Jonathan Pie: 'It's 50 Shades of Beige.' Meet Britain's New Prime Minister. | NYT Opinion

The final votes in Britain's parliamentary elections are still being counted, but one thing is crystal clear: After 14 years in power, the Conservative Party is out.
More than that: It’s been thoroughly punished by the British public, reduced to barely 120 seats, the party’s worst result in it’s history. Several prominent figures - including former Prime Minister Liz Truss - lost their seats.
While other European countries are experiencing a rise in right-wing populism, Britain has rallied behind the centrist and sensible Labour Party and its centrist and sensible leader, Keir Starmer, who becomes prime minister.
To understand this huge trend-bucking shift, we once again turn to the fictional newscaster Jonathan Pie, performed by the comedian Tom Walker. In the Opinion video above, he offers his balanced, professional - and definitely not celebratory - take on the closing of this chapter in British political history.
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[@worldofdoom995]

"when the system fails the people, the people support politicians who promise to burn the system to the ground" brilliant!

[@vamboroolz1612]

Unfortunately it’s true, though.

[@neilburton8131]

it makes a change from the politicians burning the country to the ground

[@Professicchio]

That's why we keep an eye towards the US in 4 months.....

[@kurt479]

Of course they do. It’s called scorched earth. You’re better off starting again than trying to fix something that can’t be fixed.

[@mogznwaz]

@@kurt479The people are smarter than the politicians

[@johnbaldock6353]

Did you Hear that America? The UK gets Just 6 WEEKS of Canvassing before the Election! Not 3 Bloody Years!🤣

[@TheVortexGaming]

This is the way 🇺🇸 🦅

[@sodiumlights]

Reminds me of that Charlie Watts quote about the Stones; "5 years work, 20 years hanging around"

[@jaxcoss5790]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@alundavies1016]

@@johnbaldock6353 and the vote was yesterday, and the Government changed today. None of this “let’s give any potential coup-plotters a couple of months to try and usurp democracy” bollocks.

[@Smoogster]

And they announce and accept the results immediately, and the new government is formed just 3 days later on Monday, with Parliament beginning in 7 days. Take note USA. It is doable. You don't have to wait 3 months while the loser tries to burn down the country.

[@GunnarSchuster-vs8dl]

Censor-beeping a speech of Jonathan Pie should be punishable by law!

[@gaddyfree1085]

Exactly there is a warning of strong language at the beginning but then it’s bleeped wtf

[@bigpauliep6992]

This is what selling out sounds like.

[@seidenweberin]

Just hop over to his own channel, and enjoy the original sound ;-)

[@sweepingtime]

It's always amazing how austerity measures all over the world target the least wealthy and most hardworking people first.

[@Relugus]

It's also amazing how the 1% are treated, being given the biggest and most generous welfare handout in human history.

[@lamoinette23]

The wealthy are too wealthy to pay..

[@fenukii]

Yep. Jonathon Pie is no longer a comedian. He's the best journalist currently in the UK. Not one single lie was told in this video.

[@larsg.2492]

Are you gunning for Ian Hislop?

[@SirButtz]

He's definitely right but he's not an actual journalist, he'sa reporter. He get's all his information from actual journalists.

[@lordvadertheleftie9703]

​@larsg.2492 Hislop got caught in in the Corbyn antisemitism smears. We know who pays him

[@jacobconcannon4677]

@@SirButtzhes a journalist, he does his own research and does not have someoen feeding him info

[@innerpeach]

Nope, still a comedian - I would not go down the American path of confusing one with the other. It is not pretty.

[@happyspaceinvader508]

“Emperor Palpatine’s cleaner” 😂😂😂

[@cerealkiillar]

Made me spit my coffee out 💀💀💀

[@president2887]

😂😂😂

[@pbure94]

This one got me lol

[@madmage4207]

Same, absolute cracker that one 🤣🤣

[@Relugus]

Lets hope Emperor Palpatine's Cleaner doesn't return.

[@FrostekFerenczy]

I want boring politicians - politicians who just get on with the job.

[@user-vg2ge1lx6j]

80% of the British people did not vote for labour. democracy does not exist.keir starmer is morally corrupt repulsive WEF owned cancer.

[@Katy-sh3ru]

Unfortunately, it looks like Starmer is going to get on with the Tory's job. He'd better not, or we'll risk Farage, as Pie rightly says.

[@invalidopinion5384]

Their job is protecting the interests of capital above all else. Sometimes that means the odd concession to workers to calm them down, but it typically means screwing them. Starmer is little more than a more sensible manager of the decline of Britain than the Tories were. He will simply polish the same turd. The conduct and character of the Tories is awful, but their ideas are just as bad, and Starmer is not against those. The collapse may slow down a bit with him at the head, but it ain't stopping

[@asingh7874]

Starmer and Rachel at Davos/...Lammy at Bilderberg..you reckon they will look after the pleb. Their actions will be based on divide and conquer and transferring more wealth from those at the bottom (with the bar rising) to those at the very pinnacle.

[@kevanbodsworth9868]

"The job " at present is screwing the bottom third or so who are just there to wipe your feet on in Tory minds , Starmer has promised to continue down that path ,,So be happy .If you are not in the bottom group .. The Roght always screws up when bottom third have no more to spare and they start sucking everything out of the next thirty percent , You in that group ? Look out ,

[@markuser-punkt6222]

Liz Truss' only achivement was to serve under to two (2) royals...

[@flygrace]

Oh yes, she killed the Queen, didn't she.

[@WinstonSmith19847]

@@flygrace Yes that's what Pie said in one of videos that she swooped in and killed the Queen 😂

[@KayTea4tea]

@@WinstonSmith19847I loved that.

[@KayTea4tea]

… that he said that!

[@saturdayplayer2492]

I don't want characters in the job. I want capable , honest people showing integrity.

