David Roberts
drdavidroberts.bsky.social
David Roberts
@drdavidroberts.bsky.social

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 .. more

Political science 28%
Biology 25%

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

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...
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
www.thetimes.com

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

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…
'A&E nightmare robbed our son of a chance’: Parents say NHS needs radical change | ITV News
YouTube video by ITV News
https://youtu.be/DrqNVzIpH9g?si…

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
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
www.thetimes.com

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...
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
www.thetimes.com

18.8° in the water, 13° out. #Hackney this AM #StillAtIt

18° in the water, 16° out. Hackney this AM
#Watery

18° in the water, 11° out. Hackney this AM
#UggBusy

Does this sway you?

bsky.app/profile/scot...
The BSL during Finland was sensational #Eurovision

Sure, but 'keep it straight... said no-one ever at Eurovision' is a quality line
The BSL during Finland was sensational #Eurovision

17.8° in the water,11° out. Hackney this AM
#Dipping

15.7° in the water, 21° out. Hackney this AM
#Sunny

14.7° in the water, 19° out. Hackney this AM
#BusyBusy

18.8° in the water, 19° out. Hackney this AM
#Busy

14° in the water, 13° out. #Hackney this AM
#Temperate

13.3° in the water, 12° out. #Hackney this AM
#MiddlinglyWarm

14° in the water, 15.5° out. #Hackney this AM
#Rainy

14° in the water, 18° out. #Hackney this PM
#BackToIt

7.6° in the water, 9° out. #NBerwick this PM
#Stormy

12.5° in the water, 16° out. #Hackney this AM
#Going

12° in the water, 7.5° out. #Hackney this AM #SummeryStill

11.9° in the water, 10° out. #Hackney this AM #Summery

11.9° in the water, 20.5° out. #Hackney this PM #DoubleDipping

11.9° in the water, 15° out. #Hackney this AM
#Nice

11.5° in the water, 19° out. #Hackney this PM
#DoubleDip

11.5° in the water, 12° out. #Hackney this AM
#Nice

11.1° in the water, 17° out. #Hackney this PM
#Choppy