id like to say something about Blink. he was in D hall in Glenochil YOs in 1981, If i remember right, I think he was doing 3 moon at the time. As in all YOs, there was a few bullies in the hall. I was also in the same workshop, the textiles. Blink was well liked and respected. I would even go as far as saying he was one of the top men and he wasn't a bully, i never saw him try to intimidate anyone who was weak, and there was a lot of weak ones there, there was bulling and getting chibbed (slashed with a blade) seemed at one stage the norm. Paul Ferris was also in D Hall at that time, but, Blink was the alpha male and never once did i see or hear him abuse that position.. i worked besides his good friend at that time Peff, he was also well liked and not a bully. Sammy Ralston was also in the textiles at that time, another good guy and not a bully. I was in the salvage shop with his brother Gash, he just got 8 yrs at that time. he was also well respected. These guys had principles and a code. I could even see it then. All these negative comments about Blink are just:; well, empty heads spewing venom. People must understand that guys like Blink are a product of the environment that they grew up in. When i got out the YO i went to Germany to work and stayed!!! So Viel Gluck Blink und alles Gute.
Big jmk, thats exactly what i thought. A true glasgow hard man. And i would hate to think what blink would do to the guys face that did that to him. And the other guy will know all too well by hearing it from other glasgow people. A mean it took 3 guys to do that to ian. And blink was walking his dog at the time, and would have tried to protect his dog at the same time, wich against 3 of them isnt easy. And blink walked away laughing becouse they tried to cut his throat and couldnt do it as blink would have went mental at the time and just kept fighting back, even when your down you still dont give up becouse you can suprise yourself. But it gets harder as you get older as i have found out!
I used to be friends with Ian's brother and I remember posting a letter to Ian at HMP Long Lartin in Worcestershire. I hope Ian can make a new life for himself and decisively reject crime and gangsterism. He is an articulate guy so hopefully he can use his talents for good.
You'd expect somebody like Ian to be nasty, unpleasant sort of guy but he is disarmingly nice and kind. I have been in his company a number of times over the years and never have a I felt threatened by him. Actually I got the impression if somebody had tried to put a hand on me they would have come off the worst. Interestingly he is not too keen on being called, "Blink" and rightly so.
Love or hate Paul ferris (not to fuck up with). Ian walked on the stage at the plaza. You know the rest. That takes some fucking bottle, friends or not .. Paul could do what he does. But he respects that man.. both of these guys are the real McCoy.. ok Paul talks about non combatons. This man, as your told keep trouble away the fucking door . 2 dangerous men. 2 gents.
Interviewer is wrong on saying most people would be repulsed by Ians theories. The man was raised in tough Glasgow, lives by a strict code of conduct certainly no coward.
Ian's a cracking guy true gentleman with a vicious past he isn't a bad guy I know him personally and he's a top bloke all the bad comments need to do some homework before becoming a keyboard wizard give a man a second chance is that not the normal
No its not normal for some people to giv a man a second chance they just dont have no concept of life mate cos they had a straight honest life they think every1 else should otherwise lockem up u know the rest
ocht somebody give him a chance and give the guy a job, be it grave digging or something? whats he going to do ? sell the body, even a street cleaner, is he going to steal the brush? They should have schemes for folk coming out of prison to get them into council work or something, 1 chance only, bound to be something the government could do to keep them busy and it makes sense to giv them some kind of self esteem. I think if they can hold a job in the jail then they can do it outside, its a failure of social services and government to leave people who are at risk of commiting crime penniless and out of work bored. Th amount of money spent keeping them in jail not to mention the impact on human suffering for all parties surely would make it worthwhile to start a job scheme? They all ready have the infrastructure in place with community service, why not have paid community services and let them move up the rank by good behaviour to maybe overseeing and teaching young offenders etc. There is a lot could be done that isn't being done for vulnerable people and we would ALL benefit both in tax and in crime reduction were this so.
Exactly they should give people with criminal records certain jobs,it's very hard to get a good job with convictions. I have a record from i was a teenager i mean why should that stop me getting a good job surely they recognise youthful,testosterone addled misdemeanors,that unfortunately follow you around for the rest of your life. I think ex criminals should work with ccurrent offenders and offer there experience to people who are starting on the wrong road
Chew lIts Are u taking the piss? saorisealba Not all criminals are millionaires not even 1 percent of them are.The really clever criminals NEVER get caught and die free and rich in the'yr own beds.Few and far between though. A good example would be an English man by the name of Billy Hill.He retired in 1955 and died a multimillionaire and in his own home having not done a days jail in over 30 years.
