@@MrLondonGo Get real, the tories have been massively underfunding the NHS since 2010 along with other public services here in the UK. They want to privatise it and deny healthcare for millions of people here in the UK. I now can't get a dentist on the NHS and can't really afford the private dentist bill, even if I can find a dentist to provide dental care privately
@@fredatlas4396 it is the tories, but don't think it would be any different if Labour was in power, they both work for the same goal, their greed, and certainly not for the benefit of the people, as it should be.
There seems to be actual, real, genuine anger in his delivery in this. More than I've seen in a long time. And there should be. Total support and respect as always
@@PalleRasmussen Yes he was. What changed was the reality around him. If you're a bit of a joke at your workplace, but suddenly all the good workers leave and management hires a bunch of drooling, incompetent, lying, embezzling tossers, suddenly you're the real MVP. Yeah we hired the wrong employees. Time to fire the lot.
The notion that "useless ppe", or "track and trace," was a mistake, is what's genuinely hilarious. Keep peddling pish for the overlords, you'll go far.
He won't ever go near the Julian Assange case though...even when it was international headlines. I think he works for those that sold Assange up the river.
Yep. Although it is funny how people walking past are paying no attention to a guy going apeshit. Used to laugh at him. Now I want to vote for him. Still great.
But to be fair we shouldn't strike. We should just accept the low wages, increased cost of living the lack of food and heating. The reason for this is that wealthy people are special and deserve every luxury our poverty can provide them!
Same here. I can only imagine the _tirades_ he would have gone on were he doing his thing here instead of there. So much of our recent history was tirade-worthy.
@@BibtheBoulder But how is it going to help? Our economy is in the shit and instead of letting it recover and grow the whole country seems to be desperate to claw every last penny from it. We need at some point, to let money sit in the hands of market if we want a free market at all. If we keep allowing inflation to spiral as it is by ever increasing pay demands, then any possible economic growth will just be eaten up.
Thank you for fighting, this fight that posties and nurses and train workers are fighting, will help us all. When companies see their actions have consequences it helps everyone. Your sacrifice lifts us all up. Please keep fighting. You deserve more than the millionaire bastards will ever want to give, so give them no choice.
Best wishes and gratitude from someone who has needed you more than most. The NHS has saved my life three times now - getting to be a bit of a habit. Good luck and stay warm.
STRIKE you deserve excellent pay, conditions and excellent holidays paid for and weekly massage and care because you are so so important in helping others and you rock and you deserve all the best for yourself. Warm wishes from an x health orofessional in Australia
Unfortunately governments for years have been held by the cahunas by the monsters that run the trusts. A friend of mine used to be a senior manager in the NHS and tried to report millions in fraud, and was hounded and gaslit until he resigned. This was over a decade ago. Stand strong - you are not alone and the same controlling forces have their fingers in all pies and are gradually being exposed. It looks to me like we can only change this from the ground up, and these mass strikes play an essential role in creating this shift. Thank you for your service and best of luck. 🙏🤗
Ok here is my thoughts on the problem: "So why should workers get wages that allow them to live a reasonable existence and avoid poverty? Well, workers produce the goods, build the houses, build the roads, transport the goods, heal the sick, repair what's broken, provide the services, work out the balance sheets, fight the wars, manage, clean and protect society. We provide the dual roles in the economy of worker and taxpayer, producer and consumer, service provider and service user. We are collateral, taxpayers, cannon fodder and consumers. Why do we live in poverty while the rich siphon our taxes to their offshore accounts and provide little use to society other than investing their inherited wealth for their own profits? Corporations, politicians and the media think they have all the power to control and manipulate us. But without workers there are no profits, without voters, politicians are impotent, without viewers and readers the media are powerless. We give them profits, potency and power, we should always remember that...
Me too, mate. I love the job, but having to work primary and social care 'cos we've not had the 5000-6000 GP's that Hunt, Hancock, et al, promised is part of what's making emergency care - what we're trained for - almost impossible. And don't get me started on keeping student paramedics and technicians motivated . . .
@@truthseeker7794 Please tell me what your purpose is. I assume you are working for the Tories, considering how often I see you online attempting to derail conversations with irrelevant nonsense like this.
Been a postal worker for 36 years. Never known anything like this before. The greed at the top of the company is eye watering. Thanks Jonathan for the support. We appreciate it when someone sees through the tory media crappie and calls it out as it really is. Cheers mate and merry Christmas.
RM has gone to the dogs since it was privatised. I’m glad posties, rail workers, and nurses are striking. If it were up to me, I’d shut the whole goddamn country down until the breathtaking greed at the top is tempered and hog-tied.
Have to keep telling everyone at my job that even though we ship a ton of orders through RM daily and have to deal with people blaming us for orders arriving late, that we shouldn't be blaming any staff at Royal Mail besides the top. Most of you are doing your best, especially in a situation like Christmas. Even though my work is dependent on postal workers, I wish only the best to them and hope they get treated like the hard working people the majority are.
Wishing you the best @captainbimble like all things the Tories privatise the little guy always gets shat on. Just like the Tory minister back in the day buying up housing stock on right to buy at dirt cheap figures and then ramping up rents after. Always got the nose in troff. This lot are tree incarnations of the pigs in animal farm. I'd rather deal with a parcel being late or having to work out another transport option if it forces this corrupt last days of Rome cess pit out of office.
"Been a postal worker for 36 years." Why? Why not get a better job that pays more? Are you telling me you do a job that pays crap, and in 36 years you never once looked for a better job that pays more?
This will probably be far to far down the list of comments to ever be noticed but as a rail worker this is spot on. RMT dispute isn’t about money, it’s jobs and security. No one is going to accept a pay rise where one of the conditions to accepting it is that you’ll be made redundant (and that isn’t a joke). Well done Pie, keep telling it how it is.
Exactly the same as the Royal Mail dispute, yet the media and the company are desperate to spin the line that greedy posties have turned down 9% pay offer , we have not been offered 9% and the offer we have had would mean saying goodbye to pretty much every term and condition we currently have , thousands being made compulsory redundant , yet the company would keep thousands of casual workers.
I noticed. You and others are standing up to keep hard-won rights; won over decades of people standing together. This govt is just bulldozing through these rights (incl peaceful protest) to fund their mates. Keep on
@@simonevans5576 Think its the same with most of these disputes, the NHS is a shambles overmanaged, under resourced and understaffed at the frontline - has been like this for last 20 years but nobody does anything........ their is 'no loyalty to workers' anymore from these companies and organisations -whilst they 'expect it in return, but then treat the workforce like shit on their shoes, to be disposed of in the nearest bin.
The Daily Mail (and their readers) hate you all and your “greed” but then threatened the govt if they didn’t give pensioners an inflationary rise. (And benefits recipients too) Those who work, pay for all of those increases but are also villains for wanting a near inflation pay rise and a job next year. 🤔 Still, removing the cap on city bonuses will definitely trickle down and kick start the economy. As ever, JP calls it about right
A comment one up from yours from @Sugar Puff that explains the horrible conditions her husband has dealt with working as a rail worker. Its very shocking stuff. Someone should also point out that the Daily Mail's workers went on strike for better pay and yet they're spreading hate against others for doing the same. Hypocrites 😡
What was once simply a satirical parody of modern times has now become a singular voice of reason in a world gone mad. Quite frankly brilliant yet also greatly tragic in a sense when you realise we’ll all living in the joke. Welcome to Pie’s world.
As a postie going through a disciplinary for calling out bullying and lies in Royal Mail, I'd like to thank you for sharing support. There's always more to the argument than the public knows and we need people like Pie to call it out and open some eyes.
As a fellow postie i wish you luck , we are lucky in our office that the management are not the evil bastards that some have in charge but have had them as managers in the past .
