Jonathan Pie: Welcome to Britain. Everything is Terrible. | NYT Opinion

[@mrmonkeyman79]

In case any of you Americans were wondering, no he's not exaggerating.

[@KashouWannabe]

To our American friends, this is not parody or exaggerated; this is true and accurate.

[@johnking7685]

As someone born in the UK during the 2nd world war & who has lived here ever since I fully confirm this is true.

[@superfakerbros]

Oh no, I can believe it. Our conservatives are somehow much worse and would happily love to subjugate us to the same things

[@mrs3lfd3s7ruc7]

How does the majority of British people think about whether Brexit was right or wrong, atm?

[@LuisAldamiz]

@@mrs3lfd3s7ruc7 - I'm not British but I'm pretty sure that it almost doesn't matter anymore: the situation this side of the channel (I'm EUropean) is not much better to be honest. British leaders are just more ruthlessly Thatcherian if that's even possible and the Brexit (which was all the time nothing but a farce to get Corbyn's Labour Party, now totally purged by the Zio-liberal Blairites but then a semi-socialist menace to the bourgeois regime, off side of the political debate, suddenly focused on a issue that did not even matter at all) has only increased the problems. Much of Brexiterism was about rejection of immigration and Britain has worker shortages all over the place and new laws are being issued to try to facilitate immigration after all. But it's not just Brexit, it was the covid paranoia, it is suicidal "sanctions" against Russia, it is a total mismanagement and absolutely lack of a plan. A plan that whenever it comes it will only be, it can only be a Five Year Plan that would make Stalin himself blush.

[@jonarific8504]

@@mrs3lfd3s7ruc7 The original vote was 52/48 split in favour of leaving. May and then Boris interpreted that as winner takes all in negotiating the current Brexit mess. While there was an age split with older people in favour and polls regularly show a gradual change in perception. However, people have almost invested their identity in that position and right leaning coverage declares anti-brexit beliefs as practically heretical. So change is slow despite the evidence before our eyes. This is not helped by an opposition terrified of it as a wedge issue and national TV coverage that has to be 'balanced' - most often defined as presenting two sides to an argument irrespective of accuracy. The BBC are under constant threat of being commercialised that would decimate it's seevices, with part owned channel 4 already due for full privitisation despite being profit making with the former culture secretary basically admitting it's because she didn't like it's news coverage. The irony of course is that the current incarnation of the conservative government has thrown out all economic orthodoxy in pursuit of growth while ignoring the biggest reason for our failing growth.

[@imagination43]

He started out as satire, but now he's just the voice of common sense

[@l2farm862]

An actual documentary

[@BB-qp9ri]

Apart from his hysterical mask rant

[@lawrencevincent1]

@@BB-qp9ri The guy is a genius.

[@BB-qp9ri]

@@lawrencevincent1 Hardly a Genius if he was pushing mask wearing

[@mrnameless7637]

He is saying the leaders of Britain are worse then the leaders of North Korea. I think he needs more reality in his life.

[@TheGohan09]

Four doctors are talking. "The Indian doctor says, medicine is so advanced in India that we cut off a man's liver, put it in another man, and in 6 weeks, he was looking for a job." The German doctor replies: "That's nothing. In Germany, we took part of a brain, put it in another man, and in 4 weeks he was looking for a job." The Russian doctor replies: "Well, we took half a heart from a man, put it in another's chest, and in 2 weeks he was looking for a job." The Britain doctor laughs: "You are all behind us. A few years ago, we took a human with no brain, no heart, and no liver, and made a Prime Minister. Now, the whole country is looking for a job!"😂🤣😂

[@cookiecola5852]

haha xD

[@razvanbuliga4395]

This is so underrated FML mate.

[@jasperlawrence5361]

boom, boom, (weeps)

[@rogersharman7107]

Yes now we will have another Prime Minister who does'nt know what a woman is.

[@anibalfernando3027]

I agree eith you..150 per cent ...at present thd BIGGEST SHUT HOLE ON EARTH.

[@Claudia-gv6lf]

Omg... You know something is terribly wrong, when satire has turned to a man screaming facts into a camera, and instead of laughing you just start screaming too... Nailed it...

[@disobeytoday4685]

The cherry on the cake is that we all felt the same way, turned it off, and watched something else

[@Mailliwoediv]

@@disobeytoday4685 Not all of us want to drown in denial - face reality and fight injustice!

[@neilherman9735]

Brilliant comment Claudia

[@ajaxtelamonian5134]

This isn't satire though.

[@franciscocarvalho2843]

On this topic, I vehemently recomend The Network (1976)

[@danielabbott6859]

As a Brit this is depressingly spot on. Even our legendary love of satire is pushed to the limit when Pie hits it this much on the nose

[@helveticaification]

@@Curmudgeonist As if you make any sense at all.

[@davidrobson3853]

The government is not going to help us.Time to start pushing back !!!

[@bothi00]

@@Curmudgeonist grow up

[@bothi00]

@@Curmudgeonist who cares. Literally, how and why is that an 'issue', exactly ? Grow up

[@borisbadenov8613]

I would love to see Pie and Oliver together on Last Week Tonight. That would be a real killer if he were to roast Trump like he did Boris.

[@mdog111]

Explainer for anyone watching this from outside the UK. This is NOT satire. It's just a statement of fact.

[@Mortthemoose]

It's SUPPOSED to be satire, but unfortunately, this time, it's true

[@gazza595]

Satire, in the UK, is dead. Alexander Boris De Pfefl Johnson murdered Satire. Liz, pork markets, Truss is about to dance on it's grave.

[@ousarlxsfjsbvbg8588]

@@Mortthemoose it’s not supposed to be satire. The way he presents the news is supposed to be satirical but the news itself is real.

[@Leo.501]

If I replace in my mind UK with Romania it is exactlly the same except brexit... corrupt rich politicians sucking the country dry and now they need more money...

[@chalkandcheese1868]

Oh come on, it can't be that bad, we in the West love to over exaggerate the problem, we do it here in Australia as well.

[@251TheMechanizedSingfantry]

In the two weeks since this video was published, things have actually gotten worse... Tax cuts that only benefit rich people, the value of our currency tanking, and inflation to rise ever higher

[@elaine1034]

And the royal family spent $$ millions to distract everyone with a stupid funeral. "Let the dead bury the dead". Luke 9:60

[@johnyoutuber9781]

@@elaine1034 leave the royal family out of this. The sovereign grant is less than a hundredth of a percent of the United Kingdom's expenditures, how does it affect anything?

[@elaine1034]

@@johnyoutuber9781 Royal families are parasitic. Where do you think they got their money from?

[@daword2500]

​@@johnyoutuber9781 Just to remind you, it was over £84m to the Queen last year - for just one year - and then more next year, to Charles, obviously. Just sayin.

[@johnyoutuber9781]

@@daword2500 my point exactly. Last year's UK expenditures were 1.045 trillion

[@neelubird]

Why are you calling this 'satire'? Literally everything he said is true!

