Joey Barton assaults England’s Lionesses as ‘gradual and error-strewn’
- The Mayor revealed names and hues for all six London Overground rail traces
- Joey Barton was fast to take to social media and slam Sadiq Khan’s choice
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Joey Barton has slammed Sadiq Khan‘s £6.3million venture for all six London Overground rail traces to have new names and hues.
In latest months, Barton has been extensively condemned – even by Rishi Sunak – for his assaults on feminine pundits, even going so far as invoking the names of serial killers Fred and Rose West when making vindictive remarks on-line.
On Thursday, he continued that development as he took goal at Khan’s new venture for a serious rebrand concerning the Overground rail traces and, particularly, the choice to call one line after the England ladies’s staff.
The Lioness, Mildmay, Windrush, Weaver, Suffragette and Liberty traces have been revealed by the Mayor earlier than Barton made a comment concerning the naming.
In a put up on X, previously referred to as Twitter, Barton queried: ‘Will the “Lioness” Line go at a slower velocity and be error strewn to make it extra life like? Asking for a good friend’.
Joey Barton has slammed Sadiq Khan’s £6.3million venture for all six London Overground rail traces to have new names and hues
London Mayor Khan hailed the ‘sensible’ names that can save passengers from ‘nightmare’ journeys, after making the announcement on Thursday morning
The new Lioness, Mildmay, Windrush, Weaver, Suffragette and Liberty traces on the Overground
Barton queried whether or not the Lioness line will ‘go at a slower velocity’ than the others
Barton has beforehand taken goal on the Lionesses, as he claimed he would rating ‘100 out of 100 penalties’ towards England goalkeeper Mary Earps.
The former Man City and QPR midfielder additionally took goal at Earps when she claimed BBC Sport Personality of the Year award in December.
He wrote: ‘Sports Personality of the Year, extra f***ing nonsense. Well achieved to all concerned. So one of the best sports activities individual this yr is… A ladies [sic] goalie.
‘Lost in a few finals this yr. Not gained a sausage. So well-liked that Nike did not even promote a duplicate jersey earlier than event.
‘You telling me all those that jumped on that bandwagon, have not voted within the BBC nonsense. Good luck to Mary. Hope she make a couple of quid.’
Barton has additionally beforehand claimed that England‘s males staff would beat European champions, the Lionesses, 30-0 inside one half of soccer.
Former Premier League midfielder Barton has been extensively condemned for his assaults on feminine pundits and gamers in latest months
Barton has beforehand claimed that England’s males staff would beat European champions, the Lionesses, 30-0 inside one half of soccer
Back in December, Barton reposted a video of a staff of former members of the USA ladies’s staff dropping 12-0 to a staff of ex-Wrexham gamers, accompanied by one other seemingly sexist caption.
’12-0 Retired males on a smaller pitch!’ the previous Bristol Rovers boss wrote.
‘But yeah let’s simply preserve pretending it’s the identical sport we could? Last factor we would like is individuals to get their knickers in a twist.
‘The Women’s sport is rising and that’s superb. Stop attempting to destroy ours!’
One account then steered that England’s males would beat the Lionesses 30-0, to which Barton replied: ‘First half…’ adopted by a thumbs up and a laughing emoji.
Barton lambasted the choice at hand England star Mary Earps the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award again in December
Barton claimed in a follow-up put up he would rating ‘100 out of 100 penalties’ towards Earps
Barton wasn’t the one one to take challenge with Khan’s £6.3million venture with additional critics highlighting the excessive rebrand price given TfL had been on the verge of chapter earlier than securing last-minute Government funding.
The announcement additionally comes 4 days earlier than a main Overground strike will hit companies from subsequent Monday – and within the context on ongoing Underground chaos on the Central line on account of extra trains than traditional needing repairs on the similar time.
Mr Khan, who’s standing for re-election on May 2, precipitated fury together with his Ultra Low Emission Zone (Ulez) enlargement final August – and is now battling for votes together with his latest choices to freeze Tube fares and make Fridays off-peak from subsequent month.
Overground traces have all been orange because the community was created in 2007 when Transport for London (TfL) took management of companies on 4 suburban rail traces.