I found it impossible to laugh, because I just wanted to rant along with him… 🫢 However, with respect for my neighbours, I kept the rant in my head, and listened on headphones… 👍
@@davemoore5222 Respect for the neighbours when the country is bust. Maybe if we said "to hell with the neighbours" years back and actually shouted, we could've fixed some of the issues. Only when its too late have people decided they wanna shout
Well done melanie! As a fellow nurse working in Australia and trained in the UK, I am with all nurses striking for better everything. It is long deserved!!! Merry Christmas
Spitting facts once again Pie. It utterly disgusts me how the Tories villanise striking workers when they have themselves to blame for this. I cannot wait for the next election, I hope they get stamped out for good
@kevone That's what the Tories want you to believe. They're praying that enough of the people who oppose them will give in to despair and not bother turning up to vote, because it's the only way they will remain in power. Everyone eligible needs to show up and make their voice heard if we want to kick them out on their arses, or better yet into prison for a lot of them.
I rather think the tories know which way the next election is going and will be happy to let labour take over for a few years. They've created a pile of sh*t for someone else to clean up and are already making their way to the exits. So many tory MPs have already said they won't be seeking reelection.
What I worry about is that when (or if?) we do vote in a new government, whoever it is will be blamed for the Tory's mismanagement over the last 12 years, that whatever they do 'won't be enough' and so people will go back to the Tories :/ Cynical, I know, but I worry.
Who you voting for then? Labour and the lib Dems are also being run by the world economic forum....it doesn't matter which one of the main parties get voted in these days, they will all do as their WEF overlords will tell them to do.....and it won't be for our benefit!......
I used to cry laughing watching Jonathan Pie. More often now, I'm actually moved to tears. Keep up your commentary JP. We laugh with you and cry with you ❤️
You deserve a MUCH better deal for yourselves, not just your patients (although they deserve a nursing profession that's fully staffed, motivated and well-paid, too).
Government: we can't afford to pay nurses a few more pounds per hour to pay bills. Also Government: Spends hundreds per hour on emergency nurses when there is an inexplicable nurse shortage for reasons we can't figure out.
This exact thing happens all the time. In the USA workers went on strike for a pay rise, they all got fired or quit, because the US is even more corrupt and corporate than we are somehow. Anyway a few weeks later they had to raise the pay because they weren't attracting new employees. And I believe they even had to raise it beyond initial demands.
@@tankie9997 Sooo many nurses quit their jobs to become emergency nurses during covid to be paid 3-4x more than they would have otherwise for doing the same work.... Now *that's* proper market pressure, shows what they're really worth. Sucks for the people needing healthcare though, especially since it did nothing for nurse burnout, which will only make things worse in the future...
It terrifies me to see that the UK could be too far gone to turn it around. In NZ we tend to follow suit. The ideological paralysis going on worldwide is horrifying. If we have chance to do differently, please come to NZ to help us avoid making the same mistakes. In the meantime stay strong and Strike!
You want to do better? Disenfranchise the Tories. Make it clear that under no circumstances will politicians be permitted to sell the nation's future to private enterprises for their own or their pals' profits. Nationalize _everything_ reasonable to nationalize, and through tone of voice, repetition and mimetic propaganda, make "privatization" a word that registers in the "dirty words" scale somewhere below _incest._
It's always been funny and always been very accurate... unfortunately as the UK digs itself into a deeper hole it remains very accurate but it's not a laughing matter anymore...
@@DD-fc1rv And as an expat from the Divided Colonies of Torture-Farm (USA), we beg you to prevent the collapse of workers' rights as has happened in America. Fight on.
I appreciate you and all in the ambulance, health, transport, education and all humans who care. Please stay sane and find peace and happiness somehow in the face of this mad so called leadership. Kind regards from Australia.
@@DD-fc1rv I most certainly do not support a 19% pay rise, nurses are paid well enough,not sure about paramedics,nursing assistants do deserve a decent pay rise.
I worked for 27 years in the meat industry here in New Zealand. Whenever we had to strike to get the employers to see reason, we were always vilified by the media and the rest of society. We were looked down upon in our community and shunned by so many. Now, the nurses and doctors are having to learn the lesson we learned all those years ago, that as long as you are prepared to keep working, the employer does not have to confront the reality of the situation. For nurses and doctors the pressure is incredible, because they have people's lives to consider. Unfortunately, the employer knows that too and they exploit that fact which is why they have been able to pay nurses and doctors so little for so long. It seems to have escaped some people's minds that unless these workers are paid what they are worth, then, there will be no one to care for them when they need them.
It's still happening in the UK. Striking workers are vilified here- Pie's voice is an exception in the media, the norm is government (and corporate) propaganda
Here in the US the beef industry has been taken over by just four bidders at cattle auctions. That may sound like a healthy number in NZ, but it amounts to a conspiratorial trust in a country as large as the US. And we have antitrust laws here and have broken up a beef trust before. Yet somehow small plot calf finishers are depicted as greedy for having meetings to talk about how auctions don't work like they used to. Local Sinclair Media owned TV station media station made it out this was some kind of socialist plot to destroy the mighty companies that keep beef affordable. As if working people eat beef anymore.
Yeah, the world is FUCKED. Time we the PEOPLE, ALL remember that WE HOLD THE POWER. NOT those c*nts who sit in their high castles. Time we bring this BROKEN, GREED-DRIVEN, RECKLESS, CORRUPT system crashing down. Ultra-capitalism has HAD ITS DAY!
I have never seen a finer piece of journalism. At last, the truth has been presented to me, in language appropriate for full expression. Imagine going for a pint with Jonathan Pie. Then imagine going for a pint with Sunak. Many thanks, Jonathan! You are the star of 2022, and an inspiration.
Sunak would be the richest person in the pub but would be the last to buy a round I bet. Very true that the country, and no doubt the world, just revolves around shares and profit margins and the individual workers are of little importance. I am sure the entire way that the finance system holds us all to ransom will collapse one day and I have a feeling it will be in years and not decades.
Though a US Citizen, I have followed UK politics fairly closely these last few years. I watch PMQs and listen to Sunak in other venues. I never EVER thought I'd say this about any politician, but his rhetoric is becoming as ugly and dissembling as Trump's. Suella Braverman and Priti Patel would make any of the most rabid of bigots and racists proud. I frequently warn my UK big brothers and sisters (because we came from you) to please learn from enormous foray towards fascism and hatred and get rid of these Tory Turds.
@@stevepipenger4651 I'm expecting that any day now the conservatives will legalize mass ownership of firearms and immediately begin campaigning on the fact that all the other parties want to ban them
Unions have been vilified for years in this country because of not everyone having fair access to them (which in itself is of course immoral), however even those without unions have over the years benefitted massively from the things they have changed. Minimum wages, working conditions, holiday pay, sick pay, etc are all down to union fights and protests that have then ultimately benefitted everyone.
Tell me all about it! Kind regards, your average support worker in high dependency units #clapping #keywords #minimumwagehero #noppe4us #nhsppepriority #covidinnursinghomes #careandsupportworkers
@@billburnhope2176 yes many sit on their arses with their heads down during a strike. Then when the battle is won take the pay increase and improved conditions.