[@janepage3608]

Yes. A capable, hard working person who cares about the little people and I don’t give a toss if he hasn’t got charisma. And if Jonathan Pie is going to slag him off before he’s even started then I’ve gone right off JP.

[@DefaultMale_]

Well let's be honest, Starmer isn't a character nor is he capable. I do think he's honest though. He's about as politically neutral as they come and whilst he's a step in the right direction, Labour as a party is to economically right leaning and honestly is started to head that way socially as well (Lib dems are starting to become the new left, they actually want to introduce STV to replace FPTP.)

[@DefaultMale_]

@@janepage3608 He's getting slagged off because he's got little in the way of plans and its concerning. Jonathan has a really good reminder for us and it's a wake up call. If Starmer doesn't do a good job and change the country for the better in the short 5 years he has to undo the conservative's mess, they - or worse yet Reform - are going to take over.

[@louisirving588]

​@@DefaultMale_ The problem is that Starmer *isn't* honest. He's broken every promise he's made since he became leader. Just put the words "starmer broken promises" into your search engine of choice. It's grim reading.

[@sbef]

It's gonna be a massive shock to learn that neither the boring politicians nor the buffoons will be able to improve anything in this country. Yet every election people believe "things are gonna get better." Must be your first time around

[@designbus]

Liz Truss: Populism on smack 🤣🤣🤣

[@michelleneeds4165]

That explains that gormless vacant stare of hers eh?

[@adriandenton6637]

She's now been released back into the wild.

[@folkme3042]

@@adriandenton6637 What has the wild ever done to deserve that lol ?

[@lordvadertheleftie9703]

​@folkme3042 my mortgage is £160 per month more. I hope the mountain lions find her

[@FallenPhoenix86]

@@lordvadertheleftie9703 £185 for me, best we can do is a Scottish Wildcat, or perhaps we could dress her as a seal and feed her to a passing Orca?

[@mvubu6823]

34% of the votes somehow produce 65% of the seats. 14% rewards 2% 12% gives you 8% The UK system leaves millions unrepresented

[@hanswoast7]

That is what a winner-take-all election system is designed to do. I suggest you have a look at proportional representation election systems. Those are about being representative.

[@valleylad7955]

Funny how the tories never worried about that until they lost an election 😂

[@mvubu6823]

@@valleylad7955 totally. It's not those 2 parties that are suffering

[@kevinsmarts9953]

I don't recall any complaints over the last 36 years of this system screwing the Lib Dems but not surprised to see it everywhere when the far-right nutjobs find out the hard way that FPtP is designed to keep the status quo.

[@WesternAustraliaNowAndThen]

Perhaps if people weren't so lazy and actually voted, you would get better representation.

[@Kate_Short-For-Bob]

Yet again this fella hits the nails firmly on their heads. 5 years really isn't much time to even start sorting 14 (or actually 45) years of decimation of the country started by Thatcher.

[@jenswetter251]

Your comment reminds me of digging into the past to understand the presence. We have to look further back ... further ... even further ... aaaaah! Female conservative leadership introduced strict measures of austerity Hire and fire, no social security, and with losing your job you had no place to live, which opens the gates for extortion which is the direct consequence of the influx of cheap labor ... 😬😥🙄

[@jenswetter251]

The dire situation is captured vividly in a contemporary play: Termination "Baldrick, you're fired" Replacement "So, young man, you've got yourself a job. What do they call you?" ... No severance pay "Sorry, Baldrick-Any reason why you're still here?" Justified claim "I got nowhere to go, M'Lord" Utter Cruelty "Surely you'll be allowed to starve to death in one of the royal parks" Extortion "I'd like to stay and do the same job for no wages" And all that because of-Bobbb! A young girl suffering from gender dysphoria who finds out that, with gender being a spectrum, a shift on the line defining the opposite poles can be used to gain individual advantages including a rise in social status, until the contact with a stereotypical male leads to the identification with the gender attributed at birth 😳

[@mdog111]

For anyone across the pond who watches this....This is the most accurate assessment of the UK election result you will see anywhere.

[@brotherbuzz1070]

No it isn't, you muppet

[@user-my8bb6nc1x]

anyone who voted labour who is celebrating, know that it wont last longer than a head of lettuce

[@mdikeee4817]

@@user-my8bb6nc1x that was Truss

[@alistandco]

@@user-my8bb6nc1x Rotten potato

[@sacredgeometry]

Accuracy isn't really his forte he is a comedian. Try not to take your news from entertainment channels. It is like the Americans learning it from FOX news.

[@izzibreezes68]

Well done NYT for putting Pie on your platform.

[@twittertwice]

New York Times has sold out… Far right billionaires buying up USA major media electronic and print platforms to try to move America right… bring your Brits home

[@sgtlucifer6883]

NYTimes should sign him up permanently. - any American media company would make tons if they have him on. - perhaps Comedy Central should sign him up as their UK's Jon Stewart.

[@britishloveugandandance]

Yeah I follow jonathan pie, I was like wait what how is this on The New York Times LOL

[@ericdunn555]

​​@@britishloveugandandance Not his first appearance in an NYT Opinion video - his character assassination of ex-PM, ex-MP Johnson was a delight.

[@flaminmongrel6955]

well he is always critical of the right so why is it even surprising?

[@ColinMcNulty]

Chatting to a nurse today, she's ecstatically looking forward to the big pay rise she's expecting from a Labour gov't who've been moaning for years that the NHS staff aren't being paid enough... I think she's going to be very disappointed!

[@wolfyoogames]

I mean they spoke to the Unions on day one, whereas the Tories haven’t for a year. The unions literally fund the Labour Party. You can have a go at them for plenty, but sorting union pay rises is not one of them.

[@wolfyoogames]

It’s a bit odd your imaginary nurse didn’t mention this in your imaginary conversation with her.

