Hmmm, sounds a bit weak, Joe

“I come from a one-parent family. My dad died when I was young and my mum brought up five on a council estate,” explains Joe Kinnear to 5 Live, clearly mistaking Premier League football management with the X Factor. It was his way of explaining why he can’t help but swear his head off during press conferences.

That won’t score you any points, Joe. Ex-Prime Minister John Major grew up surrounded by bearded women, strongmen and clowns (or something), but no one ever heard of him squirting water from a pretend flower into Bush Snr’s eye, or splatting his cohorts with a custard pie. Although he did have sex with Edwina Currie.

Either way, should Kinnear’s rotten childhood on the streets of Watford really make it alright for him to bring the language of the billiard hall into our luxury lounges? The Spoiler thinks not.

But what do you think? Let us know with a vote…