John McCririck loses it (against the Irish) on Newstalk

Rebelheart · 15-03-2010 7:54pm #1

McCririck is the idiosyncratically dressed guy who comments on horseracing in Britain, this guy.

George Hook decided to get McCririck's views on the Irish, under the subtext that it's Cheltenham week and coming up to Patrick's Day.

Having said a couple of nice things about the Irish at the outset, McCririck went into a rant par excellence about the Irish being the parasites of Britain and other EU countries and how British taxes have done this, that and the other to help the Irish. Oh, and not forgetting the centuries-long Irish campaign of terrorism against Britain. Of course, being English he didn't let us down and managed to bring up a certain condolence in 1945....(being a good English rightwinger, he of course also forgot all the usual things that any good Tory would forget).

Even George Hook spoke up in defence of the Irish and the EU, that other great bogey of those rightwing loolas. Hook spoke about the signs which greeted him when he arrived in England as a 19-year-old. I felt sorry for Edwina Currie having to share the same interview space with him. And I never thought I'd say that about her.

Anyway, great, great radio, even if McCririck did more damage to himself than anybody else. You can hear it here: http://www.newstalk.ie/

littlefriend · 15-03-2010 7:57pm

Yeah I heard it. Good listening. Edwina seemed mortified. I'm sure we'll hear more about this

The Pontiac · 15-03-2010 7:59pm

The guy is nothing but a fúcking clown anyway. His views on women are even more scary.. He made a complete idiot of himself on that Big Brother thing a few years ago. He's nothing more than an attention seeker.

PirateShampoo · 15-03-2010 8:00pm

The guy is a throw back from the 70s, and he doesn't speak for the whole of the United Kingdom and his racist views don't just stop at the Irish.

But hey, we all know you like a good old "Brits out" rant every now and again so go crazy.

OutlawPete · 15-03-2010 8:00pm

McCririck's a legend.

dlofnep · 15-03-2010 8:00pm

What a cúnt. He can stick his hat up his arse.

dlofnep · 15-03-2010 8:01pm

PirateShampoo wrote: »

But hey, we all know you like a good old "Brits out" rant every now and again so go crazy.

"Brits out" refers to British rule, not British people.

MagicMarker · 15-03-2010 8:03pm

I fúcking hate that cúnt.

beardo81 · 15-03-2010 8:04pm

Seen him on some Big Brother shite running round in his y-fronts. I'd call him a tool but tools are useful. Idiot of the highest order imo.

Scarydoll · 15-03-2010 8:04pm

I can't stand that knob jockey. He makes me physically sick. Can't even watch him on the telly, have to change the station.
He calls his wife 'Booby' nuff said.

InKonspikuou2 · 15-03-2010 8:06pm

I wonder if this was that prince phillip fella would people be so quick to attack him. He seemed to get a lot of praise for his racist views in that other thread. Anyways they're both pricks.

bonerm · 15-03-2010 8:08pm

How dare any fordidner have anything bad to say about this country! :mad:

My name is URL · 15-03-2010 8:09pm

Yeah..well.. he looks like he stinks of cat piss

brummytom · 15-03-2010 8:09pm

Who cares?

He's a racist Z-list 'celebrity'; why should his views matter?

Liam Byrne · 15-03-2010 8:11pm

I'd say you could leave out the bit in brackets in the thread title and still be factually accurate.

I mean, the idiot has appeared on big bother, ffs! How much more proof of brain-deadness and attention seeking do you need ?

bonerm · 15-03-2010 8:13pm

Liam Byrne wrote: »

I mean, the idiot has appeared on big bother, ffs! How much more proof of brain-deadness and attention seeking do you need ?

He could do this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-D5XoNWFSQ

Latchy · 15-03-2010 8:14pm

I laughed when McCririck got the pie in the face at a race meeting few years back

Biggins · 15-03-2010 8:15pm

McCririck = gobshcite.
I hold his thoughts as valueless as the pope spouting about justice!

OutlawPete · 15-03-2010 8:20pm

brummytom wrote: »

Who cares?

He's a racist Z-list 'celebrity'; why should his views matter?

Exactly and everything he says is done in his usual characterture of a big loud obnoxious bafoon.

This is his schtick, it's what he does.

Either laugh or ignore him.

I choose to laugh.

Rebelheart · 15-03-2010 8:20pm

I'm feeling sorry for him now!

ejmaztec · 15-03-2010 8:21pm

OutlawPete wrote: »

McCririck's an ignorant fucking twat.

fyp:pac:

He'll be chained to Nell, that'll teach him.

Rebelheart · 15-03-2010 8:24pm

Liam Byrne wrote: »

I'd say you could leave out the bit in brackets in the thread title and still be factually accurate.

