2024 Election Specials: 2. Immigration

Tough Talk & Expensive Gimmicks? How about taking immigration seriously for once.

[@acrodave9287]

Over the last 14 years the only thing the Tories have been taking seriously is the piss.

[@user-kv4fn7mu5t]

Bang on point

[@charliebryer2802]

Oh, now I’ll be using (stealing) that phrase over the next few weeks!

[@garryferrington811]

They've made a lot of money.

[@dodgywheelsandropeywiring5697]

The uni-party must go, did you watch the debate? Two prats arguing over different ways of achieving the exact same thing claiming to be better than the other. It was like watching two pre-teens argue over whose dad is the hardest, utterly pathetic drama queen performance from both of them.

[@acrodave9287]

@@garryferrington811 They took the piss because the client media allowed them to; the money they simply stole.

[@nmarks]

The Conservative's record in office... 1. Highest energy bills in Europe. 2. Highest taxes in 70 years. 3. Highest interest rates since 2008. 4. Highest train fares in Europe. 5. Longest waiting lists in NHS history. 6. Raw Tory sewage pumped into rivers. 7. Lowest corporate taxes in 50 years. 8. Lowest State Pension in Europe. 9. Highest Immigration both legal and illegal ever. 10. Destroyed the NHS dentist service. 11. Brexit. 12. One failed Prime Minister after another. 13. Worlds shortest in post Prime Minister which created a financial disaster. 14. More corrupt MP's than any other party in parliament. 15. Europe's longest Austerity for the lower paid. 16. Highest Council Tax rates in the World. 17. Reduced our Armed Forces more than any other G8 country. 18. Highest number of MP's that have been arrested for sexual offences. 19. Highest number of MP's that have been sacked for corruption and Fraudulent acts. 20. Voted to allow Bankers to have unlimited bonus's even though the bankers caused the crash of 2008. 21. More libraries closed due to council cuts than any other modern country. 22. Ruined and destroyed the Train services by giving private companies tax payers money as subsidies. 23. Voted against Labours creation of the minimum wage. 24. Wasted billions of Tax payers money on crony PPE contracts for their friends and other Tory donors. 25. Sold off 600 Police Stations. 26. Sold off our Courthouses. 27. Closed then sold our Fire Stations. 28, Failed to fix - repair our schools. 29. Cut spending on youth services. 30. Court backlog is at record levels 31. Threw 30,000 pensioners to the wolves during the first wave of the pandemic. 32. Sold off our electrical grid to foreign companies. 33. Failed to build new affordable homes. 34. Wasted billions on HS2. 35. Failed to close Tax Loopholes. 36. Failed to build 40 new hospitals. 37. Failed to repair our crumbling roads. 38. Forced many councils into bankruptcy. 39. Failed to address the 4 million children living in poverty. 40. Cut spending on mental health services. 41. Privatised and sold off the nations Post Office - Gas - Water and Electricity Companies 42. Allowed BP and Shell to steal our Oil and Gas reserves whilst paying little to no taxes. (Norway has a Sovereign Wealth fund of over $1.6 trillion). 43. Sunaks failed RWANDA policy has cost approx 500m. 44. Increased the pension age. 45. Failed promise to end rough sleeping. 46. Failed promise to end Leaseholds. 47. Failed to Ban No Fault Evictions. 48. Failed to ban so-called conversion therapy. 49. Failed in their Levelling up promise. 50. Introduced Voter ID excluding thousands from voting. 51. Introduced the bedroom tax. 52. Forced disabled people to jump through hoops to claim benefits. 53. Britain now has more foodbanks than McDonalds. 54. Tried to implement fracking. 55. Failed to invest in green energy and electric vehicle recharging infrastructure. 56. Our National Debt is now 3 Trillion. 57. Failed to prepare or have sufficient PPE for a Pandemic even when it was No1 on the risk register... 58. Given free reign in Non-Dom billionaires and Media owners to cause societal division and fuel racism. 59. Promoted lunatics like Cruella, Mogg and Patel to high office. 60. Blocked the Russia report. 61. Gave us the highest diesel prices in Europe. 62. Closed and then sold off our onshore gas storage tanks to high end developers making the impact of the invasion of Ukraine worse by increasing the cost of gas. 63. Tripled the cost of University fees for students and locked them in their digs during the pandemic. 64. Grenfell. 65. Windrush. 66. Increased our National Debt to 3 Trillion. 67. Partygate. 68. G4S Prisons. 69. We are giving 8 million quid a day to landlords for migrant accommodation due to the Home Office go slow policy. 70. Little to no Border checks on goods and foods. 71. Sold the Farmers and Fishermen down the river.

[@Greedygoblingames]

I need to take a copy of this list just in case I get some hapless Tory campaigners knocking on my door!

[@stuartstibbs2069]

....and the working class still vote for them.😂 Torys must be laughing their tits off.

[@stevegreen5552]

"Yes, but corbyn-putin-pandemic..." I despair at the intelligence of those who refuse to see the obvious when even a fraction of all this evidence against the cancervatives is flicking repeatedly at their noses.

[@simonparfitt8]

Wish I could copy that

[@MrSpleenboy]

This is a severely underrated and under-liked comment. Also, 71a. The river was full of shit because of #6... #56 and #66 a pretty much the same point, but it's so "good" it's worth mentioning twice!

[@Henry.Riccato-Smith]

"Fear and resentment is not an immigration policy". Thats terrific!

[@stewartlone3445]

In a country of breath-taking stupidity, banality, vulgarity and hysteria, 'Jonathan' stands out for the quality of his intelligence and his eloquence.

