Gareth Roberts
@garethroberts3.bsky.social
Welsh/Cymro, Barrister, occasional contributor to Byline Times; author of Whatever Happened To Billy Parks? (Winner of the Jerwood Prize 2014) + Confessions of a Barrister, also enthusiastic rugby fan and collector of vinyl records - what’s not to like!
What a role model. Whilst we will will stand alone to promote peace, noticeable those spreading hate are cowards and always need support.
Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺@maxbrockbank.com · 2d agoStanding up to the balaclava nonces. Inspiring.
This decision is really encouraging - i can safely say as a criminal barrister that removing the right to be tried by jury would have done nothing for justice or the speed it travels whilst creating an army of unhappy judges and bucket load of appeals. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Courts backlog will fall despite scrapping plans to curb jury trials, Alex Norris insists
Speaking to the BBC, the justice secretary vows to reduce delays in the system after scrapping plans from the previous government.
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This is so true - the rape of a woman at Cornell, indeed the rape of women anywhere should shame every man and bring about a desire to change. It starts with the way we bring up our sons and continues with the way we talk to our mates. 'it's just banter' is no excuse it facilitates sexual violence.
Kaitlin Kal Lee@kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 5d ago👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾
Here’s the test for me: if you get a group of politicians together are they a. Trying to address the difficult problems of the day; Or b. Trying to think of ways to make people feel scared, vulnerable and angry. One I can live with the other can get to fuck.
Hey Suella: Betty Campbell - Welsh Colin Jackson - Welsh Shirley Bassey - Welsh Taulupe Faletau - Welsh It’s not about DNA or skin colour or whether they ‘share certain values’ - they’re Welsh because that’s how they feel and identify and I am proud to say that they are my compatriots. Easy really.
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Sweet Jesus, I just spent less than a minute in the cesspool formerly known as Twitter and now I'm going to have bathe myself in Dettol.
This two tier policing is disgraceful. It's as if there is one approach for people who helpfully film themselves committing crimes and another approach when there is insufficient evidence.
The rise in small boat crossings was entirely due to Brexit, promoted by Nigel Farage, and the deal done by Boris Johnson Their attempts to shift blame to anyone else is utterly despicable hypocrisy
Let's put Nige right: Iran is only a potential threat to the Uk, because his hero, Trump invaded them; those arrested were UK nationals as such did not come across the channel in a boat; and, the act of using Brits as proxies has been a tactic used by his other hero Putin. x.com/Nigel_Farage...
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Actress Susan Sarandon being arrested earlier today for protesting Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech at the United Nations. One is speaking out against genocide, one is committing it. One was arrested, one was not.
Possibly the least self-aware politician of her generation. Does she not realise that she was in the Conservative Party for the entire of the period that she says was a failure? x.com/SuellaBraver...
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I’ve written a book. It’s called Patriot: Empire, Betrayal and Hope’. It’s a memoir about the British Empire, my parents’ migration to the UK and growing up in Thatcher’s Britain. And of course, it...
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Mark Carney has learnt the lesson that neither Canada nor the UK can rely on the US. The EU is Britain's closest partner. EU membership is a no-brainer.
The Guardian view on EU-Canada relations: strategic ambition with lessons for Britain | Editorial
Editorial: Mark Carney’s response to the challenges posed by an unreliable US president contains a clarity of vision tha
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Nailed it.
Sarah Murphy@13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 3w agoHarborne: “My £36M is a philanthropic gift to the nation” Delo: “My £36M creates a level playing field for Reform” Farage: “I’ll slash CGT to save you £100M/yr” Reform: bought by millionaires to enrich millionaires. Reform voters… They. Are. Laughing. At. You. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
I'm in awe of anti-multicultural Brits able to survive with daily lives so full of contradiction & self-loathing ... meme via Truth Against Hate
"I want my country back ..." ... back from the Reform UK domestic abusers pretending to care about protecting women & girls, back from the attackers of RNLI volunteers, back from the abusers of non-white NHS heroes, back from MPs paid to make the super-rich even richer meme via We Demand UK
The RNLI has said the abuse of volunteers in Portsmouth has forced it to close the lifeboat station there and stop operating since September 10. Nearby stations have been providing cover to the area instead. One of the UK's largest coastal cities without a lifeboat because of the far-right.
I wonder how the people of Piddington will react when this dollop of fighting men many with criminal convictions often against women turn up to defend them?
"Reform won Durham promising to show Britain how it would govern. Now another three councillors have walked away, with one making an extraordinary allegation about what happened after she raised a serious safeguarding concern. " thedailybritain.co.uk/reform-durha... via The Daily Britain
I'm sorry - but the people of Piddington can fuck off. Well, actually, I'm not that sorry.
So here's Nigel Farage with two of his closest allies. In exhibit 1 he's with a man convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for money laundering; in exhibit 2 he's with a man convicted of treason and sentenced to 10 years for taking bribes from the Russians. We can't forget this. This is Reform UK
So here's Nigel Farage with two of his closest allies. In exhibit 1 he's with a man convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for money laundering; in exhibit 2 he's with a man convicted of treason and sentenced to 10 years for taking bribes from the Russians. We can't forget this. This is Reform UK
“Last week YouGov polling found nearly three quarters of voters (73%) believe Farage is at least fairly sleazy. And 71% believe Reform UK is similarly disreputable, up 20 points in two years” This is only going in one direction. £72Mill won’t make us like you. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Nigel Farage is more unpopular than ever among voters, stinging polling shows
Polling by YouGov found that nearly seven in 10 Brits have a negative view of Nigel Farage - the highest level on record - as he and his party battle allegations of sleaze
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There's something really lovely and uplifting about this photo.
George Takei@georgetakei.bsky.social · 3w agoBrad and I are celebrating our 18th wedding anniversary today, September 14, 2026, in New York City. Brad and I were married on Sept 14, 2008, at the Democracy Forum of the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles.
