Toby Young tried to downplay Covid-19 but his maths skills let him down
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Toby Young has hit back at criticism that he can't do basic maths with the following statement:-
'At least half of the people criticising me don't know what the other two thirds are saying." https://t.co/lrhfKmazDS
— Katy (@KatyJayne101) November 18, 2020
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Whoever paid for your education got stiffed.
— Michael Moran (@TheMichaelMoran) November 18, 2020
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Toby, try not to do KS3 mathematics at 5:43 AM ok? Trust me on this hun.
— Dr Philip Lee (@drphiliplee1) November 18, 2020
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Look, just because 50,000 is 1% of 5 million, not 0.1% as Toby seems to have arrived at, this doesn't mean our self-identified intellectuals are demonstrably unqualified to pronounce on the complex science of Covid. https://t.co/GkU7l8RaEQ
— Michael Govern Ready (@mikegove12) November 18, 2020
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Here's Toby Young taking the piss out of Diane Abbott's figures mix up in 2017.
Today he describes 50,000 as lower than 0.1% of 5 million.
It's actually 1%. https://t.co/uLMbB0yLcE pic.twitter.com/6r4I5g2I3f
— black lives matter (@jrc1921) November 18, 2020
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— PiQ (@PriapusIQ) November 18, 2020
Nick Harvey, composer and son of viral composer and pianist, Paul, tweaked the tweet a little.
I’ve fixed that for you. You’re welcome. pic.twitter.com/RbSzQpHhix
— Nick Harvey (@mrnickharvey) November 18, 2020
He couldn’t have said it better himself.
But before we judge him too harshly …
All the snarky replies to the math here don't understand that Toby uses imperial measures. https://t.co/PZAGNF7hzi
— Alexandre Afonso (@alexandreafonso) November 18, 2020
Actually – judge away.
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