[@algernonwolfwhistle6351]

Tories have to be judged on their 14 year record and it's not a good one.

[@rjcs2000]

Even Labour could not be worse, but still vote Reform.

[@Phuc_Yhou]

reform have not got an immigration policy, they're not going to fix the system either, ex Tories in reform clothing will just keep taking the piss out of you

[@SpookyFroot-bc5jf]

@@Phuc_Yhou Yep. Charismatic leaders with questionable intentions. And people will continue to fall for it.

[@bush_wookie_9606]

Yeah, but still better than labour 😂😂😂.

[@LightningStrikeify]

@@bush_wookie_9606 did you even watch the video?

[@fromthedumpstertothegrave3689]

I've been a nurse for ten years and I've seen the self fulfilling cycle of mass foreign recruitment multiple times. 1) We don't have enough nurses, it'll take at least 5 or 6 years to train up enough, better employ from abroad. 2) We don't need as many nurses now with all the overseas ones so its all fine. 3)Overseas nurses go home, 4)Oh god! we've got a massive shortage of nurses, it'll take a good 5 or six years to train up enough, better employ from overseas! 5)Oh look, we've got enough nurses now, no need to bother training our own. 6)Repeat It just saddens me because it should be an aspirational enough career with enough funding that we can train and retain homegrown talent. Talent that will choose to stay in (a properly funded) health service most of their working lives. It's so short sighted.

[@junglie]

it's just evil in action.

[@ktsf81]

You’re so right… and instead of address this in any meaningful way, they distract from the issue and just try to avoid it all together.

[@zoranblackie5921]

And perhaps pay their worth, as many clinical friends we trained on the NHS emigrate to places who value the expertise and training

[@mattyward1979]

It's a true denigration of the political cycle. No one looks past the next election, so if they can plug a gap now and promise change in the future, they know they will probably never actually be held to account for breaking the promises. The two party system is just as much to blame as well because 100% of a Government gets replaced every time there is a power shift. Imagine we had PR, where coalitions would likely be the norm... you could potentially have long term representation from marginal parties across parliaments that hold the majority to account for their lies and promises.

[@zoranblackie5921]

@@junglie Short sighted yes, 'evil' no

[@lpfr77212]

All kidding aside, what an amazing social commentary. Love his blend of serious comments under the guise of comedy.

[@MindTheGap-lx9xb]

Your enemy does not travel by inflatable boat. They travel in helicopters and private jets.

[@Gooutsideforonce]

Sure… tell that to the victims of grooming gangs.

[@bb-ballistics1706]

Or the people been stabbed in broad daylight all over Europe...

[@AlexBell1991]

Rotherham residents and victims will probably disagree.

[@bb-ballistics1706]

Tell that to the people been knifed

[@francisariwaodo318]

​@@bb-ballistics1706Most knife crime perpetrators are British born

[@Fraz725]

Pie v Sunak. Live TV debate. It would be the best television in the history of British broadcasting.

[@JSmith19858]

It would have to be on GB News so they could both read off their scripts

[@dohlecarnett1866]

Only if the format would work. Seriously, Starmer and Sunak are both not at fault for their performance when you have a shitty format that forces you to explain complex topic in 45 seconds.

[@CrashSable]

@@JSmith19858 Tom Walker is actually pretty good at speaking without a script. Obviously he uses one for these because that's the format but have you ever seen him in interviews about his career and creating Jonathan Pie?

[@JSmith19858]

@@CrashSable REALLY!!!!??!!!!1!!! I thought Mr Pie was a real person just riffing on the fly. There's no way what I said could have been a joke

[@samanthagarbettcharles4205]

Get George Galloway to debate sunak and starmer ...vote workers party..

[@Beckford4000]

"Immigration hasn't been this out of control since the Vikings!" 🤣

[@mtrottier17]

Probably 😂

[@jasonleeuk]

I would argue that the Vikings probably integrated better as well.

[@ML6103]

​@@jasonleeuk They knew it was in their interests

[@TH-nx9vf]

Total Viking immigration : 15k in 300 years Illegal immigration in past 15 years: 400k Just saying.

[@nigelreed6819]

​@TH-nx9vf yeah but back then a force of a thousand men was a serious threat. Now it's not even a small football crowd

[@Anime-Face.]

Jonathan is a person of integrity and honesty, a rare trait in today's society.

[@millzee60]

From when Brexit was first announced I've been saying the only reason workers from other countries are here is because the UK government wants them here.

[@willoke8]

The economy needs them Not the government

[@mrcaboosevg6089]

@@willoke8 Immigrants fudge the statistics to make it look like they're doing a good job when they're not. We didn't need 6 million people in less than half of my life... I read a stat the other day saying 2/3rds of all Somalians in this country are in social housing. How in god's name is that a benefit to us? Tens of thousands of people who haven't paid tax living at the cost of already poorly funded councils tax revenue. Not only are British people being pushed aside with a housing crisis but people who have no reason to be here are being incentivised to come and live for free.

[@meh3247]

"Anybody capable of getting themselves made President, should on no account be allowed to do the job." - Douglas Adams.

[@ploppysonofploppy6066]

We lost Douglas too soon!

[@BrianV-ie4mw]

Too true. Bit like democracy being a terrible system...but it is still better than (most of?) the alternatives.

[@michaelrch]

@@BrianV-ie4mwshame we have so little of it 😢

[@Truffle_Pup]

Very cool and froody, you must be a real cool frood

[@ai-d2121]

Never ever underestimate the power of towels.