1:54 ''Code of conduct''.......a bunch of unwritten rules designed to protect your own interests...... Perhaps we should more accurately describe it as a ' code of selfishness '. One of the rules in MY code of conduct is that I dont stick a gun in someone's face for my own personal gain.
my dad tells me about glasgae,back in the day in the 60s and 70s,and sounds like it was a dangerous place,my granny lived in the gorbals,in the old tenements,my gran grew up hard with hard people around her,her brother's were local hard men,and as a kid I thought but why would you make life so hard for yourself,but now I realize your a product of your environment, and blink is exactly that a product of a tough environment, but if I met him in a bar I'd treat him just the same as any other human being i meet, with a smile and respect,the worlds full of people wanting to hurt each other,so to blink and everyone else out there hurting each other,life's really to short,just enjoy yourself
Steven Hewkin my mums side of my family from Glasgow & used to tell some stories about the razor gangs etc. Was watching a tv show other day & they asking £200k for a flat in the old Gorbals area now. How times changed.
Steven Hewkin my mums parents moved to Brighton with her and my uncle 50 years ago and I think I've lived a better live down here than I would have in Glasgow.
Steven hewkin, it was a hard place. So was paisley just as hard. But drugs, especialy hard drugs has took the fun and life out of all these once great places to live. I remember in the 1980s when every ones front doors were left open from 9am to 1am during the summer days and nights. And the streets and grass parks were full of boys playing football. Drugs have fucked it all up. With every ones doors and windows locked. And with big and easy money from heroin its well known if cought theres a big sentence waiting on you. So of course theres alot of grasses in it. I have been told from big drug dealers that dont sell heroin is becouse they know theres too many grasses in it. You only have to watch and you will see how many smack dealers get cought with alot of smack as in 100 grands worth. And not that many people knew about that. But the police arnt daft. The first sort of big heroin dealer i remember being jailed in 1985 for 12 years wich i thought then was alot of time, as i was just age 12 at the time. Was arthur thompson jnr. I remember it clearly for 1 reason, i didnt even know what heroin was or looked like. And the fact he got 12 years told me that it was a very dangerous drug and you couldnt buy it in paisley then. Or was it his name that got him sent down for so long. My pal said "it was both, his name and he got cought with a dirty evil drug and alot of it"
Ian blink McDonald is a true face and game as fuck they breed them tough in Glasgow I have met paul Ferris in full Sutton he was sound as a pound and a gent
He clearly states that crime does not pay and is very honest about it. He still needs time to adjust into the community although he keeps popping up in news stories. They are funny though. Good luck Blink and keep out of jail and out of bother in general.
aye coz he's a crap bank robber never got away with it don't know why he calls himself one he also can't fight sleep seen him try eh fight when he wiz young fought like a lassy total prick & he knows it , he phones the digger up tells them ppl are trying eh kill him probably gets a few quid fir his story & diz interviews like this etc eh get payed he's skint the poorest crook in glasgow lol i'd call him a follower don't believe he's ever organised anything on his own don't like the cunt or his brother alan gash is ok no a prick like his 2 brothers hope this cunt gets shot up the huggy wae his dug & alans wae him waste of air the 2 eh them .
Blink is no grass he is just misunderstood and went about things the wrong way when he got out. He has gave a few sore faces out and now has a scar of his own to remind him how things come back at you if you’re not careful.
I feared for my neighbours that got dragged into it,but not for the bank staff i scared shitless.Live by the sword...etc.The world needs to change....violence doesnt work.peace
Blink deserves to be left alone by the police. They make his life a misery and none of them have half the courage he has. He deserves a chance to live in peace with his family. I wish him peace and happiness and a crime free future.
@@jakeburns7331 away ye spastic ave done mare time in jail than ave had hanging oot the back end o yer maw. Blantyre maad sqaaad get it right up ye anytime any place anywhere
I shouldn't laugh .. but love when blink says ..MY FAMILY FRIENDS WILL BE HURT BUT I WONT BE HURT CAUSE ILL BE DEAD LOL .. SHOULDNT LAUGH BUT LEAST HE HONEST LOL
Absolute legend The Wee Man film might be decent but the bold Blink deserves a film made aboot him asap, last a the mohicans. Lot a good stories oot there fir films aboot 70s-80s Glesga that would be definite classics.His is wan a them defo.
Footage of blink when he was still in the game. He’s not comfortable with interviews here compared to nowadays. But of a clown these days but Can see he’s a serious character here.
he stabbed my uncle 4rm behind b4 he went inside,. his got a a lot of enemies. he will get attacked on sight. he dont care about other people. just a scared man
seems a sound guy god lookin c..t, if hes a crook so what, he tried a robbery it didn't work out he can handle him self, hes done a few things so what we are all crooks in some way, the government are the biggest of all but thay don't get time just guys like ian, hat off to him for doing a tener, your lookin good for it good luck mate
This man is super dangerous. You can see it in his eyes. It would take a brave man to upset this man. I learned at school that glasgow is a super dangerous city and a biggest reputation for razor blades. I would not like to meet this man on a street in Glasgow. I can know that his friends would also be dangerous. He is also handsome. Why is he robbed banks. Shame.
