Dan Wootton - A Lying Shit The Murdoch Sun’s deeply repellant and obscenely overpaid “ executive editor ” Dan Wootton has once again been doing his master’s bidding and laying into the hated BBC for all he is worth, which, admittedly, is not very much, other than his being useful for filling in … It’s possible Wootton wanted to cut his ties (or the Sun wanted to cut their ties) because of all of the ongoing shenanigans with Wootton likely paying off Kensington Palace people for information. I'm the opposite. There was some despicable violence against police officers, which I utterly condemn. My belief is that the more people hear from the likes of Harry and Meghan, and allies including Gayle King and Owen Jones, the more honest and hardworking folk realise they're talking privileged nonsense. Ta', That's funny, writes DAN WOOTTON. 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Journalist and presenter who has worked for established news organizations Daily Mail, Now magazine, and The Sun. The BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Sky News have devoted hundreds of hours over the past year to less well attended demonstrations by Black Lives Matter (pictured in London last summer), anti-statue, Extinction Rebellion and women's rights supporters, writes DAN WOOTTON. DAN WOOTTON: Palace rattled by Andrew comeback. Were Lord Mountbatten's files suppressed to hide royal affairs? One of the biggest threats facing democracy in 2021 is a craven desire to shut down voices who are brave enough to speak out against liberal groupthink on controversial issues, writes DAN WOOTTON. Dan Wootton is a New Zealand-born journalist and broadcaster. What a story he would then have to tell! They might be pitted against each other in an increasingly divisive culture war, but Meghan Markle and Sharon Osbourne are ruthless Hollywood figures cut from the same cloth. What there will be no shortage off in the broadcast media today, however, is infinite coverage of a private comment the Prime Minister Boris Johnson is said to have made after being bullied into a second national lockdown last October. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. He is the Head of Showbiz at The Sun and runs the famous Bizarre column which appears in the paper Monday to Saturday. It doesn't take into account our highly successful vaccine programme, which this weekend saw over half the population jabbed, including the vast majority of those with any realistic chance of dying or getting seriously ill from Covid-19. But that's the way Harry, Meghan and their breed of intolerant woketopians operate: Be kind to everyone... unless they say something with which you disagree. Sharon Osbourne (left, with Sheryl Underwood) likes to send a Tiffany's box of human excrement to her catalogue of enemies, There would be hushed conversations with executives outside the ITV studio at Television Centre that always started with something like: 'Dan, we're under a lot of pressure. The right for your child to go to school without wearing a mask. Were there cranks and conspiracy theorists in attendance? If you're Meghan McCain on The View in the US or Jane Moore on Loose Women in the UK, it's going to become increasingly difficult – and professionally risky – to express any view that doesn't fit with the narrative of the liberal elite. The right to visit an elderly relative in a care home. One of the biggest threats facing democracy in 2021 is a craven desire to shut down voices who are brave enough to speak out against liberal groupthink on controversial issues. Believing that Meghan isn't a very nice person who told a load of porkie pies to Oprah doesn't make you racist. Are there only certain types of democratic protests you think are acceptable? Related Videos. Published: 08:49 EDT, 30 March 2021 | Updated: 08:49 EDT, 30 March 2021, DAN WOOTTON: I couldn't be more excited to join the team at MailOnline today, where I will be writing columns regularly. Sharon, meanwhile, was instantly damned to the modern-day torture of public cancellation for merely raising the possibility that her close friend Piers Morgan may well have more insight as to whether Meghan was indeed telling the truth. Coming soon to GB News and MailOnline. A thousand faces that must never be forgotten: Daily Mail's haunting montage of just a fraction of Britain's... Rail companies will add more than 2,500 daily services to timetables from next week as lockdown restrictions... Tyson Fury's pregnant wife Paris REMOVES her wedding ring and hides hand behind emoji... days after boxer... DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: Now for the good news about booze! Andrew Neil’s GB News has got its first major hiring coup with the hiring of The Sun’s Dan Wootton who will host a new daily show five days a week. The right to get married in front