I'm concerned that Community Carers don't have a union. They're not registered Nurses. Some experience in care is desirable, but really all they need, to qualify for the position, is to pass a DBS-Check, be willing to learn & have a heart as big as the Earth. They work long hours, are out in all-weathers, contrary to some people's ideas of Community Care, they are not sat down all day, gossiping with grannies, drinking tea. They're dealing with what comes out the other end. Their work allows & facilitates the dignity of their service users, most importantly, it helps them to remain independent, in their own homes. I'd like to see the Community Carers represented, in order that they can have their issues addressed. The agencies able to pay that bit more, that are able to show that they value all of their staff & the difference they make every day, for the elderly, disabled, physically & mentally-ill, are increasingly few & far between. Some are on zero-hours contracts, not paid for or even given travel-time, get little to no downtime on their shift, they get a poor return on their fuel expenditure, they're needed to cover absences on their days off, meaning they don't get adequate rest, have no energy for their housework, unable to spend time with their friends & families, as much as they'd like or need to. There is a high turnover of staff in this sector, for those very reasons. These amazing humans are not in it for the money, they do it because, as difficult as it is, it is one of the most rewarding jobs. The same goes for Nurses, Doctors, all of the grafters in the NHS that have been drilled into the ground, they've not only the need, they've a right to strike, not for barely-adequate pay, for their right to commensurate remuneration. The fact there are MANY workers, not being paid what they're worth, not being paid enough to subsist on, never mind to save for one holiday a year, is beyond disgusting to me, it's reprehensibly deplorable. Strike is the very last thing they want. But they have all been backed into a corner & to back down now would mean that all that fighting, for what is only fair, would be in vain. I support all strike action; DON'T BACK DOWN! #GreedyToriesOut #ToryCriminalsUnfitToGovern
EDIT: I'm keeping the original comment here for integrity because I still feel very much in that frame of mind. Injustices are still happening. It's a fact of life. HOWEVER, due to recently looking further into Tom Walker (who is a very good actor in terms that he can play a pissed off presenter quite well) and Andrew "So Left Wing I joined GB news as a panelist and detest the 'woke mob' (which just means women) and supported Brexit that is currently taking us around the back to shoot us in the skull for breaking all our legs on purpose like a psychotic suicidal racehorse on glue" Doyle, I did a bit of digging. ...And it's depressing because Walker and Doyle (not to be confused with the poorly recieved remake of Miami Vice set in the North of England) are entertainers who like to latch onto the disaffected and populist tract of reactionary horse plop. Which I fell for, hook, line and sinker! I will be honest and say that they tricked me. Say things angrily enough from a centrist perspective and you win both sides of the debate enough that you can start off on RT (not to be confused with RTE which I assume hasn't been complacent in assisting a dictatorship? I dunno, I'm out of the loop on Irish telly) and then slowly worm your way into GB News and BBC Radio 4 by saying "Yeah, both sides suck am I right? BUT at least the right wing part actually pays a bit better". Same old story. Anyway, here's the original comment: The moment I realised the major divide in this country was the day of the Queens funeral. Couldn't stay at home and watch it so I took a walk. An entire country shut down again. I eventually walked past one of the churches close to my house and I saw people there and it was the only place open. It was operating as a food bank. There was a line out of the door and I've never seen it so busy. These were families of people. And nobody saw them because we were too busy looking at a corpse of someone "important". You see the divide in real time and good lord it's harrowing. And yet our PM is a multi Millionaire who has never had to use a food bank. He can put that on the expenses. I worked for the Royal Mail and that job is absolute back breaking work for nothing. Zero hour contracts through Angard Staffing which is a company THEY made after privatising in 2013 because they don't need to pay an outside agency and can pay themselves but not give any of their Angard Staff the benefits. They can have zero hours ever since the shareholders invented Angard staffing, because it means they've got their own agency and can tell people to piss off if they don't want to spend the money. They privatised the "Royal" Mail and the whole operation is now a complete shit show. They want to do the same to the Police, the Armed Services, the Civil Service, the NHS, Libraries, city Council services... They don't want public spending because that means no profits and no bonuses for shareholders and CEOs. That's a YOU problem. Them? They can afford private! Javid even said that he wants to introduce an Insurance style health care service like the US into this sodding country. THAT'S lovely isn't it? Broke your leg? Tough shit, your insurance only covers retinal damage. We're watching in real time what they want to do. They're not even subtle about it anymore. You're poor? Sod off. You're poor AND working? Sod off. You're rich and diamonds erupt out of your arse when you sneeze? COME IN! You're one of us! I have to laugh or I'll just vomit with sorrow and anger.
Very well said, but one thing I take issue with. The proposed health system changes were like Germany/France (both of which have a collective-insurance component in the health funding system but it still covers everyone for everything), not like the US (which is all insurance and ailment-specific and a terrible system). There is a huge difference.
@@xxwookey I left an incredibly bitter and angry comment earlier and I'm sincerely sorry if you read it. I was in a foul mood and I didn't take into consideration a lot of things that may have sounded condescending. So my sincerest apologies, I'm glad you replied to my comment and I thank you for the information!
I wish. I’m too old to riot against these evil cunts but I hope we have some social and political revolution, preferably peacefully. I bet the elite have got their escape routes mapped, physically and financially, but though I’ll be long dead, I’m convinced some deranged bugger will have a pop at one of these mofos before long because the anger in the country is palpable and real. I’ve not known it this angry in decades. There’s a helplessness about the status quo. I hope transition is peaceful but this could get very ugly very quickly - when you’ve nothing left to lose then the consequences are immaterial. The dangerous thing is I’m what might be called a middle class professional who isn’t struggling, isn’t hungry, isn’t poor yet I feel so disgusted by this corrupt government, one I voted in 12 years ago. If they have lost the likes of me, they are well and truly shafted.
My cousins in Texas have started playing your videos to their Republican parents over the holidays to counter the same sh^t narratives. Keep up the good work, Sir Pie.
Problem is that the Tories are equivalent to the Democrats, not the Republicans. The US doesn't have a centre left party like the Labour party. The Democrats are right wing and the Republicans are extreme right. You've had plenty of Democrats in power but you still have privatised healthcare and the death penalty (just a couple of examples of right wing policies).
It's somewhat telling and terrifying that his rants are applicable in so many other countries with only minimal adjustments.. same shit where ever you look.
I do not believe they understand many words. As i see of the US everything not following the clean word act is beeped out. I guess they only hear a very long beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep
Absolutely incredible that we were given this special title 'keyworkers' and worked through a pandemic, and now we're holding the country to ransom and ruining Christmas. Hit the nail on the head JP
Thank you for your service . I will never stop my vocal and written support for you ... The NHS was the only good thing to come out of ww2 . ❤️🥰👍 Thank you stand together stay strong ,
Spare a thought for carers looking after the elderly on barely £10 an hour, and all they had to endure during covid. No one gives a sh%t about them. By and large carers go into that profession as a vocation never expecting to earn good money because that sector has never paid good money. They work extremely long hours in order to earn a salary that they can barely live upon. The same has always been true of the nursing profession, hasn't it? And don't nurses these days generally earn a lot more than they used to. I'm certain that relatively speaking they do. So I'll just put this out there: Nurses worth their salt should never go on strike and nurses of old would never have contemplated taking any form of industrial action that was to the detriment of their patients..
while we had to work other companies and small businesses got handouts from the government....now those small businesses are complaining the parcels they sent are delayed. It's beggar's belief.
This blog should be on national news tonight . 37yrs a shop steward before retirement me , and this guy sums up the current situation perfectly . Unity is Strength . And the only weapon a workingman/woman has is there labour . The CEO's are not going to give you a penny more than they can get away with so use you weapons guys ! ✊
I really do love this guy, out of all the BS that comes out of the media he has the balls to tell the truth about what is happening in this bloody country of ours. Please keep doing what you're doing mate. We need you now more than ever to counteract all the crap that's spewing out of the MSM. 👍👍
That's because there are no strings on him which proves how controlled the media are... but people still choose to watch tv to learn the news. Go figure.
@@DominoEffect2528 Our prime minister won't be... Those striking form the backbone of a healthy functioning society. How well would we do without them?? That's why it's important to pay them a decent wage. Rishi won't look after our sick, nor drive a train safely to my destination, do they hold more value to me than any MP
As a council sweeper driver, I'd like to give you the most sincere thank you for your passion in that video. The Nepotism, bullying and blackmail within local government is real, yet we get blamed for services not being delivered. Thank you 👍
Yep, I worked for local govenrnment and got bullied out by a little prick who obviously felt threatened by my skills and knowledge. Councils are toxic AF and if that's happening at local level, what's happening in central government? I bet we don't even know a tenth of the story.
@@mandywhittles1253 we've got a few that try to get close to get dirt on you, then when they try and get you in trouble, you bring out what you know on them and they shut up and leave you alone. I don't like being dirty like that, but don't get in between a man and his meal.
worked out twice from local councils, branded militant and a gob shite, all for speaking out and refusing to do a job i wasn't qualified for, asked to drive a jcb digger with no licence.