You try living in Blackhill, Provinmill ,Rachazie ,Bar-L and round about , back then even today these were hard housing estates, crooks and gangsters were everywhere you had to stand your ground or you would get swallowed up, it was very hard times when guys like Ian were young you had no choice it put in your head from a very young age what you see things ,somethin could of happened to a member of your family ,and as a known gangster said if you no some cunt is going to hurt you then you go get them first ,No Mean City ......Watch James English Documentary on Ian Blinker MacDonald who admits his past and has learned to live with it ,a great talker .......
`@sudstahgaming..."complete lunatic" you say, i don't think so he's simply somebody that straight talks and takes no shit from anybody no matter who or where.
Blink lost a lot of respect when he went to work for Mags McGraw as a debt collector to put the bite on Stevie Malcolm for money. Barry Hughes has gained respect in a business sense and what Blink allegedly done to Fitsy was out of order as there is an age gap way Blink still livin in the 80s and this trouble aint over soon.
Respect to the man that he realises that crime is a mugs game and isnt poncing on screen like I seen the English twat gangster pal of that drug dealer in England that was shot inside his jeep doing.All the wee go ahead fire ins like ye call yerselves need to go and have a look at the documentary called SCARED STRAIGHT and that tells you all the glamour you have to look forward to being a criminal. 10 lifers in the most violent documentary you will ever see are given FULL access to a bunch of teens that think they're wee gangsters, it would never be allowed in a million years nowadays because these cons are not restrained in any way and they throw them about, take their shoes, spit in their faces, tell them how much they will be anally violated in every direction, have them in tears, pass them about and change them for ciggarettes, not joking! The docu starts with the teens showing off about their crimes and how they dont give a fuck about their victims. They are sent to an adult jail as part of their sentence and it is filmed. They get treated as prisoners once in the prison and all the convicts are tearing at their clothes and shouting how they want to rape them as they walk by, they put them in a cell with a toilet full of shit literally and the walls and floor look like a urinal, they're left in there for a while then are taken to see the set up with a bunch of angry hard nut llifers who are in a bad mood and looking forward to bullying the shit out of them, they do and the kids are left some of them in tears.Nothing like the modern versions AT ALL, I mean these guards walk miles away and the cons get right in their faces, take all their shoes off of them and when one kid gets cocky, this guy with a missing eye and a body like the hulk goes right into his ear and says, " i'm doing life in here till the day I die, they cant give me any more time so I dont really give a fuck,smile at me one more time and make my day, I'll take the face right off you, see them guards, by the time they get here you'd already be done, he is serious. One of them even gets angry with the camera guy and tells him to get the fuck outta his face, its a heavy documentary with real emotions in it that could never be done in this day and age, explicit in every way,from the gay sex abuse to bullying they tell them how the law of the jungle operates and every one of them is built like tanks and covered in scars to prove it, One guy has a missing eye and no less than 17 stab wounds to his body! Every kid should see this film, its shocking and it is a psychological masterpiece how these cons have engineered the whole thing and there is no censorship AT ALL, anything could have happened to them kids, one of the cons even laughs and says what, you think these two pussy camera men are going to stop us, they are right. They all say what crimes they are in for to scare them as well and they are murderers armed robbers and drug dealers. Scared straight its called.
The people I feel for are family,and civilians,the people who attack old peoples houses because they have a beef with their son thats just f-----g cowardly you heard what the guy says he does not try to bullshit you and these people should think twice about what they do. he tell's it like it is,old school wish more people took a leaf outa his book.No police cooperation.He could probably have no hassles if he dropped a name or two,you have to respect him for that,no matter what else he has done!
he is good pals with a guy Jim gemmill Jim is one of te most notorious gangsters in Glasgow think he got 12 years in 97 for 6 million pounds of herion. he became best pals with tony mcgovern they where that good pals tony moved across the road from him his brother in law frankie Donaldson (donuts) from the Calton. everyone knows Jim gemmill blink us with him.a lot these days
the guys fuckin skint. whats quite a bit to you? 30, 50 grand? he aint got a decent racket or mob. he not worth six figures, struggles for five. the big guys are worth hundreds of times what he is. no one thats serious takes him serious. only people who believe the papers believe his publicity- an its him who phones the papers. i do know for an absolute certainty that certain people avoid him and anyone asscociated with him. and theres a few questions about some of his relatives too...