[@powderedground78]

"look over here, look over here at these boats. Look at this problem WE'VE created" Absolutely brilliantly worded.

[@AndrewShakespeare]

There was a big hurrah a while ago about the tories massively reducing the ridiculous cost of housing migrants in hotels. A cost they they had agreed based on contracts they had given to their rich friends.

[@DavidZ4-gg3dm]

He also says that we should let in asylum seekers. Why should we do that?

[@DavidZ4-gg3dm]

How did the gov cause international smuggling gangs to make a fortune by bringing in many thousands of choosy economic migrants from Asia & Africa?

[@Ghurkinz]

Instability in the middle east was caused by Blair, Bush and then set alight by Biden. Look forward to Labors approach, you should check their policy page - more money to France and a people trafficking task force... brilliant, exactly what the Tories already do. These are not your saviours, they are the exact same thing in red. The "debate" told us everything we needed to know - they're both reading from the same hymn sheet. 😂😂😂

[@fbarnea]

​@@DavidZ4-gg3dm you are so close to getting it it's really sad to know you'll refuse to blow any information about this into your fear conditioned brain.

[@jgreen9361]

So. Why has it taken 14 years to realise that the Tories in power is a bad idea? Each election the British public banged their head against the same door because they were afraid of any alternative. Not very intelligent was it?

[@TheFakeyCakeMaker]

Because Labour hasn't made themselves viable. Too busy talking about men being real women like any of us care.

[@gliddofglood]

It didn't take 14 years. I've known it was a shite idea for 40 but the dunderhead population keep voting them in!

[@jgreen9361]

@@TheFakeyCakeMaker Right wing garbage spreaders “all liberals/labour/democrats don’t know what a woman is”. Really? You are joking right? Please tell me you don’t believe that nonsense. You will be telling me next that 30,000 people in small boats mean you can’t see a doctor, afford to own a house or have a hip replacement. If that were true, why have over a million legal immigration visas been granted last year? Blame the “woke” because it can’t possibly be the fault of Michelle Moan or Liz Truss, or Brexit “no plan” Boris.

[@madgavin7568]

The Tories were in power for so long because Labour had some of their worst Opposition Leaders in history in Ed Miliband and Jeremy Corbyn. The latter of whom almost destroyed the Labour Party with his radical agenda and incompetent leadership.

[@mogznwaz]

Tories and Labour are just 2 cheeks of the same globalist Davos arse

[@jcskyknight2222]

Well of course they haven’t. Immigration has been a gift to the Tories, why would they want to solve it?

[@PeppermintPatties]

They don't. They want a wedge issue.

[@sambadham1404]

They can't solve it without beheading the civil service. None of them have the courage to do what is required, immigration is just a symptom of the problem. Right now the government have no power, none.

[@StopTheRot]

On a serious note, I was chatting to a reasonably senior civil servant who has worked for Boris, Raab and Patel. The Conservatives, apparently, deliberately don’t sort immigration because they need it as an agenda issue. Their calculations show (again, apparently), that they could employ 12000 people at £50k a year to process claims, for the same cost of Rwanda + boat + hotels.

[@bishbosh4815]

Im not saying what the Tories are doing is a solution, but if those people who are being deported to get their visas accepted, then that isnt cutting immigration is it??

[@jonathanmormerod]

In exactly the same way that the US Congress wouldn't approve a border bill because it takes away Chump's only talking point. I fucking hate politicians.

[@illegitiminoncarborundum8202]

@@bishbosh4815 Nor is the Rwanda plan ! Because it allows for Rwanda to send to the UK an unspecified number of their unwanted asylum seekers. So absolutely bonkers and merely gaslighting mister average voter.

[@bcgraham3512]

​@@bishbosh4815 How many have been deported, do you know?

[@neilsumner4575]

Yea it's straight out of the Trump playbook 😺

[@ZROZimm]

Tories: "vote for us to fix everything Labour has wrecked" Weren't you in control the last 14 years? Tories. Never. Ever. Again.

[@dianeglanville]

you got that wrong Labour didn't wreked things try tories who wrecked anythink

[@dianeglanville]

everythink

[@jgreen9361]

Labour “wrecked things” by spending a bit more on hospitals and schools. Hedge fund managers actually caused the 2008 financial crash that wrecked things. (Yes, we are all looking at you Rishi). The Tories wrecked things by “getting Brexit done”, by paying millions to a Baroness with no healthcare expertise for useless PPE, by putting a lunatic at the wheel of the economy for the lifespan of a lettuce, and by selling off parts of the NHS to their mates. But things work better in private ownership? Tell that to sub post masters, teachers, anyone who uses a river for recreation.

[@TalesOfWar]

@@dianeglanville That's the joke. The Tories just constantly blame the last Labour government for everything being broken. Even now. You can get away using that line for the first few years maybe, but after 14? Nope.

[@CristiNeagu]

How about when Labour is the same or worse?

[@saranac66]

As an American whose country isn’t handling immigration any differently, and failing just as miserably, I listen to Jonathan Pie nodding yes all the way through. OMG.

[@borisjohnson1944]

Ditto for Australia. I think "Stop the boats" was one of our brilliant slogans.

[@anthonyr587]

"failing" isn't whats happening in America. The current Democrat admin has successfully created the crisis they want. They want mass immigration and future generations of voters. This is why they spent all their energy suing Texas than actually slowing down immigration. They want it. Biden signed the most executive orders in history when he got into office, removing all Trumps immigration safeguards. His numbers make Obama and Trump look like small fry. It's by design Sara.

