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The ever opinionated Video Editor, Vlogger, Videographer, Footballer, Father, wordsmith & more, Straight Shootin' LJA gives his views on current affairs, from sport, to politics, television, culture, food and everything in between!!! Views are general opinion of SSLJA & are not aimed at anyone in particular unless otherwise stated. Connect with Straight Shootin' LJA on social media - Twitter - http://Twitter.com/sslja @SSLJA Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/straightshootinlja Youtube - ht ...
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***Warning Contains profanity***In this episode of the Straight Shootin' Rants, SSLJA looks at the recent revelations of parties at 10 Downing street & elsewhere involving Government officials during the Christmas lockdown in the UK back in 2020.SSLJA looks at how this revelation shows how the Tory/Conservative government is basically mocking the n…
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*Warning, video contains profanity*Straight Shootin' LJA gives his opinion on the 2 panic buying frenzies during the coronavirus pandemic with the supermarkets in March 2020 & petrol panic buying in September 2021.SSLJA looks at the frenzies and the wider impact that rushing out and greedily buying petrol or food can have on supply chains and the i…
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*Warning, video contains profanity* Straight Shootin' LJA gives his opinion on the Floyd Mayweather and Logan Paul incident where Paul stole Mayweather's cap leading up to their 'exhibition' fight on Sunday 6th June 2021, how the media tried to negatively portray Mayweather even though Logan Paul was the antagonist and what this kind of fight means…
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*Warning, video contains profanity* Straight Shootin' LJA gives his opinion on the 264 page Government report by Tony Sewell that basically denied that Institutional Racism exists in Britain. SSLJA discusses his thoughts on what a lot of people are calling a whitewash report that creates a dangerous perception that those from Black and Minority Eth…
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Have superhero films been ruined by poor storytelling? Are content providers giving poor shows too much opportunity? Does Hollywood lack creativity? Straight Shootin' LJA gives his opinion on the Hollywood trend of rebooting films and making movies out of almost anything including views on Antman vs The Wasp, which to him is a sign of desperation a…
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Are Amazon taking over the world one step at a time? Straight Shootin' LJA gives his opinion on the recent opening of the UK's first fully automated Amazon Go store in Ealing, West London. SSLJA talks about the changing face of high street retail, discussing the fact that Amazon seem to be building to a future of dominance in the retail sector, sta…
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Straight Shootin' LJA gives his opinion on the war of words between football/soccer star Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Basketball superstar Lebron James. SSLJA discusses Ibrahimovic's comments telling Lebron to stick to playing basketball instead of political issues and James' snapping back at Zlatan and putting the self obsessed football star in his plac…
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*Warning, video contains profanity* Straight Shootin' LJA gives his opinion on the utterly botched (at every turn) handling of the Coronavirus/Covid-19 pandemic of 2020 and Boris Johnson finally (after a year of Covid being on these shores) 'taking responsibility' & 'apologising' as Britain reached the horrible milestone of 100,000 Covid-19 deaths.…
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Has the UK's Conservative/Tory government failed in 2020? Are they already failing in the first week of 2021? On this episode Straight Shootin' LJA gives his views on recent news that the Head of the Department for Education (Gavin Williamson) rejected an offer from BT to provide free/cheap laptops and broadband to children of the most impoverished…
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Do black people need to get more involved with politics and protests? An age old question but one that has to be asked in my view. SSLJA and Gavin 'Da Gman' Henry attended an anti bnp protest back in October 2009 outside BBC television centre, which was caused by Nick Griffin the (leader of the British National Party) being allowed to be on a flags…
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What does it mean to be black? A snapshot from 2009 Back in October 2009 there was a protest outside BBC Television Centre in White City, West London and the reason for it was because at the time the openly racist Nick Griffin (leader of the BNP) was going to get a national platform to air his racist and xenophobic views, he was going to appear on …
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Welcome to Episode 32 of the Straight Shootin' Rants On this episode Straight Shootin' LJA gives his views on the increase in covert recordings in the workplace and the rise in employers monitoring workers with covert apps that monitor things such as keystrokes and browser history. SSLJA looks at whether employers and employees distrust each other …
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Welcome to Episode 31 of the Straight Shootin' Rants On this episode Straight Shootin' LJA gives his views on Black History Month and it's significance but also about the tokenism that happens during the month and if this has taken away the impact of the month, especially in 2020. SSLJA looks at tokenism in TV during Black History Month and how TV …
