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Toby Young trolled Greta Thunberg for being ‘privileged’ and the takedowns were swift and brutal

Toby Young, it would appear, is not a big fan of climate activist Greta Thunberg.

First, he accused the media of failing to hold the the 16-year-old Swede properly to account.

https://twitter.com/toadmeister/status/1120096801506381826

Now he’s gone back on Twitter to tell everyone that Thunberg is nothing less than the ‘privileged’ daughter of a former Swedish Eurovision Song Contest entrant.

https://twitter.com/toadmeister/status/1120998371416788993

You’d imagine it wouldn’t have taken long for the Spectator columnist to realise what people would say in response. But, well, it’s Toby Young.

And the takedowns were swift and brutal. Here are our favourites.

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https://twitter.com/sanglesey/status/1121015746702782470

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To conclude …

Oh, and just in case you were wondering …

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Toby Young trolling a 16 y/o climate activist got entirely the responses it deserved