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Gareth Roberts

@garethroberts3.bsky.social
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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!

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Gareth Roberts @garethroberts3.bsky.social · 22h
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...
bbc.co.uk
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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Gareth Roberts @garethroberts3.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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.
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Gareth Roberts @garethroberts3.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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.
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Gareth Roberts @garethroberts3.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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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The Anfield Wrap @theanfieldwrap.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🗣️ 1985-86 Run-In: Last Action Heroes - Part One | The Origin A brand new show hosted by Dan Morgan. This time, Dan hosts Neil Atkinson as they look at the European ban, Thatcher, the blackout and everything else... 1️⃣ Download our App 2️⃣ Get FREE Tokens 3️⃣ Listen 📲 get-taw.app
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Gareth Roberts @garethroberts3.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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
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Gareth Roberts @garethroberts3.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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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Wear The Peace @wearthepeace.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 24/09/2026
This belongs in the Smithsonian.
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Gareth Roberts @garethroberts3.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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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Suella Braverman (@SuellaBraverman) on X
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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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 20/09/2026
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.
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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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Gareth Roberts @garethroberts3.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Nailed it.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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
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Gareth Roberts @garethroberts3.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Saw this, it speaks for me.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"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
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Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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.
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Gareth Roberts @garethroberts3.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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?
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"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
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Gareth Roberts @garethroberts3.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I'm sorry - but the people of Piddington can fuck off. Well, actually, I'm not that sorry.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Dan Thomas? Didn't know him, never even met him.
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Gareth Roberts @garethroberts3.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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
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Gareth Roberts @garethroberts3.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
“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...
mirror.co.uk
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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Gareth Roberts @garethroberts3.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
There's something really lovely and uplifting about this photo.
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Maxima @maxima-infinity.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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Gareth Roberts @garethroberts3.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This is superb: powerful, succinct and absolutely correct.
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Gareth Roberts @garethroberts3.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Dropped my middle boy at Uni yesterday. Go and change the world my little one!
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Trump is for sale. The safety of the country is not his concern.
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Gareth Roberts @garethroberts3.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Remember the time when the UK right wing were obsessed with 'saving the pound,' now, for a large bag of cash, they're quite happy to see the pound replaced with Crypto.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Ireland understood the assignment! ✊💚
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Gareth Roberts @garethroberts3.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Only the profoundly stupid would seek to compare the trade union funding of the Labour Party with the Crypto Billionaire's funding of Reform - Trade Unions are democratically elected and accountable to members, Crypto Geeks are narcissistic individuals accountable only to their desire for wealth.
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“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
☘️ Great to see our Celtic cousins giving the Mango Mussolini pelters 👏 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺😎
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Gareth Roberts @garethroberts3.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
All makes sense now, when they say 'reform' it's not reforming ordinary people's lives, it's reforming millionaire's money - you could almost call it, ooh, I don't know, money laundering. lihttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clye9nldd7do
bbc.co.uk
Reform receives second £36m donation in two days as crypto investor matches record
Cryptocurrency investor Christopher Harborne says he has matched a donation from Ben Delo announced late on Friday.
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ฅ^•ﻌ•^ฅ 🌝 @daddyxanax.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Her baby is about to set the Guinness world record for the fastest time a baby said their mother's name
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Gareth Roberts @garethroberts3.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Love this! Lifeboatmen and women have got more courage and integrity than any dick in a balaclava.
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Gareth Roberts @garethroberts3.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
If we're going to stop the growth of racism in the UK, then it's time we tought kids the truth about the 'British Empire' - it wasn't a triumph it was an exercise in the violent and shameful plundering of other nations and cultures, based on a misguided and racist belief in English superiority.
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
You might have to turn up for the results of this one, Nige.
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Gareth Roberts @garethroberts3.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
So, there we have it - the President of the USA, supporting a party that is avowedly Pro-Russia and Pro-Putin. If you didn't know before you do now. If you're still refusing to accept it, then that's on you.
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⚜️ 𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝑵𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒆 @cul-du-sac.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
"Says it all really - two tier Reform" via Eric Jones
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Gareth Roberts @garethroberts3.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Yes, apparently JD Vance was there as well, whilst Pete Hesgeth was actually on flight 93.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Needed saying.
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The i Paper @theipaper.com · 08/09/2026
"A woman was viciously attacked and senior party figures found it funny. The message sent by Farage and Jenrick is clear: violence is an acceptable response to criticism," writes @mrjamesob.bsky.social Read more: trib.al/yNG6d5Y
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Gareth Roberts @garethroberts3.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Privileged kid goes to posh school shocker. news.sky.com/story/prince...
news.sky.com
Prince George starts first day at Eton College
It's the same public school his father, the Prince of Wales and uncle, the Duke of Sussex, attended, along with many other famous names, including actors and former prime ministers.
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Oliver Rivers @maxrothbarth.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Miliband and Burnham deserve credit for this. Looking forward to hearing the statement. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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UK to adopt tougher stance on Israel with illegal settlements trade ban
Ed Miliband to reassert support for Palestinian rights and a two-state solution in move likely to draw fierce criticism from US and Israel
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Gareth Roberts @garethroberts3.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This is not the action of a statesman or a leader, this is the action of a disturbed individual who should be nowhere near the levers of power in any country. He must be removed. The Mid-terms have never been so important, not just for America, but for the world.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This is the face of the Right Wing.
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