Category Archives: Politics

The big difference between 2003 and 2025? The elite are no longer concealing their contempt for us

Posted on 30/06/2025 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

Allowing this blog to become too current affairs centric makes it more boring than it usually is, and depressing, for me and anyone who has the misfortune to happen upon it. Still, certain topics reach such enormity that it’s cowardly … Continue reading →

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Labour’s failure reflects our lack of imagination and bottle to demand something new

Posted on 30/04/2025 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

The nauseating PR seems so ridiculously quaint now; those genius adults were back in charge. How quiet it would be after a decade plus of Tory dysfunction and incompetence. That this Labour government, with the drabbest weathervane leader imaginable, would … Continue reading →

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Trump wins again! And years of lying and greed from neo-liberals fuelled his comeback.

Posted on 29/11/2024 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

There are many justified condemnations of Donald Trump, one is narcissism. So, in that vein, let’s talk about wee auld me first. I look to keep any piece I write on this blog at a thousand words or less. Even … Continue reading →

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Is there anything worth voting for in 2024?

Posted on 30/06/2024 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

The first General Election I could vote in was 2001. I voted for Labour, then Tony Blair went all Henry Kissinger in 2003. Despite this the dangled carrot of Scottish Independence has kept me engaged. Until now. With no prospect … Continue reading →

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Why the latest Israel and Hamas conflict has convinced me to quit Twitter for good

Posted on 31/10/2023 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

Malcolm X’s famous quote is roughly sixty years old, but even he would be astonished by social media’s corrosiveness on political discourse. The nasty, polarised response online to this new round of Israeli-Palestine hostility has clarified that all media platforms … Continue reading →

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