in response to your comments i know Blink and awright he's fell to fuck but look at McVey,W O'Neil fae Milton so he was a bit of a lad but i know what he's all about now the same as all these people like Fergie ,Baggen etc there all trying to live out there history again
With blink its strait down the line. Hes a dangerouse man, thats why it took 3 men to do that scar on his face. Becouse not one of them alone would face blink head on. Seemingly the fight went on for 10 minutes and a thinck blink got a good few kicks and punshes in, they circled him at first when he was walking his dog but blink said none of them seemend to want to come at me up close and kept jumping back and forward, and thats hard just with 2 guys but with 3 it gets harder to try and watch them all and see who the hardest one is. Blink said when he was walking down the road he knew strait away just with the way they were acting that they were there for him becouse he was walking slow wich meant they had to walk slow. Then they kind of got closer to him and tried to circle blink but there lucky blink didnt have a knife on him becouse he would have tore the face of at least one of them and they might have ran away. But blink comes across as a good guy and very inteligent to, and good to listen to.
Seems like a man with missed opportunities will he get a job I don't think so will he go on to a better life no.. shame but it's the life he chose and all this comes with it...good luck sir....
Say all you want about Blink ! but look at it like this the man still walks round in public and drinks in bars he doesnt hide away, all the threats >>> thats all they are threats
Best interview I've seen on any of the current podcasters. Strangely engrossing character.
id like to say something about Blink. he was in D hall in Glenochil YOs in 1981, If i remember right, I think he was doing 3 moon at the time. As in all YOs, there was a few bullies in the hall. I was also in the same workshop, the textiles. Blink was well liked and respected. I would even go as far as saying he was one of the top men and he wasn't a bully, i never saw him try to intimidate anyone who was weak, and there was a lot of weak ones there, there was bulling and getting chibbed (slashed with a blade) seemed at one stage the norm. Paul Ferris was also in D Hall at that time, but, Blink was the alpha male and never once did i see or hear him abuse that position.. i worked besides his good friend at that time Peff, he was also well liked and not a bully. Sammy Ralston was also in the textiles at that time, another good guy and not a bully. I was in the salvage shop with his brother Gash, he just got 8 yrs at that time. he was also well respected. These guys had principles and a code. I could even see it then. All these negative comments about Blink are just:; well, empty heads spewing venom. People must understand that guys like Blink are a product of the environment that they grew up in. When i got out the YO i went to Germany to work and stayed!!! So Viel Gluck Blink und alles Gute.
good report sir------ blinks old school n will never grass------i dont know blink personaly but i know of him----i feel hes a decent guy, he,l sort it
I was in c Hall around 80 81 2 years
Neil R well said mate.. I couldn't have worded that better myself.. fucking brilliant...
neil bum lick lol
Neil R i dont know this guy but first impression do not cross
U can tell this man is real so calm when talking
Big jmk, thats exactly what i thought. A true glasgow hard man. And i would hate to think what blink would do to the guys face that did that to him. And the other guy will know all too well by hearing it from other glasgow people. A mean it took 3 guys to do that to ian. And blink was walking his dog at the time, and would have tried to protect his dog at the same time, wich against 3 of them isnt easy. And blink walked away laughing becouse they tried to cut his throat and couldnt do it as blink would have went mental at the time and just kept fighting back, even when your down you still dont give up becouse you can suprise yourself. But it gets harder as you get older as i have found out!
I used to be friends with Ian's brother and I remember posting a letter to Ian at HMP Long Lartin in Worcestershire. I hope Ian can make a new life for himself and decisively reject crime and gangsterism. He is an articulate guy so hopefully he can use his talents for good.
He is articulate? Go away you fool.
Blinks first interview. Now he's heavy got the bug 😂,love listening too him though top bloke.
Blink is so honest,patter is brilliant.
This is a real mans man, doesnt want anything from nobody, he will sort everything by himself.
You know why he's called "blink?". Cause he'd kill you in a blink of an eye. True.
🤣
Laughed when I heard that story about the plane. "Sit down ya fanny!" Hahaha
Nice to see you back Ian . Love your stories . Watp cmon the Gers.
Blink ur pod cast is top class mate hope ur doing well lan and family mate from whytey fi Bridgend near linlithgow Scotland
His podcasts are magic
Could listen the blink all day.
You'd expect somebody like Ian to be nasty, unpleasant sort of guy but he is disarmingly nice and kind. I have been in his company a number of times over the years and never have a I felt threatened by him. Actually I got the impression if somebody had tried to put a hand on me they would have come off the worst. Interestingly he is not too keen on being called, "Blink" and rightly so.
Love or hate Paul ferris (not to fuck up with). Ian walked on the stage at the plaza. You know the rest. That takes some fucking bottle, friends or not .. Paul could do what he does. But he respects that man.. both of these guys are the real McCoy.. ok Paul talks about non combatons. This man, as your told keep trouble away the fucking door . 2 dangerous men. 2 gents.
