Category Archives: Politics

It now becomes clear. David Cameron has taken some canny advice, and is trying to sabotage the Union.

Posted on 09/09/2014 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

When I originally wrote this piece almost a year ago, it was entirely in the glib sensibility, honest. I was trying to make light of the landscape of the referendum on Scottish independence at that time. Things were certainly different, … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged Alex Salmond, Beck, Better Together, Charlie Brooker, Coalition of losers, David Cameron, Ed Miliband, Gordon Brown, Loser, Nick Clegg, No Thanks, Sabotage, Stupid Tory bastards, Tony Blair, Vote Yes on 18th September 2014, Wings Over Scotland, Yes, Yes for Scotland | Leave a comment

Want a better idea of the state of Scotland’s referendum on independence? Ignore the news and look at the windaes.

Posted on 24/08/2014 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

Look around. What do you see? For a while what I was seeing confused me. I saw windae after windae with ‘Yes’ signs, and they’re only increasing in frequency, yet I saw no ‘Better Together’ or ‘No Thanks’ signs, until … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged Better Together, David Cameron, David Icke, Duck Billed Platypus, Ignore the polls, Iguana, Independence, No Thanks, Scottish Independence, Tony Abbott, Wings Over Scotland, Yes campaign, Yes for Scotland, Yes windaes | 1 Comment

The bombing of Gaza must stop, but so should the pornographication of the victims.

Posted on 29/07/2014 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

When it comes to Israel indiscriminately killing Palestinian civilians in Gaza, there are times when doing nothing is more constructive than doing something. I’ll preface this article by saying that my knowledge of the tension and conflicts that have occurred … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged Benjamin Netanyahu, BNP, Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Nazism, Palestine, Pornographication of victims, Protesting, Twitter, UKIP, Zionism | Leave a comment

UKIP’s rise? We’re all to blame.

Posted on 08/06/2014 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

I voted in the European Elections at my local polling station, the Gairbraid Church Hall in Maryhill. Having never been in it before I fully expected the interior to be transformed into a sparse state of temporary surrogacy, the mildly … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged BNP, Britain First, David Cameron, David Coburn, Ed Milliband, European Elections, General Election, Labour, Nick Clegg, Nigel Farage, Politics, Question Time, Scottish Independence, Thatcher, Thatcherism, The BBC, Tories, UKIP | Leave a comment

Does leafleting work?

Posted on 11/05/2014 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

I’ve been getting quite a few leaflets from various political parties through my letterbox recently, more than seems normal. I’ll concede that my sense of what constitutes a normal quota of leaflets is completely notional. Leafleting is a habitual element … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged Alex Salmond, BNP, Green, Labour, Leaflets, Scottish Conservatives, Scottisn Independence, UKIP | Leave a comment