@@stevenbob544 Unfortunately the current leadership of the Labour party dpesn't seem to be promising much serious change, because they know people are gonna vote for them anyway. The only solution is to stop voting tactically and give seats to parties other than the Big 2.
As a railway person myself I feel that he is one of very few actually telling it as it is. I hate the UK media and have total distrust in our government.
@@sketchy0078 I'm not a railway worker but I too agree with Jonathan, I agree with you too, as I also despise the media trolls & have not trusted government for 12 yrs.
Thank you, Mr Pie; I needed to hear this. With the media constantly trotting out the establishment line, you can almost get to thinking that you're "weird" for seeing things differently. It's good to be reminded every now and then that others see things exactly the way you do, despite all the gaslighting.
I'm 53 and don't remember times as difficult as these. We seem to be directionless and drifting between the whirlpools of Bankruptcy and anarchy. Well, now I'm depressed. 😂
This is his best work! I have been following his work for years, as I am sure we all are, but the sincerity and sheer anger coming across is really resonating with me.
if by 1 take you mean he only records it once I don't believe it, the public in the background is way too cooperative there as to be takes on the cutting room floor because of some idiot in the background being like "HIII!!!" never mind him just flubbing it occasionally.
A Wirral nurse thanking you Jonathan . We are tired of bring laughed at and having the rise taken out of us. Striking is the last thing nurses want to do, but enough is enough. If we don't stand up for ourselves now then we never will. The government have seriously miscalculated the public support for us this time. They will come to regret it
The irony is when this is made into film or mini-series, the actors playing the tireless doctors and nurses of this immense struggle will be paid millions of dollars for the purpose of entertainment.
As a Nurse in Western Australia facing the same prospect, after even having our union threatened with de-registering by a state Labor Government no less, I hope you get your 19%.
I hope there is an American newscaster with the same level of anger, sarcasm and truth tinged with such a brilliant satirical and parodical delivery as Jonathan Pie does!
It’s like being a student all over again, living off super noodles, beans on toast and working every overtime shift going to just make sure the bills get paid. I can assure you it’s no better being a nurse in the private sector.
@@TaylorElizabethHunt start a fire? And cook ya beans? I get that everyone's struggling for bills me included but if people aren't willing to help themselves why should the government like that's how they'll see it 🤷♂️ the more we bitch and moan with our hand out asking for help instead of thinking of a fix or solution for ourselves the more the government won't give a fuck.
As an American I can say you're spot on about what's happening in the UK because it's happening here too. The rich run/ruin the world! You make my day sir.
@@peterbird2918 our govt doesn’t care either. At least you don’t have the christo-fascists going on about god, abortion, the lgbtq community and wokeness. And the guns. Do not forget America’s hard-on for guns.
Absolutely bloody brilliant!! This... should be played in all public spaces all around the country!! Every tory voter should be made to sit and watch it, not sure it would make a jot of difference for them but my god, this needs more air time, more light, more everything. The fact there are so many strikes...tells us this country is on its knees. Critcal thinking has never been a strong point of cemented minds of which there are so many who do not understand the principles of these strikes.Thank you Pie for your constant message of reality and truth!
The fact there are so many striking Unionised workers is that their Union bosses smell opportunity and can sell a narrative of poverty to the public who aren’t questioning the reasons behind it. Why set national pay scales? Isn’t it more important to ensure basic pay meets basic living needs in each location a public service operates? It isn’t pay per se that’s the issue. It’s that some public and private sector workers, on the same pay, are in poverty, whilst others are in clover. Set pay relative to the location the work is performed. Ensure that workers are localised not travelling in to exploit good pay thereby depriving the local economy. Property inflation caused wages to decline in their disposal income. Low mortgage rates helped that inflation but rises in tandem with the costs of living have made things even worse. Pay increases simply add to the lunacy by pumping more money into inflating property, the major problem. But hey, let’s give more pay, even to those on higher pay who’ve seen diminished lifestyles, a major social burden, to solve the problem. And let’s do it again after everyone has got one and no one is better off.
Good man. This rant applies to every nation, sadly. People are united in suffering and it is only then that they realize, if only briefly, that we are all, at the the end of the day, the same. I feel for you, all. I am Greek.
If you ever get the chance to see Tom (Pie) live you will have the funniest couple of hours of your life. The only problem is that what was once comedy is now on point social and political commentary. Love you JP ❤
Yep totally. Bang on the money laced with with razor sharp , sarcasm and irony. And he frigging hates anyone with a camera there trying to get some cheap video footage of the show. ICON. !!
Mate, your videos often give me goosebumps. This one is no different. I lived in the UK for a few years. Ive been back in Australia for a while now, but whats going on over there is still close to my heart. Thank you for putting heart and feeling into exposing the scumbags in charge.
Sympathy buddy. We saw decent Australians being locked down or sent to camps for not taking a shot that pharma now admits doesn't do what they said - no proper testing, just a sales push of a quite dodgy product as it turns out.
Brutal, laser targeted truth, passionately delivered and impeccable worded. We need someone like this in the US. Jon Stewart comes close, but he doesn't have the insane, red in the face intensity Pie does.
I had the exact same reaction. He’s brilliantly eviscerating and sticks it to them, but it’s awful to feel so powerless at the same time as laughing at it all. What a mess.
My husband is a rail worker. He striked for one day but due to our personal financial circumstances we cannot afford for him to be unpaid for anymore strike days. My husband and his team wear stab vests as part of their uniform and can be regularly assaulted when on duty. Hubby has been pinned down on the ground and come home with bruises, regularly spat at (even during covid), regularly deals with suicidal people, deals with countless drug carriers daily who threaten him. The list of what he and his team deal with daily is as long as my arm. He's also been on a train where a young school boy jumped in front of and killed himself. Hubby was a "hero" during covid but now he is just "greedy". Go figure.
Get to f… with your crock o shi* I was County Armagh when I was just 21 with 2 para , with a young wife and child to look after we all faced unimaginable shi* every day and night non of us have ever moaned it was our job , we got paid much less than anyone in any uniform in this country oh and btw a train driver lives around the corner down the rd from me in his 300 grand house and wants for nothing , you go figure
Good man, we need more like him. It really puts into perspective what other people have to deal with, I've had some crazy things happen as a retail worker but it's always good to hear more about other workers struggles and less about tax dodging bastards!
Absolutely scary times watching all the greedy scums obsessed with profits getting away with what they are doing to working people. Those in the government desperately clinging to power allowing the likes of Thompson to destroy what's left of service. We must stay together.
I am 70yrs old and my 2 posties are a godsend, they are now mates, they call everyday and we have a cup of tea, if they want to use my loo they can and they are more than happy when I give them their Christmas 'Bonus'.
He is amazing at memorising scripts. I've not seen many who can deliver so many clear and accurate points, in a clear and accurate fashion, in my entire life. And this is no propaganda, it the full and complete truth.
The ironic thing is that the guy who headed up that Test & Trace 30 billion pound hole is now in charge of the Royal Mail claiming poverty. Nice one Jon, love your content.
Is that the guy who's related to Churchill and scored all that taxpayer money by setting up the covid centres that never got used? There's hundred of hours of footage showing those people in high vis standing around in testing centres doing nothing all day
Leighton was in charge when the rot set in. All to offload it for privatisation. Look at his track record after Asda. He pushed Wilcon Homes into liquidation after meddling in a sector he was clueless about. There are so many CEO’s who have atrocious histories of failure.
Being a postman i feel a bit guilty being on strike in the lead up to Christmas. I will still feel the same way when i get back to work on friday, but i'm so glad i heard this. Thank you.
Don't feel guilty. The public are behind you. The government need to remember they are there to serve the public and not the other way around. Starmer also needs to remember that.
I'm a nurse here in Australia and if this isn't written about us I don't know what is. Lauded throughout the pandemic then given a wage freeze and effectively ignored by government when we ruffle some feathers.
