Category Archives: Politics

What do the Charlie Hebdo killers and Ched Evans hounders have in common? Intolerance, and stupidity.

Posted on 14/01/2015 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

We live in interesting times, and this last week’s events have only served to reaffirm two central truths, namely that same people, too many people – okay me too – are now taking themselves and their beliefs too seriously, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged Anders Breivik, Branding, Cartoonists, Charlie Hebdo, Ched Evans, Intolerance, Islam, Islamists, Islamists are stupid, Mocking, Stupidity, Terrorism | 2 Comments

Labourites are shite.

Posted on 07/12/2014 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

Being as I am, I always try to look for the best in folks, or in anything, before the evidence to the contrary makes that an impossibility. You could imagine Hitler and Stalin being decent company, especially if you had … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged Better Together, Chancers, Cowboy builders, Ed Miliband, General Election 2015, Gordon Brown, Hypocrisy, Jim Murphy, Labour, Labourites are shite, Mediocrity, Myopia, Parasites, Thatcher, The Wire, Tories, UKIP, Westminster malaise | 1 Comment

The aftermath of the independence referendum.

Posted on 28/09/2014 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

I’m ready to embrace the challenges ahead that independence will bring. The only remaining question is do enough of us want to write our future? That would be No. Currently I’m reading Blood Meridian by Cormack McCarthy. Every engrossing page … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged Aftermath, Alex Salmond, Better Together, Blood Meridian, Cormack McCarthy, David Cameron, Douglas Carswell, Ed Miliband, George Orwell, Glenda Jackson, Gordon Brown, Great Britain, Groupthink, Holyrood, Independence referendum, Jim Murphy, Johann Lamont, Labour, Mark Reckless, Nazi Salutes, NHS, No Thanks, Orange Order, Russell Brand, Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Scottish Indepedence, Scottish Nationalist Party, Scottish Socialist Party, Thatcherism, Tories, UKIP, Unionist scum, Westminster, Yes | Leave a comment

Why I’m voting Yes.

Posted on 15/09/2014 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

I’ve been writing steadily for about seven years now. Not for one second do I think I’m good, or even average at it. It can be hard to offer an honest, objective appraisal of one’s own work, and really, being … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged Alan Bennett, Alex Salmond, Better Together, David Cameron, Ed Miliband, Edinburgh, George Galloway, George Monbiot, Glasgow, Gordon Brown, I'm voting Yes, Imperial masters, Labour, LibLabCon, London, Nigel Farage, No Thanks, NuLabour, Scottish Greens, Scottish Independence, Scottish Socialists, SNP, Star Wars, Vote Yes, Westminster, Yes, Yes campaign, Yes for Scotland | 2 Comments

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