Look at his private number plate. He has never had an issue with being called 'Blink'.
@@HFC71 Ferris a psychopath
Interviewer is wrong on saying most people would be repulsed by Ians theories. The man was raised in tough Glasgow, lives by a strict code of conduct certainly no coward.
He has plenty of guts that's for sure
What a great geezer!
Ian's a cracking guy true gentleman with a vicious past he isn't a bad guy I know him personally and he's a top bloke all the bad comments need to do some homework before becoming a keyboard wizard give a man a second chance is that not the normal
No its not normal for some people to giv a man a second chance they just dont have no concept of life mate cos they had a straight honest life they think every1 else should otherwise lockem up u know the rest
@Billy Big Bollocks Exactly mate.
ocht somebody give him a chance and give the guy a job, be it grave digging or something? whats he going to do ? sell the body, even a street cleaner, is he going to steal the brush? They should have schemes for folk coming out of prison to get them into council work or something, 1 chance only, bound to be something the government could do to keep them busy and it makes sense to giv them some kind of self esteem. I think if they can hold a job in the jail then they can do it outside, its a failure of social services and government to leave people who are at risk of commiting crime penniless and out of work bored. Th amount of money spent keeping them in jail not to mention the impact on human suffering for all parties surely would make it worthwhile to start a job scheme? They all ready have the infrastructure in place with community service, why not have paid community services and let them move up the rank by good behaviour to maybe overseeing and teaching young offenders etc. There is a lot could be done that isn't being done for vulnerable people and we would ALL benefit both in tax and in crime reduction were this so.
Exactly they should give people with criminal records certain jobs,it's very hard to get a good job with convictions.
I have a record from i was a teenager i mean why should that stop me getting a good job surely they recognise youthful,testosterone addled misdemeanors,that unfortunately follow you around for the rest of your life.
I think ex criminals should work with ccurrent offenders and offer there experience to people who are starting on the wrong road
Like millionaires need menial jobs. Your a real deal ignorant bitch aint ya...
dale munro what were yi charged wi?
Chew lIts Are u taking the piss?
saorisealba Not all criminals are millionaires not even 1 percent of them are.The really clever criminals NEVER get caught and die free and rich in the'yr own beds.Few and far between though.
A good example would be an English man by the name of Billy Hill.He retired in 1955 and died a multimillionaire and in his own home having not done a days jail in over 30 years.
dale munro no, i'm just asking what you were charged with. why so defensive? were they the sort of crimes that you have to dub your door for.
The man's definitely got HMP eyes/gaze, easy noticeable by others after a long sentence so I'm told.
I understand.
All said and done, its a pretty cool scar!
Kool scar?? U for fuckin real ??
1:54 ''Code of conduct''.......a bunch of unwritten rules designed to protect your own interests......
Perhaps we should more accurately describe it as a ' code of selfishness '. One of the rules in MY code of conduct is that I dont stick a gun in someone's face for my own personal gain.
R fuck up you wretch piece
@@leedave9314 hahahaha Ill do whatever the fuck I want :)
Yes but you'll get pip
blinks a mans man
No option doing 18 yrs 😂
Respect Ian .
From
H.M.P ENGLAND .
You boys looked after me in H.M.P DUMFRIES , H.M.Y.O.I POLMONT
this man to me is a true gentleman-----no grassin no anything-------the real men
a proper geezer respected in london
Jim smith no one cares about London
@@devilrobbie25 aye who cares abt what London says they are all fanny's doon er
Better no mention that to auntie VI@@devilrobbie25
Ian if someone reads this to you or you read it in person - one question mate
1 Where you inside the bank or outside this bank job?
Thanks.
What a champion !
Viva Blink! Viva! Viva!
my dad tells me about glasgae,back in the day in the 60s and 70s,and sounds like it was a dangerous place,my granny lived in the gorbals,in the old tenements,my gran grew up hard with hard people around her,her brother's were local hard men,and as a kid I thought but why would you make life so hard for yourself,but now I realize your a product of your environment, and blink is exactly that a product of a tough environment, but if I met him in a bar I'd treat him just the same as any other human being i meet, with a smile and respect,the worlds full of people wanting to hurt each other,so to blink and everyone else out there hurting each other,life's really to short,just enjoy yourself
Steven Hewkin my mums side of my family from Glasgow & used to tell some stories about the razor gangs etc.
Was watching a tv show other day & they asking £200k for a flat in the old Gorbals area now.
How times changed.
Steven Hewkin my mums parents moved to Brighton with her and my uncle 50 years ago and I think I've lived a better live down here than I would have in Glasgow.
