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David Roberts

@drdavidroberts

Security, politics, int affairs. Gulf, MENA & beyond. Reader @KingsCollegeLon Commissioning editor @CambridgeUP Adjunct Faculty @PSIASciencesPo Book: Security Politics in the Gulf Monarchies https://cup.columbia.edu/book/security-politics-in-the-gulf

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14.2° in the water, 14° out. #Elie this PM #StillHere

12.07.2025 21:15 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
For Finny | Memorial For Finny - In loving memory of Finlay Roberts: A memorial website celebrating our precious boy's life and supporting UCLH Early Lives Charity.

We continue to raise money - ForFinny.com - for @SUDC & @uclhcharity.bsky.social

12.07.2025 06:21 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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A year without my son — I’ve finally opened his bedroom door David Roberts’s two-year-old son Finny died this time last year after being discharged from hospital. Here, he writes about this bitter anniversary

A whole year since Finny died. We miss him terribly. But we are still here.

Wrote about the anniversary in @thetimes.com

www.thetimes.com/article/8f9a...

12.07.2025 06:21 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
For Finny | Memorial For Finny - In loving memory of Finlay Roberts: A memorial website celebrating our precious boy's life and supporting UCLH Early Lives Charity.

As ever, we're raising money in his memory. After raising £20k for @UCLHCharity now we're focusing on @SUDC . See ForFinny.com

02.07.2025 20:40 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
'A&E nightmare robbed our son of a chance’: Parents say NHS needs radical change | ITV News
'A&E nightmare robbed our son of a chance’: Parents say NHS needs radical change | ITV News YouTube video by ITV News

Spoke to @BeccaBarry of @itvnews this afternoon about the tragic loss of our beautiful little boy Finlay at the Whittington Hospital and the @NHSuk failures that led to his death at just two years old.

youtu.be/DrqNVzIpH9g?si…

02.07.2025 20:40 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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I sat through an inquest into my toddler’s avoidable death My son had a tummy ache. The next day he died after being discharged from a London hospital

I wrote for The Sunday Times about losing our Finny and the ghastly and useless inquest process.

"I sat through an inquest into my toddler’s avoidable death"

Raising money for charity #SUDC at www.ForFinny.com

www.thetimes.com/life-style/p...

@ncmd.bsky.social
@criminographer.bsky.social

27.06.2025 14:22 👍 11 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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I sat through an inquest into my toddler’s avoidable death My son had a tummy ache. The next day he died after being discharged from a London hospital

Wrote for the Sunday Times about losing Finny and the UK's awful colonial processes.

ForFinny.com has a link where we're raising money for SUDC UK.

www.thetimes.com/article/5d25...

22.06.2025 18:57 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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18.8° in the water, 13° out. #Hackney this AM #StillAtIt

04.06.2025 20:31 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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18° in the water, 16° out. Hackney this AM
#Watery

19.05.2025 21:08 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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18° in the water, 11° out. Hackney this AM
#UggBusy

18.05.2025 14:54 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Does this sway you?

bsky.app/profile/scot...

17.05.2025 21:04 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Sure, but 'keep it straight... said no-one ever at Eurovision' is a quality line

17.05.2025 20:38 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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17.8° in the water,11° out. Hackney this AM
#Dipping

17.05.2025 12:58 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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15.7° in the water, 21° out. Hackney this AM
#Sunny

11.05.2025 11:36 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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14.7° in the water, 19° out. Hackney this AM
#BusyBusy

10.05.2025 16:06 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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18.8° in the water, 19° out. Hackney this AM
#Busy

02.05.2025 12:23 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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14° in the water, 13° out. #Hackney this AM
#Temperate

26.04.2025 10:10 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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13.3° in the water, 12° out. #Hackney this AM
#MiddlinglyWarm

24.04.2025 11:24 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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14° in the water, 15.5° out. #Hackney this AM
#Rainy

21.04.2025 09:47 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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14° in the water, 18° out. #Hackney this PM
#BackToIt

17.04.2025 19:04 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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7.6° in the water, 9° out. #NBerwick this PM
#Stormy

16.04.2025 15:11 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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12.5° in the water, 16° out. #Hackney this AM
#Going

09.04.2025 17:51 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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12° in the water, 7.5° out. #Hackney this AM #SummeryStill

08.04.2025 07:15 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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11.9° in the water, 10° out. #Hackney this AM #Summery

07.04.2025 07:38 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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11.9° in the water, 20.5° out. #Hackney this PM #DoubleDipping

04.04.2025 17:29 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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11.9° in the water, 15° out. #Hackney this AM
#Nice

04.04.2025 11:13 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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11.5° in the water, 19° out. #Hackney this PM
#DoubleDip

03.04.2025 19:12 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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11.5° in the water, 12° out. #Hackney this AM
#Nice

03.04.2025 07:04 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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11.1° in the water, 17° out. #Hackney this PM
#Choppy

02.04.2025 17:12 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

12° in the water, 17° out. #ParliamentHill this AM
#SwimSwim

01.04.2025 15:11 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0