Rev. Dean A Roberts

Founder & CEO of @theparishtrust 🎗️| Chaplain at @AneurinBevanUHB #NHS 🏥 | School Governor (Chair) of @machenprimary 📚 | I like to do stuff. Views my own.

[The Spectator @spectator]

The 28-year-old gave up reading International Law and Legal Studies as a PhD student at King's College London to run for parliament. Her full name is actually Pyla Lara Bird-Leakey and she is, of course, obsessed with Palestine.

Unearthed videos of the qualified English barrister on social media appear to show that she has significantly dialled up her Scottish accent since becoming an MP, having previously spoken in a rather posh English tone.

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[Rev. Dean A Roberts @DeanRobertsNet]

Fel arfer, roedd yn bleser mawr arwain y gwasanaeth. Llongyfarchiadau i’r cwpl hapus!

Another year, another set of children married. 😂🤵🏻👰🏻

[Ysgol y Castell @Ysgol_y_Castell]

Priodas y Derbyn 2025 Diolch Parchedig Dean am wasanaeth penigamp / Reception Wedding 2025 - Thank you so much Father Dean for a wonderful service . What a day!😊

[Ysgol y Castell @Ysgol_y_Castell]

Priodas y Derbyn 2025 Diolch Parchedig Dean am wasanaeth penigamp / Reception Wedding 2025 - Thank you so much Father Dean for a wonderful service . What a day!😊

[Rev. Dean A Roberts @DeanRobertsNet]

The #AssistedDying vote.

[Rev. Dean A Roberts @DeanRobertsNet]

Just another survey that shows those who are opposed to #AssistedDying are not just religious people, and it isn’t a religious issue. Source: https://t.co/H1uNUO1kFg

[Danny Kruger @danny__kruger]

Going through the rest of the evidence submitted to the Assisted Suicide Bill Committee. Most of it from medics, and almost universally opposed to the bill. This one is v moving - from a clinical scientist thankful her late husband didn't have this option. https://t.co/rAK5nvHoLL

[Liz "blue tick" Carr @thelizcarr]

Many MPs voted to progress an Assisted Suicide Bill to help terminally ill people with unbearable pain

But this week the Assisted Suicide Committee voted against pain being added as a qualifying criteria

Meaning feeling a burden, money worries etc could be reason enough to die

[Prof. Mark Taubert @ProfMarkTaubert]

Kim Leadbeater's exchange with me on X, when I called her out on the word 'noise' has made it into the Observer, as did @doctor_oxford 's post critiquing skewed representation of the evidence. Noise=democracy=differing opinions
#AssistedDying @soniasodha https://t.co/yw3azxH204

[Rev. Dean A Roberts @DeanRobertsNet]

Horrifying. And shows that this was always part of the plan.

[Danny Kruger @danny__kruger]

At the end @Rebecca_SPaul and I managed to get Kim Leadbeater to admit that under her Bill a person would be able to get an Assisted Death for the sole reason of saving their relatives money. 3/3

[Right To Life UK @RightToLifeUK]

STOP PRESS: High Court Judge death sentence confirmed! Kim Leadbeater has tabled her amendment to kill off her flagship safeguard.

Judge for yourself whether we can trust assurances that the Bill is safe.

[Nikki da Costa @nmdacosta]

This is insane way to legislate. MPs used Whitty’s evidence to justify Mental Capacity Act test despite serious concerns from psychiatrists and @rcpsych

Whitty’s correction comes too late. But it proves the point - doctor overconfidence is a risk for the vulnerable 1/

[Prof. Mark Taubert @ProfMarkTaubert]

I am the chair of the NHS Wales Advance & Future Care Planning Committee overseeing national DNACPR policy. Numerous safeguards across the UK did not prevent huge misuses of DNACPR/ACP/ReSPECT in a totally underfunded & overstretched system in last 5+years. Yes to 'Open convos' but you need enough well-trained staff, not 'corridor palliative care' #AssistedDying

[Philip Murray @philipmurraylaw]

Astonishingly frank letter in today's Times on the serious deficiencies in the Committee 'scrutinising' @kimleadbeater's assisted suicide bill: "This bill should be overwhelmingly rejected." https://t.co/ptHunzSwJK

[Rev. Dean A Roberts @DeanRobertsNet]

Glad to be able to put a point of view that isn’t often discussed. Thanks to Caerphilly Observer!

[Caerphilly Observer @CaerphillyObsvr]

‘Food banks are a lifeline, but they must be a way out, not a way of life’ https://t.co/K0XPBlRjvE

[Gill Howells @gilliehowells]

Great support for saving #BillytheLollipopman for @machenprimary at #CoopBedwas.
Signatures being collected by pupils following funding cuts proposed by @CaerphillyCBC

@gwentpolice @DeanRobertsNet @CaerphillyObsvr

[Prof. Mark Taubert @ProfMarkTaubert]

Then: When #AssistedDying was legalized in Canada, it was touted as a last resort for the most extreme cases.
Now:

[The Parish Trust @TheParishTrust]

🎄✨ Carols in the Car Park: A Night to Remember ✨🎄

Last night, over 200 of you joined us for a magical evening remembering the real reason for Christmas through carols, community, and cherished memories – one last time at St Thomas’ Church ...

[Prof. Mark Taubert @ProfMarkTaubert]

With regard to #AssistedDying some reflections: a fairly large chunk of those people who may be expected to deliver this (geriatricians, GPs, oncologists, nurses, judges, courts, hospices) are either v actively opposed to it, or wouldn't want to be involved. 🧵

[Prof. Mark Taubert @ProfMarkTaubert]

Make no mistake, Dignity in Dying are very wel funded, internationally organised and have lobbied politicians extensively to get #AssistedDying legalised https://t.co/j3ImieItvk