[@davidr1138]

I'm a big fan of Jonathan Pie. The messages, the delivery, the acidic humour. I agree with what he says. It does make sense. And then you ask yourself why doesn't this view prevail, why can't people think for themselves and not listen to political dogma? I've been trying to figure that part out for a long time.

[@Chris-i0i0i0]

I love when he throws in some good facts alongside the polemic. That point about screaming about 30k immigrants arriving while they quietly shepherd in 1.4 million through visas is perfect. Its all slight-of-hand and obfuscation with modern politics, and for me, only Pie seems to be pulling back the curtain while also being hilarious. Keep revealing these truths. Keep being funny. I wish someone would broadcast this stuff on TV. More people need to see it.

[@Codex7777]

*sleight

[@thedudeabides3138]

His podcast “Call Jonathan Pie”, 10 half hour episodes, is the best satire I’ve ever heard (free on BBC sounds btw). To give full credit where it’s due, the Beeb allow themselves to be royally shat on despite their patronage. I just hope Channel 4 would snap him up for round 2 of the same, it’d be one of the best comedies they’ve ever produced.

[@donovanvaz3289]

What do you, and everyone else, mean by the immigration problem? Do you mean illegal immigration or do you mean legal immigration? If the latter, are you saying that legal immigrants are taking jobs from the British born people?

[@paulleonard1862]

The mainstream media are too scared to put him on TV.

[@Chris-i0i0i0]

@Codex7777 No, I mean "slight". You can Google that. It means "small in degree".

[@RunOfTheHind]

I live in Margate. We've been invaded by swarms of...middle class "creatives" from London. Since their penchant for town consumer fetishism, 2nd homes and Airbnbs has just made my rent go up 10%, that's the immigration I'm most concerned about, tbh.

[@Phuc_Yhou]

But that's Tory private sector investment creating jobs for you serfs to clean and maintain those properties you can't afford to live in.

[@jonathanmormerod]

Yeah. I hate "creatives" almost as much as I hate politicians. Have you ever noticed that when one ad comes on TV, an almost identical idea springs up for two or three others almost immediately? Creatives, my arse. Plagiarists is what they are.

[@Thomes-Maisling]

Look on the bright side. At least it's a bit safer round there now. I used to live in Cliftonville back in about 2008 but had to move out because I didn't feel safe there and found it depressing AF. They were some of shittest years of my life living there. I got burgled twice. Somebody even broke in while I was in but that's a long story. Some kids tried/failed to pickpocket me and, and some poor guy got asaulted and stabbed by a chav gang just accross the road from me. It left a big bloodstain on the pavement that seemed to take an unaturally long time weather away. Prob sounds like I'm exaggerating But I promise I'm not. I could even go on. Don't even get me started on my junkie Trashtown nextdoor neighbors and their shouty alcoholic teenage kids. Last time I stopped off there a few weeks back it seemed much nicer and safer round there. I agree though something needs to be done about people buying up needed accomodation just for Airbnb though. That shit's a blight that's killing communities all over the country and could screw up local economies in the winter. I see it happening in Whitstable down the road from me. As a decorator I used to get called out to so many Airbnbs round there I wondered how many people actually live full time on some streets.

[@williamsulman2646]

I moved up north to get away from them. You don't get many of them brave enough to come up here and mingle with the plebs eating pies.

[@mused89]

And having been born in Margate and growing up nearby, knowing what an utterly deprived and depressing cesspool it became a decade or so ago, I think it's wonderful that there's actually some money and economic activity to revive the town. General hatred of anyone "not from around here" is the moronic attitude I'm most concerned about, tbh. Hot Fuzz was a parody, but it nailed the localist nativism of towns and villages in England.

[@MitchDonovan]

High immigration helps landlords and keeps wages down. That's why they want it

[@anthonyr587]

as well as an erosion of your traditions and national identity. Easier to control the population and herd them around. Why do you think in the US the democrats are opposing the second amendment so much? Need to disarm their population and and quash any sense of rebellion towards their globalist, identity politics agenda. Biden admin spent all their energy fighting republican states trying to stop immigration, than they did actually slowing down or stopping the mass invasion. This is all by design.

[@mattatkins3788]

They don’t want to keep wages down as that means less taxes for them. That’s why they’re trying all this unhinged stuff to reduce immigration

[@Samuel-hd3cp]

And it gives a visible outside group to scapegoat.

[@alexmousley7213]

Also many immigrants do the work the native population won't do, it's the same the world over. You don't see any of the anti-immigration lot opting to work in the fields on farms!

[@mrcaboosevg6089]

Immigration is great if you're rich, it's shit for everyone else. I'm a truck driver, since EU workers were unable to take the low wage jobs they've been forced to up wages. Long way to go but it's getting better, that is until they fast track all these foreigners through a license

[@shimmime]

Absolutely on the money again, Jonathan. A voice of sanity in an insane world.

[@frankpaterson9786]

With the notable exception of lining their cronies and their own pockets the Tories have failed in every single aspect of governing the country.

[@Jakob_DK]

But that is the purpose

[@mautnorton]

Balls. I’d almost gone a month or so without remembering the insanity that was the Rwanda plan.