[@crowbar9566]

Not comedy either, and I can do my own angry rants.....I think I've had too much PIe

[@johnmunro4952]

It's pretty much just the actual news

[@tyjoseph7343]

Satire: Defined as “Irony, sarcasm, or caustic wit used to attack or expose human foolishness or vice.” This video is the ultimate example of Satire.

[@davidrenton]

@@account-369 yet it enjoys better growth, employment, FDI and energy security than the EU , esp Germany

[@lesskeels3417]

We have our own term in the UK, we call it "black humour", sorry for the UK spelling, we Brits do like to poke fun at ourselves sometimes (it keeps us sane).

[@devanman7920]

The most sickening thing about this (its the same here in Ireland) is the energy companies keep making record profits every 3 months. Every 3 months is the most successful 3 months in the companies history while they are telling us they are doing their best to help people.

[@MarineRX179]

British is becoming like Nigeria, which the government is Shell's lapdog taking bribery and doing their dirty bidding...

[@hannahelvete]

At least you have EU membership and Daniel O’Donnell

[@suzyqualcast6269]

So..... Let's re- ationalise and, thus where, with some deep drilling for the Marsh schtink of yore a single entity becomes the wholesaler n retailer at once. Gas Electricity Board n off we jolly well go, separated from those fwagern wops all at once nd become the self sufficient islbd fortress we used to be. Happen reet.

[@thegrandmuftiofwakanda]

Same in Ireland?!?! Isn't Ireland in the EU, then?

[@thegrandmuftiofwakanda]

@@hannahelvete How does EU membership help if it is "the same in Ireland"?!?!

[@nightshadegaming1735]

The Tories are desperate to return to the days of the aristocracy, and they are mindlessly cheered on by those they despise most because they say the things they wanna hear. Trees voting for the axe because it's handle is made of wood.

[@blackeyedsusan727]

🎯🎯🎯

[@sew_gal7340]

I don't get it, here in the USA the bidens are in charge and we are just in a sad state of affairs...but its blamed on russia...which is it?

[@pauls3204]

Jim Jeffries calls it a Trumpian mentality , the dumbos cheer at speeches when they understand the nasty bits but they are to thick to understand everything else

[@stanisawzokiewski3308]

Its either corrupt torries or racist labour

[@visiongroove]

Lived in the UK for 14 years the decline I saw in those years was astonishing.

[@janesmy6267]

Yes lots of public welfare and emergency services, healthcare budget cuts and UK still voted in the Tories. Then they voted Brexit and it showed how woefully ignorant the nation is. They kind of did it to themselves to be honest. I grew up there and the blind patriotism and privileged colonial mindset is a big part of the problem

[@Johnnymagnet92]

​@Jane Smy Privileged colonial mindset? I'm 30 and lived here my whole life and I don't really know what you mean. There's a lot of people here who don't like the monarchy and who aren't patriotic.

[@razvanbuliga4395]

10 years for me now, if my partner wouldn't be so stubborn I would of left first thing... mate is a disgrace out of this world what is going on. But ppl to be honest have started to unite too late. Look at the french man, respect for them.

[@hereandthere4763]

@@Johnnymagnet92 Patriotism - thinking one country is better than all the others, just because you were born there.

[@Adipsia1]

@@janesmy6267 Sadly many of voters in the UK and US have never spent time outside a 5 mile radius of where they live and never will. They feel angry and disenfranchised and so go nationalist and vote for Trump and Brexit Boris. Turkeys who vote for Christmas or Thanksgiving. :(

[@johnsmith8906]

Describing Liz Truss as wooden would risk being sued for slander by a tree.

[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

She speaks and acts like Lady Penelope from The Thunderbirds. 'Parker! To the car................'.

[@M3PH11]

6 star euro ncap cars are less rigid

[@jasons2023]

@@huwzebediahthomas9193 That's not fair! Lady Penelope has more personality than that politician.

[@junglie]

@@jasons2023 & more intelligence in her wooden head.....

[@johnmcdonnell81]

Brilliant! She's a puppet more like, just more wooden with far less talent.

[@Goutenberg]

As a Brazilian, I can absolutely say “I know this feeling, Brits”.

[@Lollol-wq4bl]

Yeah, it's like to stop migration from our poor countries to richer countries, they decided to make every rich country go full garbage dump.

[@David-ft7xz]

It's not so bad, Tia. We're mostly doing fine, one or two people are just a bit grumpy 😊

[@grayfoxv]

@@David-ft7xz It's a little more serious than that

[@adambinnie1332]

Blame it on the Democrats

[@jkholtgreve]

At least you guys have *some* hope left. Poor Brits don’t have any viable alternative left.

[@cmyk8964]

I’m Japanese. Our country has been ruled by neoliberals for who knows how long. This hit close to home. Fortunately our leaders don’t outwardly display this level of flagrant disregard for average citizens, but their fiscal policy always seemed to prioritize bottom lines of banks and investment firms over quality of life.

[@contemplating1015]

The UK is circa 7 years behind Japan in terms of its currency et al. Central Banks are meeting their targets perfectly 👌

[@thatweatherman4411]

Your political party has been in power almost uninterrupted since 1955. The only time it was ever out of power was from 1993 to 1996 and then again from 2009 to 2012. and I think that the 2009 to 2012 period like most Japanese people say I bet you think was a nightmare?

[@thatweatherman4411]

Was it?

[@thatweatherman4411]

Was it?

[@Bruh-zx2mc]

You mean your country is ruled by conservatives

[@davebanting876]

I don't know whether to cry with laughter or scream with rage.

[@theworldaccordingto4555]

Yep, me too! This roast of the Cons-ervatives was over a year ago and nothing has got any better, if anything it's all got worse!

[@muddyweb]

Yet another Pie video that made me laugh out loud, and then almost immediately feel depressed and angry.

[@tomconnor7786]

Well as it's identical to all the others that's not surprising.

[@swamiohm5681]

You are angry because you are not a relative of the great queen. She is not elected but who cares? They are still democratic. lol

[@tiestokygoericprydz3963]

At least Britain is producing better musicians The 1975, Anne Marie, Coldplay, Ed Sheeran, harry styles, Louis Tomlinson, Ellie Goulding, Rita ora, ... Bjork of Iceland USA isn't

[@chestermosburger3113]

@@tiestokygoericprydz3963 Bjork is from Iceland the country, not the UK frozen food chain

[@tiestokygoericprydz3963]

@@chestermosburger3113 uk has food from all over the world And Costa coffee And tons of cheese shops and bakeries

[@janetgough6585]

More truth in that 5 minutes than I've heard from the Tories in my entire lifetime.

[@lookingforsomething]

Two party politics fuelled by first past the post (yes the UK has more than two parties, but barely, and in an election you do have to decide between two in a constituency nearly as a rule with some exceptions).

[@garyburchgb]

Watched this numerous times, as a Brit this is absolutely spot on. It's not even bloody satire it's the truth!

[@davidwuhrer6704]

It wouldn't be satire if it wasn't true.

[@EasyEight3674]

As a Californian in the US, this is all dismally familiar. But as long as my fellow citizens keep voting for the same people who *caused* these problems, it's not going to improve -- just get worse and worse.