of all your nearest and dearest. Despite his history, Harry and his wife attempt to silence critics, even if that includes throwing around spurious accusations of racism, sexism or any other ism that might cause someone damage. Dan Wootton slammed the “lack of class from snobs at Tatler” on Friday in his “big exclusives, bold opinion” column. They are wanting their freedoms reinstated. And they remain voiceless, thanks to our broadcasters whose coverage of protest events is so steeped in their own biases they can no longer be taken seriously. Read NewsUK’s internal sign-off below: After more than 7 years at The Sun, Dan Wootton is stepping down from his role as executive editor and will be leaving to pursue new opportunities. I would just like to see him do the decent thing and apologise to Amber Heard, stop trying to destroy his ex-wife's life, and work on improving himself by getting free of his drug and booze problems. Police are seen surrounding the Extinction Rebellion pink boat that had been parked in Parliament Square, London, on the last day of 10 days of demonstrations in 2020. I want people with whom I disagree to be given platforms to express their views, however ridiculous. We've been trying so hard to stop that happening here. 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PLATELL'S PEOPLE: Why does Prince Harry always make Charles the villain - and never Diana? Neither can stand me for breaking proven-true stories about very public aspects of their lives and, having seen how they treat people who have remained resolutely loyal to them, I can't say I'm a big fan of either. In fact, when they do something good, I will champion it.'. He came to the United Kingdom when he was 21, and after a period working for trade magazines, he found a job with Broadcast magazine. Without him the Royal Family would not be the biggest stars on the planet, writes DAN WOOTTON. Health minister Edward Argar defends delay in shutting Britain's borders saying it was 'based on evidence', The dire SAGE warning that Indian variant could put 10,000 in hospital a day within months -  which puts end of lockdown in peril and led scientists to BACK regional vaccine surges, How will Britain's vaccine rollout cope with new Indian variant? You've had the media be pro-lockdown. Dan Wootton moved from the Sun to the Daily Mail a few months ago, I think? That's despite the fact she unleashed a dossier of ludicrous claims that defied long-dated royal protocols, historical fact and basic believability, according to many staff members I've spoken to who lived through her tumultuous two years as a member of the Royal Family. It seems our broadcasters, which claim to be impartial, have made a decision to only accurately cover the demonstrations of causes that the London metropolitan elite believe in. That is what happens when the virus overruns a health system. I've been so disturbed to see the virtual media blackout of the massive anti-lockdown protests (pictured on Saturday) in London over the weekend, writes DAN WOOTTON. 0:52. Further, to raise India is ridiculous and misleading. But it's very obvious to me that the vast majority of people were Brits from all demographic groups peacefully protesting their right to reclaim freedoms that a year ago seemed impossible to believe the Government could take away from us. Dan Wootton, ... After stints at the Daily Mail … Dan Wootton, London, United Kingdom. Political commentator Darren Grimes Daily Mail columnist Dan Hodges Labour MP Mike Kane. That's funny. The right to attend a funeral and hug a grieving widow. Given the amount of people being killed by a year of lockdown – and the tens of thousands of deaths that will inevitably follow in the years to come from missed medical treatment and devastating poverty – surely it is a responsibility of EVERY politician, journalist and commentator to be sceptical. Journalist and presenter who has worked for established news organizations Daily Mail, Now magazine, and The Sun. Dan Wootton has left Lorraine viewers shellshocked after branding the Beckham family “creepy” in an on-screen rant. I have no problem with Harry or Meghan. In 2007, he joined the News of the World. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. According to an agenda-setting exclusive in today's Daily Mail, the PM said in a candid moment to a handful of key advisers and ministers: 'No more f***ing lockdowns – let the bodies pile high in their thousands.'