Joined At The Lip: Brian Reade, Diane Abbott And Joey Barton

DESPERATE link of the week comes via Brian Reade, the Mirror’s columnist at large, who manages to implicate Diane Abbott MP in the matter of footballer Joey Barton’s incarceration for six months for a “violent and cowardly” attack on a man outside a McDonald’s restaurant.

Was Abbot in the Liverpool eatery at the time of the attack? Not exactly.

Abbott’s crime is to have said: “In any other profession, an out-of-control thug like Barton would have lost his job. Newcastle United should be ashamed of themselves for even considering taking him back.”

Reade says that Abbott opposed private education until her son to £12,000-a-year City of London school. This, he posits, makes her a hypocrite, much like Newcastle United?

Reade is pictured with a cartoon bell beside his head. Ding-dong!

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Posted: 29th, May 2008 | In: Labour Party, Politicians, Tabloids Comment | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink