Joey Barton appears to back conspiracy theorist citing the Magna Carta to avoid coronavirus regulations

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Joey Barton has courted more controversy after appearing to support a conspiracy theorist online. Barton retweeted a video appearing to show a Liverpudlian business owner refusing police officers’ requests to close a soft play centre, writing: “People having to fight for their existence,” with a peace symbol. In the video, the man points to article 61 of the Magna Carta – a common trope of conspiracy theorists who reject government action to tackle the coronavirus pandemic.