‘You are dangerous’: Piers Corbyn confronted on air by Dr Hilary after £10,000 fine for anti-lockdown protest

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Piers Corbyn has been labelled “dangerous” by Dr Hilary after espousing his views that the coronavirus may not exist and that “vaccines cause death”. The 73-year-old climate change denier claimed that the pandemic is a “psychological operation to close down the economy in the interests of mega-corporations” and that its death toll has been over reported, touting the use of controversial anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine and denouncing modern vaccines as making people more ill. His claims were heavily scrutinised by both Piers Morgan and Susannah Reid, but he faced the most robust opposition from celebrity doctor Hilary Jones. I don’t know where you get your rubbish fake news from and you shouldn’t be on air.” The general practitioner added: “It’s expertly dangerous what we’ve just heard. It’s littered with errors, absolutely littered with dangerous errors.” As Mr Corbyn claimed the doctor was “frightened to answer the real questions on modern vaccines”, Ms Reid responded: “I think you’ve probably nailed it, Dr Hilary, frankly.” Mr Corbyn was one of the first people to be fined the large sum under new coronavirus regulations banning large gatherings.