Indeed. Milne is a graduate of the bizarre Straight Left group, which was a tankie entrist organisation. The name allegedly chosen to differentiate them from the ‘identity politics’ associated with the […]

Labour would have no need to do any sort of deal with the SNP. All they need to do is dare them to vote against a confidence motion and bring the Tories back in. They’ve only just recovered from doing that in 1979…

You’d think. However my impression from the local comrades etc. is that it only really sunk in with the euro-elections. A surprising number of otherwise intelligent people had bought into the Bill Bragg “long game” argument.

There’s where we differ; I think Corbyn is, in his way, every bit as fake and self-serving as Farage. I’ve a long-standing loathing of the hobbyist left which has not been lessened by Corbyn’s abject failure to […]

I also say hallelujah. The sight of bewildered Corbynites waking up to the fact that he is, and always has been, anti-EU, is something to behold.

Were obviously not interpreting words in the same way. Leaving aside the temper-tantrum Corbyn throws at being questioned, I don’t hear any condemnation at all. He says he *disagrees*, which is not the same thing. […]

You can watch/download Renaldo and Clara from here:

Which I reached from http://www.rarefilmm.com – “The cave of forgotten films.”

Er, I’m guessing you didn’t actually read/watch those links, right?

Did he condemn the violent tactics of “our friends in Hamas”? Or the child-hangers in Iran, while he was employed by their propaganda TV station?

I have to admit that I have a bias here; I cannot forgive him […]

This scene – or something very like it – is described in Shepard’s Rolling Thunder Logbook. Spontaneous, by the sounds of it:
“This is turning into either the worst melodrama on earth or the best head-to-head […]

Pish, unfortunately. Corbyn will speak to all manner of violent extremists – providing he agrees with them. Hence, for example, his relentless toadying to “our friends in Hamas” but zero contacts with Israeli […]

I’m reading Shepard’s Rolling Thunder logbook just now and he did indeed have a horse ranch, so that would fit.

Me too! I was thinking “Hey, I’ve never heard of Stefan Van Dorp. Every day’s a schoolday.” What a wag.

It seems I am with the consensus!

It’s an entertaining watch. It’s certainly not “just ashes”. I did find myself wondering though whether coyote was actually about Dylan – doesn’t Mitchell say that she’s writing a song about the experience of […]

As it happens, I was out seeing HMHB this very night, at Edinburgh’s Liquid Rooms. They were excellent, of course. However I was struck by the fact that Nigel was not playing guitar, which gave the show a […]

Here’s a prediction. Any “independent” Scotland would not join the EU if rUK wasn’t in. Why? Because the resulting hard immigration and customs border with England would be an economic and social catastrophe.

Ah, you old curmudgeons. I loved it but then I love surf instrumentals and the whole Los Straitjackets schtick. They’re an unlikely choice as a backing band for Nick Lowe, perhaps – but it works. Worked for me, […]

Julian Cope has it covered (NSFW):

Somewhat against expectations, the duets with Baez are bits I’m enjoying most. How is everyone else getting on with this?