[@someblokecalleddave1]

@@EasyEight3674 Yep - same here. It's bizarre.

[@rabbit251]

@@EasyEight3674 I'm neither Democrat or Republican, but you do realize that Republicans openly advocate for Big Business while Democrats do the same but behind closed doors. Either way you're screwed. But if you openly vote for trump then you're biggest fool ever.

[@garyburchgb]

I guess it just hit home with such brutal honesty. That why I said, what I said.

[@elliewuzzup7689]

"Ruled by a government that is ruled by corporations." Perfectly summed up. True in the UK and America. This is why *company* regulation is needed, because when they say "deregulate" they aren't talking about us, the people, they're talking about billion-pound/dollar companies that want to do whatever it takes to make more money.

[@jasimmalik8078]

Corporations are great at extracting resources, problem is they view everything as a resource, hence the human resources department.

[@whodarboilebamnames3990]

The main difference between the two however is that local governance is way more powerful and can completely undermine state and after that federal policies if needed. Also the bill of rights in America are much more respected than the English bill of rights. You can see this how the supreme court of the united states has said that rights must be approached with text, history and tradition. This is inline with section 1 of the magna carta which is still in effect in England and Wales. However, in the UK, these two very important things don't exist. So at least in America, your state, city or county can bar the federal government and you can live free from their tyranny much more so than in Britain where your rights don't matter, and nor does the text, history or tradition of English common law matter as well. Giving anyone who has the government's ear complete power, or more correctly stated, the government complete power.

[@alexanderharris8310]

Regulated capitalism is still capitalism i.e. an irrational and deeply unfair socioeconomic system.

[@brianjacob8728]

yup. people ignore the corporation part.

[@独孤求败-d6i]

communism​@@alexanderharris8310

[@rhysholdaway]

Satire is no longer satire.

[@geindasmith4055]

Hasn’t been for a few years

[@LeoiCaangWan]

"Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize" -Tom Lehrer

[@awpetersen5909]

It is reality

[@justmenotyou3151]

Sounds absolutely hilarious in a dystopian kind of way. I love it

[@britishrose9417]

Genuinely true Liz Truss claims £79 for Amazon Prime. Her expenses make interesting reading for someone that doesn't like handouts.

[@bomberbinz]

All MP's claim dodgy s**t on expenses. As if this is some kind of pearl clutching moment.

[@MiniM69]

Oooo! Where can I find them? Nevermind. I’ll just Google it. Happy reading, all

[@CleanTeamSolutions]

@@MiniM69 Link it here when you find it please!!

[@compass2201]

For one, she claims £5000 a year for her energy, on top of claiming for council tax...

[@howler6490]

Howdafuck can you claim amazon prime as an expense ??

[@gjaxx]

Brilliant! The comedy wrapping just adds pathos to the obviously deeply felt disgust. A true master of foul-mouthed eloquence

[@CircmcisionIsChi1dAbus3]

So why do we care what a pro-russia extremist thinks about the UK?

[@Competitive_Antagonist]

He needs to learn the difference between hyperthermia and hypothermia.

[@Not_really]

@Alex Holmes : That was Boris Johnson, incognito.

[@SunofYork]

@@Competitive_Antagonist I am with you on that..the oiks need to learm English

[@tiestokygoericprydz3963]

3:05 🧐

[@phoenixlawmac]

Thank you Jonathan for speaking the truth. Thank you for being our voice. Many British people agree with you totally. The tide is turning

[@karambos2]

Brilliant! I love this guy. He's always spot on with his analysis.

[@nitehawk86]

As an American and a fan of Jonathan Pie, this is amazing.

[@mococaboy17]

as an american TRUMP 2024

[@LuisAldamiz]

@@mococaboy17 - How's Trump any better than Liz Truss?

[@jowanmay6358]

AS a Brit this is depressingly true

[@Fun-rf9vs]

@@mococaboy17 Keep dreaming 🤣

[@DonEttelo]

@@mococaboy17 TRUMP FOR PRISON, BABY!!!!

[@antonharefield8341]

I desperately wanted to laugh, but everything in this piece, sadly, was so awfully true, that all we can do is hope we can get through this with our health and sanity.

[@wildlings305]

Go woke... Go broke

[@theworldaccordingto4555]

Pitchforks and Burning Torches at the ready!

[@annmowatt7547]

A Scot watching from the EU, I am furious and desperately sad and watched this as I wanted to hear someone speaking the truth. Pity help you all. The Tories should be banned. Possibly just as well that may well happen thanks to climate change, something else these despicable creatures are ignoring. Thank you, Jonathan. Excellent last comment.

[@lesskeels3417]

@@annmowatt7547 Pity help you too if you're still there this winter.

[@g4joe]

​@@annmowatt7547 poor England kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJ_GmqqtqNuBmcU The Norwegian Blue, Liz Truss 😄🇬🇧

[@Highland_Moo]

I’m from Scotland and he’s right. Our mortgage doubled in less than a year. Britain sucks.

[@BeardedGuy_Tawhid]

In Islam interest is forbidden. It is the only solution for your broken society. You are debt slaves.. when you should only be a slave to the creator alone and live dignified and decently

[@communistshqiperia]

@@BeardedGuy_Tawhid I think there's better advice than the ramblings of a 7th century schizophrenic.

[@BeardedGuy_Tawhid]

You mockery and ignorance does not change the fact that you are wrong and your society is a vile failure collapsing on itself. There is only only one hope and solution for mankind. Islam. Whether you fools like it or not

[@BeardedGuy_Tawhid]

@@communistshqiperia you will see soon how wrong you were. No second chances once the bell rings right? The warning has reached you there will be no excuse

[@S4Minactive]

@@communistshqiperia yeah you are not funny with that one

[@MaBaKar]

“Wipe of any residual charisma with a damp cloth” that summing up of BlunderTruss was excellent

[@lesskeels3417]

What blunders has she made? She's BARELY been Prime Minister all of 24 hours!!

[@MaBaKar]

@@lesskeels3417 She doesn’t need to be PM to blunder e.g.raw sewage discharge more than doubled from 14.7 per overflow in 2016 to 29.3 in 2021. This coincided with Truss cutting £80m of sewage monitors as part of a £235m Tory axe to the Environment Agency's budget

[@rosemaryclarke2348]

I LOVE THE NEW NAME!

[@sixbeesix]

Probably the best line.

[@TheInterestedObserver]

@@lesskeels3417 24 hrs as PM yes but she has been in government **cking things up for a while now, does not have to be Prime Minister to display utter incompetence and putrid disdain for the general populace. She is on-brand and is in danger of being slaughtered for the sins of her predecessor at the next election. I feel another coalition administration is on the way in.

[@les13robinson]

“England and America owe their liberty to commerce, which created a new species of power to undermine the feudal system. But let them beware of the consequences: the tyranny of wealth is still more galling and debasing than that of rank.” ― Mary Wollstonecraft, Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway and Denmark

[@blackeyedsusan727]

This doesn't have enough upvotes.

