Collette Laidlaw

[Collette Laidlaw @CollyN87]

Agree with every word.

[Charlie Walsham @CharlieWalsham_]

This is a post for any progressive left-wingers out there who haven’t completely entrenched themselves in a belief system they can’t reverse out of.

I used to be part of your tribe, and I still believe many of the things you do.

I want a fairer more peaceful world. Racism is wrong. I want us to protect the planet. I think it’s obscene that some people are unimaginably rich while others are dirt poor. And I recognise that the more unequal societies become, the more dangerous and divided they become.

You see, I agree with all that stuff. It’s not hard to admit it.

But these days Greta Thunberg wears a keffiyeh and even a balaclava sometimes. Dale Vince wears a keffiyeh. Zack Polanski of the Green Party seems more concerned about helping men who believe they are women gain access to women’s spaces than he does about ecological crises.

Identity politics is divisive. Gender ideology is poisonous and harms children and women’s rights.

And here’s the thing: you don’t have to buy into any of that crap to still want a better world.

If there are reasonable progressives reading this and thinking, “It’s true. I hate some of the stuff my tribe is doing,” then you can leave it behind. You don’t have to become a raving right-winger. It’s not a zero sum game. You can just return to the centre ground.

You don’t have to agree with me either. I do have some reactionary views. But I’ve not lost the plot. I am always willing to hear the views of others and reconsider my opinions.

But the time is long overdue to call out beliefs that are simply nuts, sideline them, and get back to what progress was supposed to be about: creating a freer, fairer society for the vast majority of ordinary people. Education, good jobs, a country built on shared values, rights and responsibilities.

Not using identity as a weapon. Not demanding that one group surrender its rights for another. And not dragging vulnerable kids into a vortex of gender confusion that will have consequences for the rest of their lives.

So come on, reasonable people. Ask yourself some questions. Question your own side as fiercely as you question the other.

Let’s stop playing the algorithmic game, stop retreating into our tribes, and get back to some form of sanity.

[Charlie Walsham @CharlieWalsham_]

This is a post for any progressive left-wingers out there who haven’t completely entrenched themselves in a belief system they can’t reverse out of.

I used to be part of your tribe, and I still believe many of the things you do.

I want a fairer more peaceful world. Racism is wrong. I want us to protect the planet. I think it’s obscene that some people are unimaginably rich while others are dirt poor. And I recognise that the more unequal societies become, the more dangerous and divided they become.

You see, I agree with all that stuff. It’s not hard to admit it.

But these days Greta Thunberg wears a keffiyeh and even a balaclava sometimes. Dale Vince wears a keffiyeh. Zack Polanski of the Green Party seems more concerned about helping men who believe they are women gain access to women’s spaces than he does about ecological crises.

Identity politics is divisive. Gender ideology is poisonous and harms children and women’s rights.

And here’s the thing: you don’t have to buy into any of that crap to still want a better world.

If there are reasonable progressives reading this and thinking, “It’s true. I hate some of the stuff my tribe is doing,” then you can leave it behind. You don’t have to become a raving right-winger. It’s not a zero sum game. You can just return to the centre ground.

You don’t have to agree with me either. I do have some reactionary views. But I’ve not lost the plot. I am always willing to hear the views of others and reconsider my opinions.

But the time is long overdue to call out beliefs that are simply nuts, sideline them, and get back to what progress was supposed to be about: creating a freer, fairer society for the vast majority of ordinary people. Education, good jobs, a country built on shared values, rights and responsibilities.

Not using identity as a weapon. Not demanding that one group surrender its rights for another. And not dragging vulnerable kids into a vortex of gender confusion that will have consequences for the rest of their lives.

So come on, reasonable people. Ask yourself some questions. Question your own side as fiercely as you question the other.

Let’s stop playing the algorithmic game, stop retreating into our tribes, and get back to some form of sanity.

[Collette Laidlaw @CollyN87]

@CrimeLdn Two years is absolutely shameful. The family must be so enraged. He looks like an AI generated image…..

[Collette Laidlaw @CollyN87]

@SvenL21 Although this is a strong one, I think the bar may have forever been set too high with “Almonds”.

[Didn’t Happen of the Year Awards @_DHOTYA]

Yep this is a contender 🤣🤣

[Collette Laidlaw @CollyN87]

@SvenL21 @OFalafel That’s brilliant 🤣

[Collette Laidlaw @CollyN87]

@SvenL21 Such a versatile clip. Also worked brilliantly for International Women’s Day 👌😂

[Collette Laidlaw @CollyN87]

@charltonbrooker @MattHancock @SvenL21 👆🏼👍😂 “Sister’s first boyfriend with a car” though 👌😂

[Collette Laidlaw @CollyN87]

@ReeceShearsmith One of the best yet! 👌 It genuinely scratched an itch I didn’t know I had. And a Mr Jelly reprisals to boot! Just wow 🤩

[Collette Laidlaw @CollyN87]

😭😭😂

[Steph Johnson @ScouseBirdBlogs]

Top tip: Always have an inspirational workspace

Coaster from https://t.co/T7caJoS4q6

[Collette Laidlaw @CollyN87]

James Randi on Homeopathy, Quackery and Fraud https://t.co/92Sa62YP13 via @YouTube

This man is a Hero 🙌🏼 He’s dedicated most of his life to debunking shameless frauds who play upon people’s fear and grief and he’s still at it at 90 years old. Absolute Don 😍

[Collette Laidlaw @CollyN87]

@SvenL21 @SoVeryBritish Accurate 👌😂

[Collette Laidlaw @CollyN87]

It is though 👌😂

[Collette Laidlaw @CollyN87]

@Tom_0151 @SvenL21 @Ffs_OMG 😂 piss off 🖕🖕🖕

[Collette Laidlaw @CollyN87]

@Tom_0151 @SvenL21 @Ffs_OMG Yeah that too, but a childhood history of grommets means I walk into things and trip over things that are there way to often 😏

[Collette Laidlaw @CollyN87]

@SvenL21 @Tom_0151 @Ffs_OMG Oh my word I need/want that mans skills for my public stumbles that happen far too often 🙈

[Collette Laidlaw @CollyN87]

@SvenL21 @calhmm @Mnrrnt 😂😂😂

[Collette Laidlaw @CollyN87]

Cleaning up my photo gallery and came across this from the last time I saw @FRabbits in Manchester this March 💔 I will always be so unbelievably grateful I got to go to this gig ❤

[Collette Laidlaw @CollyN87]

@SvenL21 @Mnrrnt Brilliant. The only down side to this video is that you don't actually witness the moment of impact. What a tool 😂

[Collette Laidlaw @CollyN87]

@SvenL21 look at this??? How mad? 😮 https://t.co/7IdYpfNNW5

[Atlas Obscura @atlasobscura]

In 1605, an order of monks received a recipe for an elixir that would prolong life. But even the most learned ones had trouble concocting it since it had 130 ingredients. A version of this liqueur is served today, and two silent monks are the only people who know how to make it.

[Collette Laidlaw @CollyN87]

@SvenL21 @DaftLimmy 😂😂 pissing myself. Brilliant.