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Gareth Roberts

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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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Tough guy, square jaw Pete, he’s so hard he can bomb little girls and not give a shit!
#petehesgeth

09.03.2026 13:26 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Yep, obvious to all Welsh Speakers, and the fact that they haven't even bothered to check shows the absolute contempt they have for Wales its language and its culture.

06.03.2026 11:40 — 👍 54    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0
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Crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne no longer interested in Reform-Tory pact Donor who has given £12m to Reform UK had previously wanted Nigel Farage to keep open mind about deal with Conservatives

Thai based billionaire sets out what he wants for Britain - So much for ‘British sovereignty’ eh.. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

07.03.2026 08:46 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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I agree: regimes which are based upon religious fundamentalism and a belief that they have a powerful and theocratic right to do whatever they want, should be changed.

06.03.2026 12:16 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Yep, obvious to all Welsh Speakers, and the fact that they haven't even bothered to check shows the absolute contempt they have for Wales its language and its culture.

06.03.2026 11:40 — 👍 54    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0

Yep it is as clear and obvious as, let's say, being mentioned 3000 times in the investigation papers of a man charged and convicted of child sex trafficking.
But, still, there are those who refuse to see it.

06.03.2026 09:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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I'm as much of a critic of the British government as anyone, but I commend them for not joining in with the illegal war in Iran - no rational government could justify sending its military into a war that was started by and is being executed at the whim of a narcissistic lunatic.

06.03.2026 09:31 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I'm donating!

05.03.2026 20:13 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Not everyone's a fan, but #StopFundingHate works 🔥🔥🔥 stopfundinghate.info/donate/?d=1

05.03.2026 20:06 — 👍 110    🔁 36    💬 9    📌 3

This is a good analogy. Very useful in carefully controlled settings for specific usages, but unfortunately being widely inserted into everything and used without training or PPE and poisoning a lot of things and people and we’re going to pay a tonne of money to remove it safely in the future

05.03.2026 11:26 — 👍 702    🔁 263    💬 12    📌 4

He’s right.

05.03.2026 09:30 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

I'm pretty confident that I've come across actual shitrags with more integrity, intelligence and self-awareness than the Daily Telegraph.

03.03.2026 16:00 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Great fun appearing on this! Best of luck with the rest of the series.

26.02.2026 09:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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BBC Radio 4 - The Law Show, What is Misconduct in Public Office? What does this offence mean, and who does it apply to?

BBC Radio 4's #TheLawShow is back!

This week, a team of experts explain the offence of Misconduct in Public Office... and the law is far from straightforward.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

25.02.2026 14:46 — 👍 9    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 1
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BBC Radio 4 - The Law Show, What is Misconduct in Public Office? What does this offence mean, and who does it apply to?

Just had the absolute pleasure of being a guest on the BBC's Law Show Podcast - talking about Misconduct in a Public Office - the crime on everyone's lips.
Here's the link. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
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24.02.2026 10:22 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The sad thing is that this level of nonsense has a a half life which will last for generations - I despair of the fact that I may not see objective truth in politics in my lifetime.

23.02.2026 16:04 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Denmark says “thank you” to the U.S. regime —
and kindly offers two hospital ships in return.
Apparently, they’re equipped for presidential “treatment.”
Sometimes diplomacy needs… medical support.

#Denmark #USA #Greenland #Transatlantic #Democracy #Trump

22.02.2026 11:35 — 👍 254    🔁 85    💬 14    📌 20

I think the word you’re looking for is Fuchstwatz!

21.02.2026 08:29 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Epstein Files tell a horrific and heavy story of abuse and corruption. But power protects itself through the expectation that we will feel paralysed by the sense of powerlessness.

Their release is a seminal moment.

That's why our new Byline Times print edition delves into the deeper story 👇

13.02.2026 10:47 — 👍 349    🔁 166    💬 8    📌 12

Editorial from March's Byline Times; no words needed.

19.02.2026 11:24 — 👍 148    🔁 51    💬 2    📌 0

Including the decision of the Royal Family to use public money to 'pay off' a woman who accused him of potential sexual offences - who knew? Who made the decision? What funds were used? Does this amount to misconduct?
This is massively serious.

19.02.2026 11:13 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Misconduct in a Public Office is a very old and broad common law offence - it depends upon an individual acting in a way that brings their office into disrepute without reasonable excuse - I ask this: if the Royal Family paid off a Miss Giuffre using public money would that amount to misconduct?

19.02.2026 11:00 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Greatest ever Protest Song?

19.02.2026 09:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs

@andrewhickey.500songs.com Well worth the wait for song #183.
People of BlueSky: music is our greatest companion for every good, bad and exciting episode in our lives and there is no greater chronicler of modern music on this planet than Andrew Hickey. Check out his podcast!
500songs.com

19.02.2026 09:23 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Bannon, Epstein, Farage and Johnson and the Plot to 'Topple' Theresa May The far-right former Trump adviser told Jeffrey Epstein that "we are overthrowing May right now" as he worked with Boris Johnson to remove the then Conservative Prime Minister from office

The messages between the far-right former Trump adviser Steve Bannon and the late convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein reveal how Bannon worked with Boris Johnson and Farage to “overthrow” Theresa May at the height of the 2018 Brexit crisis in the UK

bylinetimes.com/2026/02/16/b...

16.02.2026 12:17 — 👍 640    🔁 419    💬 41    📌 32

100%

15.02.2026 14:34 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

As long as I can play Bass!

15.02.2026 14:32 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

In Wales, we faced this issue years ago when we had those who said that only people who spoke the language could truly call themselves Welsh; thankfully, most of those people realised that this was patently bollocks and are now very much in the minority.

15.02.2026 14:23 — 👍 12    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Get in!

14.02.2026 18:42 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

This, this, this, this, this, this!!!!

14.02.2026 12:55 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0