[@ColinMcNulty]

@@wolfyoogames you can pretend I'm making it up if you want, if that makes you feel better about your world view, it bothers me not what you think.

[@ColinMcNulty]

@@wolfyoogames I notice the the British Medical Association are starting talks with the gov't too, and they've repeatedly said that they think a 35% pay rise is fair for their members. Let's see how that goes shall we?

[@michaelmartin9022]

​@@ColinMcNultyRemember the firemen? How long until until the word "Scargillian" gets dragged out again?

[@jonsmith5058]

Starmer isnt 50 shades of beige, he’s 50 shades or Tory Blue. Very little will change.

[@alansmithee419]

While the man himself isn't much of an improvement, his party is a step up. Though still a far from perfect one. Why they put him at the head is beyond me.

[@randomz5890]

Incredible summary of the state of UK politics! Today has ever felt so good yet so bleak.

[@user-my8bb6nc1x]

I dont feel good at all. I dont like starmer. i dont trust him. and eventually monsters like farage will become PM. that is where we are heading. too many hateful people. compassion out the window. it's dire.

[@richy69ify]

@@user-my8bb6nc1x People like you are shilling for big corporations. People like you are also paid to to spread the smear words about alternative parties. It's hilarious seeing liberals on their iphones pushing for cheap labour and establishment control over working classes. Older voters still think Labour are for the working class. This will come to an end in 4 years.

[@danielgoring1328]

@@user-my8bb6nc1x Farage isn't afraid to go against the establishment. Starmer is the definition of the establishment.

[@CatDee99]

​@@danielgoring1328 Farage IS the establishment 🙄 Christ the night

[@ForelliBoy]

@@danielgoring1328 farage is the definition of restoring an older establishment that didn't work but is romanticized in retrospect anyway

[@clarecollins2547]

Liz didnt leave straight away because she couldnt find the door!

[@lucyruby819]

Her leaving her duties as an MP to support Trump at the Republican convention when he told Putin to nuke us, sort of left us not liking the crazed useless figure much. She crashed the pound in a day , like a trump win will crash the dollar.

[@Objectivebeatz]

But she did manage to get to the GOP. Stage !

[@stevenosimpson]

Boris only found a door to a fridge

[@TheImperfectGuy]

she dove in to covertly assassinate the queen and then out at the earliest possibly criticism outstanding move

[@samjesse9524]

@@stevenosimpson ohhh that gave me a good giggle

[@highlandgnome]

Mr Walker, thanks for yet another gem of comedy genius. This particular monologue should be aired on every TV in the UK. Once again, Genius.

[@matmilne]

Basically how we all feel, left or right, sums the country up - spot on. 5 years of a steady course and boring, careful management is exactly what's needed.

[@deniseg-hill1730]

Another wef stooge. Real labour is long gone. Real labour was Mannie Shinwell Iakn Mikardo Tony Benn Dennis Healey Dennis Skinner etc

[@JelMain]

Sunak made his money speculating against the economy as a Hedge Fund banker in 2008. He wasn't elected, but selected by the MPs.

[@jtaylor8606]

lol, he actually "made" the vast majority of "his" money by marrying the daughter of the owner of Infosys...

[@JelMain]

@@jtaylor8606 Well, if you call upwards of £800 million pocket money, I don't see what you're complaining about.

[@Knowbody42]

A vote for the "Conservatives" was a vote for Labor.

[@johnmurray1044]

Who had their orders from other places. The people who run this country are in "The City of London" and Whitehall not The House of Commons, they are just the front.

[@fumbleBumble82]

True, at least we have a prime minister who was actually elected by the public again, instead of one who was elected by a small group of snooty old resentful degenerate baby boomers.

[@sodiumlights]

Tom Walker's a genius.

[@misterm1336]

From the frying pan (blue) to the fire (red) Both roads end to the WEF.

[@user-sd3ik9rt6d]

Let me guess, under 20?

[@kevinsmarts9953]

That's great I support the Water Environment Federation and all they do to ensure everyone has access to clean water. I am glad to hear that both the main UK parties also support this.

[@johndaarteest]

Whoever you vote for the WEF always gets in.

[@Pantherking916]

Once upon a time Britain had an Empire with an Emperor then it had a Kingdom with a King, now it's a country . . . . .

[@col.hertford9855]

Britain at its best. Long live Count Binface!

[@jaxcoss5790]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Nova2Yung]

lmfao, Count Binface the greatest pm we never had

[@kennybevan11]

​@Nova2Yung I can just imagine him at the dispatch box with the Dalek contender as his deputy PM next to him

[@Nova2Yung]

@@kennybevan11 😂

[@jeffreylewis8019]

@@Nova2Yung Is he the same as Lord Buckethead?

[@threethrushes]

From PM to MP and then nothing. Liz Truss is one of the people of our time.

[@scene2much]

underrated post

[@mabel5895]

Starmer got 1/3rd of the public vote…..resounding indeed

[@TheSlugstoppa]

I sadly predict that in Five years time there will still be too many people needing foodbanks, too many Homeless and too much sh*t in our waters.

[@jeremymanson1781]

And I'm hoping that preducting things is not your forté.

[@Doogyrevkowow]

@@jeremymanson1781 You must have forgotten about the expenses scandal when Labour were last in power. They think people are stupid so they robbed us blind. They got away with it; they'll do it again.

[@TheSlugstoppa]

@@jeremymanson1781 'Preducting' What as in Sticky tape ?

[@kevinsmarts9953]

Even before the Tories got into power and there were 4 foodbanks in the UK it was too many. A single homeless person is too many and any untreated sewerage is too much. These things may well still be a problem but they will not be as bad and the path towards fixing them will be laid out. That is more than the Tories would ever dream of attempting.

[@Doogyrevkowow]

@@kevinsmarts9953 Remember labours expenses scandal when they got found out they were taking people for mugs? Nothing has changed.