Hello. Rich person here. Let me explain. You see, I don't actually live in your country. I fly over it. Sure, my body might be in the borders, but if I get sick, I can go to a private hospital. So if you all starve, or die of covid, it does not affect me at all. Post is irrelevant, as I have a private courier. Potholes don't matter, as I fly. Climate change does not matter, as I can simply move somewhere nice. None of this affects me. So it's not really a problem. So shut up and make money to give to me.
It's a fucking travesty here, NHS gutted for 16 years, face such intense stress as 'essential workers' in pandemic time, given a George Cross and then told to go back to business as usual. It's a joke.
There are spooky similarities here in Oz with the past behaviour of the Morrison Federal government and the current NSW Liberal (~ conservative) governments!!
@@pittarak1 Hardly spooky they're all run by the same donors and propped up by the same conservative news, they coordinate on they're narrative regularly out in the open in garbage conferences like CPAC and no one bats an eyelid
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 The ONLY ONE with an honest coherent assessment of this government’s mismanagement, disrespect and discrimination against anyone who dares to ask for’ fair pay and conditions ‘
This is probably the angriest I've ever seen Jonathan Pie and I'm all here for it! As someone from a country where we just experienced a strike from underpaid child care workers (and likely on the verge of a bigger strike), I hail these workers!
I just love how he almost always says exactly what we should all be saying out loud and from the rooftops. These politicians are corrupt bastards!
I'm not saying this out loud, because I'm not tring to bankrupt the country and reward the withholding of health service to people who need it.
@@MrLondonGo You poor child.
@Sennaxm71
They are tories !!
@@MrLondonGo Get real, the tories have been massively underfunding the NHS since 2010 along with other public services here in the UK. They want to privatise it and deny healthcare for millions of people here in the UK. I now can't get a dentist on the NHS and can't really afford the private dentist bill, even if I can find a dentist to provide dental care privately
@@fredatlas4396 it is the tories, but don't think it would be any different if Labour was in power, they both work for the same goal, their greed, and certainly not for the benefit of the people, as it should be.
There seems to be actual, real, genuine anger in his delivery in this. More than I've seen in a long time. And there should be. Total support and respect as always
Yes, more of this please!
Yup, genuine rage in there for sure. Rightly so.
But the fish are happy. They like the taste of patriotic sewage.
💯 and no wonder.
Yes that's what I thought too.
Jonathan Pie in 2016: satirical commentator
Jonathan Pie in 2022: legitimate statesman
WTH
Jonathan Pie for president!
He was the same in 2016. I am fairly certain you can find my comments saying the same back then.
Yes and legitimate teller of the truth and god the truth hurts
@@PalleRasmussen Yes he was. What changed was the reality around him.
If you're a bit of a joke at your workplace, but suddenly all the good workers leave and management hires a bunch of drooling, incompetent, lying, embezzling tossers, suddenly you're the real MVP.
Yeah we hired the wrong employees. Time to fire the lot.
@@samukis272 except the old workers were as bad as the new. Only Pie (and apparently me) noticed.
Subtle as a sledgehammer, yet straight as an arrow. JP is informative, accurate and ardent - the man is worthy of a news channel of his own.
Precisely. Also, these bots are driving me mad. I hope nobody falls for the one above.
Called The Fucking News
I remember when everything he said was considered satire... How scary is it that he's the most honest newscaster we've had in years 😂
It's been a long long time since we could actually trust journos to tell us the truth in the news.
The notion that "useless ppe", or "track and trace," was a mistake, is what's genuinely hilarious. Keep peddling pish for the overlords, you'll go far.
It is satire
He won't ever go near the Julian Assange case though...even when it was international headlines. I think he works for those that sold Assange up the river.
Yep. Although it is funny how people walking past are paying no attention to a guy going apeshit. Used to laugh at him. Now I want to vote for him. Still great.
Pie used to be funny. Now he's just accurate. More accurate than MSM.
Court jester syndrome, he's a character so he can say what interviewers aren't allowed to
I suppose it's hard to be funny when your so annoyed at what these ex Eton cunts are doing to the country.
yeah i miss the days when this was comedy
Yeah! I’m not laughing at this one
You're bang on target with that comment.
Mainland Europe is rooting for you, Brits. Hold fast and best of luck to you. Regards from the Netherlands
We zitten allemaal in dezelfde shitshow. Mainland or Island
Soldidarity from Germany as well!
this brits had enough, selling up and emigrating!
@@Jonk3738 where you going?
But to be fair we shouldn't strike. We should just accept the low wages, increased cost of living the lack of food and heating. The reason for this is that wealthy people are special and deserve every luxury our poverty can provide them!
I'm a not Brit, but I truly love this guys energy. A lot of this applies across the pond.
Same here. I can only imagine the _tirades_ he would have gone on were he doing his thing here instead of there. So much of our recent history was tirade-worthy.
We need a Jonathan Pie in all profits over people countries/nations
Show one country where the grass is greener.
Across the pond is the receptacle for all ghastly bodily secretions.
I am a postman for Royal Mail. This warmed my heart! I'm so happy someone speaks the truth. Thank you.
Solidarity.
Good luck to you in your dispute.
@@BibtheBoulder But how is it going to help? Our economy is in the shit and instead of letting it recover and grow the whole country seems to be desperate to claw every last penny from it. We need at some point, to let money sit in the hands of market if we want a free market at all. If we keep allowing inflation to spiral as it is by ever increasing pay demands, then any possible economic growth will just be eaten up.
@@placeholdernameisplacehold7671 You should re watch this video. It will help you understand better Kwasi.
Thank you for fighting, this fight that posties and nurses and train workers are fighting, will help us all. When companies see their actions have consequences it helps everyone. Your sacrifice lifts us all up. Please keep fighting. You deserve more than the millionaire bastards will ever want to give, so give them no choice.
Thank you from a nurse striking tomorrow, we need this on mainstream media, the truth is being stifled.
Best wishes and gratitude from someone who has needed you more than most. The NHS has saved my life three times now - getting to be a bit of a habit.
Good luck and stay warm.
Solidarity!
STRIKE
you deserve excellent pay, conditions and excellent holidays paid for and weekly massage and care because you are so so important in helping others and you rock and you deserve all the best for yourself.
Warm wishes
from an x health orofessional in Australia
Unfortunately governments for years have been held by the cahunas by the monsters that run the trusts. A friend of mine used to be a senior manager in the NHS and tried to report millions in fraud, and was hounded and gaslit until he resigned. This was over a decade ago.
Stand strong - you are not alone and the same controlling forces have their fingers in all pies and are gradually being exposed. It looks to me like we can only change this from the ground up, and these mass strikes play an essential role in creating this shift. Thank you for your service and best of luck. 🙏🤗
Solidarity! Good luck with your strike action.
Dude we need you more. Weekly. Daily. You are my catharsis.
Start a petition!
hell yeah to that
I was thinking the exact same thing watching this.
No one is going to win Daily Mail.
Ok here is my thoughts on the problem: "So why should workers get wages that allow them to live a reasonable existence and avoid poverty?
Well, workers produce the goods, build the houses, build the roads, transport the goods, heal the sick, repair what's broken, provide the services, work out the balance sheets, fight the wars, manage, clean and protect society. We provide the dual roles in the economy of worker and taxpayer, producer and consumer, service provider and service user. We are collateral, taxpayers, cannon fodder and consumers. Why do we live in poverty while the rich siphon our taxes to their offshore accounts and provide little use to society other than investing their inherited wealth for their own profits?
Corporations, politicians and the media think they have all the power to control and manipulate us. But without workers there are no profits, without voters, politicians are impotent, without viewers and readers the media are powerless. We give them profits, potency and power, we should always remember that...
Fun fact: He had to re-record this 6 times because bystanders kept giving him a standing ovation at the end of the rant.
Really? 😮
I love that
well, wouldn't you?
I really hope that true
I work as a paramedic and I want to thank-you for being the voice the media won’t publish! It’s hard for us to be heard so thank-you for speaking out!
Please tell me what is your current salary.
