Category Archives: Politics

Terrorism, a word thoroughly abused.

Posted on 28/11/2015 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

If there’s one thing that’s really been getting on my tits recently it’s how the word Terrorism is wielded. In truth it always has done. Terrorism, if we take its literal meaning, and ignore its widely implied use by politicians and … Continue reading →

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How the far left is strengthening conservatism.

Posted on 12/10/2015 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

The far left have been pumped full of steroids since Jeremy “JEZ we can” Corbyn became Labour leader, and now, more than ever, they’re out for a spoil. He passively aggressively adopted the ‘we’re a broad church’ line at the … Continue reading →

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Jeremy Corbyn – a symptom of the Labour party’s malaise.

Posted on 26/08/2015 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

Nine months ago I wrote that Labour’s decline was in part due an obtuse allegiance of its members and hardcore voters to the party name. Well, to quote his Bobness ‘things have changed’. A schism has formed. Broadly speaking there … Continue reading →

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Grexit and Austerity: the slogans of antipathy.

Posted on 16/07/2015 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

Don’t you just hate the sensationalising of events with catchphrases? We accept that genuine disasters are usually given abbreviations as a convenience and then absorbed into the lexicon immediately, say ‘Piper Alpha’, ‘Dunblane’, ‘Lockerbie’ or ‘9/11’. Okay, so that last … Continue reading →

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What the fuck just happened?

Posted on 11/05/2015 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

It wasn’t supposed to be this way. There was supposed to be post-election confusion with a hung parliament, and we were just getting used to that idea. Other than the SNP, the number of seats won by each party won … Continue reading →

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