Danny Dyer launches attack on ‘people from Eton’ running the country during lockdown

Danny Dyer has said the coronavirus pandemic has proved “people who went to Eton” are unable to run the country.
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The EastEnders actor said the “little group” who attended the independent boarding school, near Windsor in Berkshire, have had their chance in power.

The 43-year-old said it is now time for “working-class people” who have “lived a real life” to be given responsibility for how the UK is run.

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Appearing on BBC Breakfast alongside his daughter Dani, Dyer was asked how easy he was finding it to obey Covid-19 restrictions.

Screengrab from BBC Breakfast of actor Danny Dyer who has said in an interview with BBC Breakfast that the coronavirus pandemic has proved "people who went to Eton" are unable to run the country. Eton College counts both Prime Minister Boris Johnson and former premier David Cameron among its former students.Screengrab from BBC Breakfast of actor Danny Dyer who has said in an interview with BBC Breakfast that the coronavirus pandemic has proved "people who went to Eton" are unable to run the country. Eton College counts both Prime Minister Boris Johnson and former premier David Cameron among its former students.
Screengrab from BBC Breakfast of actor Danny Dyer who has said in an interview with BBC Breakfast that the coronavirus pandemic has proved "people who went to Eton" are unable to run the country. Eton College counts both Prime Minister Boris Johnson and former premier David Cameron among its former students.

He said: “It’s very confusing. It’s almost perfect to break rules really because it is hard to understand what the rules are.

“Just keep them simple and then people will abide by it.

“We want to get out of this as quickly as possible but as confusing as it is, it just makes it so difficult.

“My one rant would be that we must learn now that the people who went to Eton can’t run this country.

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“They’ve done it, they’ve tried to do it and this little small group who all went to the same school in the same class, it doesn’t work.

“So I feel we need some working-class people, people who have lived a real life, people that are in touch with what’s going on in reality, to maybe come to the front now and start to get involved in how this country is run.”

Eton College counts both Prime Minister Boris Johnson and former premier David Cameron among its former students.

Asked whether he would ever go into politics full-time, Dani said: “Oh, imagine.”

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Danny, who plays Mick Carter in EastEnders, replied: “No, darling, I’m too busy.

“I have got a game show on at the moment, I’ve got another podcast with my daughter, and of course I am in the greatest soap that has ever been, so I am all right for the minute.

“So let’s just watch the Government unravel themselves, I think.

“Let’s just try and stay safe and try and not catch this thing, and on the other side I’m sure we are all going to be better, stronger, more considerate people for it.”