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Straight Shootin' Rant Episode 30 - Congrats Barbados, Brexit Britain isn't Great On this episode of the Straight Shootin’ Rants SSLJA looks at the recent news that Barbados wants to remove Queen Elizabeth II as their head of state in time for their 55th anniversary of independence. LJA looks at whether this is a positive move or not and how much i…
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Straight Shootin' Rant Episode 29 - Self love, Porno & Corona Virus NSFW On this episode Straight Shootin' LJA gives his views about how the Corona Virus has affected the Dating industry, but also how it affected the Sex Toy manufacturers and positively & negatively affected the Pornographic and how that industry could potentially change post Covid…
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Straight Shootin' Rant Episode 28 - Why do conspiracy theories have fans? On this episode Straight Shootin' LJA gives his views about Conspiracy Theories (inspired by John Oliver's Last Week Tonight segment) and why he thinks they have fans/believers, especially during the coronavirus/Covid-19 pandemic. Straight Shootin' LJA also gives his opinion …
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Straight Shootin' Rant Episode 27 - Russell Howard's walkout & protecting a live performers craft Also on IGTV - Mixcloud link (Audio only) - On this episode Straight Shootin' LJA gives his views about comedian Russell Howard walking off stage 5 minutes into a warmup gig due to a woman filming his comedy set. SSLJA discusses whether or not Howard w…
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Straight Shootin' Rant Episode 26 - Barca & the Messi conundrum, will he stay or go? Also on IGTV - https://www.instagram.com/tv/CD_CTpcgoqr/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Mixcloud link (Audio only) - https://www.mixcloud.com/StraightShootinLJA/straight-shootin-rant-episode-26-barca-the-messi-conundrum-will-he-stay-or-go/ On this episode Straight Sho…
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On this episode Straight Shootin' LJA gives his views about people and entities being congratulated for doing the bare minimum required, including parents wanting credit for what they should be doing anyway, the British government with their response to the Covid-19 pandemic & more. Straight Shootin' LJA also gives his opinion on the BBC and the co…
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On this episode Straight Shootin' LJA gives his views about 'conspiracy theorist' Alex Jones popping back up on Youtube, Grime star Wiley being Permanently Suspended from Twitter due to perceived anti semitic comments & Piers Morgan and certain xenophobic & racist comments he's made on tv and gotten away with. Should Alex Jones be banned? Did Wiley…
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Welcome to Episode 23 of the Straight Shootin' Rants On this episode Straight Shootin' LJA gives his views about the potential of a legal battle between AFC Bournemouth & Aston Villa FC over the former being relegated from the Premier League and it partially being related to a malfunction of Hawkeye Goal Line Technology. Straight Shootin' LJA gives…
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Welcome to Episode 22 of the Straight Shootin' Rants On this episode Straight Shootin' LJA gives his views on the Black Lives Matter movement and if it has lost any momentum. SSLJA looks at the dangers of pigeonholing all ethnic minorities with the 'BAME' label and if that helps or hinders the fight for equality and much more. This is a general opi…
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Welcome to Episode 21 of the Straight Shootin' Rants On this episode Straight Shootin' LJA gives his views about the recent government mandates that sex with anyone outside your house is illegal due to the Corona Virus pandemic and also that facemarks will be mandatory from June 15th 2020 on the TFL network. SSLJA looks at potential enforcement pro…
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Welcome to Episode 20 of the Straight Shootin' Rants On this episode Straight Shootin' LJA gives his views about the Premier League announcing that it is set to return behind closed doors on June 17th 2020 after a 3 month hiatus due to the Corona Virus pandemic. SSLJA looks at the concerns some fans have about matches lacking atmosphere due to no f…
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Welcome to Episode 19 of the Straight Shootin' Rants On this episode Straight Shootin' LJA gives his views on the #blackouttuesday initiative on social media (Specifically instagram on June 2nd 2020) and also the June 3rd peaceful protests in London's Hyde Park inspired by the murder of Black American man George Floyd by a Minnieapolis police offic…
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Welcome to Episode 18 of the Straight Shootin' Rants On this episode Straight Shootin' LJA gives his views on the killing of a black man by the name of George Floyd from Minnesota, by a police officer. SSLJA looks at the issue of police brutality, institutional racism within the police force in the US and UK and also looks at the role the media hav…
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Welcome to Episode 17 of the Straight Shootin' Rants On this episode Straight Shootin' LJA gives his views about the Premier League announcing that it is set to return on June 17th 2020 after a 3 month hiatus due to the Corona Virus pandemic. SSLJA looks at the return of football but asks if it is potentially at the cost of player safety due to the…
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Welcome to Episode 16 of the Straight Shootin' Rants On this episode Straight Shootin' LJA gives his views about the handling of the Coronavirus/Covid 19 pandemic by the UK government looking at the double standards of reopening state schools, but not certain private schools such as Eton until September. SSLJA also looks at the double standard Domi…