[@jpopelish]

Labor's manifesto: We are going to try, really hard, to not make everything even worse.

[@patrikfloding7985]

It’s a good initial ambition, given what they were left to work with.

[@danielgoring1328]

@@patrikfloding7985 They'll be a lot worse

[@devilhunter1555]

except while privatising nhs and selling weapons and sending aid to the israeli gov. labour cant be trusted really

[@AA-yc8yr]

@@devilhunter1555 Just go away with that inane bulshit.

[@eddjordan2399]

@@danielgoring1328 just look at the facts

[@paultapping9510]

I thought I would be elated to finally get rid of the Tories. Instead, I just feel... nothing. Completely flat. Schadenfreude alone cannot sustain a man.

[@stevenh6376]

You may be, at heart, a Tory then

[@paultapping9510]

@stevenh6376 what an unintentionally scathing commentary on our broken system. No mate, I voted green.

[@Malc180s]

​@@paultapping9510yeah, but you're probably a Tory. Most people are.

[@paultapping9510]

@Malc180s I was a card carrying member of rhe labour party for years prior to corbyn being ousted. I left because they became too similar to the tories, but have fun imagining people to argue with I guess.

[@johnmg88]

Same, I'm delighted they're gone but that's about it. In '97 I was sat in front of the telly, celebrating like my team had scored a goal every time another seat fell. I miss the enthusiasm (and the knees and eyesight and waistline) of my youth. This time I waited for the exit poll, tweeted an insult at Reese-mogg and went to bed. It feels like being handed a free concert ticket only to find out it's for Francis Rossi's solo acoustic show and there's no bar.

[@johnsimspon8893]

We've given a huge amount of power to a bunch of maniacs. This is nothing to celebrate.

[@cerealkiillar]

"Just not being the Other Guy isn't enough" needs to be on tee shirts, in sky writing, on milk cartons, on billboards spanning countries, and written on lew walls EVERYWHERE.

[@Durgenheim]

The Tories seemed to take a page out of the Republican playbook: cause as much damage to the country as possible before leaving office, then start blaming the slow recovery on the party that took over.

[@dan_hitchman007]

That's the plan, Stan.

[@gdutfulkbhh7537]

They've left Labour with a very cleverly crafted poison pill. What happens over the next few years will be... interesting.

[@A3racada3ra]

This is exactly what happens in Germany right now. We had 16 years of conservative government (with a lot of cuts in public spending, missed investment opportunities, neglecting infrastructure ...) and now all the problems are blamed on the current government which is in power for just 2 1/2 years. The sad truth is that most people don't have the ability to see through this ...

[@dan_hitchman007]

@@A3racada3ra And this is why the Nazi adjacent political parties are gaining power all over Europe. People have not waken up to the fact that it's not just the U.S. that is in trouble.

[@ForelliBoy]

And then set up for something even worse, which will inevitably happen

[@HarryFlowerrs]

America, that’s how a transfer of power is done! NO BS!🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿👍😀 Ps. Jonathan is one of our great exports!

[@BlazeShorts820]

Exactly. I can understand a 2+ month wait to change presidents in the 19th century due to the sheer size of the US, but not in the 21st century.

[@connie473]

@@BlazeShorts820Parliamentary systems like the UK have shadow ministers. That means that Labour had a PM shadow each minister and they knew what goes going on. It makes transferring power much easier and it's why they can do it within a day. In the US, the 2 months might be able to be cut down to 1 month, but because elections are in November that would put the transfer around the holidays which I think, most citizens want to have their holidays in peace and not with political news. In the US, you also have a much longer process because there are a lot more votes to count (the number of voters in the US is like 161million, in the UK is less than 25% of that) and certify, then electoral college has to meet and then Congress has to approve what the electoral college decided. This basically adds several weeks to the process.

[@MysteriousFigure]

@@connie473 Well it wouldn't be a problem if they didn't have the arcane electoral college process in the US and just simply made it a direct vote, save a good 2-3 weeks or so of weird bureaucracy and milling about (along with not making the vote state by state for a single country wide position)

[@BlazeShorts820]

@@connie473 it would be easy to speed up, at least a fair bit - votes counted, each state then declares results - no electoral college middle man needed - all the votes then totted up and hey presto we have a result. all non elected positions can be non-partisan like the UK civil service, so they're there on day one to advise the politicians. Also campaigning starts months and months before voting, so plenty of time to put a potential team together if the candidate wins.

[@connie473]

@@MysteriousFigure I totally agree with you that the electoral college should got.

[@mike1043]

Keir 'I'd choose Davos' Starmer is no potato, he's Tony Blair in a new skin suit.

[@NicholasBrakespear]

Bingo. It is unsettling how everyone's gobbling up the easy, mainstream bit of gaslighting going on here - "oh he's just boring, celebrate how he's just boring, have a chuckle at how he's totally harmless and not at all going to actively do more damage".

[@epopeeyvette2943]

The british labour party is obviously much fairer than the French. Congratulation to you all in Britain, my friends. From France, struggling to change unfair crual government. Power to the people of the country !

[@user-vg2ge1lx6j]

80% of the British people did not vote for labour. democracy does not exist.keir starmer is morally corrupt repulsive WEF owned cancer.

[@DavidHarvey-po9le]

While you keep letting in violent migrants to send to us, thanks France - we should have never liberated you.

[@breathe3146]

As a Brit I really want what France and so much of Europe is doing right now. However the good news is that Labour are inevitably going to really mess it up even more than the Tories and we too will hopefully swing to the right.

[@GreatSageSunWukong]

I look to your country France and wish we were more like you, all our choices are neo liberals they don't serve the people at all any of them. and they sell everything we hold dear.

[@bermudarailway]

Freedom for Tooting !

[@iamdmc]

He's a national treasure I just hope the next 5 years gives him so little fodder that he'll have to turn away from political comedy Seriously we could use a break

[@simulationkoyo]

Why does the UK always follow US politics one step behind?

