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06th Jul 2016

Gary Lineker is on the rampage about today’s current affairs and it is brilliant

Conan Doherty

Bloody hell, this world.

It’s been a crazy day here on planet earth.

First up, Oscar Pistorius was sentenced to six years in jail for the murder of Reeva Steenkamp.

Then Lionel Messi was convicted of three counts of tax fraud.

On top of all of that, an inquiry into the Iraq war has produced some damning verdicts in the Chilcot report. But before anyone could accuse someone of click bait for not publishing the 2.6 million word verdict straight to social media, a bot account seems determined to break every one of those words down, 140 characters at a time.

In the sporting world though, former paralympian Oscar Pistorius and footballing superstar Lionel Messi stole the headlines. But what was seen as a light sentence for the South African didn’t go down too well. Nor did Messi looking like he’ll avoid jail time.

So who better to articulate those frustrations at the injustice than Gary Lineker?

The South Africa legal system was his first target.

 

Then the Spanish one got the same treatment.

His followers didn’t miss a trick though.

The oldest tricks are still the most reliable.

Tony Blair was next.

Wait for it…

And he’s right about this too. Three massive stories – two of which are pretty much being dwarfed.

One more for the road.

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