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Welcome to Episode 15 of the Straight Shootin' Rants On this episode Straight Shootin' LJA gives his views about the amazing fundraising done by 99 year old war veteran Captain Tom Moore for the NHS, to help them during the world wide Corona Virus pandemic. LJA congratulates Captain Moore, but also shares his disappointment that Captain Moore had t…
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Welcome to Episode 14 of the Straight Shootin' Rants On this episode Straight Shootin' LJA gives his views about football clubs using the UK Governments loosely defined job retention scheme, and furloughing employees due to the Premier League postponing the 2019/2020 season early, due to the world wide Corona Virus pandemic. LJA looks at whether or…
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Welcome to Episode 13 of the Straight Shootin' Rants On this episode Straight Shootin' LJA gives his views about the potential of the Premier League ending the 2019/2020 season early due to the world wide Corona Virus pandemic. LJA goes through the potential ramifications of ending the season early including knock on effects to the EFL Championship…
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Welcome to Episode 12 of the Straight Shootin' Rants On this episode Straight Shootin' LJA was asked to give his views on the upcoming (at the time) 2019 General Election. Straight Shootin' LJA gives his opinion on who he thought would win the election, why and how he'd like to see the Brexit issue resolved & more. Also this is a general opinion & …
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Welcome to Episode 11 of the Straight Shootin' Rants *Viewer discretion advised due to profanity* On this episode Straight Shootin' LJA gives his views about the recent comments on knife crime from Prime Minister Theresa May & others. Straight Shootin' LJA gives his opinion on May’s views that there is no link between cuts in police numbers and a r…
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Welcome to Episode 10 of the Straight Shootin' Rants *Viewer discretion advised due to profanity* On this episode Straight Shootin' LJA gives his views about the recent 'Cornerstore Caroline' viral video where a woman (Teresa Klein) falsely accused a 9 year old boy (Jeremiah Harvey) of groping her at a Brooklyn convenience store. Straight Shootin' …
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Welcome to Episode 9 of the Straight Shootin' Rants *Viewer discretion advised due to profanity* On this episode Straight Shootin' LJA gives his views about Heather Wheeler (Who was appointed as Minister for homelessness in January 2018) and her comments to the Guardian, saying she does not know why the number of rough sleepers has increased so sig…
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Welcome to Episode 8 of the Straight Shootin' Rants *Viewer discretion advised due to profanity* On this episode Straight Shootin' LJA gives his views about the recent controversy regarding Kleenex changing the naming of their 'Man Size' tissues due to people complaining that they are perceived as sexist. Straight Shootin' LJA gives his opinion on …
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Welcome to Episode 7 of the Straight Shootin' Rants *Viewer discretion advised due to profanity* On this episode Straight Shootin' LJA gives his views about the recent announcement that Mixed sex couples could get the right to enter into civil partnerships as an alternative to getting married. Straight Shootin' LJA gives his opinion on whether or n…
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Welcome to Episode 6 of the Straight Shootin' Rants *Viewer discretion advised due to profanity* On this episode Straight Shootin' LJA gives his views about the recently released 'Cheaters Edition' of the world famous Monopoly board game. Straight Shootin' LJA also gives his opinion on Sainsbury's recently releasing 2 very odd flavours of tea, Brus…
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Welcome to Episode 5 of the Straight Shootin' Rants *Viewer discretion advised due to profanity* On this episode Straight Shootin' LJA gives his views about the recent controversy over an unfinished gun tattoo on England international footballer Raheem Sterling's leg. Straight Shootin' LJA gives his opinion on those complaining about & being critic…
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Welcome to Episode 4 of the Straight Shootin' Rants *Viewer discretion advised due to profanity* On this episode Straight Shootin' LJA gives his views about the issue of people becoming 'celebrities' based on something they do going viral, with a focus on 'rapper' Big Shaq and his latest track 'Man Don't dance'. Straight Shootin' LJA gives his opin…
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Welcome to Episode 3 of the Straight Shootin' Rants On this episode Straight Shootin' LJA gives his views about the recent controversy involving Atletico Madrid footballer Antoine Griezmann, Sophie Applegarth, Julia Iovenitti and Sally Coburn all wearing fancy dress with 'Blackface'. SSLJA discusses whether or not Blacking up is acceptable in today…
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Welcome to Episode 2 of Straight Shootin' Rants On this 2nd episode Straight Shootin' LJA gives his views about the recent controversy involving a group of Black Women & the Dstrkt nightclub in London denying them entry because of their race & weight and gives his view on discrimination in general. Be warned profanity is used at times and no holds …
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Welcome to Episode 1 of Straight Shootin' Rants On this debut episode Straight Shootin' LJA gives his views about the musical 'talent' show Xfactor in the form of a rant. Be warned profanity is used at times and no holds are barred Also this is a general opinion & is not aimed at anyone in particular unless stated.…
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