The Life and Legacy of George Arthur Roberts
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I am Samantha Harding, great granddaughter of George Arthur Roberts: WWII fireman, founding chairman of the League of Coloured Peoples, WWI vet etc. I am also an NHS consultant eye surgeon. See our family website at www.georgearthurroberts.com
So the NHS drugs bill has been put on the table to satisfy Trump with no additional Treasury funds to meet that £3 billion spend? That's a rubbish deal for the NHS and will cripple the service further. They will put the entire NHS on the table next. We should all join the Residents on strike.
December 2, 2025 at 2:42 AM
So the NHS drugs bill has been put on the table to satisfy Trump with no additional Treasury funds to meet that £3 billion spend? That's a rubbish deal for the NHS and will cripple the service further. They will put the entire NHS on the table next. We should all join the Residents on strike.
For everyone's information, despite the disruption to the Caribbean Trump and his lonely edicts is causing.
December 1, 2025 at 8:00 AM
For everyone's information, despite the disruption to the Caribbean Trump and his lonely edicts is causing.
Jail.
Do not pass go.
Do not collect $200.
Do not pass go.
Do not collect $200.
November 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Jail.
Do not pass go.
Do not collect $200.
Do not pass go.
Do not collect $200.
All this talk of the UK's disastrous covid response takes me back to Jacinda Ardern's clear, no nonsense approach. Bravo to her.
Three reasons why Jacinda Ardern’s coronavirus response has been a masterclass in crisis leadership | ANZSOG share.google/FIANVZMYniPX...
Three reasons why Jacinda Ardern’s coronavirus response has been a masterclass in crisis leadership | ANZSOG share.google/FIANVZMYniPX...
November 23, 2025 at 9:18 AM
All this talk of the UK's disastrous covid response takes me back to Jacinda Ardern's clear, no nonsense approach. Bravo to her.
Three reasons why Jacinda Ardern’s coronavirus response has been a masterclass in crisis leadership | ANZSOG share.google/FIANVZMYniPX...
Three reasons why Jacinda Ardern’s coronavirus response has been a masterclass in crisis leadership | ANZSOG share.google/FIANVZMYniPX...
Mr Massey forgot to mention in his response that his own GMC are also responsible for the hostile environment for overseas doctors. The doctor we were defending with our vigil in this piece has now left the country for good, unable to get over the GMC ordeal he was put through.
November 22, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Mr Massey forgot to mention in his response that his own GMC are also responsible for the hostile environment for overseas doctors. The doctor we were defending with our vigil in this piece has now left the country for good, unable to get over the GMC ordeal he was put through.
My late husband loved Illtyd Harrington the former Deputy Chair of the mighty Greater London Council in its heyday, inventor of the Freedom Pass, founder of the National Youth Theatre and a lover and champion of London's canals. RIP dear Illtyd. share.google/Myb5RXxmvLls...
November 22, 2025 at 2:36 AM
My late husband loved Illtyd Harrington the former Deputy Chair of the mighty Greater London Council in its heyday, inventor of the Freedom Pass, founder of the National Youth Theatre and a lover and champion of London's canals. RIP dear Illtyd. share.google/Myb5RXxmvLls...
The York Minster at night. What has happened to York? All nail bars and barbershops. A pity.
November 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The York Minster at night. What has happened to York? All nail bars and barbershops. A pity.
Mrs Giuffre recounts in her book that she was recruited by Maxwell while working with her dad at Mar-a-Lago and met Trump there. Trump tacitly allowed Epstein to use Mar-a-Lago to recruit young girls. He may not have done wrong by commission but definitely did so by omission.
November 12, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Mrs Giuffre recounts in her book that she was recruited by Maxwell while working with her dad at Mar-a-Lago and met Trump there. Trump tacitly allowed Epstein to use Mar-a-Lago to recruit young girls. He may not have done wrong by commission but definitely did so by omission.
Yep. I've posted the Family Guy version a few times.
November 7, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Yep. I've posted the Family Guy version a few times.
Yes. It's seismic and, as far as I know, unprecedented.
November 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Yes. It's seismic and, as far as I know, unprecedented.
For the hysterical right wingers who believe every Black man, woman and child should be stopped and search following the LNER stabbings I will leave this BBC Fact Find right here.
November 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
For the hysterical right wingers who believe every Black man, woman and child should be stopped and search following the LNER stabbings I will leave this BBC Fact Find right here.
One of the reasons I left twitter is because of this "relentless wave" of racism Dawn Butler has experienced this Black History Month. Twitter simply ceased to police racist abuse. @dawnbutlerbrent.bsky.social come off Twitter. It's like the wild west now and should be shut down.
November 2, 2025 at 2:28 AM
One of the reasons I left twitter is because of this "relentless wave" of racism Dawn Butler has experienced this Black History Month. Twitter simply ceased to police racist abuse. @dawnbutlerbrent.bsky.social come off Twitter. It's like the wild west now and should be shut down.
Wow, I just hit my thousandth follower. Thanks everyone for your fantastic support for me and my great grandfather's legacy. He fought fascism so we could stand on his shoulders and continue the fight. ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿👏🏾🖖🏿🫶🏿❤️
November 1, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Wow, I just hit my thousandth follower. Thanks everyone for your fantastic support for me and my great grandfather's legacy. He fought fascism so we could stand on his shoulders and continue the fight. ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿👏🏾🖖🏿🫶🏿❤️
She's in an airport so will genuinely have her papers! And where is the daughter? The people doing nothing are a shock. This is the Nazification of the USA.
November 1, 2025 at 5:11 AM
She's in an airport so will genuinely have her papers! And where is the daughter? The people doing nothing are a shock. This is the Nazification of the USA.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... I hope that one good thing to come out of the Andrew debacle will be more transparency on how the royal family spend our money. Much is hidden. For £510 million we need to see the details.
November 1, 2025 at 5:01 AM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... I hope that one good thing to come out of the Andrew debacle will be more transparency on how the royal family spend our money. Much is hidden. For £510 million we need to see the details.
OMG. My cousin just did this - I'm completely freaked out! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
October 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
OMG. My cousin just did this - I'm completely freaked out! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I was pleased to launch this beautiful tapestry of famous Black Britons at the Bishop's House in Fulham with Paula Ogun Hector (right) who is taking it nationwide. That's me pointing at my great grandad. What a year 2025 has been for George Arthur Roberts!
October 22, 2025 at 6:24 AM
I was pleased to launch this beautiful tapestry of famous Black Britons at the Bishop's House in Fulham with Paula Ogun Hector (right) who is taking it nationwide. That's me pointing at my great grandad. What a year 2025 has been for George Arthur Roberts!
Got several of these T-shirts...
October 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Got several of these T-shirts...
Anyone who thinks sport and politics are not intimately entwined is deluding themselves.
October 21, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Anyone who thinks sport and politics are not intimately entwined is deluding themselves.
There's a fashionable phrase in the NHS: "Moral injury". Below is the definition. Are people in the NHS feeling this right now as your colleagues are laid off and nothing you do makes a difference? How are you coping with it?
October 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM
There's a fashionable phrase in the NHS: "Moral injury". Below is the definition. Are people in the NHS feeling this right now as your colleagues are laid off and nothing you do makes a difference? How are you coping with it?
We stand with you, staff at Epsom and St Helier. Thank you, BMA.
October 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM
We stand with you, staff at Epsom and St Helier. Thank you, BMA.
Delving into my great grandfather's old photos today. Does anyone know what this photo is all about?
October 12, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Delving into my great grandfather's old photos today. Does anyone know what this photo is all about?
Please sign this petition to stop PFI in the NHS and to save the NHS with EveryDoctor. everydoctor.org.uk/the-everydoc...
October 12, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Please sign this petition to stop PFI in the NHS and to save the NHS with EveryDoctor. everydoctor.org.uk/the-everydoc...
It's death by a thousand cuts - laying off essential staff, no money for new equipment or to maintain old equipment, no jobs for new juniors and now this. The NHS is being cut off from the inside out. What did Chomsky say?...
October 8, 2025 at 5:34 AM
It's death by a thousand cuts - laying off essential staff, no money for new equipment or to maintain old equipment, no jobs for new juniors and now this. The NHS is being cut off from the inside out. What did Chomsky say?...
Not just that, all the money the private sector gets (£900million for cataracts this year) is gone for good. So we have to lay off staff, we can't train the next generation of surgeons, we can't buy up to date and essential equipment, and people leave because they're underpaid. As Chomsky says...
October 6, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Not just that, all the money the private sector gets (£900million for cataracts this year) is gone for good. So we have to lay off staff, we can't train the next generation of surgeons, we can't buy up to date and essential equipment, and people leave because they're underpaid. As Chomsky says...