[@mattyward1979]

I think it's safe to say you can forget about it. The Tories have... The only ones trying to keep it alive are likely heavily invested in Africa as an emerging market so are just annoyed that their gamble isn't going to pay off as much as they hoped. Labour haven't ruled out using a safe 3rd country for processing - which is generally fine as long as it's genuinely safe, reciprocal and not a one way ticket back to trafficking as the Rwanda plan would be Imagine if our immigration processing centre in France was properly staffed by UK officials, developed a good working relationship with the French border police, installed our own border security on site in France and we cleared the backlog.... Ignoring the massive cost savings, the reduction in death, misery and trafficking would be worth the cost of entry alone - and our combined forces would stand a chance of actually breaking people smuggling rings rather than what happens at the moment (The French border security wave cheery-bye to boats and even encourage them to launch)

[@davidthomas4877]

The Civil Service should pay you for these brilliant rants, to show to every MP.

[@vietashroffoliver2521]

Absolutely brilliant, says it exactly as it is. Riveting speech , thank you Johnathon Pie

[@thenapoleonicwars]

Pie should chair the next leaders’ debate

[@wendysimpson6395]

Oooh I would watch that one!

[@davidkinsey4653]

That would be worth watching!

[@DavidZ4-gg3dm]

Why does he say we should take in asylum seekers?

[@thenapoleonicwars]

@@DavidZ4-gg3dm because that’s law 🤦‍♂️

[@DavidZ4-gg3dm]

@@thenapoleonicwars No, we're allowed to stop them. Since 20 July, illegal arrivals cannot claim asylum. Why do you think people fleeing the 'current wars' in Albania, Ghana & Vietnam should move to the UK as refugees?

[@cathlaurs9754]

Bloody well said Mr Pie 👍. This should be on national TV once an hour so all the numpties could see it.

[@tehf00n]

If the choice is being put in a prison in a hostile country and being put in a prison in the UK, there is no asylum policy that will stop anyone in that situation. Same with warzones.

[@Boingyuk]

Thank you Jonathan Pie for making me realise that I’m not actual going fu**ing mad

[@Laura329]

I would love it if for one day you were allowed in Parliament to take Starmer's place and read Sunak and the Tories to filth! Hit them with the truth for one day and BBC Parliament's ratings would be through the roof!! 🤣 🤣

[@-Pol-]

💯

[@yeldaRooBTKAM]

… and to do the same from the other side

[@koelnkorrekt]

Surely there is some obscure medieval court office that encompasses this competence. Royal garden gnome torturer or something like that.

[@lexruptor]

​@nevetsM5CS Nope. These things aren't "both" sided, no matter how much you want to think they are. Time and time again it has been proven to be very specifically one sided, the conservative side.

[@shahwiqarshahin2130]

Still wouldn't change anything. He'd sadly be seen as the court jester. He should run for politics though.

[@barrywebber100]

5 minutes of total sense and truth from Pie giving everyone what the politicians don't! Great job Jonathan.

[@DavidZ4-gg3dm]

You agree with him that we should take in asylum seekers? People crossing the Channel to flee the war in France which ended in 1945?

[@barrywebber100]

@@DavidZ4-gg3dm Your comment is nonsensical.

[@DavidZ4-gg3dm]

@@barrywebber100 It's not. Many thousands of choosy economic migrants have illegally crossed the Channel, claiming to be refugees. They can't be fleeing France because of the war there that ended in 1945.

[@muckypuppy4445]

​@DavidZ4-gg3dm obviously didn't watch the video or you would see that isn't the point you flagshagger 😂😂 people without the capability to think for yourselves doing the job the government want you to do by punching down when the only danger is above you.

[@tembo4053]

​​@barrywebber100 you are far to polite 😂

[@inaudiblenoise9668]

Jonathan Pie spitting straight up truth, keep these election specials coming

[@abfowlie]

I'd love to see you being a host on 'Have I got News For You!' You would be perfect for that show! Always entertaining and thought-provoking, thank you Jonathan Pie! 🙏

[@fieldfpl7014]

"Flag Shaggers" 🤣

[@grahamcallaghan5429]

I just love this man!! I love him!!! Truth bombs every single time. Pie for PM!

[@Flip5ide]

For sure!

[@TheSnowdogsShorts]

I would vote for him.

[@jeffsimon9594]

@@TheSnowdogsShorts Luvvies like Pie lack the bottle to step outside the cosy world of show business and take the slings & arrows that go with standing for office.

[@lemsip207]

​@@jeffsimon9594It's much easier as a journalist or comedian as they have more freedom than a politician. Though The Mash Report in the BBC was stopped as it was criticising the Government too much. Sonia Poulton reported that she wasn't allowed much say when in the mainstream media. They allowed her to disagree on This Morning to make the mainstream media look impartial.

[@lemsip207]

​​​​@@jeffsimon9594He was an out of work actor. He once played Tom Parker-Bowles in a made for TV film about Prince William. His character appeared when Prince Charles wanted William to hang out with Camilla's children but they turned out to be a bad influence like the rebellious Eton boys were.

[@stuc3195]

It is laughable when people say it'd be worse under Labour 😅 How can it possible get any worse than where its headed right now....

[@anthonylulham3473]

Please dont say that, youre tempting fate. Though I am a strong believer it will get wayyyyyy worse before anything interesting happens. no boogaloos for a few years.

[@DavidZ4-gg3dm]

The economy could worsen, as could the crime rate, homelessness etc.

[@rewdwarf123]

Considering there are a lot of worse countries around the world, it's certainly possible.

[@pagatryx5451]

Tories say they're going to fix x problems and don't. Labour openly support the problem.

[@mrcaboosevg6089]

It could be worse, things can always be worse.

[@AlexGAlexG]

This is the man who should be running our country

[@web-angel]

I wonder if he'd speak about Gaza then.... 🤔

[@glazierblue573]

When a comedian pretending to be a reporter, gives you the honest news and make more sense than the real media and government incharge, you know the country is in trouble. I wish Pie was running for office.

