Tag Archives: Thatcherism

The 2014-15 Premier League Quarterly Report – The Quagmire Edition

Posted on 16/11/2014 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

Quagmire; noun 1. an area of miry or boggy ground whose surface yields under the tread; a bog. 2. a situation from which extrication is very difficult: a quagmire of financial indebtedness. 3. anything soft or flabby. As Jim Bowen would put it the English language is ‘super smashing great’ for variety, nuance, complexity and intrigue, but not so good when an enticing word doesn’t quite mean what you believe it … Continue reading →

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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

UKIP’s rise? We’re all to blame.

Posted on 08/06/2014 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

I voted in the European Elections at my local polling station, the Gairbraid Church Hall in Maryhill. Having never been in it before I fully expected the interior to be transformed into a sparse state of temporary surrogacy, the mildly … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged BNP, Britain First, David Cameron, David Coburn, Ed Milliband, European Elections, General Election, Labour, Nick Clegg, Nigel Farage, Politics, Question Time, Scottish Independence, Thatcher, Thatcherism, The BBC, Tories, UKIP | Leave a comment

Essential Listening: New Wave – The Auteurs (1993)

Posted on 20/05/2014 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

Recently I’ve been trawling through a lot of nineties music. I couldn’t tell you why I’m doing this, or doing this now. I suspect it’s a subconscious hankering to retain fading memories married with the entirely conscious rationalisation of aging. … Continue reading →

Posted in Essential Listening | Tagged 90's, Aspiration, Blur, Britpop, En Vogue, Essential Listening, Getting old, Luke Haines, New Wave, Not Britpop, Oasis, Pulp, Teens have bad taste in music, Thatcherism, The Auteurs, TLC | 1 Comment