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 coach and collector of vinyl records - what’s not to like!
Love this man!
November 13, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Love this man!
I have 3 heroes. Men I absolutely revere, who can do no wrong:
Gareth Edwards; Kenny Dalglish and Neil Young. Today, Neil Young is 80. Happy birthday sir, and may you enjoy many more.
Gareth Edwards; Kenny Dalglish and Neil Young. Today, Neil Young is 80. Happy birthday sir, and may you enjoy many more.
November 12, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I have 3 heroes. Men I absolutely revere, who can do no wrong:
Gareth Edwards; Kenny Dalglish and Neil Young. Today, Neil Young is 80. Happy birthday sir, and may you enjoy many more.
Gareth Edwards; Kenny Dalglish and Neil Young. Today, Neil Young is 80. Happy birthday sir, and may you enjoy many more.
I'd like some new followers please.
So here's a gratuitous photo of my dog, Rango.
And can I add that my dog, as well as being gorgeous and clever and a thoroughly good boy, is also a progressive, liberal-minded dog with impeccable taste in music and an engaging interest in current affairs.
So here's a gratuitous photo of my dog, Rango.
And can I add that my dog, as well as being gorgeous and clever and a thoroughly good boy, is also a progressive, liberal-minded dog with impeccable taste in music and an engaging interest in current affairs.
November 6, 2025 at 12:10 PM
I'd like some new followers please.
So here's a gratuitous photo of my dog, Rango.
And can I add that my dog, as well as being gorgeous and clever and a thoroughly good boy, is also a progressive, liberal-minded dog with impeccable taste in music and an engaging interest in current affairs.
So here's a gratuitous photo of my dog, Rango.
And can I add that my dog, as well as being gorgeous and clever and a thoroughly good boy, is also a progressive, liberal-minded dog with impeccable taste in music and an engaging interest in current affairs.
The UK economy is a mess - but those who voted for the Tory's austerity programme in 2010 or 2015, or Brexit in 2016, contributed directly to that mess, so, rather than screaming about Rachel Reeves or Keir Starmer and
@UKLabour they should be hanging their heads in shame.
@UKLabour they should be hanging their heads in shame.
October 31, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The UK economy is a mess - but those who voted for the Tory's austerity programme in 2010 or 2015, or Brexit in 2016, contributed directly to that mess, so, rather than screaming about Rachel Reeves or Keir Starmer and
@UKLabour they should be hanging their heads in shame.
@UKLabour they should be hanging their heads in shame.
My Dad, the son of a saw mill worker, who managed to end up in the House of Lords turns 90!
Happy birthday Dad, may you continue to piss off the Daily Mail for many years to come!
Happy birthday Dad, may you continue to piss off the Daily Mail for many years to come!
October 21, 2025 at 9:12 AM
My Dad, the son of a saw mill worker, who managed to end up in the House of Lords turns 90!
Happy birthday Dad, may you continue to piss off the Daily Mail for many years to come!
Happy birthday Dad, may you continue to piss off the Daily Mail for many years to come!
I want no part in this bull-shit. I’m ashamed of my country.
September 17, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I want no part in this bull-shit. I’m ashamed of my country.
I have to admit, I'm pretty proud to have been a contributor to a brilliant Newspaper that has been banned by both the Conservative and Reform Party conferences!
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
@adambienkov.bsky.social
@peterjukes.bsky.social
#BylineTimes
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
@adambienkov.bsky.social
@peterjukes.bsky.social
#BylineTimes
September 4, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I have to admit, I'm pretty proud to have been a contributor to a brilliant Newspaper that has been banned by both the Conservative and Reform Party conferences!
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
@adambienkov.bsky.social
@peterjukes.bsky.social
#BylineTimes
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
@adambienkov.bsky.social
@peterjukes.bsky.social
#BylineTimes
I fear that the greatest contributor to anti-semitism is now actually the state of Israel.
August 29, 2025 at 12:29 PM
I fear that the greatest contributor to anti-semitism is now actually the state of Israel.
Which one of these people is actively pursuing a policy of genocide and ethnic cleansing?
I'll give you a clue: he's the one who is still welcome on to the BBC?
I'll give you a clue: he's the one who is still welcome on to the BBC?
June 30, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Which one of these people is actively pursuing a policy of genocide and ethnic cleansing?
I'll give you a clue: he's the one who is still welcome on to the BBC?
I'll give you a clue: he's the one who is still welcome on to the BBC?
Eat your heart out Bumrah, here's my mother in-law, 82 year old Sheila bowling from the Shed End at her house with a very similar action!
June 22, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Eat your heart out Bumrah, here's my mother in-law, 82 year old Sheila bowling from the Shed End at her house with a very similar action!
The TRUMP DIARIES!
By Donald Trump
aged 78 and a half
'Woke UP!
Played 18 holes of GOLF! Won a very big COMPETITION.
Then made 200 Trade Deals.'
By Donald Trump
aged 78 and a half
'Woke UP!
