The Chase’s ‘Beast’ Mark Labbett angers fans by urging them to refuse coronavirus lockdown before blocking them

THE Chase's Mark Labbett has blocked fans who questioned his intelligence after he called for people to refuse a second lockdown.

Mark, 55, went on a blocking spree on Sunday afternoon after he caused an uproar by tweeting: "#SayNoToLockdown".

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The quiz genius was instantly swamped with backlash as fans questioned his logic on flouting any rules around Covid-19.

One asked: "What's more important, kids being back at school or pubs, restaurants and cafes being open? Because at the moment, with both, we're going into the winter with 6,000 cases every day and the 'R' well above 1."

Another said: "With the anti lockdown attitude Mark is currently displaying, it will be a bloody long time before Beast & Governess make their return to #TheChaseAus. We miss you dearly, but this wretched COVID needs to be brought under control first, sadly."

And one more sighed: "Come on Mark. Poor from you"

But other fans took a swipe at the The Chase star's brainpower, prompting Mark to take action.

He tweeted later on Sunday: "Blocking a lot of people this afternoon. Politics is all about discussion/argument but questioning my intelligence is pretty counterproductive #SayNoToLockdown"

And one cheeky follower replied: "Remind me of your IQ....?"

Top scientists Chris Whitty and Patrick Vallance addressed the nation today to discuss new coronavirus measures.

The Government's Chief Scientific Advisor has said the pandemic is doubling every seven days.

He warned the UK we must “act fast” to avoid disastrous consequences from “exponential growth”.

He predicted if things continue at this pace, by October we could see 50,000 cases per day.

Chris Whitty said the virus is not slowing and that we must "collectively take this very seriously".

It comes as The Sun reported last week that pubs could face a 9pm curfew should the government's 'Rule of Six' fail to sufficiently reduce transmission.