Is the rise of the Far Right inevitable?

[@timwilliams19]

Spot on. The media want the excitement ( and easy copy) of a mad cap candidate/party whereas I want someone to just get the job done.

[@1inchPunchBowl]

Agreed. Boring & competent. That should be on the MP job description.

[@TonyWhitley]

And the satirists! They’ve had it soooo easy since 2016, now they’ll have to work - the jokes won’t write themselves anymore. I think Matt's up to the task.

[@SkipFrontzJr]

Don't let them.

[@mchparity]

what job? done for who's benefits?

[@Alex-cw3rz]

Give them 33%+ of the airtime and when they get 14% of the vote say that justifies giving them even more coverage

[@Tulkash01]

“It’s only inexorable if people vote for them”

[@gordonstrong5232]

A government that's working properly is a government you don't notice. So I say, bring on the boring!

[@happymaskedguy1943]

A ban on social media would really turn down the heat.

[@gordonstrong5232]

​@@happymaskedguy1943 I couldn't agree more!

[@kurremkarmerruk5357]

​@@happymaskedguy1943Goodness me: "get power, start banning things -- order and control!" Just turn your phone off and go for a walk. I'll never understand why people are so ready and willing for other people to force and control them.

[@flautobasso]

@@kurremkarmerruk5357 I'm just glad we can get back to serious debate rather than all the name-calling. (Mind you, you'd be all in favour of name-calling, wouldn't you? 😉 )

[@kurremkarmerruk5357]

@@flautobasso Would I? Who stopped you from having serious debates?

[@brighton_dude]

Why isn’t there an “inevitable rise of the greens”? They got four seats. Also: Right Said Fred - Bring it back!!!

[@Welgeldiguniekalias]

Not going to happen. He's too sexy for politics.

[@GlennDavidson]

Sadly, he's not too sexy for politics 😔 The RSF brothers went down the anti-vaxx rabbit-hole a few years back, and found a new audience 😬

[@patchso]

Reform got “just over 4” seats. ;-)

[@katrinabryce]

Or the inevitable rise of the Lib Dems, who got 72 seats 💁🏻‍♀.

[@clydebear6914]

“inevitable rise of the greens” sounds like something a very drunk vegan would say as they rush past you to the bathroom after Tequilla shots.

[@Hoots_Maguire]

Hello from Spain, where time and again we're told that only the "centre" can save us from "extremists on both sides", as if those who dream about fair distribution of wealth are just as dangerous as those who dream about annihilating foreigners.

[@patchso]

Well, people who dream about fair distribution of wealth aren’t ‘extremists’, but dreaming about something doesn’t make it happen. ‘Winning from the centre’ isn’t about policies, it’s about statistics and refers to the bell curve. There are always more people the closer you get to the centre, and it’s numbers you need under a democratic system.

[@patchso]

Also, welcome and hello to our Spanish friends.

[@TheEvertw]

France has a proper left-wing majority now, will be interesting to see how things develop from there.

[@tvrubenjo4010]

@@TheEvertw neither block in France has a majority.

[@starmersbarber]

Painfully beautiful summary Matt. When I heard the News Agents giddy with excitement when Farage declared he was standing, my heart sunk considerably. It's such a symbiotic relationship between most of the media and these right wing ghouls. I find it so depresssing,

[@geraldhewing2076]

Yes, I naively thought The News Agents would be direct and reliable, but they do as journalism prescribes, promoting extremes as if the norm, and they treat such as Trump with reverence when he would have them executed at the drop of a hat. Maitliss' Tw*tspeak (American) is tedious beyond endurance.

[@goblinwisdom]

They learned nothing from the wall to wall coverage of trump in 2015

[@Kj16V]

This literally is how it feels most of the media reporting is going rn. Also: suddenly now realising first-past-the-post isn't fair, after years of the Conservatives and the right-wing benefitting from it.

[@pano3607]

Exactly! Plus, there was a referendum on PR back in 2010. Where was all this energy then? The media was dead against it. I bet that’s one referendum Reform wouldn’t mind a do-over on, though!

[@1981Marcus]

@@pano3607The 2011 referendum was on AV, which is slightly fairer than FPTP but isn't PR by any measure. It was also what set the stage for everything that's happened since, as that was when the Right said "Spin and distortion are so last century, let's just lie outright about everything", and got away with it.

[@Sofus.]

I want someone I don't have to listen to, wonder about, or be afraid of for the next four years

[@ronj9910]

You mean "people" like Trump or Farage.

