Tbh, I’m surprised he was convicted. The tweets had to be “grossly offensive “, which sets the bar very high. We all know Barton is an opinionated, offensive knobhead of the highest order, but does he say anything worse than Farage or his cronies, even though he uses cruder, more basic language? He should learn that if you want to offend, be more polite and measured when doing so.
I read the headlines and thought the same initially, but then read the follow up posts and messages that he sent, particularly the ones to and about Vine, which were publicly calling him a *****phile. I'm no fan of Vine either, but I think that crossed a line. And let's face it....Barton has got away with being a nasty little **** for 20 years, so was overdue a comeuppance!
Is it bad that my immediate response to Tim Davie leaving the BBC is to dread how much worse the next **** is going to be? Almost tempted to put a tenner on Richard Tice being named next Director General
