Toby Young just hit peak Toby Young – only 5 responses you need

Toby Young has called on the government to bring an early end to its coronavirus lockdown next month because he says the numbers – in terms of lives being saved and money being spent – just don’t add up.

He said this in a piece for The Critic but @byers90 has helpfully pulled out two passages for your perusal, saying: “Toby Young here, not so much taking the mask off as dispensing with human form altogether.”

Here’s one bit.

And another.

Naturally Young started trending on Twitter – he must have been dismayed – and these 5 responses pretty much sum up what (most) people were saying in response.

1.

Hi Toby, I read all of that but couldn't find the bit where you specified which of your own close friends and family you are willing to sacrifice. Got an update on that?

— Andy Vale (@AndyVale) March 31, 2020

2.

I'm not going to RT what Toby Young has said, because it just draws attention. But I will say I'm pleased I disowned him when I did because, really, it saved an awful lot of time.

— Jay Rayner (@jayrayner1) March 31, 2020

3.

I know I promised my mum that I wouldn't swear online, but Toby Young can go and f*ck himself. Sorry, mum. This is Toby on why he thinks the lockdown should end on 14 April: pic.twitter.com/fEFDis3B9O

— Lockdown. Stay in. Save lives. (@snigskitchen) March 31, 2020

4.

John Donne:
"Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee

Toby Young
"These old people would have died anyway, what about my share portfolio?"

— James Doleman (@jamesdoleman) March 31, 2020

5.

I don't think I've ever agreed with Toby Young before pic.twitter.com/H8wpEEFisW

— Trizzy Gillespie (@BlackXList) March 31, 2020

Someone thought Young was a bit behind the times and the government had already tried this.

Was austerity not basically letting people die to save the economy? Have we not tried Toby Young's idea already?

— Darren McGarvey (@lokiscottishrap) March 31, 2020

Not everyone disagreed with it though. People like Brexit Party chairman Richard Tice, for instance.

Essential reading ⁦⁦@toadmeister⁩ on top analytical form even though he has the virus. https://t.co/GVFqJ48gxz

— Richard Tice (@TiceRichard) March 31, 2020

Which possibly tells you more than anything else.

In short, this. …

Reminds me of the joke, why do people take an instant dislike to Toby Young? It saves time.

— Phil John Goode (@PhilJohnGoode1) March 31, 2020

Or if you prefer it a bit more NSFW.

Toby Young really wants his own Top Cunts card doesn't he?

— Dai Lama (@WelshDalaiLama) March 31, 2020

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Source @byers90