Category Archives: Politics

The EU apathy

Posted on 04/03/2016 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

Why do so many people loathe politics? Let’s start with its forms of disingenuous repetition. You know that feeling you get when you see a bunch of junk mail lying at your front door every morning? David Cameron’s series of … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged Adam Johnson is not related to Jimmy Saville, Apathy, Boris Johnson just won't go away, Brussels, David Cameron delivering junk mail, Do you give a fuck?, England, EU, Europe, Immigration, In or Out?, Making Plans For Nigel Farage?, Melanomas, Michael Gove, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Scottish Independence, The eye socket scene from 'A Serbian Film', UK, Wales, What if David Cameron was from Cameroon? | 3 Comments

Syria – how can you decide on a strategy when the question is unclear?

Posted on 15/12/2015 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

It was no surprise that a vote in the House of Commons for the UK to join the military action against Islamic State in Syria was passed. The more pertinent questions about military intervention have followed; whether this is how … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged Airstrikes, Assad, Civil War, Do the right thing - but what is that?, Inaction or Action?, Iraq legacy, Islamic State, Labour, Politics, SNP, Syria, The right to abstain, Tories | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Politics | Tagged 4Chan, Authoritarianism, Conformists, Greens, Jez we can, Jez we cannot, Labour, Men strawer than the wicker man, NuLabour, Power to the people - but only if you agree with us, Purity, Reds, SNP, Stupidity and Futility, Tory bastards are getting a free ride, UKIP | Leave a comment

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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