[@thecashier930]

Not gonna happen. Just from our experience in Germany I can already tell you what's going to happen: Labour is going to do generally the right thing, but far to little. And some things won't happen the best way possible. People will be displeased and the torries will shamelessly criticise labour for mishandling problems the torries either created or ignored. Satire won't be needed less, but be very painful. Because one side will be incompetent and the other will be maliciously incompetent.

[@aclark903]

@@thecashier930#Tories*

[@ilesalmo7724]

Lets hope next 5y satirists like him can go back to doing satire. Last years they've been unable to do comedy-exaggeration-shows of real politics when all we had to do was turn on the news and watch real politicians go beyond what comedy-writers could imagine and actors could act.

[@happyspaceinvader508]

Well, Reform have 4 seats in parliament… so there’s that.

[@MatthewDLDavidson]

He hasn’t lost it! The most incisive and hysterically funny political commentary anywhere! Where is our Jonathan Pie for the US or Canada?

[@dresmends]

Bill Maher?

[@leonrobinson8180]

​@@dresmendsHell no! Jon Stewart more like.

[@MiniM69]

John Oliver?

[@TheAndy25026]

​@@MiniM69Pie writes his own work, Oliver has a whole team of people write for him, and it's painful.

[@biggusdickus5986]

​@@MiniM69Olivers English, he was a middling scruffy comedien how he got picked as an American late show host l can't even fathom. You can see him in MOTW repeats if you can be bothered to search. I couldn't l just came across him whilst watching repeats on good old KZbin.

[@bvdv47]

"that's how populism works, it promises the moon and instead it delivers you a DVD of Apollo 13." ... I'm hard pressed to find a more fitting description of populism.

[@nuancedrenditions]

“Promising nothing… is rejection of populism.” How true for more than half the countries !

[@Pyriold]

Interestingly, labour really did not win a lot of votes, the tories just lost a ton, mostly to the other parties. In a system where you only need a plurality in every district, this can already look like a landslide, while in reality they just gained less than 2% i think.

[@2curlicue4u]

They gained in Scotland, this election was a big hit to the SNP

[@johnmartinez7440]

Labour were smart, and used the Tories' tactics back at them. The beautiful irony is seeing all the right-wing loonies crying about it online, saying the voting system needs reform - when they were all too happy to benefit from it in 2019 (and vote against changing it in 2011).

[@williamdiffin28]

Yes. The rabid reactionary middle class Little England backbone of Tory voters simply abstained or protest voted, against their Government's failure to follow through on their promise to liquidate all poor people and throw all brown immigrants to the lions. But they haven't actually gone anywhere or changed their minds about anything.

[@DemonDethchase]

Starmer actually got less votes than both of Corbyn's runs, which makes one wonder if Starmer won purely by default, due to not being the Tories.... or not blue ones anyway.

[@Joker-yw9hl]

@@johnmartinez7440 just tell them to get over it and then brexit means brexit ;)

[@Nova2Yung]

Giving Farago the title of an unlicensed butcher is accurate 🤣

[@Runclimblift]

Or admiral akbar in human form...

[@Nova2Yung]

@@Runclimblift 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@peterbonham5540]

Tan described him as the turd that won't flush. Spot on

[@karadan100]

He's the kind of guy who has a wrist collection.

[@f0urstr1ng]

Uniquely bad smell 😂😂😂

[@mrcaboosevg6089]

It's a sorry state for the country when Labour win a massive majority and yet still literally no one is happy. It's the first election i remember that has left the entire nation with no hope

[@kevinsmarts9953]

There are happy people, its muted because the whole country is downtrodden and the campaign Labour had to run was so dull. The important part is what they do with their majority. If they can do even a fairly average job of things it'll be great for the UK.

[@NicholasBrakespear]

"a massive majority" You mean, they basically got the same sort of "victory" they had when they lost last time, in terms of actual voting figures... actually did a bit worse, in fact, but defaulted their way to victory because the Tories self-destructed. 33% of the vote, with a low turn-out. "massive majority" indeed. That's why no one is happy. The "elected" party does not actually represent anything even approaching the will of the people.

[@nmarks]

I am so very happy and grateful to have survived to see the end of that rotten Conservative government. To have seen them get what they absolutely deserved. Between the 2015 general election and now I lost my friend, my brother and my Dad. I won a life-or-death court case in Indonesia (beating an old Australian Mafia figure in the process) and now Labour's win this week means some sanity has been restored in British politics. I am truly thankful to God to have survived, but I wish they were still here. I know what I have to do now. I've got to keep breathing because tomorrow the sun will rise. Who knows what the tide could bring?

[@pevebe]

Reform will come soon, don't get too excited

[@Doogyrevkowow]

Another Labour expenses scandal?

[@claireedwards8606]

I love Jonathan Pie, cracks me up! 🤣🤣🤣 Everything he says is hilarious and it's scarily true!!

[@terryboland3816]

Hi Tom.

[@internethardcase]

Firstly, Boris is hardly right wing, let alone populist. He just jumped on the Brexit question and nothing else. Also, nothing wrong with populism. What, as opposed to elitism? Because career politicians are not what i would call a utopia

[@heresjonny666]

@@internethardcase 'He just jumped on the Brexit question and nothing else.' ...So he's a populist. 'nothing wrong with populism' Except the average joe isn't equipped to deal with the complexities of statecraft and so doing nothing but appealing to what the average joe wants is a recipe for disaster. Leading means making difficult decisions to benefit the country despite the masses protesting because they don't understand it.

