Mike D

…..apologist for the global elite….Oswald acted alone…

[Mike D @Stottiemike]

@DAaronovitch The projection of the 70s as a golden age before the triumph of the neocons is madness…. Just google youth unemployment, nearly 20%, twice as bad if you were black?

[Peter Baker @peterbakernyt]

The average life expectancy of a new Russian recruit—from arrival at a training ground to death in a combat zone—lies somewhere between 10 days and three weeks. Once sent onto the battlefield, they survive an average of 20 to 35 minutes. @peterfrankopan https://t.co/W3UhBerdH0

[Mike D @Stottiemike]

@ahanthaihannah @nasdaily @CoreyWriting because 'many' blacks moslems jews, irish. pick your racialised group, do stupid ignorant things its no excuse for you to be a bigot and hold the rest accountable like a nazi..... this is not a difficult point and is covered in the first 10 minutes of a anti racism class.....

[Mike D @Stottiemike]

@DPJHodges @Bart91452028 Minister for sport is the one you want and a seat in the lords. No annoying constituents…

[Mike D @Stottiemike]

@markredon @lmharpin Mmm big question Mark, do you know anything about this? LFPME covers many Labour mps ……. Lot, quite properly for people who want peace in the Middle East, are members of both…. https://t.co/xuA6k0s2FW

[Mike D @Stottiemike]

@BlairBarley You have the same fixation over 0.8 % of the world population as antisemites have had for thousands of years. It’s the same shit about sinister power and influence. It’s why half of them have run for shelter in a tiny patch of the Middle East.

[Mike D @Stottiemike]

There are tons of labour parliamentary groups supporting overseas countries … including Palestine. …. Swapping Jew for Israel and trotting the same old tropes about being sinister isn’t the get out you think it is.

[Barley Blair @BlairBarley]

@Stottiemike @Normanjam67 @MMTLabour It seems from the name they’re supporting the foreign country of Israel. Or are you saying that Israel and Judaism are the same thing?

[Mike D @Stottiemike]

@BlairBarley No one is attacking my communities churches or demanding boycotts of our business. Just Israelis and the Jews.

[Mike D @Stottiemike]

@BlairBarley What happened in Gaza is appalling and Netanyahu is a deeply evil man. It however is a footnote to the slaughter of 3 million in ours and the USs war on terror…. We displaced 30 million for zero strategic gain. 3

[Mike D @Stottiemike]

@BlairBarley @Normanjam67 @MMTLabour Someone who doesn’t know much finds a public association supporting Jews sinister…. This has never happened before.

[Mike D @Stottiemike]

@RBG_Rollcall @AaronBastani I agree …. We should have approved AV in the referendum…. However if the choice is FPTP and PR you end up with the government held hostages by the extremes.

[Mike D @Stottiemike]

@petertherock89 @DanielJHannan @owenjonesjourno I have no idea if you are a lefty or a righty which tells you something?

[Henry Winter @henrywinter]

England would not be here in Dallas today in this better shape and with this quality of player and mood without the vital work Gareth Southgate did in tackling a distressed team and dysfunctional system. He made the talent pool deeper. He made players and fans care about England again.

As FA’s head of elite development in 2011 and 2012, Southgate persuaded counties to have kids playing smaller-sided games, enhancing technique. He worked with academies on developing more technical players. He worked with the Under-21s (37 games), building a supply-line of talent.

On becoming England head coach, he worked on rebuilding the relationship between players and fans broken amidst the pain and anger of Nice at Euro 2016.
Southgate worked on England’s culture and restored some identity. He ended club cliques, improved relations with England club managers and their medical staff. He went into club boardrooms and rebuilt trust and support between owners, directors and England.

Southgate smoothed the pathway from Under-21s to seniors and made reporting for international duty something to look forward to again. A joy, not a chore. He brought focus and some fun, real togetherness with inflatable unicorns. He worked on penalties. Marginal gains and more.

He took England from 13th in the world to third. He took England to a World Cup semi-final and quarter-final and to back-to-back Euro finals (102 games, 61 wins, 24 draws, 17 defeats). He just couldn’t get England over the line whether through quality of opposition player and manager or tactical. Like many, I was critical of him at times, in crunch moments of games. But his impact is undeniable and should be respected and celebrated.

England continue to struggle against top-20 sides. France and Argentina yesterday showed the scale of the challenge for Thomas Tuichel and his team here at the World Cup. But England start their latest World Cup finals journey with more belief and quality because of Southgate’s work from 2011 to 2024.

Southgate will doubtless be watching his dear England from afar, wishing them well. He will doubtless take pride in players he knows well. And, although he is too self-effacing and team-minded to talk about it, let alone shout about it, Southgate should certainly take quiet pride in his own immense contribution to England becoming a respected force again. #ENG #FIFAWorldCup

[Mike D @Stottiemike]

@coolhumanrights @Iridescent1985 @lewis_goodall @Alonso_GD There are hundreds of examples of terrible war crimes, many committed by our own countries. The wars on terror killed over 3 million civilians and displaced 38 million. But, because you are antisemitic, the only one you use on Jews is the one that killed most of them.

[Fraser Nelson @FraserNelson]

It's not just the exploitation of a tragedy.

JD Vance's picture of Britain - where migrants have led to a crime surge - is the opposite of the truth.

https://t.co/y5El5FUj7v