[@web-angel]

A comedian pretending to be a reporter would be talking about Gaza.... This is a comedian pretending to be a reporter while only being a repeater. 😢

[@WhiteCamry]

@@web-angel All politics are local. Gaza isn't local.

[@web-angel]

@@WhiteCamry You say that because you haven't yet realized just how local Gaza is

[@lidijaparadinovic679]

@@WhiteCamry you must not have listened to a lot of Pie. He has mentioned plenty of 'non-local' issues, the US, Trump, Ukraine, whatever you want. Unless you think all that is 'local', but something UK is funding along with the US and Canada is somehow not?

[@lidijaparadinovic679]

I thought this until I noted how thoroughly he is ignoring the issue of Gaza. He'd make as shitty a politician as the rest of them sadly.

[@ShiestyP]

why can’t all news be truthful like this

[@pottsy9143]

Rupert Murdoch might be able to answer that question

[@Eidolonian]

He might decline or well you know call you a right wing nazi for even looking at him with that question in your head 😂

[@BoojayDeeth]

Because they as invested in the lie as the government.

[@diabolicalartificer]

@ShiestyP All UK newspapers are run by Billionaires with rightwing agendas.

[@billybob01234567]

People can't handle the truth

[@OneEyedDronie]

Immigration hasn't been this out of control since the Vikings invaded!!! CLASS!!

[@philthrelfall5294]

It is a real shame that Jonathan Pie does not get more main stream air time. His delivery manner and demeanour are right in the GB News, Mail, Express reader bracket, but the messages of truth would just blow their tiny worlds apart!?!

[@chrisholland7367]

Lol, because the establishment might not like the truth and see him as subversive.

[@wreython]

Brilliant Mr Pie. The REAL problem we all face - Politicians! Self absorbed, self obsessed, happy to climb over the mountain of corpsed promises en-route to personal gain. Unfortunately, when faced with the ability to wield absolute power to help and enable others, they ultimately use it for themselves.

[@alexanderhowarth6460]

this point-of-view is so widespread it's boring to hear repeated. However, hardly anyone has the balls to follow the train of thought to its logical conclusion: that the government should be abolished. Anarchy for the UK

[@CristiNeagu]

You call this brilliant? This "Oh noes, the Tories didn't do anything! Quick! We must vote for Labour! No, don't look at their agenda! Just vote!" rhetoric? You'd have to be pretty fast asleep to think Labour is going to fix anything.

[@rfedinburgh]

I always find points like this funny. What would you do? If you were a politician would you be honest? Don't hate the player hate the game and remember this game plays itself over every country on the planet Your description above could be used to describe 90% of humans, probably including yourself.

[@user-jm9yc2gc1c]

Rock on Jon, the ONLY one person i would subscribe to, with his knowledge, insight, and totally candid approach to the fiasco we call politics today. Please keep gracing us with your brilliant monologues for ever!!

[@sdkfz250b]

Pie always has a knack of saying what we're all thinking when we lack the words and expressions to communicate it...... well done Pie ❤

[@Eidolonian]

Mr Pie, you are incredible! Yes the system MUST be fixed and done with honesty, integrity and fairness.

[@bishbosh4815]

Will that increase or decrease net migration though?

[@BoojayDeeth]

@@bishbosh4815 Well we have a falling native population with a skills gap and any future government will be obsessed with "growth". So...?

[@danteuk8024]

Totally agree - but problem is 'honesty, integrity and fairness' not exactly qualifications of your average politician - most are Lying, incompetent and self-serving.

[@alexanderhowarth6460]

adorable naivete

[@alexanderhowarth6460]

@@BoojayDeeth "Net zero" as a policy is by definition antithetical to economic growth, so no

[@hopandskip]

A Tory and a promise can't exist in the same sentence EVER.

[@adamjones1115]

Torries can't keep a promise.

[@AlexSmith-nq6uc]

Let’s not pretend that this statement doesn’t apply to nearly every other politician, also…

[@NateMonoxide]

​@@AlexSmith-nq6ucBlair promised devolution for Scotland and Wales, the introduction of a minimum wage, the adoption of the human rights act into UK law, and investment into education and health, and delivered on all those promises. Don't be so lazy as to act like every political party is as bad as the Tories have been this past 14 years.

[@AlexSmith-nq6uc]

@@NateMonoxideand dont be so disingenuous as to ignore the war crimes and other nefarious things that Labour government did. Furthermore, I don’t see how you managed to extrapolate the Tory thing given how I’d said all politicians are as bad as each other? Maybe read what somebody says instead of what you want it to say?

[@NateMonoxide]

@AlexSmith-nq6uc how did I extrapolate the Tory thing? Well you're replying to a comment about how the Tories don't keep their promises, and very clearly implying that pretty much every other politician is equally as bad for not living up to their promises. Then when I gave examples of politicians keeping their promises, you had to move the goalposts and talk about something completely different. I agree on Iraq. But we weren't discussing that. We're discussing your implication that a Corbyn, Brown, Blair or Starmer would be as bad as a Boris, Truss or Sunak.

[@gliddofglood]

Pure genius. I can't believe how anyone with half a brain couldn't see the truth in this. Jonathan Pie is the only person who can clear up the debate in about 5 minutes. It saves a lot of time and is infinitely more amusing and valuable than looking at pointless, sterile "Election debates" on the box.