[@TheInterestedObserver]

Commerce has equaled power from the very first time someone loaded up a donkey, cart or boat and exchanged the contents for something from people elsewhere. The UK nor America invented this. People need to understand that business created government not the other way round. So the government will always serve business because it is it's master, its creator and government's leaders are essentially spawned via the interests of the higher echelons. Twas always thus and ultimately will always be the same.

[@rnnfds7042]

@@TheInterestedObserver In the modern age perhaps, but there are nations that have existed with such limited commerce that it effectively made no part of their social structure. commerce only comes into existence with the separation of class, which not all societies have.

[@TheInterestedObserver]

@@rnnfds7042 All you need for commerce to happen is for two humans to interact. There is financial commerce and social commerce. Even in some tribe in the middle of nowhere someone will be taking the prettiest virgin and the largest piece of chicken. Even without money there is social capital enabling him to do that. As for money, as you know, all it is, is an arbitrarily agreed unit of account/medium of exchange, store of value, so it could be livestock, grain, women all sorts in a primitive society, the commerce still exists. The concept of movement and exchange is fundamental to everything we do, everything we are as humans, in societies that are advanced or primitive.

[@rnnfds7042]

@@TheInterestedObserver using that definition then yeah fair enough

[@enderjed2523]

As a brit, I can say this: It isn't satire if it's just the truth.

[@maythesciencebewithyou]

It wouldn't be satire if it didn't contain truth

[@derPetunientopf]

@@maythesciencebewithyou Finally someone who gets it.

[@savagegtalks5912]

as a viking I must say: it was never as easy to invade England as during the latest Queens reign. I'm actually jealous of these camel riders you invite inn today.

[@englishsteve1465]

@@savagegtalks5912 As you are a fantasist, I must ask, how savage are you - really ? and did you "invade" or did you just come on a ferry or cheap off peak flight ? lol 😀

[@stephenhickman8249]

Sadly, again as a Brit, I can't argue with any of this

[@rangerwhite5165]

I grew up in the 70s and 80s and I don't remember society being as fragmented and disillusioned as it is now.

[@DipayanPyne94]

Well, capitalism at work, I guess.

[@ChrisTian-co4oc]

Please remember: There is no such thing as society.

[@Tortillasoup-se7sh]

Stop blaming everything on capitalism

[@RichardBRiddick-n7x]

“Wipe off any residual charisma with a damp cloth.” Brilliantly put. 😂

[@ecoideazventures6417]

Is Liz that bad as he is describing? meaning is she worse than the great Boris?

[@davefloyd9443]

Define worse? More corrupt, a bigger liar lazier? No probably not but the lack of intellect and charisma, the awkwardness, the flip flop populist politics and the support from the far right should be more concerning....

[@antonimalachowski5262]

She seems like a stellar candidate for leader at Model UN ... literally she emanates the competence of someone who plays at politics in a controlled academic environment.

[@esterhudson5104]

You had to think about that petty meanness didn’t ya?

[@phmwu7368]

and You're half-way there ! 🤣

[@VAPIDISM]

Hilariously accurate “How to describe Liz Truss, take the social awkwardness of Theresa May, cross it with Boris Johnson`s wild eyed incompetence, add just a sprinkling of Maggie Thatcher`s hatred for the working classes, wipe of any residual charisma with a damp cloth and your`e kind of half way there”.

[@jorriffhdhtrsegg]

I'd laugh if you couldn't describe the opposition leader in the same way using recent opposition leaders worst traits. Because he is the alternative, in 18 months. Imagine waiting so long for that? It is better but its...not a secure victory

[@VAPIDISM]

@@jorriffhdhtrsegg I think “Laugh” is the key word and the only thing to do in this sorry mess. 😄

[@jorriffhdhtrsegg]

@@VAPIDISM its like brown's charisma, milliband's washiness, blair's lying in a teleporter accident involving corbyn's timorous lack of defensiveness

[@kurremkarmerruk8718]

She's so awful the Queen appointed her as prime minister, and then died.

[@davidwuhrer6704]

@@kurremkarmerruk8718 Rumour has it the Queen waited until Boris Johnson was no longer PM.

[@hashanshalitha]

As a Sri Lankan, I can absolutely say “I know this feeling, Brits”.

[@ruthmccabe3527]

Keep going, Hashan. I hope things improve for Sri Lankan soon. I was reading about how bad things are there just the other day. :(

[@tom50402]

Best of luck, I spent a month there 4 years ago, finished off trip in Unawatuna and they were building Araliya Beach (local people talking of nepotism) which didn't fit with everything else there, hope that you get some decent politicians - don't take any advice from here in the UK, our current lot are just as bad.

[@hashanshalitha]

@@ruthmccabe3527 Yeah. I hope so. : (

[@Arltratlo]

sitting on an island with an corrupt, ignorant government? you got it!

[@hashanshalitha]

@@Arltratlo Totally

[@bunsenn5064]

Finally, a clear and unexaggerated view of the island made of burning garbage.

[@lynnsliney7262]

Well done, you got this country so right.

[@kevinbarnbrook4728]

@@freko106 Actually he is left wing and hates the tories.

[@handlemonium]

@@freko106 yeah but I gather that he isn't the total opposite as a right ring radicalist either. Anyways, what he's saying describes the US as well as most other OEDC nations with the exception of those that reside in the top 10 democracies of Taiwan , Uruguay, New Zealand, and the Nordic countries.

[@scottralph7718]

@@freko106 Tom Walker actually started Jonathan Pie as a response to how some people were reacting to Jeremy Corbyn becoming leader of the Labour Party, not to earn money.

[@lookingforsomething]

Two party politics fuelled by first past the post (yes the UK has more than two parties, but barely, and in an election you do have to decide between two in a constituency nearly as a rule with some exceptions).

[@ChocoLater1]

When "opinion" is more of a trustworthy news than actual news.

[@BeenSauce]

With all this anger, I'm surprised people just aren't out on the streets.

[@jonstfrancis]

@@BeenSauce because the news is telling them it is good?

[@d.7611]

It is a rather shallow take, owing either to nescience or purposeful incompetence on his part.

[@ismaeel747]

@@BeenSauce oh they are, protests and strikes everywhere, but the media machine is going to avoid making that popular...

[@oliknowles7645]

“It’s called petrol. It’s not even a gas, it’s a liquid”. After 40 years of living I finally get it. 😂

[@Dancingmonster414]

Gas is short for gasoline.

[@pip393]

I don't give a fiddlers what they call it as long as there is enough, reasonably priced, in quantity, made ready to solve this energy crisis.

[@animaltvi9515]

@Rosellen Tsujimoto. Petrol is short for petroleum Gasoline" (often shortened to "gas") is an American word that denotes fuel for automobiles. The term is thought to have been influenced by the trademark "Cazeline" or "Gazeline", named after the surname of British publisher, coffee merchant, and social campaigner John Cassell

[@JamesWilliam70]

Must be all that Government/media gaslighting that's caused the shortages eh? If any...

