Tag Archives: Brexit

Arteta’s Arsenal – and why their methods are bad for the game

Posted on 30/03/2026 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

This Premier League season has been bleak. The quality of play is the worst in over a decade, and as a spectacle it has not been compelling. You have to go back to Antonio Conte’s insufferably dull Chelsea side winning … Continue reading →

Posted in Sports | Tagged AC Milan, Antonio Conte, Arne Slot, Arsenal, Arsene Wenger, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Boris Johnson, Brexit, Carlo Ancelotti, Champions League, Chelsea, George Graham, Grouse beaters, Islam, Judeo-Christianity, Jurgen Klopp, Lionel Messi, Liverpool, Long throws, Manchester City, Manchester United, Mikel Arteta, Pep Guardiola, Premier League, PSG, Real Madrid, Renaud Camus, Rugby Union, Spurs, Tony Pulis, VAR, Welsh, Zionists | Leave a comment

Essential Listening: The Best Releases Of 2025

Posted on 21/12/2025 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

I’m not sure what’s more concerning, that, without checking, I can’t remember all the albums which made my Best Releases Of 2024 list, or that it seems only yesterday that I was writing that column. From now on, instead of … Continue reading →

Posted in Essential Listening | Tagged 2025, 808 State, Akira, Alex James cosplaying a country Tory, Avocados costing £2.50 each, Björk, Blade Runner, Blur, Boards Of Canada, Boomkat, Brainwashing, Brexit, Canadian Loon, Christmas, Colombian, David Rawlings, Decius, DJ Sprinkles, Do You Radio, Ducktails, Duval Timothy, Erasure, Essential Listening, Factory Floor, Fat White Family, Gillian Welch, GlenGarry GlenRoss, Goldie, Hugh B, I Care Because I Do, Iceland, Japanese, KiF Productions, Lias Saoudi, Live From 71, Los Pirañas, Múm, New Year, Nostalgia, Oasis, Pigs, Queerification & Ruins; Collected Remixes (Expanded Edition), Reissue, Richard D. James, Richard D. James Album, Robert Wyatt, Shrinking Twix, Simon Fisher Turner, Sochi Terada, Soft Cell, Stereolab, Still Out, Terre Thaemlitz, The Modern Pop Ensemble, Timeless, Tiny Desk Concert, TV Anime & Manga New Age Soundtracks 1984-1993, Una Oportunidad Más de Triunfar en la Vida, Vinyl snobs, Vol II (Splendour & Obedience), Warm Leatherette, Will Long, Wishful Thinking, Yesterday Was Dramatic - Today Is OK, You Go To The Middle Of Nothing | 1 Comment

Labour’s failure reflects our lack of imagination and bottle to demand something new

Posted on 30/04/2025 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

The nauseating PR seems so ridiculously quaint now; those genius adults were back in charge. How quiet it would be after a decade plus of Tory dysfunction and incompetence. That this Labour government, with the drabbest weathervane leader imaginable, would … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged Alastair Campbell, Bernard Manning, Blairism, Boomers, Brexit, Centrist dads, Corbyn, Crypto, Donald Trump, Fred West, Gary Stevenson, Jimmy Saville, Labour, Mad Men, Nimbys, Racist gammon, Reform, Rory Stewart, Scottish Independence, Thatcherite, Westminster | Leave a comment

The Premier League Preview 2023/24

Posted on 11/08/2023 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

Life ceases to be interesting if you lose the capacity to be surprised. If Donald Trump is never brought to trial, would you be surprised? Or, if Trump went all Budd Dwyer and killed himself on TV if he’s brought … Continue reading →

Posted in Sports | Tagged Arsenal, Arteta is a metrosexual cosplayer, Aston Villa, Bayern Munich, Brendan Gleeson, Brexit, Budd Dwyer, Burnley, Champions League, Chelsea, Cunt fucking kids, Donald Trump, Erik Ten Haag, Everton, Financial Fair Play, France, Fulham, Germany, Harry Kane, In Bruges, Italy, Karim Benzema, Kenilworth Road, Kylian Mbappe, Lee Anderson's son is a vegetarian, Liverpool, Luton Town, Manchester City, Manchester United, Mohammed bin Salman, Newcastle United, Nottingham Forest, Paul Heckingbottom, Premier League, Priti and Suella are cunts, Ralph Fiennes, Saudi Arabia, Sean Dyche, Spain, Thursday Night Wankers, Todd “Burger Me” Boehly, Tottenham Hotspur, United Kingdom, Wolverhampton Wanderers, YouTube | Leave a comment

Hey, SNP, do your job

Posted on 31/01/2023 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

Solitude defined by internet use is a blight on our mental stability. Having succumbed, I know that only introspection and self-control can recover a stable equilibrium. Speaking of which, the SNP need an intervention. They have forgotten that their purpose, … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged 4Chan, A Serbian Film, Brexit, Corbynistic, Furries, Gender Recognition Reform bill, Godot is a tardy cunt, Greens are on greenies, Hentai porn, Independence, Jame Gumb, Jimmy Saville, Nicola Sturgeon, Orwellian, Politics, Scotland, Scots, Self-ID, The SNP, Tories, Uwe Boll, Was made to study Samuel Beckett at school and I hated it, Westminster | Leave a comment