[@internethardcase]

@@heresjonny666 then you don't believe in democracy, you believe in technocracy. And I think that's just another form of oppression. And look at the nations with career politicians at the helm. These neoliberal disasters are tearing the economic and social fabric of every western nation apart right now. Populism only emerges from elitist arrogance. When a problem that needs to be addressed gets ignored. A populist nationalist solution can only be a net benefit compared to the declining status quo

[@internethardcase]

@@heresjonny666 so the "experts running the UK for decades despite the party has done a superb job so far? London is minority English. The very nation state itself is under threat, let alone statecraft

[@mcdibbern9919]

Funny but frighteningly accurate.

[@johnmartinez7440]

In what way?

[@ComedyJakob]

Lowest percentage of the popular vote for a governing party in British history.

[@NicholasBrakespear]

Yeah funny how he doesn't mention that...

[@goinginzane]

As an ignorant American, this was my first time hearing of Jonathan Pie, and man this guy is fantastic! Very informative, concise summary of the current state of UK politics delivered with a heap of hilarious color. More of this guy please, NYT!

[@NicholasBrakespear]

Dear American cousin - please reassess. This is probably some of his worst work to date, demonstrating huge political bias, conveniently omitting some rather important details, and delivering what can only be summed up politely as an "authorised" comedic take on recent politics, carefully avoiding anything that contradicts the preferred narrative.

[@gamestech9016]

boris combed his hair with a desk fan

[@FunnyVideosLover]

Jonathan keeps journalism alive single handedly. The rest are just jack jobs.

[@garybird8646]

It was a Labour Government that bailed the Banks and we were obliged to adopt austerity under the Lisbon Treaty as we were part of the EU.

[@juliegwilliam8503]

Us BRITS refer to him as LEGO MAN! With as much charisma 😂😂😂

[@velisvideos6208]

Brilliant analysis of the UK political system and situation. Funny and sad. How low has the country fallen.

[@simulationkoyo]

it appears that the UK politics always follow US politics one step behind.

[@michaelleaver1766]

​@simulationkoyo That's because the same "owners" you have in the US are the same pulling the strings here.......World Syndicate Inc. your one stop solution to ruin the lives of ordinary people,on call 24/7 365.

[@hannahdyson7129]

We were always low . Look at Thatcher

[@lucyruby819]

As a Putin bot you need to worry about the rouble more.

[@FallenPhoenix86]

@@simulationkoyo Not really, we've been doing this for longer than the US has existed.

[@Sunny-Side-of-the-Street-39]

This man needs to be in charge of the bbc! He is bang on. Doesn’t miss

[@JZsBFF]

That's not what makes the BBC hop; there's only room for backscratching, cronyism and clientism-politics.

[@vincentbrannelly8786]

Still better than everything else . Well done Keir .

[@AshleyKeith-vw7ws]

Our economy is struggling with uncertainties, housing issues, foreclosures, global fluctuations, and the pandemic aftermath, causing instability. Rising inflation, sluggish growth, and trade disruptions need urgent attention from all sectors to restore stability and stimulate growth.

[@BrianAlbert-hh3pi]

With the US dollar losing value to inflation and other currencies gaining traction, uncertainty looms. Yet, many still trust in the dollar's perceived safety. Worried about my $420,000 retirement savings losing value, I seek alternative security for my money.

[@MelissaHobbs-qm8wi]

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[@ChloeCarter-kd7gz]

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[@MelissaHobbs-qm8wi]

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[@ChloeCarter-kd7gz]

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[@writepublishbooks]

'This is like the opening of Saving Private Ryan'... brilliant imagery of Tories succumbing to their destiny.

[@Relugus]

One should be cautious of gloating too much; the party has already been captured by the far right, leaving an opening for dangerous populists like Farage.

[@TihetrisWeathersby]

Jonathan Pie is an international treasure

[@veronicamaine3813]

I think at this point we just want someone who does the job not a showboating pony. Boring, it turns out, is the preferred characteristic of a competent politician.

[@letsseeif]

Good on you LABOUR. From a LABOR voter since I was 18. Now I'm 85. Melbourne Australia.

[@kalayne6713]

Another Aussie. Voted Liberal once, my first vote because my father told me to. Labor ever since. Now 72, I hope Labor can finish cleaning up the mess left by the previous government and start delivering on their promises. Come on, Albo...lead!

[@letsseeif]

@@kalayne6713 Thank you for your comment. Thanks again.

[@janeglover3118]

Yeh Aussie Labor voter here too, now 61. Have you both noticed though that our latest Labor PM, even tho he came from a mother with MS on the DSP in Public Housing, ...seems more about keeping the poor in austerity & poverty than any other Labor PM we've ever had? And sadly the UK's new Labour PM isn't much different either. Which is extremely disturbing all round. When supposed LW Govts start to behave more like cruel RW Govts, we the plebs are all ultimately fckd.

[@andrewwalsh2755]

@@letsseeif when you were 18, Labour had values and aspirations which are diametrically opposed to those it has today. Kier Starmer told a complete pack of lies to dupe the then membership of the party to elect him party leader. He made pledges he immediately dropped, and said "I am Not a Zionist"... then, as leader, purged the membership of any criticism of Israel, and went on to support Israels war crimes and genocide... Did your Labour Party, at age 18, support genocide?... I think not. Today, Labour are a bunch of self serving rogues, in the pocket of Zionists... Not only does Labour Not do what it says on the tin... it will label it's contents, and relabel it's contents, again and again, to sell You an empty tin... void of values, integrity, competence etc...

[@RBTVN]

Sadly the Labour you knew is long gone. Now we have Tories with red ties.

[@Bigjohn277]

Tom Walker AKA Jonathan Pie is once again on the money with his analysis.

[@DuncanPlant-px4tu]

Daily Mail readers are drowning in a pool of their own tears.

[@BoyeeSmudger]

Indeed! Not forgetting the plethora of others... telegraph (daily and Sunday), express, gb news, talk TV, the times, Sunday Times, the sun. Have I forgotten any? I did, lord lebodevs paper.

[@connormclernon26]

Good.

