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Grexit and Austerity: the slogans of antipathy.
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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Tagged Abbreviations, Acronyms, Affluent aspiration would be a great name for a punk band, Alliteration is snazzy - innit?, Antipathy, Austerity, EU, EU Referendum, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greens, Grexit, Iain Duncan Smith sniffs the seats on buses, Labour, Single Muslim lesbian mums with eight kids from Somalia, Slogans, SNP, The War on Drugs, Tory Bastardism in full effect, Westminster, Xenophobia
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DEPRESSION Is a song with no ending HAPPINESS Means not pretending RELAX Stop looking at the clock AUSTERITY Is just a load of poppycock GREEKS Arm themselves with facts DYLAN Blood On The Tracks SLEEPING Or am I really awake? … Continue reading
The dilemma the SNP could face.
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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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
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