In not sacking footballer who giggled as he abused his pet cat, Karren Brady has yet again shown her true colours; shame on “overpainted Aunt Sally” Baroness Brady of Knightsbridge CBE
“She reminds me of [the since croaked paedophile] Max Clifford, another supreme self-brander” cuttingly began Simon Hattenstone for The Guardian in his March 2018 profile of The Right Honourable The Baroness Brady of Knightsbridge CBE.
Now, as a result of her reaction to one of the players at the team where she is vice chairman being filmed giggling as he kicked and slapped his pet cat, this ludicrous “overpainted Aunt Sally” has yet again very deservedly come under fire. Here, in defending West Ham’s decision to keep Kurt Zouma, is further proof of a woman whose understanding of right and wrong is most definitely warped.
Writing of Zouma in her weekly column for The Sun on Sunday today, “Poundland muckspreader” Baroness Brady brushed off this vastly overpaid bag of wind kicker’s abhorrent actions by pompously stating:
“He is extremely remorseful. He has said sorry… [There are] those who would like to see Kurt have his livelihood taken away… But I believe we live in a society in which the vast majority of people still value forgiveness and redemption.”
“We as a club will work hard, alongside Kurt, to ensure his genuine remorse leads to a determination to address the situation and turn something negative into long-lasting positives.”
Clearly whilst “try telling that to the abused cat” didn’t come into the pea sized brain of the aide to Lord Sugar on The Apprentice, responding on Twitter, sports presenter Richard Keys slammed Baroness Brady and was subsequently described as “echoing the public view” by quite rightly remarking:
“It is ridiculous for @WestHam & @karren_brady to try to excuse Zouma. No – it’s not like a driving offence. There are consequences for that – you get banned for a year. Zouma is still playing. He’ll earn another £250,000 in a fortnight. It’s a disgrace. He shouldn’t be playing.”
“This is hilarious. When did you decide this was the case @karren_brady? Was it when you realised a £30m asset might get cancelled? You didn’t feel this way a few years back when you were spreading your nonsense. Looking forward to seeing Paul at the WC.”
Elsewhere yesterday, the MailOnline’s Joe Davies and Isabel Baldwin reported that the RSPCA – who took away two cats from Zouma’s home – has confirmed it has yet to receive any cash from West Ham in spite of the club having claimed donations would be made and that the player would be sent to work there.
Of the situation, they added: “The RSPCA said it has not been offered or accepted a donation from the club and revealed it is still investigating Zouma’s actions.”
“It said there have been no plans to offer the player animal welfare courses while the investigation is underway.”
“Overpainted Aunt Sally” Karren Brady on…
Her destroyer of jobs and the high street mate ‘Sir Shifty’ Philip Green…
“The most dynamic, the most energetic, the most relentless business-person I have ever come across, a whirlwind of energy and ideas.”
The nearly as controversial businessman Mike Ashley…
“I feel sorry for a guy like Mike Ashley… He tried his best… I feel tremendous sympathy for Ashley.”
Her “precarious work-life balance”…
“[It’s a] balancing act… [I feel] constant guilt over being a working mother.”
“I live day by day. There’s no other way.”
“Dead end jobs” (that she certainly wouldn’t herself consider taking)…
“No one wants a dead end job, but at least it’s a start.”
Sexism…
“I always laugh when I read about sexism cases in the newspaper.”
“It’s rubbish to say you can’t be proper friends with the opposite sex.”
Her own mistakes…
“My greatest mistake? I once took a three-day maternity leave.”
Religion…
“I am a faithful companion of Jesus.”
Contradicting herself in spite of taking up a position in David Cameron’s government as Small Business Ambassador…
“I have no interest in politics.”
Her being investigated in connection with corruption in football…
“I was in a very dark place… It was gut-wrenching… I didn’t want to have to justify myself to people.”
The East End of London…
“A hotbed of racism.”
Meeting the general public…
“I have met people in the street who say: ‘You look like Karren Brady, but she is fat.’ But I don’t care.”
Her nickname at school…
“I was called ‘Fried Eggs’ and all that at school. Size does matter.”
Eating cheese…
“I’m a hard cheese person and I could have it with biscuits for breakfast, lunch and dinner.”
Condoms in the Birmingham City boardroom…
“I found [a condom] floating in the toilet… And it became this big whodunit. I mean, in the boardroom toilet of all places.”
Her “wickedly indiscreet newspaper column”…
“It’s what I leave out that would make your hair curl.”
A desire to look like Sarah, Duchess of York…
“Deep in my soul, I’m secretly a redhead.”
Her dream man…
“I prefer my men slightly overweight. Having said that, my ultimate dream man is Jimmy Nail and he’s skinny.”
Comedian David Walliams…
“Someone needs to tell him to calm down… Creepy.”
Unsurprisingly getting abuse given her own vile tongue…
“The abuse I get is vile. And so much worse now than it’s ever been.”
“At 23, I had skin as thick as a rhino… I don’t have any fears.”
“I dare to put my head above the parapet, to have a mind and a voice of my own and to plough my own furrow.”
“[I am now] one of the most highly sought-after motivational speakers in the world.”
“I look like a demented Rapunzel.”
More modest than the late Mother Theresa, one is simply left asking: “What on earth was it about the very wealthy woman Karren Brady that David Cameron saw fit to elevate her to the House of Lords?”