[@coppershark1973]

HURRAH! Don't send any lifeboats, it wouldn't be 'Daily Mail form' to try and help the drowning.

[@jackwaycombe]

Not in my largely rural constituency in S.Scotland. Once again my neighbours - many on minimum wage and/or benefits - have doffed their caps, tugged their forelocks - and returned a Tory. Pathetic.

[@PortilloMoment]

Do lizards cry?

[@TheLovescream]

This was cathartic. Thank you Jonathan!

[@TimStamper89]

Reform securing 14% of the national vote is something they need to take note of because that's the party of the working class now.

[@lucyruby819]

We are unified and we still have a rules based system protecting our rights and no dictator. The transfer of power was dignified and peaceful.

[@ChlorineD]

No dictator…YET!! If we’re not careful, Farage or Trump Mark ll is waiting in the wings to wreak his racist and dictatorial havoc on the nation ala Trump!

[@tullochgorum6323]

Yes - whatever the faults in our system we avoided the shitshow of the US transfer of power. Defeated MPs made dignified and generous concession speeches and wished their successors well (except for the graceless Liz Truss, naturally). Outgoing ministers have spent time briefing their successors. Starmer held his nose and tried to find something positive to say about the outgoing PM. Everyone praised the competence and integrity of the election process. That's how it should be done, you MAGA folks in the US!

[@Diovanlestat]

​@@tullochgorum6323Remember the shitshow of Boris and the 53 resignations, then he does the speech and still refuses to move out. Last night's good manners was badly needed to wash that memory from my mind.

[@dwaynedibley4294]

A lot of the parliamentary structure is more just form and tradition, it took Boris Johnson taking a dump all over it before I realised.. We had to get the legal system involved to get our parliament reopened.. Thank god we can get some peace and quiet for a few years. Except for that silly little twerp Farage.

[@FatNorthernBigot]

He looks bleary-eyed. That's commitment to the "bit", right there. 😂

[@littleones-yeahh]

this is the face millions of ukrainian farmers saw before they were sent to the gulag

[@Cherrytune386]

Give me beige serious politicians anyday over the rubbish we had for the past 14 years!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@06Yvonne06]

Thank you, Mr.Pie - as accurate as ever. Let's hope for Starmer.

[@The_Bean_Head_Men]

Thank you for bringing on our Jonathan, he's a national treasure

[@johnmartinez7440]

Doesn't every country want a "beige" leader, rather than corrupt millionaires?

[@ERBie2299]

He was a human rights lawyer, then he became a Queen’s counsel barrister and then Director of Public Prosecutions. Whatever you say about him being awkward and boring, his career prior to politics shows he’s capable, knowledgeable and empathetic enough to not just make more money by going into corporate law.

[@DavidHarvey-po9le]

Do you really believe that - a rich man is going to care about you - grow up.

[@ERBie2299]

@@DavidHarvey-po9le If you believe that he doesn’t care about people at all, then why would he bother going into human rights law for way less money when he was skilled enough to do whatever law he wanted to?

[@Doogyrevkowow]

@@ERBie2299 He didn't care about prosecuting Jimmy Saville. He cared about taking the knee to a dead criminal in the US and supporting BLM - A corrupt Marxist organisation. But you conveniently ignore that behaviour.🤡

[@lindanairn2329]

@@ERBie2299 What about the human rights of the Palestinians? He said Israel had the right to deny them water, food, medical aid...

[@ERBie2299]

@@lindanairn2329 I’m with you on that one and tbh I don’t know for sure why he’s taking the (continuously changing) stance that he is, since like a lot of British politicians, he’s dancing around questions regarding Palestine-Israel and giving answers full of ifs. It will probably have something to do with: Not wanting to alienate the Jewish community (even though being Jewish doesn’t also mean being Zionist, so I don’t even agree with that). This is especially since his predecessor and Labour as a whole was accused of antisemitism. The divide in stances on the issue within his own party and the risk of starting infighting (although now is a great time to start since it’s hopefully another 5 years until the next election) The effects of the fallout with Israel and its allies (namely US) and not necessarily wanting to capitalise on the benefit of improved relations with Arab nations, as quite a few of them have major human rights issues themselves. Hamas, as well as Netanyahu, IDF and co, committed mass murder of innocents. But I still think these aren’t good enough reasons to try and justify Netanyahu’s actions; even if Starmer can’t do anything to stop them and stop America from providing arms to the IDF, it doesn’t mean that he can’t stop the British government sending arms and publicly condemn their actions. I do think Starmer was the best choice we had given to us, and the other party leaders probably wouldn’t have taken another stance, but that is the standout problem I have and I’m hoping he does something about it.

[@MichaelLloydMobile]

Congratulations on electing your potato! I'm from the United States, and I pray everyday we reelect our potato for four more years.

[@BlankeeStarcraft]

Your potato is such in the most braindead sense and the public has finally woken up to the fact post debate. Emperor has no clothes moment. Biden’s wife runs the presidency, but not for much longer.

[@riversguy92]

Your potato is sprouting roots and barely managing to not dribble on himself, it seems

[@bobjeffboiii7725]

For the sake of ur international image i think u should rethink the atual corpse u have in power rn ☠️

[@Mercurystars4202]

@@riversguy92 Still better than some billionaire grifter after a tax cut for himself and his social class.

[@riversguy92]

@@Mercurystars4202 sadly, I agree. Not a nice position for your electorate to be in nonetheless. Godspeed

[@teddyboysdontknit810]

Brilliant and all so true.

[@stinkinhippy1724]

As a brit I lose sleep over the terror of possibly hearing the phrase: "Somehow, Emperor Palpatine's cleaner returned".

[@letsgo8814]

If Jeremy clarkson was a politician...

