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.
https://twitter.com/SportsJOEdotie/status/750613397343989761
Then Lionel Messi was convicted of three counts of tax fraud.
https://twitter.com/SportsJOEdotie/status/750670424149745664
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.
https://twitter.com/ChilcotBot/status/750655767091482624
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.
https://twitter.com/GaryLineker/status/750641540867956736
Then the Spanish one got the same treatment.
https://twitter.com/GaryLineker/status/750643319273820160
His followers didn't miss a trick though.
https://twitter.com/the_dos/status/750643909336961028
The oldest tricks are still the most reliable.
https://twitter.com/DazzaAFC_/status/750643466221285377
Tony Blair was next.
https://twitter.com/GaryLineker/status/750652959609028608
Wait for it...
https://twitter.com/Thebrandontan/status/750653155357188097
And he's right about this too. Three massive stories - two of which are pretty much being dwarfed.
https://twitter.com/GaryLineker/status/750645365804785664
One more for the road.
https://twitter.com/FCBSamper/status/750645407009611776
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