Category Archives: Politics

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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General Election 2015 – The Final Countdown

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

And so here we are on the verge of a General Election, and yes, this is just what everybody needs, another mouthy dickhead with a blog writing a highly speculative article about it, because there haven’t been nearly enough of … Continue reading →

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Smearing Sturgeon

Posted on 09/04/2015 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

With the General Election only a month away, expect a failing fourth estate that’s entirely reliant on sustaining the British electorate’s loyalty to Westminster’s conventions and structures, to throw copious amounts of shit at her and the SNP. The recent … Continue reading →

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The dilemma the SNP could face.

Posted on 12/03/2015 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

The pitiful Tory attempt at satire (above) has it wrong: the road to independence will likely come from the SNP distancing itself from Westminster politics, not conforming to its nebulous culture. We’re in a vacuum of logic, where the fervent campaigning for the … Continue reading →

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