So Farewell Then Darren Grimes

He left the Lib Dems to become a populist right winger, made a name for himself as the one who was - by his own admission - too stupid to fill in a form correctly, failed to notice David Starkey saying something that would get the old bore into serious trouble, and then rocked up at Gammon Broadcasting™ News (“Bacon’s News Channel”). Darren Grimes was here to stay!

Or maybe not: the other weekend, The Crafty One was missing from his weekend “Real Britain” show. Then he was missing last weekend, too. He denied that he had been one of those binned in the latest GB News upheavals, but has now deleted his entire Twitter history, including any reference to his alleged employer. What could be going on?

Dazza has promised an update, but it is rapidly becoming an open secret that he has been fired. For what reason? Who knows, and, indeed, who cares? While Grimes prepared to ‘fess up, NewsThump was on the case. “Darren Grimes cancelled by ‘woke’ GB News ‘because I’m a 29-year-old white man’”. The call must be going out to the loathsome Toby Young: FREEZE PEACH!

Or maybe the Free Speech Union won’t be too fussed. Meanwhile, Andrew Quinn was less sympathetic to Grimey: “I rarely celebrate the misery of others but I am making an exception for Darren Grimes. An odious, talentless grifter, who goes out of his way to spread a hateful and divisive narrative. The chickens have come home to roost, Daz”. And he was not alone.

Another Tweeter regarded the news as “Outstanding. Darren Grimes is a horrible little bloke, and this has cheered my Monday morning right up”. Brendan May, meanwhile, asked “Devastating to see Darren Grimes deleting all his tweets and apparently still being in mourning, a week after the mourning period ended except for royals. Perhaps he is mourning his apparent dismissal by GB News?” Bio gone, photo gone, Grimes gone.

Even in its minimal state, Dazza’s Twitter profile provoked adverse comment from David Southwell: “I think Darren Grimes reverting his Twitter bio back to ‘Media personality’ makes two assumptions too far by the crusted sock. I mean, media implies being on it and personality is a lie so big Trading Standards should be involved”. He can shoot his mouth off, though.

Malcolm Wood had a topical Royal take on the news: “I’m not saying we will get an update on Darren Grimes’ future career but [Huw] Edwards is now wearing a dark suit”. Others pointed out that The Crafty One has just taken out a mortgage, which puts him in one of those Very Difficult Positions.

So would Dazza care to give us that update he promised? Not as such, although he did manage “If you want to know who the real bigots, homophobes and sneering snobs are in the world, look no further than those that have me trending on Twitter. Crass innuendo and vulgar remarks but claim to be ‘progressives’. I may be many things, but as low as those people, I ain’t”. Except he’s not trending because of his sexual orientation.

As Andy Parmo put it, “I see The Boy Grimes has resurfaced. He-Corcoran is now bleating that everybody is homophobic and bigoted and nobody likes him, everybody hates him, he’s going down the garden to eat worms …Nobody dislikes Darren Grimes for being gay. He’s disliked for being a complete fucking quilt. He’s the token working class patsy, eaten up and spat out by the right”. Methinks The Crafty One protests too much.

The time of Darren Grimes on GB News was for a time, but not for all time. Just rejoice at that news.

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