Genuinely struggling to think who they might be alluding to here.
Robert Maxwell?
Given he hasn't said or done anything remotely controversial or interesting in about 30 years I'm going to say no.
(, Sun 6 Oct 2024, 12:33, Reply)
Piers, that is. Also Carter Fuck, Boris Johnson, and Macho Man Julian Assange.
(, Sun 6 Oct 2024, 17:52, Reply)
but you can take your pick.
(, Mon 7 Oct 2024, 18:01, Reply)
possibly also a plaster over the cover knight's ear
(, Sun 6 Oct 2024, 20:32, Reply)
There are likely to be several people who might bear a grudge.
(, Mon 7 Oct 2024, 7:14, Reply)
However:
all that litigation happened so long ago it's almost out of living memory - certainly many of the litigants are dead
he's an irrelevant establishment twat and so's the other one.
it wasn't an assassination attempt
(, Mon 7 Oct 2024, 9:20, Reply)
The cab driver?
(, Mon 7 Oct 2024, 9:44, Reply)
In the improbable event that anyone would ever have a pop at him, the more likely culprit would be someone who's seen his kid do one of his excruciating skits on youtube
(, Mon 7 Oct 2024, 9:59, Reply)
That's fair enough, but saying he's irrelevant seems excessive. For example, didn't Private Eye report on the Post Office scandal well before it reached mainstream news?
(, Mon 7 Oct 2024, 10:20, Reply)
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(, Mon 7 Oct 2024, 10:34, Reply)
He doesn't. He's a tragic old fart trading off a myth he built up 30 years ago. He's mildly irritating to local authorities these days. Toothless and decrepit.
(, Mon 7 Oct 2024, 10:53, Reply)
is posting the link in the first place, just so you can vent your valueless spleen
(, Mon 7 Oct 2024, 12:00, Reply)
but it is still pretty obvious when he's being flippant in a comedic fashion. To hinged people, that is.
*Since Spitting Image.
(, Mon 7 Oct 2024, 18:05, Reply)