[@hippo319]

We need to invest in our young people, provide them with proper training and genuine opportunities to carry the country forward. I like foreigners but we should not rely on them, we should be more self-sufficient

[@snuscaboose1942]

Same problem in Australia, the real problem is legal immigration. Rather than train or educate we steal doctors and engineers from developing nations and invite the beneficiaries of corruption in non-democratic nations to hide and wash their gains in our property market.

[@williamsulman2646]

I mean you Aussies keep saying that but do you have entire cities that are basically only one demographic. Australia is huge and has a tiny population. You can handle it, we have had millions and millions come to our tiny little island that's fits into one of your states.

[@snuscaboose1942]

@@williamsulman2646 Which Australian cities are only one demographic?

[@williamsulman2646]

@@snuscaboose1942 can you not read?

[@TtotheCizzel]

@@williamsulman2646 most of Australia is completely unsuitable for human life but who cares about reality

[@outtheredude]

Oh! That's where all our doctor's and nurses have been going of late. From the UK, where much of the population has been reduced to living in developing nation conditions by a non-democratic highly corrupt regime.

[@bobstephenson8747]

Absolutely spot on! About 50 % of my elderly father’s nursing home is staffed by people recruited by from Africa - they are all lovely, I don’t blame them for taking the opportunity offered to them, but the current govt is entirely disingenuous by actively encouraging them to come over on the one hand, and then blaming immigrants for all the country’s problems, stoking racism and xenophobia at the same time!

[@TheSnowdogsShorts]

Most of my carers are African, and I totally agree that they are wonderful people. They treat me like a human being, and genuinely care about me.

[@CaptainBollocks....]

Perfectly stated! Now I need my sister to understand, cos even though she's not r@c1zt deep down, she's jump on the bandwagon too

[@silversurfer640]

ALL carer's are underpaid and undervalued. F.F S. Pay them a fair wage and grant them decent conditions too.

[@pansepot1490]

That’s the paradox of Brexit. The very foreseeable result has been that white Europeans went back home only to get replaced by immigrants from farther afield with darker skin color. The racists who voted for Brexit must be thrilled!

[@williamsulman2646]

​@@silversurfer640but the care homes are skint they only charge two grand a week how could they possibly pay their staff more than min wage.

[@sebastianohalloran9093]

Well said regarding both the handling of asylum seekers and the 1.4 million who have been given visas and some of the reasons behind that. Thank you.

[@stuarthartley7428]

Omg. Absolutely outstanding, just excellent. Thank you.

[@appstratum9747]

Yet again, JP hammers every nail on the head. A devastating summary of the truth. Dressed up as entertainment.

[@geonsilberlicht4632]

Glad to see you are doing your part. Brutal, harsh, honest words, and so concise.

[@willtricks9432]

From a script that sounds nothing like a script, Pie is a genius.

[@gileswilliams3014]

Totally agreed! But still think we could do with some more fear and resentment.

[@tribacioustee2846]

Immigration isn't a race issue. It's a policy issue. Well put. Love the transition at the end there

[@bishbosh4815]

Lefties make it a race issue though because they think anyone who criticises immigration is a racist

[@DavidZ4-gg3dm]

But he's pro-asylum seeker!

[@tribacioustee2846]

@@DavidZ4-gg3dm Until I doubt Jon can tell the difference between an asylum seeker and an economic migrant, I won't hold that against him

[@DavidZ4-gg3dm]

@@tribacioustee2846 Asylum seekers usually are choosy economic migrants. No-one is fleeing the war in France; it ended in 1945.

[@olliem40]

Partly; it’s a policy AND culture AND population issue.

[@xanthespace5141]

These hit hard, together with the BritMonkey video about the current state of Britain. Makes me angry at the Tories, and I'm not even British

[@williamsulman2646]

Labour are no better though that's the point. Labour abandoned their core vote a long time ago for the middle class. Why they never got in even though the Tories have been just as bad and now yeah worse. Now labour only seems to be pandering to a certain demographic who the working class are pretty sick of screaming on the high street every week about foreign lands. Labour ain't gonna do as well as everyone thinks.

[@PABLOSGHOST]

We’re a massively overpopulated tiny island

[@jasoncroad5864]

The gift that keeps on giving.....Bravo Sir ! 🙏

[@davidwilson1171]

On the money as always. All so true and tragic for us all. This government have crippled this country for decades to come.😢

[@MrSpleenboy]

Yup, and the Tories will blame the incoming government for it all (when they finally get dumped on their arses on the 4th of July), despite it being predominantly their own fault over the last 14 years.

[@jhwheuer]

😂 since the vikings

[@Outside85]

And when they were done, a bunch of people in boats came across the Channel from France and never left.

[@Rob-pq7mb]

JP has the passion and integrity all politicians lack, keep up the energy!

[@web-angel]

Why do you think he hasn't spoken about Gaza?

[@winterbliss4459]

@@web-angelhe has but okay

[@web-angel]

@@winterbliss4459 Has he? I can't seem to find any evidence of it. 🤔

[@aidanfarquhar3331]

Very well stated. Keenly observing from NZ, less than a month to go! I may be in a minority but I'm happy to see Jeremy Corbyn running still... good luck to him. I wonder what the chances are of Labour having to form a coalition? Can't say I have high hopes for a principled approach by Starmer... what does he actually stand for? Seems a flipflopper. Good Luck UK

[@and3583]

Idea is to increase demand for housing but not increase the supply. Result- Much richer banks and landlords

[@jeffsimon9594]

Yep

[@vivburgess4300]

Perfectly argued and expressed. Thank you, JP. This is what the media should have been saying for decades.

