Michael Laidler
@laids.bsky.social
Mackem. Skinhead (With a beard, may not be allowed) Make Britain Less Shit Again 🌹🇬🇧 🇵🇸 #SAFC & Good Noise for the Bootboys
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Centrists who react to Nazis gaining ground with "we should try to reach out to them more" and react to socialists gaining ground with incandescent rage and tutting about populism are letting you know that their "centre" exists somewhere off beside Augusto Pinochet
November 5, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Centrists who react to Nazis gaining ground with "we should try to reach out to them more" and react to socialists gaining ground with incandescent rage and tutting about populism are letting you know that their "centre" exists somewhere off beside Augusto Pinochet
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UNISON walkout after Belfast conference venue bans Palestine image
General secretary Christina McAnea and UNISON Northern Ireland secretary Patricia McKeown lead members in a demonstration outside ICC Belfast convention centre after Palestine image is banned by venue.
General secretary Christina McAnea and UNISON Northern Ireland secretary Patricia McKeown lead members in a demonstration outside ICC Belfast convention centre after Palestine image is banned by venue.
October 24, 2025 at 10:28 AM
UNISON walkout after Belfast conference venue bans Palestine image
General secretary Christina McAnea and UNISON Northern Ireland secretary Patricia McKeown lead members in a demonstration outside ICC Belfast convention centre after Palestine image is banned by venue.
General secretary Christina McAnea and UNISON Northern Ireland secretary Patricia McKeown lead members in a demonstration outside ICC Belfast convention centre after Palestine image is banned by venue.
Seen as Woke Football is trending it gives me an excuse to repost my redesigned England badge I posted when everyone was raging about the St George's cross being a funny colour on the shirt
October 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Seen as Woke Football is trending it gives me an excuse to repost my redesigned England badge I posted when everyone was raging about the St George's cross being a funny colour on the shirt
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Not "extremes". ONE extreme. There are no front-line governing politicians in the USA, UK or most other places promoting Stalinism.
And it is not extreme to be wholeheartedly in favour of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law.
And it is not extreme to be wholeheartedly in favour of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law.
A key driver of this is elites inhabiting online spaces that increasingly exaggerate and promote ideological extremes. The average British voter is not a culture warrior.
"Polarisation may be an unhelpful term .... It implies that both sides are becoming equally extreme. Arguably the real dynamic is that elements of the right have hardened, embracing positions that would have been unacceptable a decade ago" on.ft.com/46TGRHs by @henrymance.ft.com 1/
October 5, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Not "extremes". ONE extreme. There are no front-line governing politicians in the USA, UK or most other places promoting Stalinism.
And it is not extreme to be wholeheartedly in favour of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law.
And it is not extreme to be wholeheartedly in favour of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law.
I've come across people who maintain friendships with the objectively fucking awful, e.g. actual Neo-Nazis. The rationale being "he's no bother, we just don't talk politics". TBF I can see how the subject of other people's basic humanity might make a game of scrabble more tense than it needs to be.
September 16, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I've come across people who maintain friendships with the objectively fucking awful, e.g. actual Neo-Nazis. The rationale being "he's no bother, we just don't talk politics". TBF I can see how the subject of other people's basic humanity might make a game of scrabble more tense than it needs to be.
If "they had a family" or "They were a Christian" are the best you can come up with in response to examination of a person's character, that should probably give you pause for thought.
September 11, 2025 at 9:51 AM
If "they had a family" or "They were a Christian" are the best you can come up with in response to examination of a person's character, that should probably give you pause for thought.
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Euphemising Kirk's politics as 'right-wing activism' is playing straight into the hands of Trump and his attempt at political recuperation of the murder to unleash more authoritarian measures
It shouldn't have to be said but we do not have to accept his narrative or discourse
It shouldn't have to be said but we do not have to accept his narrative or discourse
September 11, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Euphemising Kirk's politics as 'right-wing activism' is playing straight into the hands of Trump and his attempt at political recuperation of the murder to unleash more authoritarian measures
It shouldn't have to be said but we do not have to accept his narrative or discourse
It shouldn't have to be said but we do not have to accept his narrative or discourse
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When people tell you that Israel is a democracy, they are also telling you that they don't view Israel's treatment of the Palestinians as disqualifying it from that classification. In other words, they are effectively telling you that they view Palestinians as sub-human.
Israel's treatment of Palestinian prisoners since 7 Oct is comparable to the worst dictatorships on earth.
- the number keeps growing, and is now around 11k
- close to 90% are held without trial
- starvation as policy
- rampant torture
- dozens died in prison, no accountability
- the number keeps growing, and is now around 11k
- close to 90% are held without trial
- starvation as policy
- rampant torture
- dozens died in prison, no accountability
September 3, 2025 at 10:49 AM
When people tell you that Israel is a democracy, they are also telling you that they don't view Israel's treatment of the Palestinians as disqualifying it from that classification. In other words, they are effectively telling you that they view Palestinians as sub-human.