. This is the scourge of identity politics where Sharon's voice is shut off because she's white, old and British, while Meghan's is celebrated because she's mixed race, young and American. The 37-year-old joined the Sun in 2013. I don't even wish cancellation upon the troubled Hollywood actor Johnny Depp (pictured outside the High Court last July). Trend Micro hosted email service is down, inboxes still stuck in cloudy limbo. He also appears as a presenter on the ITV show Lorraine. Dan Wootton (born March 2, 1983) is famous for being journalist. At that point, they want you erased from the mainstream media and polite society. Moderate drinkers are at less risk of heart attacks... Elon Musk's £50million private jet arrives in the UK as it's revealed Tesla made £200m selling Bitcoin... Cameron's downfall? Having refused to compromise on his desired career path, he has carved up an impressive career on Fleet Street. Wootton claimed that the Prince of Wales flew to a cottage in Llwynywermod, Llandovery Wales, following a joint meeting with his two sons, Prince William and Prince Harry, in Windsor Castle. ... role during the funeral preparations and intends to use his status as the Queen’s favourite son to support her on a daily basis behind-the-scenes at Windsor Castle as she deals with her grief. We've been imprisoned for over a year now. New Zealand journalist Dan Wootton has revealed he is leaving his role as executive editor of The Sun. That's why I've been so disturbed to see the virtual media blackout of the massive anti-lockdown protests in London over the weekend. Jane, a friend of mine without a racist bone in her body, was accused of 'being OK with casual racism' by her Loose Women co-presenter Charlene White for criticising the vagueness of Meghan's damning allegations about racist language speculating on the skin colour of her unborn baby by a member of the Royal Family. Don't forget, the day before their wedding I was sent to Windsor by ITV to fly the Union Jack flag, where I excitedly heralded Meghan's arrival as a landmark moment for the monarchy. If we don't continue the fight to speak freely and criticise equally, then the battle for free speech could be put back a generation. Dan Wootton and Labour MP Chris Bryant have a disagreement over the effectiveness of coronavirus lockdowns.What are your views? The type of privileged nonsense that allows them to take private jet flights to destinations around the world while telling us mere mortals to stop going on holiday once a year with our family to cut our carbon emissions. 407,343 likes. Ta.'. Lockdowns have huge costs and, looking around the world, evidence of their effectiveness to do anything other than temporarily supress the virus is far from clear. Dan Wootton is a journalist and presenter, well-known in the gossip world. The Sussex Squad Twitter mob has been coming for CNN's royal correspondent Max Foster for broadcasting a balanced report on US television questioning some of the more dubious claims in the Oprah interview. Believing in Sharon Osbourne or Piers Morgan's right to express their opinion on Meghan Markle doesn't make you a bad person. Published: 19:08 BST, 26 April 2021 | Updated: 14:41 BST, 29 April 2021. Take the tiresome woketopian BBC presenter Sue Perkins. Dan Wootton, originally from ... is leaving The Sun newspaper to host a show on soon-to-launch channel GB News and to write for Mail Online. The excellent Rita Panahi reported: 'Yes, massive crowds. Dan Wootton moved from the Sun to the Daily Mail a few months ago, I think? Britain is colder than FINLAND as nation braces for week of rain and thunderstorms... Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden warns theatres, sports and music venues that UK is entering 'period of... Why did we take so long to put India on Red List? Coming soon to GB News and MailOnline. I've never been on a protest march in my life. The right to invite a loved one over to your house. dailymail.co.uk — DAN WOOTTON: Damn these ludicrous and cruel Covid rules that condemned the Queen to grieve alone while her subjects packed shops and pub gardens up and down the landBy Dan Wootton for MailOnline Published: 12:32 EDT, 17 April 2021 | Updated: 12:32 EDT, 17 April 2021 AdvertisementIt's not how I hoped the Queen would emerge in public for the first time since the death … Dan Wootton is an award-winning journalist based in London. My views on Harry and Meghan (pictured during the Oprah Winfrey interview) are anchored in lengthy and in-depth reporting. Probably, like at every protest march. Over many years I broke a raft of completely true but arguably damaging stories about Harry and Meghan's battle with the Royal Family. Don't p*** on all our chips. But the PM has betrayed his libertarian instincts for political expediency, the cost of which the UK will feel for many years. 'There (in the UK) you've had Boris Johnson's government and Labour very pro-lockdown. Believing we must question the most draconian restrictions to our freedom and liberty since World War Two doesn't make you a murderer. At only 30 years old, he has thrived as a showbiz reporter and editor at the News of the World, Daily Mail, on ITV’s morning show “Lorraine”, and now at The Sun. 