Barton blasts Giggs and Terry

JOEY BARTON, inset, lived up to his reputation for outspoken honesty yesterday with attacks on Ryan Giggs, John Terry and the England rugby team.

Despite sharing a stage with four other speakers at yesterday’s Professional Players Federation national conference, Barton completely dominated the discussion, giving forth views on matters such as the right to privacy, social media, the British Royal family, the London riots, MPs expenses, and the Hillsborough disaster.

But it was his comments on fellow professionals Giggs and Terry and England’s shamed rugby stars that were perhaps the most inflammatory.