Tag Archives: Alex Salmond

So, in almost eight years of blogging, what’s the most embarrassing thing I’ve written?

Posted on 31/03/2021 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

The older I get the more I hurry when doing mundane tasks. Often I attempt to do three things at once and in a fragmented mess fail to conclude any of them, that or I carry a general anxiety that … Continue reading →

Posted in Odds & Ends, Politics | Tagged Alex Salmond, Blogging, Cancel culture wankers, Ched Evans, Dog Turd, Doing a Peter Sutcliffe in GTA V, Glasgow windaes, GlenGarry GlenRoss, Jürgen Klopp, Kevin Spacey, Madelaine McCann syndrome, Michael Jackson, Off The Wall, SNP inertia, The Usual Suspects, Thriller, WLWASIOH | Leave a comment

How to play the long game in 2019, just wait

Posted on 30/01/2019 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

Last spring I wanted the SNP to agitate for another independence referendum then and there. It would’ve been as catastrophically ill-judged as Brexit’s turning out to be. Can you keep the heid while your opponent loses theirs and parse things … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged Alex Salmond, Brexit, Britishness, EU, Good Friday Agreement, Hitler, Jeremy Corbyn is a useless twat, Keep the Heid, No Deal, Northern Ireland, Omnishambles is a great word, People’s Vote, Pink Elephant, Rab C Nesbitt, Scotland, SNP, The Heebie Jeebie, Waiting, Wales | 1 Comment

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 →

Posted in Politics | Tagged Alex Salmond, Austerity, Coalition, Devo Max?, Dilemma, Get out and vote, Greens, Jim Murphy, Labour, London Calling, May 2015, Nats, Ravenscraig, SNP, Tories, UK, UKIP, Unionists | 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