'So the masses were out today and there is a fightback. That's why I couldn't be more excited to join the team at MailOnline today, where I will be writing columns regularly alongside hosting a nightly show on the upcoming TV news network GB News. But the tyranny of suppression and cancellation has never been so real in modern culture. ', My answer was always the same: 'If you want me to cover the story, I will do so truthfully. But that didn't stop the pious virtue signallers online attempting to disparage those who decided to protest against lockdown, even though they were strangely silent about other similar marches. I have been shocked to see the attempts to shame into silence those sceptical about the benefits of draconian lockdowns, including myself, with attacks branding us everything from psychopaths to murderers. Dan Wootton, previously executive editor at The Sun, has joined MailOnline as columnist.In this role, Dan will be writing columns regularly alongside hosting a nightly show on the upcoming TV news network GB News. The comments below have been moderated in advance. DAN WOOTTON: I quit ITV Daytime in November 2019, after ten years as a presenter on GMTV, Daybreak and Lorraine. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. 'They are wanting to be able to see their family, hold funerals where numbers aren't limited and people aren't socially distanced, and get businesses back to operating at full capacity, particularly given how well they've gone with their vaccine rollout. Harry and Meghan's hagiographer Omid Scobie (left) – who is drip-fed press releases that he passes off as news – even had the cheek to do down one of our great biographers Tom Bower (right) because of the colour of his skin. Because on March 13 it was the same Sue Perkins who tweeted a picture of a mass gathering for the murdered Clapham woman Sarah Everard, which she described as an 'extraordinary image'. It was a weird move, because it seemed like he had the run of the place at the Sun. But, like my MailOnline colleague Piers Morgan, one of the reasons I quit ITV Daytime in November 2019, after ten years as a presenter on GMTV, Daybreak and the Lorraine show, was the pressure to tone down criticism of the Sussexes. Writing in the Daily Mail, royal expert Dan Wootton claimed that William had reservations about Harry and Markle’s relationship from the beginning. But what is most fascinating about today's excellent reporting by Simon Walters and Andrew Pierce is that it showed the massive frustration Boris felt to be forced into locking the country down for a third time, given the tidal wave of non-Covid deaths and explosion of poverty that he knew would come with such a decision. What's changed, Sue? Do you think you could just be glowing about Harry and Meghan today? Now that clearly was not a wise comment to make around some Downing Street snakes who cannot be trusted. 'So there's a lot of people who feel they've been voiceless throughout this pandemic…including medical experts who've come out and said: 'What we're doing is actually not based on the evidence and it has all sorts of unintentional consequences that are negative, particularly when you look at the rates of cancer, heart disease and serious illnesses not being diagnosed early. Dan Wootton is one of our most successful journalists at an international level. He is also the Showbiz Reporter on ITV’s morning show Lorraine. That would be the same as trying to describe all those marching for BLM as Antifa anarchists, rather than folk who believe in racial equality. It’s possible Wootton wanted to cut his ties (or the Sun wanted to cut their ties) because of all of the ongoing shenanigans with Wootton likely paying off Kensington Palace people for information. But I respect people's democratic right to protest under any circumstance and appreciate it's a cornerstone of a free political system. And the couple's hagiographer Omid Scobie – who is drip-fed press releases that he passes off as news – even had the cheek to do down one of our great biographers Tom Bower, whose books on everyone from Boris Johnson to Simon Cowell are essential historically, because of the colour of his skin. Don't p*** on all our chips. All the way back to Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. So why is it only one of these women has been the victim of cancel culture for their widely publicised (and widely criticised) comments broadcast on the woke US network CBS? Dan Wootton, London, United Kingdom. According to Daily Mail's Dan Wootton, Charles departed Windsor Castle 24 hours after Prince Philip was laid to rest. Here's the fascinating thing: If Boris Johnson wasn't in a straightjacket thanks to the SAGE extremists and professional scaremongers surrounding him, he might have been on the anti-lockdown protest march himself.