[@paulstewart6293]

​@@animaltvi9515in the beginning model Ts ran on alcohol.

[@roryfranklin1652]

I moved to Australia 2 years back, best thing I ever did as much as it breaks my heart to see my home in tatters, I can finally afford to live rather than working to survive

[@Fluffski2006]

The rich get richer, The poor get colder. I weep for our future.

[@craigthebrute7929]

And yet the tories will win in 2024

[@martinwebb1681]

@@craigthebrute7929 ... Indeed they will, although I suspect with a much reduced majority.

[@Jay_Johnson]

@@craigthebrute7929 they will need a miracle to win in 2024. They are currently polling 10 points behind and I really don't think the north of England is going to vote for someone who styles herself as Thatcher 2.0.

[@craigthebrute7929]

@@Jay_Johnson pensioners in the north are richer than you imagine & will happily vote tory for a triple locked pension bribe. The young don’t vote so the tories will gladly tax, pillage & r@pe them.

[@gingerguinea-pigfromoneoft6394]

@@Jay_Johnson but the issue is,starmer seems to not have a clue what to do in this whole cost of living,she might not win the north but even so she still might win enough to get the majority

[@pauls3204]

This isn’t satire from Pie, it’s current affairs !

[@David-ft7xz]

You were certainly right with the first part of your comment.

[@karenritcheydamon8009]

As as American, I have to say, I love ❤️ watching Jonathan Pie. Love his bits on American politics, too.

[@MsPippah]

Have you seen your own Randy Rainbow? Different, but just as 'on the nail'!

[@lesskeels3417]

Yes he's pretty darn good, isn't he, he writes his own material too, none of it is plagiarised from other sources. And yes, I've also seen Randy Rainbow too, just as forthright, but none the less just as bang on the money.

[@endurojimmy3109]

@@lesskeels3417 But Randy Rainbow although good, doesn't have the same hard edge vitriolic hatred that Pie has.

[@lesskeels3417]

@@endurojimmy3109 OK, give you that one. Just by way of curiosity, though, do you know if he's done anything on JRB (Biden) lately, would've thought he'd have a few well-tlmed retorts planned or waiting in the wings? See you, regards LS.

[@endurojimmy3109]

@@lesskeels3417 I haven't seen anything, however I think there's enough material for him to concentrate on over here given the sick state of UK politics that we currently have. I would imagine there's also a lot of people in the US that would be deeply offended by Pie and wouldn't get the humour, so cudos to you for getting it.

[@Koexistence13]

Lucky the Queen passed to distract the commoners from this insanity for awhile

[@adamabele785]

The choice between going hungry and freezing in winter is not necessarily exclusive. You can have both, hunger and freeze, at the same time.

[@leisti]

And don't forget being ill!

[@emmaanear7730]

@@leisti we get sick because we can not afford to eat properly or in a healthy way and then live in cold damp houses...well i do anyway and ive worked hard all my life for THIS!

[@lesskeels3417]

Well which one would YOU YOURSELF choose then, Adam?

[@adamabele785]

@@lesskeels3417 I´d go to a warmer place. You can be hungry and not freeze, even when you have no money.

[@zuzanazuscinova5209]

England is just not conducive to human thriving. Yes, there are people in other Northern European countries but their populations are small and they are very rich per capita. I suggest emigration.

[@Struieboy]

It’s unfair to criticise the Conservatives for not imposing windfall taxes on energy companies. When government ministers retire from politics they will be appointed to the boards of companies like Shell and BP so it would be very foolish of them to upset their future employers.

[@gonufc]

Absolutely, totally unfair to expect a lack of obscene selfishness from a publicly elected official. They've got a (third) home to look after!

[@patty4349]

Perhaps their current employers should rethink their employment.

[@nancythecat1079]

So, greed and not foolishness. They know what they are doing.

[@gonufc]

@@nancythecat1079 Fair point well made.

[@Lord_of_Dread]

@@nancythecat1079 They 'will let the bodies pile up' before they work in the interests of our country. I wish I could say they didn't actually say that, but the quotation marks were not for literary effect.

[@glory_1412]

It's sad to see what's happening in Britain, the UK has all my heart. I really hope better times will come soon for the strong British people

[@davidwalsh2008]

They are. We've had a few curve balls thrown at us in quick succession but we'll get through. Pie is a monster of exaggeration and rabble rousing.

[@undevelopedcell3800]

@@davidwalsh2008 Not really exaggeration when everything he's said is basically the truth

[@gavster023]

It's going to get worse I feel like they wanna see how far they can push us for there gain, untill we stop and Rebel

[@metetural9140]

@@davidwalsh2008 not even a week and this has aged like milk

[@cookiecola5852]

If enough brits dont think its worth squader new opportunity away

[@joshuafranco1570]

Love Jonathan Pie. Has a talent for putting thing succinctly. Hope to see more of him.

[@miad5079]

cried watching this. im so upset. it hurts to know that our own government prefers us to die if it means they can line their pockets.

[@philippbobkaufmann4004]

Is there a way a general election could be forced sooner?

[@miad5079]

@@philippbobkaufmann4004 i honestly have no clue. as of right now, its not until 2024. the new prime minister has already lifted the fracking ban. i think its too late to do anything honestly. i was hoping that when boris johnson resigned we’d do an election, but we didnt. now im assuming that if anything happened with liz truss causing her to resign, we wouldnt get a say in it either.

[@leo3334]

So very sad n true

[@eleSDSU]

@@miad5079 You should try democracy.

[@boop53]

@@philippbobkaufmann4004 if there is a vote of no confidence, maybe. I dont know who does have confidence in the conservatives rn, we’ve had four tory pms in 6 years…

[@nickygreenfingers]

Thank you for this , People are angry about this & I’m prepared to walk the streets & protest our rights

[@tomwells8030]

Can someone pay to air this on prime time TV like a party political broadcast? Everyone needs to see this

[@Yocambio]

A true national treasure in the tradition of Jonathan Swift.

[@clarerobards3781]

Beautifully expressed (as usual)! Thank you for telling it as it REALLY is.🙀🙀🙀

[@hectorhaus1823]

Makes a change to hear the truth about Britain instead of our pathetic newspapers telling us it's all great. Thanks Jonathan, keep up the good work.

[@oufc90]

What newspapers are you reading?

[@CircmcisionIsChi1dAbus3]

Yah let's all listen to the pro Russian apologist for some "truth" meanwhile I'll go to the US and listen to Trump for his truth on classified documents

[@anonymousthanks4718]

@@CircmcisionIsChi1dAbus3 get a life.

[@CircmcisionIsChi1dAbus3]

@@anonymousthanks4718 that's ironic.

[@lookingforsomething]

Two party politics fuelled by first past the post (yes the UK has more than two parties, but barely, and in an election you do have to decide between two in a constituency nearly as a rule with some exceptions).

[@elendil3473]

This might as well be mainstream news. Thanks Pie for stating facts not propaganda. You are a beacon of hope for these dark times. Edit: I'd have Pie for PM, over even the Opposition, such is their passiveness. Good luck to everyone living in the "United Kingdom". I live there too. You are not alone.