Played 18 holes of GOLF! Won a very big COMPETITION.
Then made 200 Trade Deals.'
April 25, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The TRUMP DIARIES!
By Donald Trump
aged 78 and a half
'Woke UP!
Played 18 holes of GOLF! Won a very big COMPETITION.
Then made 200 Trade Deals.'
By Donald Trump
aged 78 and a half
'Woke UP!
Played 18 holes of GOLF! Won a very big COMPETITION.
Then made 200 Trade Deals.'
For anyone worried that they’re missing clever and insightful content on Twitter or X or whatever it’s now called, here’s the latest nonsense from the mind-numbingly stupid Darren Grimes…
April 24, 2025 at 10:52 AM
For anyone worried that they’re missing clever and insightful content on Twitter or X or whatever it’s now called, here’s the latest nonsense from the mind-numbingly stupid Darren Grimes…
The people on the left are desperate to get a job and contribute to the U.K., the people on the right are desperate to take our jobs and destroy the UK.
If you are more scared of the people on the left than the right you need to have a long hard think about things.
If you are more scared of the people on the left than the right you need to have a long hard think about things.
April 10, 2025 at 8:29 AM
The people on the left are desperate to get a job and contribute to the U.K., the people on the right are desperate to take our jobs and destroy the UK.
If you are more scared of the people on the left than the right you need to have a long hard think about things.
If you are more scared of the people on the left than the right you need to have a long hard think about things.
In law if there is compelling new evidence, then you can use it to form the basis of an appeal against a dodgy conviction - Brexit is the political equivalent of a dodgy conviction, and the compelling new evidence of US Tariffs, mean we must now revisit the whole issue of our trade with the EU.
April 3, 2025 at 9:00 AM
In law if there is compelling new evidence, then you can use it to form the basis of an appeal against a dodgy conviction - Brexit is the political equivalent of a dodgy conviction, and the compelling new evidence of US Tariffs, mean we must now revisit the whole issue of our trade with the EU.
Given the fact that the President of the USA is currently engaged in systematically destroying our economy, can there be any justification whatsoever for granting him a State Visit of the UK?
#Stopthestatevisit
#Trump
#Stopthestatevisit
#Trump
April 2, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Given the fact that the President of the USA is currently engaged in systematically destroying our economy, can there be any justification whatsoever for granting him a State Visit of the UK?
#Stopthestatevisit
#Trump
#Stopthestatevisit
#Trump
My youngest son turned 16 today. When I turned 16, the Cold War was about to end, Mandela was about to be freed and the Good Friday Agreement was on its way - that his world is so violent and uncertain, controlled by those who don’t care about him and his generation breaks my heart.
I’m sorry son.
I’m sorry son.
March 4, 2025 at 7:39 AM
My youngest son turned 16 today. When I turned 16, the Cold War was about to end, Mandela was about to be freed and the Good Friday Agreement was on its way - that his world is so violent and uncertain, controlled by those who don’t care about him and his generation breaks my heart.
I’m sorry son.
I’m sorry son.
My mate @apretz.bsky.social took this photo of me and Ines Roberts in Berlin - I think it says everything that needs to be said.
February 25, 2025 at 8:31 PM
My mate @apretz.bsky.social took this photo of me and Ines Roberts in Berlin - I think it says everything that needs to be said.
Trump claiming victory in his trade wars with Canada and Mexico is a bit like a lunatic armed with a knife demanding cake, claiming a win after the knife is gingerly removed from his fist and he's given a slice of Battenberg to shut him up.
February 4, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Trump claiming victory in his trade wars with Canada and Mexico is a bit like a lunatic armed with a knife demanding cake, claiming a win after the knife is gingerly removed from his fist and he's given a slice of Battenberg to shut him up.
Trump's official inauguration portrait.
In one word - what does it say to you?
I'll throw in my own: 'unhinged.'
In one word - what does it say to you?
I'll throw in my own: 'unhinged.'
January 17, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Trump's official inauguration portrait.
In one word - what does it say to you?
I'll throw in my own: 'unhinged.'
In one word - what does it say to you?
I'll throw in my own: 'unhinged.'
Happy Christmas!
December 25, 2024 at 10:34 AM
Happy Christmas!
I campaigned for the Labour Party at the last election, I am a member still - but, watching them pick the wrong fights with all the wrong people is infuriating.
#WASPIWomen
#LizKendall
#WASPIWomen
#LizKendall
December 17, 2024 at 2:37 PM
I campaigned for the Labour Party at the last election, I am a member still - but, watching them pick the wrong fights with all the wrong people is infuriating.
#WASPIWomen
#LizKendall
#WASPIWomen
#LizKendall
Home alone - so thought I’d choose some LPs to keep me company.. decided on this collection of belters from times gone by and times, er, not gone by.
December 7, 2024 at 6:21 PM
Home alone - so thought I’d choose some LPs to keep me company.. decided on this collection of belters from times gone by and times, er, not gone by.