Tag Archives: Politics

No Homage to Catalonia.

Posted on 16/11/2017 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

When I haven’t been killing time mass killing on GTA V online, shopping for Secret Santa prezzies (edible anuses look appetising), or watching Sopranos clips on YouTube (I’d forgotten how bloody funny it was), I’ve been keeping an eye on … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged Appetising edible anuses, Brexit, Catalonia, ETA, Gerry Adams, GTA V Online, Homage to Catalonia, Keep the heid is right, Mosleyism, Northern Ireland, Orwell, Politics, Scottish Independence, Secret Santa shopping is tough, Spain, The Sopranos, Ulster | Leave a comment

You stupid bastards

Posted on 12/06/2017 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

The only thing sillier than predicting the future is the future itself. Now maybe that’s been said before, in fact it probably has, though perhaps slightly differently. I’ve probably read it and it’s been lodged in the ever shrinking subconscious … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged Brexit, Buckfast Brexit, Corbynism is more popular than Blairism, DUP Teletubbies hate Catholics, Election 2017, Euthanise your ringpiece cancer with Vindaloo, Good Riddance to UKIP, Indyref2 is dead on Twitter until the Brexit negotiations start, Kezia Dugdale is a waste of skin, Let's carpet bomb rural Aberdeenshire and Perthshire, Michael Gove to shaft Aberdeenshire Fishermen and Farmers - silver linings and all that, Neo-liberal Labourites tactically voting Tory might be the stupidest people ever, No Surrender to Gerry Adams' beard, Past my Logan's Run point, Politics, Ruth Davidson is a pound-shop Donald Trump, Scottish Labour *shakes head*, SNP, St. Ninians in Knightswood is a Catholic school - no comment, The Fall, The kids are alright, The Who, Theresa May would've died at the start of Game Of Thrones, Tory Bastards, UK, You stupid bastards, Your Future Our Clutter | Leave a comment

The revolution has been televised

Posted on 22/05/2017 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

And it’s the opposite of what Gil Scott-Heron prophesised, no individual empowerment going on here. Still, on a more humorous note, there’s a line in ‘The comeback’ by Alex Cameron in which he assumes the predicament of a washed up … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged Alex Cameron, BBC News, BBC Question Time, Betrayal is good fucking word, Blairism is toxic, Brexit, Britain Elects, Cop-out on your sofa and channel hop, Dickensian, Genny Leckie on the 8th of June is coming soon, Gil Scott-Heron, Illuminatus!, Is this enough tags, Nigel 'cunt' Farage, Perception is now truth, Political slogans, Politics, sanitised studios, The revolution has been televised, Theresa May hiding away, Tory Propoganda, Weaning the weans | 1 Comment

Donald Trump – an agent for Scottish independence

Posted on 21/02/2017 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zT0Rjc6jKCg Making political predictions is a foolish endeavour for idiots, like me, see exhibits here, here and here for conclusive proof. Political presumptions are even more idiotic, dangerous even, as nobody viewed Trump as the threat he was. Indeed many … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged Bannon likes a used maxi pad, batshit crazy, Bedtime For Bonzo, Black Mirror, Brexit, Charlie Brooker, Donald Trump, EU, George Monbiot, Holyrood, More landfills after land clearances, Politics, Presumptions are worse than assumptions, Reagan always embraced the method, Scottish Independence, Scottish Independence could rely on Trump being Trump, Sleaford Mods, SNP, Tango'd, Uber Tory bastards, Up The Junction with Polish subtitles, Westminster, Why did I confuse Adam Curtis with George Monbiot, Yes or No? | Leave a comment

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