On 28 June, England needed a hero. The football team had lost to Belgium, and Brexit negotiations were crashing. But cometh the hour, cometh Eastenders‘ Danny Dyer.
Speaking on ITV‘s Good Evening Britain, Dyer launched a stinging attack on former prime minister David Cameron. It sent viewers into meltdown:
https://twitter.com/cjsnowdon/status/1012439971188310017
“A riddle”
With a slightly bemused Jeremy Corbyn looking on, Dyer labelled Brexit a “mad riddle” before calling out Cameron’s role in creating the situation:
So what’s happened to that twat David Cameron who called it on? Let’s be fair … how comes he can scuttle off? He called all this on… he’s in Europe, in Nice with his trotters up … he should be held [to] account for it.
It’s fair to say that Twitter users absolutely lost the plot:
“Brexit? No one knows what it’s about where is that TWAT David Cameron?? He’s in Nice with his trotters up…. TWAT!!!!” Danny Dyer pic.twitter.com/EEbSU08DML
— ARTIST TAXI DRIVER (@chunkymark) June 28, 2018
Superb. Danny Dyer slams Brexit & asks how come “twat” Cameron can “scuttle off” to France and relax “with his trotters up”.
👏😂 https://t.co/JPoUoKUePe— Mike Galsworthy (@mikegalsworthy) June 29, 2018
The second TWAT from Danny Dyer is everything https://t.co/HSZ9gpakGA@piersmorgan @susannareid100
— Jeremy Vine (@theJeremyVine) June 28, 2018
Cutting analysis
Yet, despite the bizarre situation:
https://twitter.com/alexnunns/status/1012441514188967936
https://twitter.com/salihughes/status/1012439841689210882
…the consensus was that Dyer actually spoke a lot of sense:
https://twitter.com/alexnunns/status/1012450014268882945
More astute political analysis than you get from most of the media in just 37 seconds https://t.co/7AHQBnjhtP
— Owen Jones (@owenjonesjourno) June 29, 2018
And he completed the holy trinity:
Danny Dyer’s told Piers Morgan to stop talking, said he likes Jeremy Corbyn, and has just called David Cameron a tw*t! 😁👍
— David Bleak (@Captain_Vad) June 28, 2018
A serious point
But Dyer does make an important point. Cameron called the Brexit referendum because he wanted to quiet dissenting voices within his own party and solidify his position at the top. And when it all went tits up, he scuttled off and put his “trotters up”:
2 years ago when he resigned lobby journalists discussed David Cameron's 'legacy'. The most obsequious spinners even tried to defend him
Now Danny Dyer calls him a 'twat' with his 'trotters up' on national telly and not a single one of them says a word
— Aaron Bastani (@AaronBastani) June 28, 2018
This idea that there’s one rule for the creators of Brexit and another for the general public is not just limited to Cameron. Tory Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg’s investment firm has been accused of setting up a fund in Ireland while warning clients about the dangers of a hard Brexit. And Nigel Farage is facing allegations he used insider polling knowledge to influence financial markets to make hedge funds millions, although he strongly denies the claims.
Perfect
All in all, it was a rare moment of perfect synchronicity:
That Danny Dyer interview has everything. The word twat. Corbyn being grumpy. Pamela Anderson being confused. Ed balls giggling his tits off. Piers Morgan being interrupted. Harry Redknap asleep. The word twat again. pic.twitter.com/TRYR3MA7MP
— TechnicallyRon (On all the platforms) (@TechnicallyRon) June 28, 2018
And some now say Dyer speaks for Britain:
https://twitter.com/davidallengreen/status/1012597332410585089
Just don’t let him loose before the watershed.
Get Involved!
– Support The Canary so we can keep holding the powerful to account.
Featured image via PeterDltd – YouTube and GoodMorningBritain – YouTube