[@keystohellanddeath]

Was waiting for the Jonathan Pie OP-ED. This was literally uploaded as I was rewatching his videos. Great as always

[@TheWorldofFilara]

Literally the same! Came here straight from his channel

[@skimmingstone3energyrecords]

Could we agree, one person having a billion quid in the bank needs to stop.. personally I thing it's obscene...

[@riversguy92]

No mate you’re missing the big picture, they have a billion because they’re inherently better than you or I and actually we should be honoured to sniff their s*** Know your place, plebeian

[@mjsmjs3792]

This man is a legend and is the truth and nothing but? why is he not running for the world?

[@DTWTheWanderingMuzungu]

That's an insult to potatoes, they give us crisps, chips and vodka. Some of the best things in life a vegetable can provide.

[@Radagast-]

50 shades of beige: Captain Whitebread"! This is the impression he leaves. I'm reminded of synthetically-flavoured vanilla ice cream that was so disappointing that it's been left to melt in the bowl... The political equivalent of Aldi Weetabix.

[@gdutfulkbhh7537]

Perhaps better than a "character" you remember for all the wrong reasons.

[@Radagast-]

@@gdutfulkbhh7537 We wanted Brian Clough, but after the chaos of Don Revie's reign, we get Ron Greenwood.

[@Relugus]

He's kind of a diluted, budget version of Asquith.

[@CharlieTheSupersaurus]

After the absolute shitshow tempest of madness, mismanagement and malicious incompetence we've had for 14 years, we need some boring normality. I'm being optimistic and hopeful in saying that the Tories set the bar so low that Labour can't possibly be worse and that I'll take well meaning incompetence and boring normality over deliberately malicious and spiteful incompetence (but I'm hoping Labour will be more competent).

[@JM-The_Curious]

I always leave my ice cream to melt in the bowl a bit until it's like eating a thick shake with a spoon. Boring is my preference for PM, it's not the Eurovision song contest, it's about running a country.

[@kerrydevlin]

In Scotland and i should be happy that the Tories are out! But I'm not because Keir has said that he is going to do exactly the same. No change here.

[@gdutfulkbhh7537]

Be glad the SNP thieves are no more, at least.

[@cptrelentless80085]

Loads more Tories in Scotland now, and LibDems

[@internethardcase]

That latest "hate speech" law from the SNP is just straight up tyrannical. Up to SEVEN YEARS. I'm sure that had to scare some Scots away from them, at least

[@ArielVisionary]

This is the first time I've heard Jonathan Pie. Pure pleasure.

[@thisismetoday]

Boring is good. Charisma is overrated.

[@billsherman1565]

An excellent summary. Proud of the UK for rejecting the right wing after getting kicked by it over and over. Lets hope the US can do the same

[@harleyb7880]

It really doesn't matter who you vote for both sides are the same

[@billsherman1565]

@@harleyb7880 Not at all

[@harleyb7880]

@@billsherman1565 I'm right

[@andromidius]

@@billsherman1565 Economically they are so similar as to be the same. Labour is now to the right of the Conservatives of 2010. The Tories are just worse at hiding their contempt for people.

[@RatherCrunchyMuffin]

​@@harleyb7880 lazy take

[@rhodamaria]

Wish I could give this four thumbs up. This is the most fun ‘opinion’ piece I come across about UK’s politics. And I’m not even from there! C’mon Canada, you can do better!

[@hannahdyson7129]

Isnt Canada turing right though? The fella at the helm seems a peace of work

[@rhodamaria]

@@hannahdyson7129 yes, yes, as is everywhere else except, apparently, the UK. I think we’re in the cusp of the apocalypse.

[@stevenpyne1994]

@@hannahdyson7129 PP does seem to have some issues, but our current PM is no prize either, what with his "fancy-dress" tour of India, innumerable scandals embroiling the Liberals, and him personally, and his seeming lack of concern for ordinary Canadians. Add the fact that he has been around for too long, and is getting the blame -- rightly or wrongly -- for Canada's economic woes, and he will be probably be ejected sooner or later.

[@hannahdyson7129]

​@@stevenpyne1994Yeah old olly boy ain't the answer

[@nicknomski8399]

Careful Jon, the NYT has been quite fond of multi-millionaire hedge fund managers in recent years

[@geraldthorburn1123]

60% voted - and The Nasal Knight won 36%.

[@artistglyn]

Brilliant Tom. Nailed it as usual. I know it's comedy, but it's so bloody accurate.

[@kenmckell]

I always love a good slice of (Jonathan) Pie 🥧🥧

[@fumblebee4234]

God help England, you're going to need it. should have voted for Farage.

[@vulturesmusic1617]

This perfectly sums up the mood in the UK right now. Everyone is happy the Tories are gone, however there is very little optimism for Starmer due to his pretty nothing, bland, unseasoned policy platform. He basically ran a campaign of “we are not coloured blue”.

[@JamesCampbell_JAHC]

Simply brilliant! Fact and humour combined.

[@user-qd2pc5gz4n]

Truth speaker ❤❤❤❤

[@samgraham9354]

Yep, we've swapped Syphilis for Cancer.

[@stephena1196]

Starmer hired Assaf Kaplan to manage social media. Kapaln officially worked for the military intelligence of Israel, is a Unit 8200 veteran and worked for IDF for almost 5 years. So maybe not quite so beige as he likes to present himself.

[@Gabykk]

Not shooting blanks here

[@alh107]

Emperor Palpatine’s cleaner 😂

[@jenswetter251]

"Baldrick, you're fired" "So, young man, you've got yourself a job. What do they call you?" ... "Sorry, Baldrick-Any reason why you're still here?" "I got nowhere to go, M'Lord" "Surely you'll be allowed to starve to death in one of the royal parks" "I'd like to stay and do the same job for no wages" And all that because of-Bobbb! Precisely: "Kate-which is short for Bobb"

[@Twag-yh8xc]

Started out funny, then got very serious. You want politics and politicians to be boring. When they are not, carnage ensues. Best wishes from the former colonies.