[@agustinarcusa7696]

Just propaganda and a low quality one, they dont even try to hide it

[@kieran7409]

I would literally prefer a pie.

[@CircmcisionIsChi1dAbus3]

Too bad hes a pro Russian marxist

[@borisbadenov8613]

@@kieran7409 apple, pumpkin, cherry or lemon meringue?

[@jamesgravil9162]

It won't be a United Kingdom for much longer, the way things are going. Now that would be the cherry on top, if Scotland decides to leave the Union in a few months' time!

[@philipadam7870]

This turned out to be an understatement, time for an update from Mr. Pie where he features people in desperate need of an ambulance and/ or medical attention while they rot on a gurney in a frozen hospital ward corridor. And why stop there… every industry has lost its workforce due to Brexit. Professionals are low wages and are leaving, another brain drain. Meanwhile, the rich get richer! Up the revolution people, strike be it criminalised or not!

[@thelaundryman9287]

We need one forreal

[@systemsouth]

I utterly utterly despise people who are so thick that they need to blame Brexit for things that are nothing to do with it. Absolutely spanner!

[@Elenrai]

A strike is good, we broke the Danish Monarchy that was in a couple days, just sayin, a good bit o unionizing and a brief yet firm general strike, that is all you need :)

[@101dannybhoy]

@@systemsouth ...I despise people who refuse to blame Brexit when the evidence of its idiocy is staring them in the face.

[@systemsouth]

@@101dannybhoy That's because you are a Fascist

[@tiktech2u893]

The truth eloquently announced and demonstrated. Well done Jonathan

[@john-xo9mg]

As a dissabled man unable to work now I am truly scared for my family all the tax cuts in the world wont help me. I'm already in debt and it will get worse. This video is spot on and is only a glimmer of how bad things will get..

[@andrewmorton395]

Same as me I am a pensioner now with learning disability, I scerd all the time

[@tomldickinson]

This was hard to watch - because it is 100% accurate! We need a big change, and we need it now.

[@LuisAldamiz]

Corbynism was destroyed, from outside by the Brexit charade and from inside by Starmer. AFAIK there's no working Worker Party in Britain anymore, so how can it be fixed? It won't until that worker organization emerges again.

[@Wazza931]

Big up Jonathan Pie! Been watching him since the beginning - it’s crazy I have to trust his reporting more than mainstream 🤦🏻‍♂️ He always hits the nail on the head

[@cioscully3572]

Most truthful news I've heard in a long time

[@purificacionbarandiaran5899]

You're magnificent in the way you express how a lot of us feel. Thank you Jonathan By the way you nail

[@darrendennison6806]

What started out as a comedy character reporter is now doing a better job of delivering the actual news than the mainstream reporters who supposedly do this "professionally". I wonder if we could find a similarly talented comedian with a politician character they have created that we could install as the actual Prime Minister

[@davidwuhrer6704]

He could run with the Servant of the People party.

[@debb1137]

Spot on.

[@eagercadet4059]

Volodymyr Zelenskyy (current president of Ukraine) was a comedian and actor before he entered politics

[@andyg00d]

Zelensky has his hands full at the moment...

[@eljanrimsa5843]

Again? You just had a clown for 3 years.

[@themfwestcoast]

He spent more time on Liz Truss than she did in office!

[@aidenwinter1117]

The UK is a place where things have taken the worst possible turns when there was nothing stopping them from making the right decisions in the first place

[@pistonar]

There's almost never something stopping governments from making the right decision. Except cash.

[@chiip90]

@@pistonar In this case the cash is there. The Tories are ideologically refusing to take it. We now have the ludicrous situation of Energy company CEOs coming out in favor of the windfall tax and demanding new contracts with caps in place because they realize the anger in the country, but the politicians refuse to do it.

[@jeanlefranc3817]

Well, looks like the situation in France too.

[@cancerino666]

@@pistonar many times there can be a lack of funds to make the right decision. Or you can be stuck between two lesser evils. Or can be very hard to tell which is the right option on the long run. None of this applied to Britain when all of this mess started

[@TalesOfWar]

This is what happens when the Tories run things... into the ground. So they can sell it all off to their rich mates and make billions as shareholders.

[@ignaciobaigorri3337]

I mean, we need a weekly video from this guy, he’s the absolute best, he just shreds the politicians for the scum they are. Amazing

[@jamest3002]

He'd spontaneously combust keeping it going at that pace.

[@AikiNick]

Look up the Jonathan Pie KZbin channel. He releases videos pretty much weekly.

[@PaulChapman1bz]

Yeah, brilliant. It changes nothing.

[@-xirx-]

@@AikiNick well he used to!

[@a24396]

What a terrific gift to find a new Jonathan Pie video. It's also a great way to keep track of the s#it show that "conservative" governance (i.e. -"Graft"- "Grift" and "mismanagement") leads to. Thanks so much for posting.

[@CircmcisionIsChi1dAbus3]

So you're happy to have a Marxist, a far left extremist, speaking on behalf of the conservative party...how very impartial. That's like asking Trudeau to talk about the Harper government.

[@juanribeiro73]

I think you misspelled "Grift"

[@a24396]

@@juanribeiro73 ah, that dreaded autocorrect strikes again! Thanks for this, I didn't even notice.

[@juanribeiro73]

@@a24396 You're welcome

[@willitauber7545]

Tom, you have spoken the feelings of millions of us here, and you share our exasperation at this awful and immoral nation. Please stand for parliament!

[@fredmidtgaard5487]

Even here in Norway, we have started to reduce champagne consumption, but only slightly. But then of cause, instead of giving all the oil and gas wealth away as the UK did under Thatcher, we kept the profits in a sovereign wealth fund.

[@fredmidtgaard5487]

@@yosserc I could not agree more! Thatcher stole the future wealth of Scotland and destroyed Scotland's possibility to be a wealthy independent nation. If we Norwegians could do anything to help our relatives over in Scotland we sure would.

[@TheMagicJIZZ]

@@yosserc one caveat here England also has the North sea, it's not Scottish. Most of the oil is in Scottish waters but actually most of the gas ( the thing that we need ) is English

[@howler6490]

Well said fred...good one

[@borisbadenov8613]

You did the smart thing. Canada tried to emulate you but they stupidly left a backdoor that let the Tories loot everything.

I feel that a few bottles in the fridge acts as a moderator on temperature fluctuations. Less hunting and seeking is more efficient.

[@orificebungus7716]

I’m so glad the world is beginning to wake up.

[@lonehawk3164]

Glad?

[@nevarran]

Is it though? Half of the USA votes for the Republicans, whose mantra is maintaining the status quo. In the UK the Conservatives won the last elections in a land slide. Russia is under a brutal dictatorship yet again. China's totalitarian regime is trying to see if the doctor had recommended dictatorship as well. I'm from Italy and it seems the far right is going to win the upcoming elections...

[@Simmons8519]

Is it though? Because every seems to be complaining, but doing NOTHING to change the system. Everyone seems to be waiting for someone ELSE to do something so they don't have to.

