Charmless but Purple

The charmless one certainly made his mark on the funeral of Robin Cook, and despite my uncomplimentary remarks about him, I agree with those who said that he got it right.

He did get it right, and we don’t have many people in public life today who stand up and get themselves counted. Also the comments made in The Independent on Sunday (online) are worth our consideration.

“Well” said the IOS, “What do you expect if you invite John McCririck as a speaker?”
Exactly, our John is not a boot licker and we have to accept that.


For once Mr McCririck looked nearly normal: view these photographs and tell me what you think. Very snazzy purple threads there.
When he appeared on Channel 4’s news programme after the funeral, he spoke without descending into those very eccentric mannerisms we all love to hate.



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The Channel 4 presenter came to grief as he attempted to insert Robin’s Cook’s supposed lack of religious fervour into the conversation. Our John chewed him up and spat him out.

“Completely irrelevant!” boomed the unsinkable McCririck and proceeded to wipe the floor with said presenter. (Hurry up Jon Snow and come back from your hols.)

Repeating his view, that it had to be said, John concluded the interview by pointing out that Tony Blair is a PM without reponsibility, and in his last term of office Blair simply doesn’t care.

True, Uncle Tony has nothing to loose, no election to come.

By this time the presenter was reduced to nodding agreement, and waiting for the ‘Off-Air’ light to come on. Moral, don’t second-guess intelligent folks who are a tad eccentric.

Surprisingly Mr McCririck has a wife, who he describes as ‘Boobs without any Brains.’ Quite so.

I hope she nails him by the balls to the floor every night.
Yep I do.