote control to mute him. One of the best household devices I have.

[Rosemary Hughes @crosspuzzler]

@implausibleblog As usual, Victoria didn’t take any nonsense from Jake Berry, though she did display some exasperation with his attempt to avoid answering the questions. Go Vic!

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

🔥🇺🇸MAJOR BREAKING: Yesterday, President Trump said he called off a US attack on Iran.

He said the leaders of Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE asked him to hold off.

Today, the Wall Street Journal reported that officials from all three of those countries say they had no idea any attack was being planned.

[Rosemary Hughes @crosspuzzler]

@nw_nicholas Seems Farage would need a bigger/more meaningful punishment. Otherwise, what’s the point?