Tag Archives: Labour

So yeah, another fecking election.

Posted on 03/05/2016 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

So, yeah, another election, and there’ll be another one, well technically it’ll be another referendum, shortly after this. We should be thankful for choice, as some countries don’t have votes or stable democracies. Even so, most of us seem to … Continue reading →

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Syria – how can you decide on a strategy when the question is unclear?

Posted on 15/12/2015 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

It was no surprise that a vote in the House of Commons for the UK to join the military action against Islamic State in Syria was passed. The more pertinent questions about military intervention have followed; whether this is how … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged Airstrikes, Assad, Civil War, Do the right thing - but what is that?, Inaction or Action?, Iraq legacy, Islamic State, Labour, Politics, SNP, Syria, The right to abstain, Tories | Leave a comment

How the far left is strengthening conservatism.

Posted on 12/10/2015 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

The far left have been pumped full of steroids since Jeremy “JEZ we can” Corbyn became Labour leader, and now, more than ever, they’re out for a spoil. He passively aggressively adopted the ‘we’re a broad church’ line at the … Continue reading →

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Jeremy Corbyn – a symptom of the Labour party’s malaise.

Posted on 26/08/2015 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

Nine months ago I wrote that Labour’s decline was in part due an obtuse allegiance of its members and hardcore voters to the party name. Well, to quote his Bobness ‘things have changed’. A schism has formed. Broadly speaking there … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged Because it can't be said often enough - Iain Duncan Smith is scum, Blairites, Bloody mugs, Corbynites, Damp Costa Coffee napkins, DWP, Foodbanks, Jeremy 'Jez' Corbyn, Labour, Labour is too broad a church, Labourites, Politics, Thatcherite, Tony Blair's teeth are shite, Yvette Cooper | Leave a comment

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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