[@spaceoil2]

At what point in modern UK history were people afraid of the government.

[@debb6393]

@@spaceoil22010 ~ 2024. All good now.

[@happymaskedguy1943]

I think you missed the point of the OP comment.

[@happymaskedguy1943]

Depends what people in the UK you’re talking about. As a disabled person who is married to an immigrant, yes, the past ten years have made me very afraid.

[@Grim_Beard]

With the rise in fascism across Europe, the 21st Century is turning into a shit reboot of the 20th. A jackboot reboot, if you will.

[@dragonsword7370]

A "Jackboot" of the old franchise this movie season, as it were.

[@starmersbarber]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@deehaytch8442]

fascism starts with socialism

[@geraldhewing2076]

​@@deehaytch8442 Actually fascism starts with ignorance, which you have displayed here with panache.

[@deehaytch8442]

​@@geraldhewing2076 no its socialism, then some nationalism and bang we have all we need.

[@Alex-cw3rz]

France 2 Nazi's 0

[@josemengelez6947]

bro they literally occupied paris. is this that famous "ukraine is winning" logic i keep hearing about?

[@kurremkarmerruk5357]

​@@josemengelez6947Have you not got up to the WWII final season? Because -- spoiler alert -- Nazis 0.

[@josemengelez6947]

@@kurremkarmerruk5357 literally half of france *were* Nazis you bellend. google "vichy france" then lay low for a while till the embarrassment wears off.

[@CthulhuInc]

politics SHOULD be "boring" ie things work; thing get done; things are predictable

[@TheEvertw]

"Let's give the people some time to stop laughing". 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@In_Purple_Clad]

Perfectly said. This is the kind of Satire we need. Understated yet heavily poignant

[@starmersbarber]

I've been tuned in to Matt for so long now, I'm beginning to wonder if this is actually satire!!!

[@eileenclark7744]

Exactly…well done

[@OniMorter]

Love the twist at the end

[@joh22293]

Waiting to see if all Reform's candidates turned out to be real or not... that could turn out to be interesting.

[@1066keefurban]

Rational individuals aren't doing enough to challenge this wave of bigotry. The impact of this rise in racism and fascism is having a detrimental impact upon people of colour who pay the same taxes.

[@nickthenoodle9206]

Brilliant.

[@rsfaeges5298]

OUTSTANDING! Now if only The Media themselves would follow your example 🙏

[@bthjf12003]

Jonathan is the British correspondent for Cnews - french GB News.

[@shawngrinter2747]

To quote Quark from DS9: Let me tell you something about Hew-mons, Nephew. They're a wonderful, friendly people, as long as their bellies are full and their holosuites are working. But take away their creature comforts, deprive them of food, sleep, sonic showers, put their lives in jeopardy over an extended period of time and those same friendly, intelligent, wonderful people... will become as nasty and as violent as the most bloodthirsty Klingon. You don't believe me? Look at those faces. Look in their eyes

[@Secretgeek2012]

I watched that episode just the other day. 😁 Quark is awesome.

[@chrissouthgate4554]

@@Secretgeek2012 "For some reason He reminds me of my Brother-in-Law; The used car salesman"

[@rchydrozz751]

Watch the movie, Three days of the Condor. It speaks about this a little bit.

[@charlielynes]

"must... get... more... clicks..." There is no news. Just content for clicks. 💜

[@LeafHuntress]

Matt, i love you! This! THIS!!! The free advertisments for those shysters by the media are so fecking annoying. Also just watched your election eve tory MP performance & i laughed myself silly.

[@aljosacebokli]

So insightful and funny😂

[@robertprice2148]

This us exactly right, well said and with humour!👏👏👏

[@howarddavies3744]

You are so on the money with how the media treat Fromage!

[@PercivalBlakeney]

Thoughts and prayers to Laura Kuensberg at this difficult time. 🙄

[@arendwoortmann8678]

You are smart

[@seanduggan3453]

A brilliant critique of current political reporting.

[@LastLamplighter]

Brilliant, one of your best Matt.

[@michaelstanley3961]

With a 121 seats the Tories won't be able to raise a smile, never mind the right.....or object to anything 😮

[@johannesnicolaas]

A huge lesson from Wallonia (the southern part of Belgium), there on the media there is almost no reporting about the ultra right. Only factial news, but no spewing of lies. And what do you see: ultra right is almost non existing in that part of the country.

