Brian Reade Column: John not like Eric.Byline: Brian Reade Brian Reade is an award-winning writer who has two weekly opinion columns, one on sport, in the Daily Mirror. He is a left-wing republican with very outspoken views, and has interviewed many well known people, including Mohammed Ali. SOME people are drawing parallels between John Prescott's jab and Eric Cantona's kung-fu kick, and demanding Prezza receives similar punishment. But I'm not too sure. Banning the Deputy PM from football for nine months might prove a bit pointless, unless Hull are in more trouble than they're cracking cracking - cracker on. And let's be honest, Eric didn't really have Prescott's mitigating circumstances Circumstances that may be considered by a court in determining culpability of a defendant or the extent of damages to be awarded to a plaintiff. Mitigating circumstances do not justify or excuse an offense but may reduce the severity of a charge. . Matthew Symonds may have been a vile, racist, foul-mouthed, piece of pond-life, but unlike Prescott, Eric couldn't be 100 per cent sure he was smacking smack·ing adj. Brisk; vigorous; spanking: a smacking breeze. Noun 1. smacking - the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand slap, smack a Tory. |
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