God bless you and the work that you do
@@truthseeker7794 only after you say your profession and salary
Me too, mate. I love the job, but having to work primary and social care 'cos we've not had the 5000-6000 GP's that Hunt, Hancock, et al, promised is part of what's making emergency care - what we're trained for - almost impossible.
And don't get me started on keeping student paramedics and technicians motivated . . .
@@truthseeker7794 Please tell me what your purpose is. I assume you are working for the Tories, considering how often I see you online attempting to derail conversations with irrelevant nonsense like this.
Been a postal worker for 36 years. Never known anything like this before. The greed at the top of the company is eye watering. Thanks Jonathan for the support. We appreciate it when someone sees through the tory media crappie and calls it out as it really is. Cheers mate and merry Christmas.
Love to you 💕
RM has gone to the dogs since it was privatised. I’m glad posties, rail workers, and nurses are striking. If it were up to me, I’d shut the whole goddamn country down until the breathtaking greed at the top is tempered and hog-tied.
Have to keep telling everyone at my job that even though we ship a ton of orders through RM daily and have to deal with people blaming us for orders arriving late, that we shouldn't be blaming any staff at Royal Mail besides the top. Most of you are doing your best, especially in a situation like Christmas. Even though my work is dependent on postal workers, I wish only the best to them and hope they get treated like the hard working people the majority are.
Wishing you the best @captainbimble like all things the Tories privatise the little guy always gets shat on. Just like the Tory minister back in the day buying up housing stock on right to buy at dirt cheap figures and then ramping up rents after. Always got the nose in troff. This lot are tree incarnations of the pigs in animal farm. I'd rather deal with a parcel being late or having to work out another transport option if it forces this corrupt last days of Rome cess pit out of office.
"Been a postal worker for 36 years."
Why? Why not get a better job that pays more? Are you telling me you do a job that pays crap, and in 36 years you never once looked for a better job that pays more?
This will probably be far to far down the list of comments to ever be noticed but as a rail worker this is spot on. RMT dispute isn’t about money, it’s jobs and security. No one is going to accept a pay rise where one of the conditions to accepting it is that you’ll be made redundant (and that isn’t a joke). Well done Pie, keep telling it how it is.
Exactly the same as the Royal Mail dispute, yet the media and the company are desperate to spin the line that greedy posties have turned down 9% pay offer , we have not been offered 9% and the offer we have had would mean saying goodbye to pretty much every term and condition we currently have , thousands being made compulsory redundant , yet the company would keep thousands of casual workers.
I noticed. You and others are standing up to keep hard-won rights; won over decades of people standing together. This govt is just bulldozing through these rights (incl peaceful protest) to fund their mates. Keep on
@@simonevans5576 Think its the same with most of these disputes, the NHS is a shambles overmanaged, under resourced and understaffed at the frontline - has been like this for last 20 years but nobody does anything........ their is 'no loyalty to workers' anymore from these companies and organisations -whilst they 'expect it in return, but then treat the workforce like shit on their shoes, to be disposed of in the nearest bin.
The Daily Mail (and their readers) hate you all and your “greed” but then threatened the govt if they didn’t give pensioners an inflationary rise. (And benefits recipients too)
Those who work, pay for all of those increases but are also villains for wanting a near inflation pay rise and a job next year. 🤔
Still, removing the cap on city bonuses will definitely trickle down and kick start the economy.
As ever, JP calls it about right
A comment one up from yours from @Sugar Puff that explains the horrible conditions her husband has dealt with working as a rail worker. Its very shocking stuff. Someone should also point out that the Daily Mail's workers went on strike for better pay and yet they're spreading hate against others for doing the same. Hypocrites 😡
Satire is the new reality. Keep going JP, your country needs you!
What was once simply a satirical parody of modern times has now become a singular voice of reason in a world gone mad.
Quite frankly brilliant yet also greatly tragic in a sense when you realise we’ll all living in the joke.
Welcome to Pie’s world.
Welcome to our world.
I'd add Martin Lewis to the list, but there aren't too many more.
@@davidlawrence5091 you can add Ian Hislop to the list too
Perfectly put. Quote of the day! Thank you.
Ikr. It used to be 'he's saying what we think as satire', but now sadly he is about the only person reminding us just how batshit it is
As a postie going through a disciplinary for calling out bullying and lies in Royal Mail, I'd like to thank you for sharing support. There's always more to the argument than the public knows and we need people like Pie to call it out and open some eyes.
I missed the 'calling out' on the first read lol.
Good luck x don't let the basterds grind you down.
I hope you have your justice we need people like you who point out injustice in the work place.
Thank you for your service - enough is enough
As a fellow postie i wish you luck , we are lucky in our office that the management are not the evil bastards that some have in charge but have had them as managers in the past .
This is accurate journalism not political comedy. Keep it up Johanathan👍
Full support with Johanathan!
That’s explained why I never laughed.
I found it impossible to laugh, because I just wanted to rant along with him… 🫢
However, with respect for my neighbours, I kept the rant in my head, and listened on headphones… 👍
@@davemoore5222 Respect for the neighbours when the country is bust. Maybe if we said "to hell with the neighbours" years back and actually shouted, we could've fixed some of the issues. Only when its too late have people decided they wanna shout
The way he yelled "The BASTARDS!" has got to be my favourite part of the video.
JP always speaks more sense in 5 minutes than most can articulate in an hour
honestly everything he has said is what I've been trying to say but unable to, he really has a way with words, tied in a neat little bow for digestion
...or .in a lifetime if it comes to politicians.
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@@moos5221 🤣🤣🤣damn right
Thank you so much for speaking out for us. 20 years a nurse. I never thought I’d see the day we had to strike but there are no other options.
Real people are behind you all 100%!!
Good luck. 👍
Good on you. Don't back down.
Well done melanie! As a fellow nurse working in Australia and trained in the UK, I am with all nurses striking for better everything. It is long deserved!!! Merry Christmas
Thank you for your service - enough is enough
Spitting facts once again Pie. It utterly disgusts me how the Tories villanise striking workers when they have themselves to blame for this. I cannot wait for the next election, I hope they get stamped out for good
@@kevone08 V for Vendetta, it's all that's left to the UK population to fix this corrupt establishment system.
@kevone That's what the Tories want you to believe. They're praying that enough of the people who oppose them will give in to despair and not bother turning up to vote, because it's the only way they will remain in power. Everyone eligible needs to show up and make their voice heard if we want to kick them out on their arses, or better yet into prison for a lot of them.
I rather think the tories know which way the next election is going and will be happy to let labour take over for a few years. They've created a pile of sh*t for someone else to clean up and are already making their way to the exits. So many tory MPs have already said they won't be seeking reelection.
What I worry about is that when (or if?) we do vote in a new government, whoever it is will be blamed for the Tory's mismanagement over the last 12 years, that whatever they do 'won't be enough' and so people will go back to the Tories :/ Cynical, I know, but I worry.
Who you voting for then? Labour and the lib Dems are also being run by the world economic forum....it doesn't matter which one of the main parties get voted in these days, they will all do as their WEF overlords will tell them to do.....and it won't be for our benefit!......
I used to cry laughing watching Jonathan Pie. More often now, I'm actually moved to tears.
Keep up your commentary JP. We laugh with you and cry with you ❤️
Yes, this needs to be on the news! Thank you JP from a nurse on strike tomorrow, hoping to get a better deal for our patients.
God bless all of you 🙏🙏
behind you all the way, regardless of inconvenience....
Keep going, you are worth it.
You deserve a MUCH better deal for yourselves, not just your patients (although they deserve a nursing profession that's fully staffed, motivated and well-paid, too).
Solidarity 🙏✊️
Government: we can't afford to pay nurses a few more pounds per hour to pay bills.
Also Government: Spends hundreds per hour on emergency nurses when there is an inexplicable nurse shortage for reasons we can't figure out.
Also government: why aren't people spending money? We'll end up in a recession at this rate!
This exact thing happens all the time. In the USA workers went on strike for a pay rise, they all got fired or quit, because the US is even more corrupt and corporate than we are somehow. Anyway a few weeks later they had to raise the pay because they weren't attracting new employees. And I believe they even had to raise it beyond initial demands.