I mean, the idiot has appeared on big bother, ffs! How much more proof of brain-deadness and attention seeking do you need ?

I've never watched Big Brother, or any of the rest of them, Liam. But they all sound dodgy. I find it hard to believe any regulars on Boards have time to watch that old-fashioned contraption named television.

The only thing I ever knew about McCririck was that he was the funny-looking guy on the racing programme. He was, as far as I knew, a light-hearted contributor to sport. Never knew there was this side to the man at all.

Dudess · 15-03-2010 8:24pm

PirateShampoo wrote: »

The guy is a throw back from the 70s, and he doesn't speak for the whole of the United Kingdom and his racist views don't just stop at the Irish.

Have to agree.

InKonspikuou2 wrote: »

I wonder if this was that prince phillip fella would people be so quick to attack him. He seemed to get a lot of praise for his racist views in that other thread. Anyways they're both pricks.

His comments don't smack of malice though - in fact they seem quite good-natured. McCririck is just obnoxious.

Liam Byrne · 15-03-2010 8:24pm

bonerm wrote: »

He could do this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-D5XoNWFSQ

As I said, no-one worthwhile or with any self-respect goes on those "reality" shows......

......and it's about time we stopped calling them that, too.

OPENROAD · 15-03-2010 8:28pm

Why did Georege Hook ask him the question in the first place

Rebelheart · 15-03-2010 8:31pm

OPENROAD wrote: »

Why did Georege Hook ask him the question in the first place

Because Hook is a sh it-stirrer of the highest order?

super_furry · 15-03-2010 8:32pm

He's made a massive rod for his own back. Cheltenham starts tomorrow, with 1000s of affluent Irishmen who'll be drinking and gambling all day while he tries to present the racing. I wouldn't be suprised to see a few people offer him a different opinion live on air, whether he wants it or not.

Overheal · 15-03-2010 8:38pm

super_furry wrote: »

He's made a massive rod for his own back. Cheltenham starts tomorrow, with 1000s of affluent Irishmen who'll be drinking and gambling all day while he tries to present the racing. I wouldn't be suprised to see a few people offer him a different opinion live on air, whether he wants it or not.

He'll call in sick.

admiralofthefleet · 15-03-2010 8:42pm

matt chapman is a better racing pundit

Riddle101 · 15-03-2010 8:45pm

John McCririck is proberly the most repulsive man on the planet. His views are outragous, he knows nothing about basic hygiene and more, and is basically a gob****e who just tries to grab attention by making the most insulting remarks he can think of because he obviously knows what he saying is insulting and wrong but wants to stir it a bit. Hell I wouldn't be surprised if this was all an elaborate joke by George Hook and John to cause a reaction because seen as how he's on an Irish radio station and will be at Cheltenham, it would look a tad bit strange to hear someone make those remarks, but then again this is John McCririck so maybe he actually is stating his own opinons of the Irish. Hopefully he get's a lot of sh*t at Cheltenham and stuff thrown at him.

Ollchailin · 15-03-2010 8:46pm

scareydoll wrote: »

I can't stand that knob jockey. He makes me physically sick. Can't even watch him on the telly, have to change the station.
He calls his wife 'Booby' nuff said.

The fact that he has a wife disturbs me far more than what he said about the Irish.

And yes, I know, everyone deserves love and all that, but everyone also deserves to be married to someone who looks like they wash more frequently than twice a year.

pappyodaniel · 15-03-2010 8:48pm

http://media.newstalk.ie/extra/610/popup

OPENROAD · 15-03-2010 8:50pm

Riddle101 wrote: »

John McCririck is proberly the most repulsive man on the planet. His views are outragous, he knows nothing about basic hygiene and more, and is basically a gob****e who just tries to grab attention by making the most insulting remarks he can think of because he obviously knows what he saying is insulting and wrong but wants to stir it a bit. Hell I wouldn't be surprised if this was all an elaborate joke by George Hook and John to cause a reaction because seen as how he's on an Irish radio station and will be at Cheltenham, it would look a tad bit strange to hear someone make those remarks, but then again this is John McCririck so maybe he actually is stating his own opinons of the Irish. Hopefully he get's a lot of sh*t at Cheltenham and stuff thrown at him.

From what I have heard of him in the past he has always been full of praise for the Irish, constantly praising them, which does make these comments strange.

WIZE · 15-03-2010 8:51pm

John Mc Crirrick The reason were not all fighting is because of the Eurovision

lol

Kasabian · 15-03-2010 8:53pm

It will be interesting to see how he behaves this week in Cheltenham, he is always singing the praises of AP McCoy and Ruby Walsh , I think he may just have gone off on one an regrets in now

I just think of him as the excentric fool on C4 Racing

Minstrel27 · 15-03-2010 8:54pm

He was always a tosser so nothing has changed.