[@entropybentwhistle]

@@Simmons8519 Are there enough Brits alert enough to general strike demanding an early election? Probably not. They might miss a Kardashian Tik-Tok.

The world is fine england's brexited.

[@peshdadibrahim5308]

Not a Brit but I live here and I feel absolutely terrible for the country 😢

[@kyleroberts4180]

Don’t we brought it all on ourselves and are learning the hard way.

[@Neilhuny]

Many thanks, Peshdad: we are indeed in dire straights after 10 years of incompetent Tory government. To be fair. I agree with @kyle_roberts - we brought it on ourselves (or the minority of the voting public that voted for Brexit and the Tories brought it on the greater majority - about a third of "us")

[@g4joe]

​@@Neilhuny Poor england kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJ_GmqqtqNuBmcU The Norwegian Blue, Liz Truss 😄🇬🇧

[@jimbo_1312]

@@Neilhuny the remain camp didn't help things at all, instead of engaging with the leavers they basically derided them and told them they were stupid and/or racist (granted, some of them were) but there was virtually no healthy discourse. With regard to the Tories... Let's be honest the opposition didn't help, they shat all over Corbyn, who himself was a bit of a wet blanket, they constantly undermined themselves and handed the Tories two GE's in a few short years. So in a sense we actually did bring it on ourselves.

[@Neilhuny]

​@@jimbo_1312 ​What an appalling and hideous comment, Jimbo! I agree completely. Corbyn was very wishy-washy, Starmer is barely any better. Genuinely intellectually and politically weak Tories are currently challenged by uninspiring opponents, though the Tories are supported, as ever, by many newspapers. We need someone with charisma AND compassion. David Lammy? Angela Rayner? Jess Philips? Could MPs unite behind a coalition led by Ian Blackford?

[@GamingWeird]

Can we all just start a kick starter to get videos like these stuck on billboards around London so even Lizz Truss can see what she is doing to the country .

[@NIDELLANEUM]

Hasn't she only been appointed Prime Minister about 2 weeks ago? How do you go into a "what she's doing to the country" feel after a fortnight?

[@internetroyalty]

She doesn't care. She has no morals.

[@jennybertenshaw7694]

by the time I saw this video 44 days Liz Truss was GONE and we have ANOTHER unelected non Brit in charge

[@brianbogholtz9485]

Just because the timing of this video's release was "unfortunate", it doesn't take away the extent of truth being conveyed within.

[@bugsie857]

That's your "truth" . Just not "the" truth. :) x

[@expl0sive778]

@@bugsie857 oh Andy, are you one of those filthy Tories? Seems like you'd rather cover your eyes and believe everything is sunshine and rainbows in this country.

[@cubeyuk]

@@bugsie857 Please don't breed.

[@CazTanto]

I think what you mean by "unfortunate" is Timely. Like, right when we thought the only way things were getting worse is if Putin actually nukes us... Nope. Wrong!

[@RichardASK]

Yes it does!

[@elrored]

The sequel we all needed. Please keep 'em coming Pie & NYT!

[@danielbanbury378]

The saddest thing about this is it doesn't mention in the 12 years of the Tories we've barely had them even working with each other. Every time we get a new PM we get a period where the party unifies only then to have years of them constantly scheming and betraying each other in a desperation to grab more power. Its been pure chaos because they cannot even work with each other.

[@audreymcgready4329]

4 PM's in 6 years says it all.

[@earthman6700]

They do a Jacob. 'If I don't steal it someone else will', as he lounges half asleep in the House of Commons.

[@deerheart87]

Yes and yea 4 pms in six years

[@slartibartfast7921]

Great point.

[@jamesoakley4570]

the last 3 Tory Leaders have all resigned. not one has done a full term.

[@dopepopeurban6129]

And half of britain will hear this but still choose to blame immigrants…

[@araven3888]

Well sed dear boy. Love your words and they ring so true. Big thanks for getting the real message out there for the world to see.

[@larsuk9578]

Yes, spot on as always. He just forgot it’s also near impossible to get a driving test in the UK (1M backlog and counting)… oh and the new King won’t pay inheritance tax because it only applies to mere mortals… 😬

[@stevejoannis144]

You are soooo spot on, thank the universe for people like you

[@OliverHatton-vi9xo]

The Great British Exodus: Why Professionals Are Fleeing the UK In recent years, the UK has become an increasingly hostile environment for professionals and entrepreneurs trying to carve out a future. The challenges are twofold: on one hand, the very public you serve may turn against you, and on the other, the government seems determined to siphon off whatever success you manage to achieve. Starting a business in the UK today feels like a high-stakes gamble. With rising crime rates and a police system struggling to cope, businesses are left vulnerable. Shoplifting, property damage, and theft are becoming all too common, and in many cases, criminals go unpunished. Entrepreneurs are left to pick up the pieces while their sense of security is shattered. But even if you manage to protect your livelihood from public misdeeds, the government has its own way of breaking your resolve: taxes. Corporate taxes, VAT, and rising national insurance contributions often feel like an ever-tightening noose. Business owners are taxed at every corner, leaving little room for growth or reinvestment. It’s no wonder that a growing number of professionals are eyeing the exit. Why stay and fight in a system that seems rigged against you? If you have the option to leave, the message is clear: leave, and the sooner the better. Countries with better protections for business and lower tax burdens are waiting with open arms, while the UK continues to push away the very talent it so desperately needs. For those who remain, the future is uncertain. But for those who can get out, a brighter future awaits.

[@INFINITY-oe4is]

What people think Britain is like: The Queen! What Britain is really like: This Video!

[@joness7453]

I love how this is a restrained version of Jonathan Pie. He usually doesn't hold back as much.

[@iranianwatercolorhorsepainting]

I feel that this time it's less Jonathan and more Tom, even though Tom does claim to be not so politically fervent.

[@keychainere]

I actually prefer this version.

[@LjuboCupic1912]

@@iranianwatercolorhorsepainting Tom describes himself as a centrist and a moderate, but he’s not apolitical.

[@beachcomber2008]

I'm always telling him not to mince his words.

[@leonrobinson8180]

Well he's on the New York Times. He's gotta keep it PG-13.

[@nilsp9426]

We need a Jonathan Pie in Germany. You should celebrate him as a national treasure.

[@prophetsnake]

He's just another whiney Brit.

[@followtheboat]

@@prophetsnake better to just keep quiet then, eh? 🤦

[@jonmurray2350]

Take the Putler loving c***

[@prophetsnake]

@@followtheboat Oh no. The more squealing, the better.

[@artbess]

I mean, we still have Hagen Rether

[@Smeejee]

Haha he had me at "I'm not saying gas....it's petrol! And it's not even a gas. It's liquid." BAhahahaha so true.

[@antonomaseapophasis5142]

"If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, then it is not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power." Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States

[@lookingforsomething]

Two party politics fuelled by first past the post (yes the UK has more than two parties, but barely, and in an election you do have to decide between two in a constituency nearly as a rule with some exceptions).