@@tankie9997 Sooo many nurses quit their jobs to become emergency nurses during covid to be paid 3-4x more than they would have otherwise for doing the same work.... Now *that's* proper market pressure, shows what they're really worth. Sucks for the people needing healthcare though, especially since it did nothing for nurse burnout, which will only make things worse in the future...
@@tankie9997 facts this is ehy unions are te best thing theyll fight corporate idiot controlled politicians
also, what happened to the track and trace money? why did ours cost more than a thousand times more than germany? and theirs worked!
As a teacher, I started watching this with a smile, by the end, I’d started to cry. Utterly nailed my feelings JP.
It terrifies me to see that the UK could be too far gone to turn it around. In NZ we tend to follow suit. The ideological paralysis going on worldwide is horrifying. If we have chance to do differently, please come to NZ to help us avoid making the same mistakes. In the meantime stay strong and Strike!
You want to do better? Disenfranchise the Tories. Make it clear that under no circumstances will politicians be permitted to sell the nation's future to private enterprises for their own or their pals' profits. Nationalize _everything_ reasonable to nationalize, and through tone of voice, repetition and mimetic propaganda, make "privatization" a word that registers in the "dirty words" scale somewhere below _incest._
We had 9 long years of corrupt incompetent conservative govt in Australia doing the same thing as in the UK
Similar results
The Pie speaks truth
_"too far gone"_ - too late. WW2 did it in.
😂
If this was the actual news we might stand a chance of surviving as a species.
Leave that power balance alone, or they'll be knocking on your door
This went from quite funny (but true) to tear inducingly sad when you really take a step back and digest it all.
Yes, I used to laugh at Jonathon Pie's 'broadcasts' but I actually felt very, very close to tears watching this.
@@juliahiggi5206 Same. It's heart-breakingly accurate.
It's always been funny and always been very accurate... unfortunately as the UK digs itself into a deeper hole it remains very accurate but it's not a laughing matter anymore...
He would do really good in parliament. He would be good for the people.
I'm a paramedic and couldn't agree more with everything he says!
As the ambulance service I fully appreciate this video. Thank you, sir
And we the public thank you for your service and most of us with a brain cell support you.👏👏👍
@@DD-fc1rv And as an expat from the Divided Colonies of Torture-Farm (USA), we beg you to prevent the collapse of workers' rights as has happened in America. Fight on.
I appreciate you and all in the ambulance, health, transport, education and all humans who care.
Please stay sane and find peace and happiness somehow in the face of this mad so called leadership.
Kind regards from Australia.
@@DD-fc1rv I most certainly do not support a 19% pay rise, nurses are paid well enough,not sure about paramedics,nursing assistants do deserve a decent pay rise.
@@ppo2424 who asked dickhead
I worked for 27 years in the meat industry here in New Zealand. Whenever we had to strike to get the employers to see reason, we were always vilified by the media and the rest of society. We were looked down upon in our community and shunned by so many. Now, the nurses and doctors are having to learn the lesson we learned all those years ago, that as long as you are prepared to keep working, the employer does not have to confront the reality of the situation.
For nurses and doctors the pressure is incredible, because they have people's lives to consider. Unfortunately, the employer knows that too and they exploit that fact which is why they have been able to pay nurses and doctors so little for so long.
It seems to have escaped some people's minds that unless these workers are paid what they are worth, then, there will be no one to care for them when they need them.
It's still happening in the UK. Striking workers are vilified here- Pie's voice is an exception in the media, the norm is government (and corporate) propaganda
@@neelubird the propaganda is being force-fed worldwide by corrupt media and self serving RW politicians.
My girlfriend here in the states, who is an RN by trade,approved the last tirade.
The nurses have *always* had that crap thrown at them. I remember it during the days of Thatcher.
Here in the US the beef industry has been taken over by just four bidders at cattle auctions. That may sound like a healthy number in NZ, but it amounts to a conspiratorial trust in a country as large as the US. And we have antitrust laws here and have broken up a beef trust before. Yet somehow small plot calf finishers are depicted as greedy for having meetings to talk about how auctions don't work like they used to. Local Sinclair Media owned TV station media station made it out this was some kind of socialist plot to destroy the mighty companies that keep beef affordable. As if working people eat beef anymore.
Excellent. Absolutely excellent.
I wish the actual media would even attempt to hold politicians to account.
Why would they? The media is owned by the same people that pay the politicians to enact these laws in the first place.
Never going to happen. Never.
too bad the major ones are shills and would sell out to them
Those on the right are part of the problem, spinning the revolving door between politics and publishing
They'll drink champagne together in expensive clothes,
you don't want to make the dinner party too awkward
He deserves an award for his speech 👏
A time where parody becomes reality.. the world is something else right now..
Thanks Sr Pie
Don't mix up the world with Global Britain!
Yeah, the world is FUCKED. Time we the PEOPLE, ALL remember that WE HOLD THE POWER. NOT those c*nts who sit in their high castles. Time we bring this BROKEN, GREED-DRIVEN, RECKLESS, CORRUPT system crashing down. Ultra-capitalism has HAD ITS DAY!
I have never seen a finer piece of journalism. At last, the truth has been presented to me, in language appropriate for full expression. Imagine going for a pint with Jonathan Pie. Then imagine going for a pint with Sunak. Many thanks, Jonathan! You are the star of 2022, and an inspiration.
Sunak would be the richest person in the pub but would be the last to buy a round I bet. Very true that the country, and no doubt the world, just revolves around shares and profit margins and the individual workers are of little importance. I am sure the entire way that the finance system holds us all to ransom will collapse one day and I have a feeling it will be in years and not decades.
Though a US Citizen, I have followed UK politics fairly closely these last few years. I watch PMQs and listen to Sunak in other venues. I never EVER thought I'd say this about any politician, but his rhetoric is becoming as ugly and dissembling as Trump's. Suella Braverman and Priti Patel would make any of the most rabid of bigots and racists proud.
I frequently warn my UK big brothers and sisters (because we came from you) to please learn from enormous foray towards fascism and hatred and get rid of these Tory Turds.
@@stevepipenger4651 I'm expecting that any day now the conservatives will legalize mass ownership of firearms and immediately begin campaigning on the fact that all the other parties want to ban them
Unions have been vilified for years in this country because of not everyone having fair access to them (which in itself is of course immoral), however even those without unions have over the years benefitted massively from the things they have changed. Minimum wages, working conditions, holiday pay, sick pay, etc are all down to union fights and protests that have then ultimately benefitted everyone.
Tell me all about it! Kind regards, your average support worker in high dependency units #clapping #keywords #minimumwagehero #noppe4us #nhsppepriority #covidinnursinghomes #careandsupportworkers
Therein lies the truth, everyone benefited, but few wanted to contribute, from a retired union rep!!
@@billburnhope2176 yes many sit on their arses with their heads down during a strike.
Then when the battle is won take the pay increase and improved conditions.
I'm concerned that Community Carers don't have a union. They're not registered Nurses. Some experience in care is desirable, but really all they need, to qualify for the position, is to pass a DBS-Check, be willing to learn & have a heart as big as the Earth. They work long hours, are out in all-weathers, contrary to some people's ideas of Community Care, they are not sat down all day, gossiping with grannies, drinking tea. They're dealing with what comes out the other end. Their work allows & facilitates the dignity of their service users, most importantly, it helps them to remain independent, in their own homes. I'd like to see the Community Carers represented, in order that they can have their issues addressed. The agencies able to pay that bit more, that are able to show that they value all of their staff & the difference they make every day, for the elderly, disabled, physically & mentally-ill, are increasingly few & far between. Some are on zero-hours contracts, not paid for or even given travel-time, get little to no downtime on their shift, they get a poor return on their fuel expenditure, they're needed to cover absences on their days off, meaning they don't get adequate rest, have no energy for their housework, unable to spend time with their friends & families, as much as they'd like or need to. There is a high turnover of staff in this sector, for those very reasons. These amazing humans are not in it for the money, they do it because, as difficult as it is, it is one of the most rewarding jobs.