Rebelheart · 15-03-2010 8:54pm

pappyodaniel wrote: »

http://media.newstalk.ie/extra/610/popup

Thanks. That's precisely the link people can hear McCririck on straight away.

LionelNashe · 15-03-2010 9:05pm

Having listened to it, I think its fairly light-hearted. Obviously he has a problem with subsidies and tax breaks from an ideological point of view. He wouldn't be alone in that view.

Rebelheart · 15-03-2010 9:09pm

Well, McCririck is correct about one thing: those Paddies who fought for the British Empire were "mercenaries".(Currie riposte is also correct: "all soldiers are mercenaries")

Did anybody hear Currie at the start of the show talking about how shocked she was when she first met an Irishman in a suit. Ahem - this show has to be taking the piss!

Rebelheart · 15-03-2010 9:11pm

LionelNashe wrote: »

Having listened to it, I think its fairly light-hearted. Obviously he has a problem with subsidies and tax breaks from an ideological point of view. He wouldn't be alone in that view.

And DeValera - he definitely has a problem with DeValera who apparently did something in 1945 that really annoyed him.

You always know they are losing when they bring up that.

Pocaide · 15-03-2010 9:12pm

Being the devils advocate here while most of what he said was rubbish I would have to agree with him on anti enlish sentiment, which all plain to see any time England are playing in the world cup etc

Kasabian · 15-03-2010 9:14pm

lonad wrote: »

It will be interesting to see how he behaves this week in Cheltenham, he is always singing the praises of AP McCoy and Ruby Walsh , I think he may just have gone off on one an regrets in now

I just think of him as the excentric fool on C4 Racing

I have listen to this again and I have changed my opinion , he is a cnut

LionelNashe · 15-03-2010 9:15pm

Rebelheart wrote: »

And DeValera - he definitely has a problem with DeValera who apparently did something in 1945 that really annoyed him.

Yeah, but that was directly in response to George talking about the numbers of Irish who fought in WWII.

However, I did think it was bull**** alright when McCririck said we feel guilty about being neutral. I don't think there is any feeling of guilt there at all. Less than 20 years after a war of independence and a civil war, there was no way we were going to be fighting side by side with Britain and welcoming their navy into our ports.

Rebelheart · 15-03-2010 9:16pm

Pocaide wrote: »

Being the devils advocate here while most of what he said was rubbish I would have to agree with him on anti enlish sentiment, which all plain to see any time England are playing in the world cup etc

Well, as somebody who never watched a soccer match - except in 1988/89/Packie Bonner/Ray Houghton/Ronnie Whelan - the idea of Irish people following British soccer teams and being anti-English is offensive to the mind. It's as if the Irish are a mere region of Britain, rather than a people with their own sports. They do not, after all, follow League of Ireland or Spanish, German or Italian soccer, for instances. They are the last people who should be anti-English.

Pocaide · 15-03-2010 9:22pm

Too true rebelheart but ask most but not all Liverpool Man utd Chelsea Arsenal etc fans here in Ireland who they will be supporting in the World Cup this summer and the answer 9 times out of ten will be who ever is against England

Dermighty · 15-03-2010 9:23pm

I saw him on Tubridy tonight a few years ago, I was surprised at how controversial he was about nearly everything he was asked.

He's an old man, who is well respected in his field, leave him off, he'll die in a few years anyway.

Pocaide · 15-03-2010 9:24pm

And for not one iota of a second am I an fan of this donkey

Minstrel27 · 15-03-2010 9:25pm

Pocaide wrote: »

Too true rebelheart but ask most but not all Liverpool Man utd Chelsea Arsenal etc fans here in Ireland who they will be supporting in the World Cup this summer and the answer 9 times out of ten will be who ever is against England

Sigh.

the keen edge · 15-03-2010 9:27pm

I don't know who or what to laugh at more, John McCrirrick, or the basis of this thread; There both sh*te that I could do without.

Pocaide · 15-03-2010 9:28pm

Dare I ask Minstrel the sigh is for what

The Pontiac · 15-03-2010 9:33pm

Pocaide wrote: »

Being the devils advocate here while most of what he said was rubbish I would have to agree with him on anti enlish sentiment, which all plain to see any time England are playing in the world cup etc

Unless you're after placing a big bet on them to win the match that is. I put a lot of money on England to win one time and jumped up off the chair in the pub when they scored. I got some very, very dodgy looks indeed.

John McCririck loses it (against the Irish) on Newstalk

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