This Labour MP’s savage shutdown of Dan Wootton went viral and it’s quite the watch
Dan Wootton invited Labour MP Chris Bryant onto his Talk Radio show to talk coronavirus and the Welsh ‘fire break’ (Bryant represents the Rhondda constituency in South Wales).
And by the end of their exchange he might very well wish he hadn’t. Because this happened.
Dan Wootton – Science has forever used herd immunity in order to deal with coronavirus
Chris Bryant – You’re a nutcase…. you’re a complete & utter nutcase & you’re dangerous as well. pic.twitter.com/6uFg7FvtVh
— Haggis_UK 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (@Haggis_UK) October 19, 2020
The pair continued their feud on Twitter.
I had no idea this man was such a dangerous conspiracy theorist. https://t.co/06VIT4OFWF
— Chris Bryant (@RhonddaBryant) October 19, 2020
You’re the dangerous one. Not listening to the science https://t.co/ERMeygaHN7 https://t.co/e3UFqnZ5GY
— Dan Wootton (@danwootton) October 19, 2020
I also don’t believe for an instant that you believe this. You’re just a contrarian earning a living out of adopting contrary positions. You probably persuade yourself this is your view but … https://t.co/a0V2pPzGjn
— Chris Bryant (@RhonddaBryant) October 19, 2020
And just a few of the many, many things people had to say about it.
Quite simply a delicious dragging of Dan Wootton here by Chris Bryant – with the perfect finishing touch pic.twitter.com/Z3OybkGe54
— Hannah Jane Parkinson (@ladyhaja) October 20, 2020
Remember when Dan Wootton was just that guy who *checks notes* rated women's breasts out of ten in The Sun pic.twitter.com/W8o5J4LIVQ
— Michael Baggs (@MichaelBaggs) October 20, 2020
The Dan Wootton/Chris Bryant spat is quite a thing, isn't it?
A reminder that the World Health Organisation's current stance on herd immunity for Covid-19 is that it is "scientifically problematic and unethical".
I'll take their science over Wootton's.https://t.co/GyOLYlN5pE pic.twitter.com/27wCVfBA2a
— Kerry Allen 凯丽 (@kerrya11en) October 19, 2020
The interaction between Chris Bryant and Dan Wootton is like a horrible microcosm of the conversation all rational people have had with rabid right-wing conspiracy theorists for the past five years
He shouldn't have a platform to spread medical misinformation pic.twitter.com/bDep648hV4
— Will Black (@WillBlackWriter) October 20, 2020
Remember when Dan Wootton treated an actor’s HIV status like a game of Guess fucking Whohttps://t.co/Ck0RF1XZos pic.twitter.com/fUV5zANS5Q
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) October 20, 2020
https://twitter.com/DuchessOnDuty/status/1318444999281967105?s=20
I very much enjoyed this. I'm unsure if the best bit was Dan Wootton's Alan Partridgesqe asking for him to be removed or where Chris Bryant just turns himself off. Great stuff. https://t.co/PPmE1H6E8q
— Charlotte Levin – Having a break from X (@tinycharlotte72) October 20, 2020
If you’re really in the mood for this sort of thing, you can watch a longer version of their chat here (it’s well worth it).
Dan Wootton and Labour MP Chris Bryant have a disagreement over the effectiveness of coronavirus lockdowns.
What are your views?@danwootton | @RhonddaBryant
Watch the show in full ► https://t.co/uIRYxKthau pic.twitter.com/fdu7PAkcXw
— talkRADIO (@talkRADIO) October 19, 2020
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