[@davidwuhrer6704]

Eisenhower knew what he was talking about.

[@MTMF.london]

How could he have known that his own Republican Party would be the one that had been trying to seize power with any means necessary.

[@BiodegradableYTP]

I don't even live in the UK and I'm angry beyond belief! The place is in utter shambles.

[@jamesoakley4570]

lol try living here..... in fact, I'd stay where you are.

[@yvonneparmenter9251]

It is dreadful here. It really is, I am dreading this winter.

[@sohambanerjee99]

Excellently said! We have had enough!!

[@apauseco]

I love British humor , the best humor all over the world , greetings from Spain .

[@rredford01]

He is not joking or exaggerating it’s total sad truth

[@markandrews6054]

This isn't humour or satire anymore - just stone cold facts. Jonathan Pie says exactly what we're all thinking but can't say because if we try and say what he say's...we all get de-platformed and silenced.

[@itsablack1]

He is accurate , this isn't comedy anymore

[@JessT2K7]

It's really hard to see it getting any better when you know all this damage was, essentially, self-inflicted. (Brexit, 12 years of voting for Tory majority, lack of accountability and tolerating all the blatant corruption in Government) The worst thing is still witnessing and giving a public platform to those who think the last 12 years have been 'great'.

[@roasthunter]

You missed covid, probably the biggest factor in all the sheet going on

[@alanpattinson6211]

Spot on comment.

[@sew_gal7340]

Or...the fact that you sanctioned russia and russia retaliated...that is truly self inflicting.

[@yellowlynx]

Brits got company - look at Trump and GOP in USA

[@wildlings305]

Life is sh1t in the EU too! Look at Germany. They are in more trouble than Britain regarding energy. And it says a lot about Labour, the Left, if people vote for this rather than for Labour , the working class party that hates the working class.

[@levisimpson516]

This makes me feel horrible for the people there and yet it doesn't seem to be far off from the problems we face here and everywhere. I hope the people see a turnaround there, I hope we as people of many of these nations who are, on the one hand, in more privileged positions than other nations, but on the other are being absolutely crushed by corporate interests and political figures willing to sell themselves to the highest bidder. Meanwhile they've found many ways to turn the people on the people and we fight back and forth while getting screwed over and over and over and over again. I hope to visit both England and Scotland next year and I hope to find both in a better state than they are now, as well as my own country here in the US. Cheers to you all, you deserve so much better.

[@dec335]

It would be a good time to start buying Sterling for your trip. The U.S. dollar is very strong at the moment. Maybe you could get Euros too and visit Ireland. The Euro hasn't been this weak for twenty years

[@rtlemon]

@@jamesandrew1750 Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

[@conradburdekin722]

@@jamesandrew1750 it’s not that bad for the lucky few who are wealthy enough for it to be not that bad.

[@ReaderMeetAuthor]

I wouldn’t feel too sorry for people here as it isn’t like that at all - the truth is every bar and restaurant you walk past is full of people spending loads of money 💸

[@conradburdekin722]

@@ReaderMeetAuthor with every bar and restaurant severely understaffed. Calling their ability to earn

[@donnaer]

We need more like him in the US. We are following in Britain’s footsteps. Edit: To respond to comments, I think you are right- Of course it’s the other way around. We still need someone who can let it fly the way Pie does, it’s the same at any rate and ours is coming back.

[@tomfinney3416]

almost correct Donna but i tend to find it is the other way round , neo conservatives are an import in political ideology , we copied american reaganomics , and called it thatcherism and its screwed the uk up since the 80s

[@vylbird8014]

I think the other way around. Truss is just a sort of Trump-lite. Lots of patriotic cheering, pledges to cut taxes, and an immigration policy that is frankly inhumane: Deport asylum-seekers to Rwanda, a country famed for their poor human rights record and political persecution. Without any chance for appeal, without even a full hearing, and without any legal representation.

[@pysq8]

Britain has muddy footsteps all over the world.

[@wifflebat14]

I feel like we're following in your footsteps. Maybe we're both right in different areas

[@pysq8]

@@wifflebat14 maybe they're both wrong where it actually counts

[@Casadoma]

As a tiny house reseller helping people move out of the cities and into the lovely countryside this opinion is spot on. It's sad how much people are suffering.

[@mancebo7]

Brilliant and spot on, as usual.

[@fuzzylogic3017]

Loved it. He hits the mark again and again.

[@W-xx-Dy]

This should be played in Parliament. To all them. People need to stand up for themselves and this country. Spineless

[@danielstopps]

The people are nothing more than sheep and the mp and government are the shepherd

[@tonyharrison4848]

Or on a massive video screen in the centre of London like in v for vendetta.

[@davidwuhrer6704]

I'm sure the Peers and MPs _are_ standing up for themselves.

[@HT-lr1rs]

@@danielstopps bruh tell me you are not unironically a fascist... pls

[@Ominousheat]

@@tonyharrison4848 V's look is actually based on a historical terrorist called Guy Fawkes who wanted to blow up parliament for taxing the church. Fun film but completely out of context.

[@Jakeo93]

Mr J.Pie is the voice that goes through our british heads when someone asks "How are you?" and we respond "Yeah, not too bad thanks".

[@grimTales1]

"Rather than leaving immediately and spend a relaxing summer on holiday, he decided to stay in charge... and spend a relaxing summer on holiday" xD Depressingly accurate as always from Jonathan.

[@jstone247]

As an Australian observer, I truly feel for the long-suffering British citizens. After decades of de-regulation, privatisation and abject neglect your once proud nation is on its knees. But, it appears your new P.M. has decided to double down with more of the same. British people deserve better leadership.

[@gingerguinea-pigfromoneoft6394]

tell me about it

[@indaba1960]

@sidney poitier is it though? I'm an average person here and I don't see everything as OK - Food prices going up, water prices going up, gas and electricity prices going up, fuel prices ridiculous but income pretty much the same - I am not OK I am worried sick - now I may be the only one who feels this way but I somehow doubt it!

[@chaoscorsair]

@sidney poitier open your eyes then.

[@Mortthemoose]

Thank you.⚘️ I have wanted to move to Australia my entire life! Life/illness got in the way. 😔

[@DavidSweetnam]

But we’re on the way there too - grateful corrupt Morrison has been thrown out, he was worse than these Tories

[@johnmanderson2060]

Jonathan Pie is a British national treasure and the most fit for office.

[@Bingo12331]

He’s quite funny sometimes, but not always. As a politician, I doubt he would actually have anything constructive to say or do.

[@tomhulse7484]

@@Bingo12331 He could probably still do more than what we have had the last several years.

[@crowbar9566]

@@Bingo12331 It's a difficult job, even more so in the social media age where everyone can broadcast their 2 pence worth - and I seriously doubt he could do it better

[@ag-om6nr]

No he is not ! He is far too honest !

[@DJ-xf2sl]

I’m not British. But I can tell from the language, this guy is more like US talk show host if anything. And US talk show hosts should not run for office. Ever.

[@tortysoft]

Gosh - and it got worse ! MUCH WORSE !