Steven hewkin, it was a hard place. So was paisley just as hard. But drugs, especialy hard drugs has took the fun and life out of all these once great places to live. I remember in the 1980s when every ones front doors were left open from 9am to 1am during the summer days and nights. And the streets and grass parks were full of boys playing football. Drugs have fucked it all up. With every ones doors and windows locked. And with big and easy money from heroin its well known if cought theres a big sentence waiting on you. So of course theres alot of grasses in it. I have been told from big drug dealers that dont sell heroin is becouse they know theres too many grasses in it. You only have to watch and you will see how many smack dealers get cought with alot of smack as in 100 grands worth. And not that many people knew about that. But the police arnt daft. The first sort of big heroin dealer i remember being jailed in 1985 for 12 years wich i thought then was alot of time, as i was just age 12 at the time. Was arthur thompson jnr. I remember it clearly for 1 reason, i didnt even know what heroin was or looked like. And the fact he got 12 years told me that it was a very dangerous drug and you couldnt buy it in paisley then. Or was it his name that got him sent down for so long. My pal said "it was both, his name and he got cought with a dirty evil drug and alot of it"
15 years later still gold standard. I call it the millennium bug because honourable thugs (no offence) became dishonest mugs, In the year 2000
Ian blink McDonald is a true face and game as fuck they breed them tough in Glasgow I have met paul Ferris in full Sutton he was sound as a pound and a gent
He clearly states that crime does not pay and is very honest about it. He still needs time to adjust into the community although he keeps popping up in news stories. They are funny though.
Good luck Blink and keep out of jail and out of bother in general.
aye coz he's a crap bank robber never got away with it don't know why he calls himself one he also can't fight sleep seen him try eh fight when he wiz young fought like a lassy total prick & he knows it , he phones the digger up tells them ppl are trying eh kill him probably gets a few quid fir his story & diz interviews like this etc eh get payed he's skint the poorest crook in glasgow lol i'd call him a follower don't believe he's ever organised anything on his own don't like the cunt or his brother alan gash is ok no a prick like his 2 brothers hope this cunt gets shot up the huggy wae his dug & alans wae him waste of air the 2 eh them .
Blink is no grass he is just misunderstood and went about things the wrong way when he got out. He has gave a few sore faces out and now has a scar of his own to remind him how things come back at you if you’re not careful.
Should have just got a job at sainsburys and saved yourself the bother
Michael Paton puffter
I feared for my neighbours that got dragged into it,but not for the bank staff i scared shitless.Live by the sword...etc.The world needs to change....violence doesnt work.peace
If these guys had to do just one weeks hard graft it would break them,that's how hard they are.
@Jordan Laird it’s no about working hard it’s about working smart 😉
Sounds like a great life
Blink deserves to be left alone by the police. They make his life a misery and none of them have half the courage he has.
He deserves a chance to live in peace with his family.
I wish him peace and happiness and a crime free future.
just for the record paul ferris joe hanlon bobby glover ian mcdonald mark clinton james easton gordon wear all mates
Bolt ya dafite. Joker was a beast with a rape conviction.
@@jakeburns7331 blantyre maad sqaaad on top we run polmont an bar l get it right up yees
@@weeman8911
Yer in the digger ya pie cos yer getting bullied. A big boy is pulling your pants doon ya rocket
@@jakeburns7331 away ye spastic ave done mare time in jail than ave had hanging oot the back end o yer maw. Blantyre maad sqaaad get it right up ye anytime any place anywhere
@@weeman8911 Aye. In wae the beasties and grasses. Protection hall for you ya steamer
Don’t judge a book. This guy looks as normal as the next guy!
Seems like an OK geezer - as far as someone leading that sort of life can be at least.
Give him a break for God’s sake
I shouldn't laugh .. but love when blink says ..MY FAMILY FRIENDS WILL BE HURT BUT I WONT BE HURT CAUSE ILL BE DEAD LOL .. SHOULDNT LAUGH BUT LEAST HE HONEST LOL
Real life francis begbie lol
Come Ahead, Square Go
He has.
I just got back from Scotland to see Davey boy
he was so sweet he paid for everything
We also met in London 3 mos ago
we are madly in love
he's got a bird in glesga
Absolute legend The Wee Man film might be decent but the bold Blink deserves a film made aboot him asap, last a the mohicans.
Lot a good stories oot there fir films aboot 70s-80s Glesga that would be definite classics.His is wan a them defo.
Awe geeze peace absolute shit your talking man
Stand Up man forsure
Classic old school gangster with a code. Even if you don't respect him, you have to respect that.
Blink and you'll be on the floor blood pouring out you before you blink again
this man was the real deal respected all the way to london
Respected all the way tae E-Hall in Bar-L mer like.
Footage of blink when he was still in the game. He’s not comfortable with interviews here compared to nowadays. But of a clown these days but Can see he’s a serious character here.
