A Tory columnist hailed the bow and the curtsy as an upside of coronavirus – 12 churlish rebuttals
Like The Game, when people remember Daniel Hannan exists, they’ve already lost. He tends to resurface in the consciousness when he makes some sort of a gaffe, like the time he tried to defend Churchill by comparing him to Hitler.
You think Churchill was a racist? Just wait till you hear about the guy he defeated.
— Daniel Hannan (@DanielJHannan) October 13, 2018
Or when he suggested that the widely condemned Windrush policy had been a success.
Here's an unpopular opinion on the #Windrush affair. You could say, the system worked. A newspaper unearthed a scandal (well done @ameliagentleman). Pundits & politicians unanimously decried the injustice. Ministers listened and changed policy. That's what's meant to happen, no?
— Daniel Hannan (@DanielJHannan) April 16, 2018
His latest hot take was more of a feverish ramble, when he said this about the coronavirus crisis.
If coronavirus has a silver lining, it should be the return of the bow and the curtsy, writes @DanielJHannan
https://t.co/klqncdS3RF— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) March 15, 2020
How remiss of the rest of us to fail to realise that a threat to life and livelihood could be said to have an upside because *checks notes* it heralds a return to 18th-century customs.
Twitter wasn’t impressed.
1.
Shameful that this is behind a paywall really pic.twitter.com/LC4xCE7ps0
— Alan White (@aljwhite) March 15, 2020
2.
I’ve been seeing this on Twitter all morning and assumed it was a joke. Friends, it is not a joke. pic.twitter.com/BLC6g0E3AY
— Damien Owens (@OwensDamien) March 15, 2020
3.
https://twitter.com/Luiseach/status/1239133610617307136?s=19
4.
I've been on strong painkillers for three days now with no end in sight so I'm just going to assume I'm hallucinating as the alternative is too terrifying to contemplate pic.twitter.com/CB5pVOqCGQ
— Jonn Elledge (@JonnElledge) March 15, 2020
5.
Lunatics pic.twitter.com/jTDlRlrMbN
— Rob Palk (@robpalkwriter) March 15, 2020
6.
https://twitter.com/BeardedGenius/status/1239156622154444800?s=19
7.
Welcome to vomtown 🤮 pic.twitter.com/fGpIxPXmw7
— Rhiannon L Cosslett (@rhiannonlucyc) March 15, 2020
8.
Oh fuck off. pic.twitter.com/FGuVNa6oQY
— Legs (@L3GSV) March 15, 2020
9.
It’s all been worth it pic.twitter.com/kXweAFoFzH
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) March 15, 2020
10.
Morning, peasants! pic.twitter.com/p2XwVBJWod
— Steve Peers (@StevePeers) March 15, 2020
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Swings and roundabouts really pic.twitter.com/CaUxmEAKQX
— Séamas It Ever Was (@shockproofbeats) March 15, 2020
12.
If the sinking of the Titanic had a silver lining, it's that the deckchairs got a good wash. https://t.co/zsO0A09780
— Margo (@MargoJMilne) March 15, 2020
Writer, Steve Anglesey, pointed out reminded us of this astonishing fact.
Your reminder that Dan Hannan was known as “the brain of Brexit” pic.twitter.com/6gxTeN4Kk9
— Steve Anglesey (@sanglesey) March 15, 2020
Mind you – consider the competition.
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