[@weswheel4834]

I just misread the heading on the BBC politics page and thought that it said "Swearing in progress". (the last work turned out to be process, which gives it a whole different meaning...)

[@villageblunder4787]

Too good

[@tsr207]

Superb satire as always delivered with razor sharp precision by Matt - the "reporters" comment aside was excellent- A US road trip with Jonathan giving his perspective on the US election (unbiased of course !) would be a treat !

[@spaceoil2]

Of course he's biased, he's a human not a robot.

[@lordvadertheleftie9703]

Right said fred, both of us together, one each end, steady as you go

[@ChristianeWinzenburg-uo4xb]

Fabulous 😁👍 Let’s see what traction the political class offers for many more hilarious and so to the point videos…thanks for your spectacular performance and pointiert & charming wit 💯👍👌

[@HarryFlowerrs]

Top One Matt!👍

[@paulkielty3800]

Brilliant 😂

[@Danplatts]

I admit I was slightly concerned you might struggle for material with the grown ups in charge, but this is right up there with your best work. Excellent stuff, Matt. Almost like you're a professional & you've been doing this for years...

[@johnpritchard8946]

Clever script, excellent delivery and superb timing. It's all just inevitable! Thanks Matt.

[@MattGreenComedy]

Very welcome!

[@JaneAustenAteMyCat]

That last line - if only it wasn't what we're all thinking 😶

[@roderickmain9697]

The inexorable rise and taking the rise by Matt Green. (although Jonathan may want to lie down in a dark room). Thanks Matt

[@magravy1]

Lovely unbiased reporting 😂

[@pano3607]

I’m so glad Matt is satirising this. So much coverage about how many seats Reform got, but it was a third the number they were projected to win. Lib Dems, on the other hand, absolutely cleaned up. The Greens got more seats than ever, but not a word about that. I get that Reform got a lot of votes, but you do actually have to win your little bit of the country. And I’d wager a lot of right wing voters just went that way because a Labour victory had been predicted for years. They may well drift back to the conservatives in the next election.

[@matthewjohnson6886]

Okay I'm gonna watch it again because my beer went up my nose 😂 nailed it again I'll finish watching in a minute 👍

[@dogriffiths]

It's time to talk about the inexorable rise of moderation and competence. There is the very real threat of people trying to fill in potholes without addressing the question of whether instamac is, or is not, woke.

[@mxdennisqueen8636]

Strictly impartial 😂😂😂 yup

[@t.robinson4774]

The Far Right? Let’s keep Saka- the opposition need to double-up on him, he stretches their back line out and can cut in with a lethal left foot. Keep Foden on the bench (and why do you keep on calling him Farage?). 😂

[@bernieburrows3731]

😂 😂😂 Brilliant!

[@clydebear6914]

Inevitabbbable.....inevitibabbabil.....inevitabbull....oh fuck that word anyway!

[@kevingiblin4122]

Good show maps funny funny funny

[@verttikoo2052]

Don’t forget the Fart Right!!

[@sulalee7413]

Matt, I'm worried about Jonathan. He's too excited at the thought of a fight! He might start one, and lose!😳

[@abody499]

good spot...that sums up a huge part of their demographic

[@MarjorieStoker-oj8fh]

It will happen

[@PaulGarnerBlueskiwi]

Perfect 👌

[@t.p.mckenna]

Thank you for that. Seriously, the Tories have just been all but vaporised, yet all weekend long there were on every bloody show, in ever blinkin' social media feed. I mean, even Van Helsing managed to see of Count Dracula once!! What's going on! It's a dependency culture, isn't it. The media have been Stockhausen'd.

[@OrontesRM]

I'd vote for Right Said Fred though

[@wintdkyo]

Without engagement farming, how would the press survive?

[@andrewmoorhouse687]

😂🤣 so good. It’s almost like our traditional media are biased in some way and the far right are given far too much air time 🤔😉😂🤣

[@emmabrooker166]

Just wait til they open a Wetherspoons franchise in Parliament 🤢

[@cobbler40]

The far right won’t go away a bit like athlete’s foot.

[@emilymcplugger]

Fascism, populism, authoritarianism does not come from the voters. The BNP made virtually no inroads to being normalised on this country because they were working class. It’s only when the wealthy “go bad” that the four strands of power decide to back such movements Religion Media Politics Business Thankfully in this country religion NEVER will but the other three are a concern.

[@nickbarton3191]

It's inevitable! What is? I dunno, something is.

