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@drdavidroberts.bsky.social

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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

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David Roberts @drdavidroberts.bsky.social · Jul 12

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

David Roberts @drdavidroberts.bsky.social · Jul 12

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

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

David Roberts @drdavidroberts.bsky.social · Jul 12

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

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David Roberts @drdavidroberts.bsky.social · Jul 2

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

David Roberts @drdavidroberts.bsky.social · Jul 2

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…

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David Roberts @drdavidroberts.bsky.social · Jun 27

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...

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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

www.thetimes.com

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David Roberts @drdavidroberts.bsky.social · Jun 22

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...