Lord Earl Mountbatten makes a guest appearance in this video, he's a close personal friend of 'Blink'. 04:40
+Colshy TheComedian Mountbatten got blown to pieces years back..Was a propaganda wet dream for the i.r.a
Aww I like him 😝 he is honest and has a pet Labrador 🐶
I was expecting a scumbag, but he really comes across as a decent man with intelligence and morals.
Goni buy his book
He seems a ok
Guy
Never heard him say
A gangster
A crook !!
FairPlay blink
he stabbed my uncle 4rm behind b4 he went inside,. his got a a lot of enemies. he will get attacked on sight. he dont care about other people. just a scared man
Sound big gent
He looks and sounds like the real deal
This guys hilarious, absolute mad man.
Funny how? What the feck is so funny about him?
@@peternagy-im4be Watch his interviews with James English or Shaun Atwood
@@peternagy-im4be he's a clown. He amuses him! He makes him laugh! That's what it is!
@@maximatosis654 get the fck out of here! 🌝
@@peternagy-im4be
You keep commenting the same thing as if you’re bewildered.
Sit down ya wet wipe.
seems a sound guy god lookin c..t, if hes a crook so what, he tried a robbery it didn't work out he can handle him self, hes done a few things so what we are all crooks in some way, the government are the biggest of all but thay don't get time just guys like ian, hat off to him for doing a tener, your lookin good for it good luck mate
I wouldn't mess with ian
+Pam Macdonald your a woman tho
This man is super dangerous. You can see it in his eyes. It would take a brave man to upset this man. I learned at school that glasgow is a super dangerous city and a biggest reputation for razor blades. I would not like to meet this man on a street in Glasgow. I can know that his friends would also be dangerous. He is also handsome. Why is he robbed banks. Shame.
CRO ROO my Scottish prick grandfather is from Glasgow
Are you a big softie son, move from Scotland pal ,ya big choocter.
KRAUT
wrong he's not dangerous some men in glesga are but he's not one of them defo i know him & his family
@@robertmcintyre4653 hi Robert are you my old pal from sighthill let me know
You try living in Blackhill, Provinmill ,Rachazie ,Bar-L and round about , back then even today these were hard housing estates, crooks and gangsters were everywhere you had to stand your ground or you would get swallowed up, it was very hard times when guys like Ian were young you had no choice it put in your head from a very young age what you see things ,somethin could of happened to a member of your family ,and as a known gangster said if you no some cunt is going to hurt you then you go get them first ,No Mean City ......Watch James English Documentary on Ian Blinker MacDonald who admits his past and has learned to live with it ,a great talker .......
Did Blink just call himself a “career crinimal” ?
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Seriously, I want to go to bed and sleep. sadly this guy cant ever. you reep what you so is so true.
You can tell this guy is a complete lunatic, a funny guy tho legend
Funny how exactly? The way he talks?
@@peternagy-im4be just a says what you see type of guy he's been nearly assinnated several times and he still takes a dilly dally approach to life.
`@sudstahgaming..."complete lunatic" you say, i don't think so he's simply somebody that straight talks and takes no shit from anybody no matter who or where.
great guy met him
You are a legend. I hope you can now get some peace.
Did he say Career Crinimal?
Bad advice from his career guidance counsellor in school
U who is interviewing what's your name????
He is dangerous... Particularly when talking about old school morality when there is none... That's particularly stupid and dangerous...
Blink lost a lot of respect when he went to work for Mags McGraw as a debt collector to put the bite on Stevie Malcolm for money. Barry Hughes has gained respect in a business sense and what Blink allegedly done to Fitsy was out of order as there is an age gap way Blink still livin in the 80s and this trouble aint over soon.
Respect to the man that he realises that crime is a mugs game and isnt poncing on screen like I seen the English twat gangster pal of that drug dealer in England that was shot inside his jeep doing.All the wee go ahead fire ins like ye call yerselves need to go and have a look at the documentary called SCARED STRAIGHT and that tells you all the glamour you have to look forward to being a criminal. 10 lifers in the most violent documentary you will ever see are given FULL access to a bunch of teens that think they're wee gangsters, it would never be allowed in a million years nowadays because these cons are not restrained in any way and they throw them about, take their shoes, spit in their faces, tell them how much they will be anally violated in every direction, have them in tears, pass them about and change them for ciggarettes, not joking! The docu starts with the teens showing off about their crimes and how they dont give a fuck about their victims. They are sent to an adult jail as part of their sentence and it is filmed. They get treated as prisoners once in the prison and all the convicts are tearing at their clothes and shouting how they want to rape them as they walk by, they put them in a cell with a toilet full of shit literally and the walls and floor look like a urinal, they're left in there for a while then are taken to see the set up with a bunch of angry hard nut llifers who are in a bad mood and looking forward to bullying the shit out of them, they do and the kids are left some of them in tears.Nothing like the modern versions AT ALL, I mean these guards walk miles away and the cons get right in their faces, take all their shoes off of them and when one kid gets cocky, this guy with a missing eye and a body like the hulk goes right into his ear and says, " i'm doing life in here till the day I die, they cant give me any more time so I dont really give a fuck,smile at me one more time and make my day, I'll take the face right off you, see them guards, by the time they get here you'd already be done, he is serious. One of them even gets angry with the camera guy and tells him to get the fuck outta his face, its a heavy documentary with real emotions in it that could never be done in this day and age, explicit in every way,from the gay sex abuse to bullying they tell them how the law of the jungle operates and every one of them is built like tanks and covered in scars to prove it, One guy has a missing eye and no less than 17 stab wounds to his body! Every kid should see this film, its shocking and it is a psychological masterpiece how these cons have engineered the whole thing and there is no censorship AT ALL, anything could have happened to them kids, one of the cons even laughs and says what, you think these two pussy camera men are going to stop us, they are right. They all say what crimes they are in for to scare them as well and they are murderers armed robbers and drug dealers. Scared straight its called.