[@ansfridaeyowulfsdottir8095]

LOL! _"Right said Fred"!_ {:o:O:}

[@patchso]

Jonathan! Noooooo!

[@donaldlush2822]

A million likes

[@CityOfTinyLines]

OMG Matt Green SHUT UP!!! Now I have to go and have a good look at myself. grrrr

[@Timlagor]

If you're going to give us time to stop laughing, we're going to need a lot longer for that one! To answer the question though: It can't be *avoided* -it has to be *confronted*

[@TableTopTransformer]

I point to brexit as an example of where we had it

[@_xeere]

You won't be laughing when we have PM Farage after 5 years of constant coverage for him on the news. Non for the greens though, they aren't interesting.

[@abody499]

indeed. this is the reality

[@robmaslen6446]

Farage is certainly the BBC candidate, he's constantly on question time and various other politics shows, I'm surprised he hasn't been put on to host Have I Got News for You, like they did when they were pushing Johnson. When are we going to get a proper regulator to rein these people in and hire some proper BBC editors and journalists?

[@tonymannion5743]

Agent Smith says so.

[@brucetownsend691]

Right said Fred peaked some years ago. It turned out to be just too sexy for the electorate.

[@carolynwestwood6258]

Jonathan, have you been taking tips from Laura Kuenssberg?

[@verttikoo2052]

Cameron will take the Tory leadershit next. I have a bet on that 😂

[@Billy_Rizzle]

Finally, “Right Said Fred” are rising again!

[@judiyahyisrael-daniels9349]

I totally agree with this sketch, I just don't know what's wrong with the media, they need Nigel Farage but we need stability

[@billkingston4402]

Right said Fred, I'm to fascist for my brown shirt

[@OccamsToothbrush]

If his name is Matt Green then his channel name is 66% accurate.

[@MattGreenComedy]

Bit rich coming from someone who’s not a real captain or bird

[@clairecobb4119]

I think, politically, the UK could do with a dose of boring. Where did the Tory "characters" get us? In the 💩, that's where.

[@markasbury1084]

No the rise of the average person being labled" far righ" t in response to the rise of the extreme far left is inevitable. Get it right.

[@jezlawrence720]

Hmm. Last week they were the 'far' right, now everyone appears to have started calling them the 'hard' right. Who decides what is centrist, right, hard right, or far right? Is that even the right order? What IS the right order? Very confused what anyone means other than trying to vaguely indicate 'bad' in some way without saying how (that applies to the term centrist, left, far left and hard left also). What do they MEAN?!

[@davidwuhrer6704]

It all began in 1798, when the king of France was deposed and the commoners filled the parliament. Like-minded people sat together, as they do, and soon you had those who were content to have seized power for themselves on the right, and those who felt that this was just the beginning and a lot more work was yet to be done on the left. The conservatives and the progressives, as it were. Then the pope of Rome weighted in with an encyclica that suggested a third way: Keep the landed aristocracy out of power, but otherwise restore the feudal order. They called this the centre position.

[@jessicamilestone4026]

😂😂😂

[@mityaboy4639]

yes please; 14 years of professional boredom… where do i sign up? :) JG probably should go and report from within North Korea…. guaranteed drama :)

[@howtoappearincompletely9739]

You noticed that, too, huh?

[@mochynddu723]

May you live in interesting times. Old Chinese curse.

[@geraldhewing2076]

Surely Matt is not referring to the BBC, is he?

[@richardboldbrooker6327]

I'd laugh but the media are leading with the opinion that the Tories lost because they were too liberal.

[@Chevy-jordan]

The only sad part of tories being out is that all my fave political comedians have no new inspo for new jokes every other day.

[@tamara3984]

Oh this is wonderful. Not satire at all.

[@sandrafrancis3631]

😂👏👏

[@beammeup8458]

The rise of fair minded people would be welcome....

[@AnBreadanFeasa]

Right Said Fred is too sexy for the far right 🕺👯💃

[@garethmartin6522]

Join your local Antifa today.

[@mac6away]

I love boring Politics that just gets things done.

[@MaisieSqueak]

Sums up the media and comedy perfectly. Find a different subject (or job) to excite you. OUR LIVES ARE NOT GAMES! Please keep Drama out of politics.

[@stockie_uk]

You'll never be a journalist, not with that level of self awareness!

[@hgilbert]

Fear of Far Right are clickbaits. Like "Labour's Landslide Shows Britain is Moving Right - Konstantin Kisin" Amongst others.