[@matthewryan2060]

We live in a time where the comedian speaks more truth than the average “world leader”

[@gilliancruise-johnston947]

Fabulous. Thank you, thank you, thank you. This video clip should be on the national curriculum for every school child.

[@williamgeorgefraser]

Cameron didn't actually lie when he said he'd get immigration down to "10s of thousands". He just didn't say how many "10s of thousands". After all half a million is 50 "10s of thousands". He just lied when he used the word "down".

[@anthonycrumb5753]

It' s a sad fact of life that we need someone like Jonathan Pye to really say things that desperatly need to be said.

[@MrSpleenboy]

It's a sad fact of life when what should, by all rights, be satire is simply telling the truth!

[@simonyankey763]

Love this guy, tells it how it is every time.

[@craigsmith2331]

Love you to bits jonathon, breaking the legal migration routes, punish the people who come, and i consider myself to be a centrist, but the world has a lot of problems, should we be the intaker for the entire world?

[@gregmcivor6899]

This is how an actual politician should think!! These are the conversations that should be occurring in parliament!!!!!!!

[@CrashSable]

Should be, but won't be while we have a democratic system. Politicians are always going to care more about the spin and maintaining their careers than actually trying to do their job well. Trying to do your job well doesn't get you votes - lying does

[@LowPlainsDrifter60]

There lies the rub, politicians have outsourced their thinking to think tanks & advisors.

[@mattyward1979]

That sign off was just so crisp and perfect - "Well a range of opinions there" after absolutely bending the Tories over and terrorising their collective ani :D

[@etahenry3377]

Brilliant performance., great analysis.I knew the Vikings would come into the debate somehow.

[@gazb8667]

Surely immigration is far behind the fact that we are all worse off and have a shite level of living. This government has punished every hard working person in this country. Billionaire leaders have not and will never understand the people, how can they!!!

[@terrypankhurst7601]

Passionate as always, and a message that millions need to hear.

[@sakeboersma4626]

From The Netherlands. Flabbergasted… bewildered… with recognition and pleasure! 👍🏻

[@garydoherty600]

Brilliant. Again ! Thank you.

[@duncanwil]

This is the best exposition of current immigration policy I have ever seen.

[@KevinWright-rw6cy]

JP, absolutely spot on as ever, he should be an advisor to the next government.

[@dfishpool7052]

Excellent rant Mr Pie and a brilliant synopsis of 14 year of tory mis-rule.

[@ericchristen2623]

Brilliant as always 😊

[@noramartin96]

Thank you Mr Pie You are spot on

[@jjpower6769]

Ten out of ten for your political analysis. Ten out of ten for your flawless delivery.

[@AlexSmith-nq6uc]

This man is a veritable gem. Well done, Mr Pie, as ever!

[@jumbo994]

But apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh-water system, and public health, what HAVEN'T the Conservatives ever done for us?

[@adam7802]

Benefits! Don't forget what they did to benefits! Making it hard to claim benefits you are legitimately entitled to with arbitrary quotas to meet on rejections!

[@CaptainBollocks....]

They turned me into a newt 😂

[@garethflower3403]

Sunak's making it up as he goes along.

[@JackOfski]

@@adam7802 No, they have made lots of foreigner's very rich off the benefit system that's why there isn't any left for british people, bit like when 68000 foreigners come to our unis on UK government grants they bring 48000 family members who claim benefits and help clog up the NHS, then when that 68000 have finished UK uni over 48% get to stay here then they bring the rest of their family's here.. but you keep your mind blinkered like a liebore fool. PS, tories aren't the answer either.

[@kikidevine694]

Governed

[@kierand9410]

Your ability to articulate the issue at hand is genuinely masterful.

[@Chudders1982]

This man just gets it. Well said sir 👏

[@benwilson6145]

Lets see what immigration got us! Sunak, Cleverly, Patel Bravermouth, Farage Portaloo Johnston , what a win!

[@dougsaunders8109]

An Election, great for new material….. every day

[@Celticsamuraiblue]

This corrupt Tory 💩 show has been a constant source of material, JUST NOT FOR THE BULL💩 JOKE OF AN ENGLISH MEDIA, NO WONER SCOTLAND IS LEAVING.

[@russtaylor2122]

Pie. The right amount of understanding. The right amount of compassion. The right amount of indignation. The right amount of empathy. I'll vote for you.

[@theresabradley4716]

Brilliantly put, as always.

[@John-yi1mk]

The Tories have not had control of the Tories over the past 14 years.

[@Carewolf]

True, but that still leaves traditional Tory voters a choice between Labour and LibDems.

[@John-yi1mk]

Well I hope Tory voters abandon them and also The Reform company.

[@maneshipocrates2264]

Before Brexit immigration: less than 200K. After Brexit: 1000 000/ year.

[@aye3678]

Yet those fools who voted for the Tories and Brexit would do it again and again. They're so stupid, it has stopped being funny long ago.

[@bernabeu74]

that's some control

[@joeljamie9266]

Nothing to do with Brexit. All to do with the Tories.

[@thebagelsproductions]

Pre Brexit the French were obliged to help deal with the boats, but not any more

[@gHGhej]

And this how people abuse stats 🥲 Immigration was always going up because we were counting people in a new way, can anyone just think for a second? Like all those that had freedom of movement 😅

[@paulbrown9009]

I love this guy he's always on the money keep up the good work tell it how it is

[@paulpastor6567]

Brilliant analysis from Jonathan Pie

[@user-xg6zn7hf9g]

Brilliant brilliant brilliant,spot on as usual.your saying what everyone would like to hear say