Prob the best looking man I have ever seen
Wit a roaster you are 😂 😂
That's my first time seeing this ian. Ffsk 15years ago man..spunky
The people I feel for are family,and civilians,the people who attack old peoples houses because they have a beef with their son thats just f-----g cowardly you heard what the guy says he does not try to bullshit you and these people should think twice about what they do. he tell's it like it is,old school wish more people took a leaf outa his book.No police cooperation.He could probably have no hassles if he dropped a name or two,you have to respect him for that,no matter what else he has done!
he is good pals with a guy Jim gemmill Jim is one of te most notorious gangsters in Glasgow think he got 12 years in 97 for 6 million pounds of herion. he became best pals with tony mcgovern they where that good pals tony moved across the road from him his brother in law frankie Donaldson (donuts) from the Calton. everyone knows Jim gemmill blink us with him.a lot these days
He looks a bag of nerves in this video.
Aye haha well first time doing this for him tbf
He has a great podcast 💯
I watched his Shaun podcast's, and James English... I will say he is a geezer NOT to be fucked with...
Behave 😆
to have blink after you ya have to move away
I’ve always suspected that he done that bank in Blantyre that Ernest Barrie got done for.
Wrong
Surprised he spoke to the media so often, thats an old school code broken.
baaaaa - baaaaa - baaaa thats all he is
he does it for pay he's skint
the guys fuckin skint. whats quite a bit to you? 30, 50 grand? he aint got a decent racket or mob. he not worth six figures, struggles for five. the big guys are worth hundreds of times what he is. no one thats serious takes him serious. only people who believe the papers believe his publicity- an its him who phones the papers. i do know for an absolute certainty that certain people avoid him and anyone asscociated with him. and theres a few questions about some of his relatives too...
Arthur Thompson was a Thatcher admirer.
Top bloke 🙏
jonathon ye blinks a charachter. but the way they done it was a warning.
If those who chipped his coupon are just rockets, why are they not 6feet under.
Most are now
in response to your comments i know Blink and awright he's fell to fuck but look at McVey,W O'Neil fae Milton so he was a bit of a lad but i know what he's all about now the same as all these people like Fergie ,Baggen etc there all trying to live out there history again
With blink its strait down the line. Hes a dangerouse man, thats why it took 3 men to do that scar on his face. Becouse not one of them alone would face blink head on. Seemingly the fight went on for 10 minutes and a thinck blink got a good few kicks and punshes in, they circled him at first when he was walking his dog but blink said none of them seemend to want to come at me up close and kept jumping back and forward, and thats hard just with 2 guys but with 3 it gets harder to try and watch them all and see who the hardest one is. Blink said when he was walking down the road he knew strait away just with the way they were acting that they were there for him becouse he was walking slow wich meant they had to walk slow. Then they kind of got closer to him and tried to circle blink but there lucky blink didnt have a knife on him becouse he would have tore the face of at least one of them and they might have ran away. But blink comes across as a good guy and very inteligent to, and good to listen to.
13osscar,Could'nt agree more mate.Guys like this give Glasgow a bad name.
Cracken guy, loyal family friend .
Roseanne Shannon you know him? Id love to meet him i read his books an documentary with James English an shaun attwood first class guy
I give u a job blink I love big man
Seems like a man with missed opportunities will he get a job I don't think so will he go on to a better life no.. shame but it's the life he chose and all this comes with it...good luck sir....
alot of name drappers on this man
Say all you want about Blink ! but look at it like this the man still walks round in public and drinks in bars he doesnt hide away, all the threats >>> thats all they are threats
its from something he knows
I no the man personally
Did he get the job?
That reporter is rude beyond rudeness
Grass
old skool is the best skool