Michael McLaughlin

Michael McLaughlin
2nd Leader of the British Movement
In office 1975 – 1983 (8 years)
Preceded by	Colin Jordan
Succeeded by	Position Abolished (succeeded by the British National Socialist Movement)
Personal details
Born	1940 (age 77–78) Liverpool, England
Occupation	Activist, blogger, writer

Michael McLaughlin (born c. 1940), also known as Michael Walsh, was for a time a leading figure on the British far right. Born in Liverpool, McLaughlin was the son of an Irish republican and socialist, who was a veteran of the International Brigades.

According to his blog, his father was a good friend of Irish playwright Seán O'Casey, and shared battle experiences with war correspondent and international author, Ernest Hemingway. His mother corresponded with Dolores Ibárruri (La Pasionaria) during the Spanish Civil War.

Michael McLaughlin's father was Paddy Roe McLaughlin (Irish: Pádraig Ruadh Mac Lochlainn), who lived from 1902-1974 and was an Irish-speaker born in Lecamy on the Inishowen Peninsula, County Donegal. Patrick was a committed Irish republican and socialist fighting in four major conflicts. As a member of the Irish Republican Army, he fought in the Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War (on the anti-Treaty side). After spending time in the United States, he fought in Spain as part of the International Brigades with the Connolly Column of the Lincoln Battalion. Patrick McLaughlin married Kathleen Walsh of Liverpool in 1938 and was a founding member of the Connolly Association in England. During the Second World War he joined the Royal Air Force to fight against the Axis powers flying Spitfires and Hurricanes. The couple were both members of the Communist Party of Great Britain, though Kathleen left the party in 1956.

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