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Everybody with power continues to behave as though they’ve got no idea what this is, nor that they have any way of finding out. Meanwhile, the perpetrators appear to be under no illusions, acting with complete operational clarity and a belief in their own impunity.
August 16, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Everybody with power continues to behave as though they’ve got no idea what this is, nor that they have any way of finding out. Meanwhile, the perpetrators appear to be under no illusions, acting with complete operational clarity and a belief in their own impunity.
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The family of Bebe King, one of the girls killed in the Southport attack, have urged ministers to reconsider disclosing ethnicity of suspects.
They say family were failed by “despicable” actions of far right, who “tried to make political gain from our tragedy”
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
They say family were failed by “despicable” actions of far right, who “tried to make political gain from our tragedy”
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Family of Southport stabbing victim criticise plan to reveal ethnicity of suspects
Exclusive: Michael Weston King, grandfather of Bebe King, warns government against ‘kowtowing to the likes of Farage’
www.theguardian.com
August 14, 2025 at 9:20 AM
The family of Bebe King, one of the girls killed in the Southport attack, have urged ministers to reconsider disclosing ethnicity of suspects.
They say family were failed by “despicable” actions of far right, who “tried to make political gain from our tragedy”
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
They say family were failed by “despicable” actions of far right, who “tried to make political gain from our tragedy”
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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I obviously can't speak for other jews, but to me the world's richest man tweaking his AI so that it now describes things it doesn't like on a scale of "bagel to full Shabbat" and "Peak Jewish" is a somewhat higher priority than people being mean about the IDF at Glasto.
In case you're think Grok isn't being blatantly antisemitic, here's a few more posts from Grok on this topic.
July 8, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I obviously can't speak for other jews, but to me the world's richest man tweaking his AI so that it now describes things it doesn't like on a scale of "bagel to full Shabbat" and "Peak Jewish" is a somewhat higher priority than people being mean about the IDF at Glasto.
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Sounds like there’s little official enthusiasm for enforcing Cooper’s idiotic authoritarianism.
(I joined Palestine Action last week, Yvette, what ya gonna do?)
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
(I joined Palestine Action last week, Yvette, what ya gonna do?)
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
June 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Sounds like there’s little official enthusiasm for enforcing Cooper’s idiotic authoritarianism.
(I joined Palestine Action last week, Yvette, what ya gonna do?)
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
(I joined Palestine Action last week, Yvette, what ya gonna do?)
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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A US man became a hero when he saved dozens of workers from an ICE ethnic cleansing raid. Risking his own freedom he went above and beyond to do the right thing. This is resistance in action. #3E
June 18, 2025 at 5:28 PM
A US man became a hero when he saved dozens of workers from an ICE ethnic cleansing raid. Risking his own freedom he went above and beyond to do the right thing. This is resistance in action. #3E
June 18, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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You said you were going after dangerous criminals ?
Now you are taking hard working people off the streets, separating parents from kids, taking people from immigration court who are following the rules, & putting the military on our streets…this isn’t America.
DON’T TELL US EVERYTHING IS FINE
Now you are taking hard working people off the streets, separating parents from kids, taking people from immigration court who are following the rules, & putting the military on our streets…this isn’t America.
DON’T TELL US EVERYTHING IS FINE
June 11, 2025 at 9:11 PM
You said you were going after dangerous criminals ?
Now you are taking hard working people off the streets, separating parents from kids, taking people from immigration court who are following the rules, & putting the military on our streets…this isn’t America.
DON’T TELL US EVERYTHING IS FINE
Now you are taking hard working people off the streets, separating parents from kids, taking people from immigration court who are following the rules, & putting the military on our streets…this isn’t America.
DON’T TELL US EVERYTHING IS FINE
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Come on Sunderland! (Don;t get too excited though because Sheff Utd will have a team of lawyers seeking to dispiute the result should they lose)
May 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Come on Sunderland! (Don;t get too excited though because Sheff Utd will have a team of lawyers seeking to dispiute the result should they lose)
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February 3, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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😍 He's here to stay.
We're delighted to announce the permanent signing of Wilson Isidor, who puts pen to paper on a contract until summer 2028! ✍️
We're delighted to announce the permanent signing of Wilson Isidor, who puts pen to paper on a contract until summer 2028! ✍️
February 1, 2025 at 12:40 PM
😍 He's here to stay.
We're delighted to announce the permanent signing of Wilson Isidor, who puts pen to paper on a contract until summer 2028! ✍️
We're delighted to announce the permanent signing of Wilson Isidor, who puts pen to paper on a contract until summer 2028! ✍️