The same goes for Nurses, Doctors, all of the grafters in the NHS that have been drilled into the ground, they've not only the need, they've a right to strike, not for barely-adequate pay, for their right to commensurate remuneration. The fact there are MANY workers, not being paid what they're worth, not being paid enough to subsist on, never mind to save for one holiday a year, is beyond disgusting to me, it's reprehensibly deplorable. Strike is the very last thing they want. But they have all been backed into a corner & to back down now would mean that all that fighting, for what is only fair, would be in vain. I support all strike action; DON'T BACK DOWN! #GreedyToriesOut #ToryCriminalsUnfitToGovern
EDIT: I'm keeping the original comment here for integrity because I still feel very much in that frame of mind. Injustices are still happening. It's a fact of life.
HOWEVER, due to recently looking further into Tom Walker (who is a very good actor in terms that he can play a pissed off presenter quite well) and Andrew "So Left Wing I joined GB news as a panelist and detest the 'woke mob' (which just means women) and supported Brexit that is currently taking us around the back to shoot us in the skull for breaking all our legs on purpose like a psychotic suicidal racehorse on glue" Doyle, I did a bit of digging.
...And it's depressing because Walker and Doyle (not to be confused with the poorly recieved remake of Miami Vice set in the North of England) are entertainers who like to latch onto the disaffected and populist tract of reactionary horse plop. Which I fell for, hook, line and sinker! I will be honest and say that they tricked me. Say things angrily enough from a centrist perspective and you win both sides of the debate enough that you can start off on RT (not to be confused with RTE which I assume hasn't been complacent in assisting a dictatorship? I dunno, I'm out of the loop on Irish telly) and then slowly worm your way into GB News and BBC Radio 4 by saying "Yeah, both sides suck am I right? BUT at least the right wing part actually pays a bit better".
Same old story.
Anyway, here's the original comment:
The moment I realised the major divide in this country was the day of the Queens funeral. Couldn't stay at home and watch it so I took a walk. An entire country shut down again. I eventually walked past one of the churches close to my house and I saw people there and it was the only place open. It was operating as a food bank. There was a line out of the door and I've never seen it so busy. These were families of people. And nobody saw them because we were too busy looking at a corpse of someone "important".
You see the divide in real time and good lord it's harrowing.
And yet our PM is a multi Millionaire who has never had to use a food bank. He can put that on the expenses. I worked for the Royal Mail and that job is absolute back breaking work for nothing. Zero hour contracts through Angard Staffing which is a company THEY made after privatising in 2013 because they don't need to pay an outside agency and can pay themselves but not give any of their Angard Staff the benefits. They can have zero hours ever since the shareholders invented Angard staffing, because it means they've got their own agency and can tell people to piss off if they don't want to spend the money. They privatised the "Royal" Mail and the whole operation is now a complete shit show. They want to do the same to the Police, the Armed Services, the Civil Service, the NHS, Libraries, city Council services... They don't want public spending because that means no profits and no bonuses for shareholders and CEOs. That's a YOU problem. Them? They can afford private! Javid even said that he wants to introduce an Insurance style health care service like the US into this sodding country. THAT'S lovely isn't it? Broke your leg? Tough shit, your insurance only covers retinal damage.
We're watching in real time what they want to do. They're not even subtle about it anymore. You're poor? Sod off. You're poor AND working? Sod off. You're rich and diamonds erupt out of your arse when you sneeze? COME IN! You're one of us!
I have to laugh or I'll just vomit with sorrow and anger.
Damn Right!
Ever word.
Time to remember where the pitchforks and torches are.
Well very said. Thank you for writing that!
Very well said, but one thing I take issue with. The proposed health system changes were like Germany/France (both of which have a collective-insurance component in the health funding system but it still covers everyone for everything), not like the US (which is all insurance and ailment-specific and a terrible system). There is a huge difference.
@@xxwookey I left an incredibly bitter and angry comment earlier and I'm sincerely sorry if you read it. I was in a foul mood and I didn't take into consideration a lot of things that may have sounded condescending. So my sincerest apologies, I'm glad you replied to my comment and I thank you for the information!
I wish. I’m too old to riot against these evil cunts but I hope we have some social and political revolution, preferably peacefully. I bet the elite have got their escape routes mapped, physically and financially, but though I’ll be long dead, I’m convinced some deranged bugger will have a pop at one of these mofos before long because the anger in the country is palpable and real. I’ve not known it this angry in decades. There’s a helplessness about the status quo. I hope transition is peaceful but this could get very ugly very quickly - when you’ve nothing left to lose then the consequences are immaterial. The dangerous thing is I’m what might be called a middle class professional who isn’t struggling, isn’t hungry, isn’t poor yet I feel so disgusted by this corrupt government, one I voted in 12 years ago. If they have lost the likes of me, they are well and truly shafted.
My cousins in Texas have started playing your videos to their Republican parents over the holidays to counter the same sh^t narratives. Keep up the good work, Sir Pie.
What Republicans don't agree with what Pie just said? Except the politicians of course.
Problem is that the Tories are equivalent to the Democrats, not the Republicans. The US doesn't have a centre left party like the Labour party. The Democrats are right wing and the Republicans are extreme right. You've had plenty of Democrats in power but you still have privatised healthcare and the death penalty (just a couple of examples of right wing policies).
@@masztaarc people wanting a decent pay means that they are lazy
It's somewhat telling and terrifying that his rants are applicable in so many other countries with only minimal adjustments.. same shit where ever you look.
I do not believe they understand many words. As i see of the US everything not following the clean word act is beeped out. I guess they only hear a very long beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep
Absolutely incredible that we were given this special title 'keyworkers' and worked through a pandemic, and now we're holding the country to ransom and ruining Christmas. Hit the nail on the head JP
Ah well NHS workers can console themselves that they have 1/10,000,000 th of a George Cross.........
Thank you for your service . I will never stop my vocal and written support for you ... The NHS was the only good thing to come out of ww2 . ❤️🥰👍 Thank you stand together stay strong ,
Spare a thought for carers looking after the elderly on barely £10 an hour, and all they had to endure during covid. No one gives a sh%t about them. By and large carers go into that profession as a vocation never expecting to earn good money because that sector has never paid good money. They work extremely long hours in order to earn a salary that they can barely live upon. The same has always been true of the nursing profession, hasn't it? And don't nurses these days generally earn a lot more than they used to. I'm certain that relatively speaking they do. So I'll just put this out there: Nurses worth their salt should never go on strike and nurses of old would never have contemplated taking any form of industrial action that was to the detriment of their patients..
while we had to work other companies and small businesses got handouts from the government....now those small businesses are complaining the parcels they sent are delayed. It's beggar's belief.
@@e.t.2604 my mother is one of those , she is now older than many she cares for but can't afford to retire
This blog should be on national news tonight . 37yrs a shop steward before retirement me , and this guy sums up the current situation perfectly . Unity is Strength . And the only weapon a workingman/woman has is there labour . The CEO's are not going to give you a penny more than they can get away with so use you weapons guys ! ✊
Sent a shiver down me watching this. It's all so sodding true.
I really do love this guy, out of all the BS that comes out of the media he has the balls to tell the truth about what is happening in this bloody country of ours. Please keep doing what you're doing mate. We need you now more than ever to counteract all the crap that's spewing out of the MSM. 👍👍
That's because there are no strings on him which proves how controlled the media are... but people still choose to watch tv to learn the news. Go figure.
I work as a security guard... and the irony is that I have very little job security. Nice to hear Pie yell out what people are thinking.
I used to say that all the time when I worked security. "Ain't no security in working security."
We'll all be working in shops when folk have no money and have to shoplift to feed themselves
Really ??
Security guards are needed everywhere, especially in retail stores !
Love it. As a teacher, this is what needs to be on the news. Show this to the masses. The nail is hit squarely on the head. The man is a legend.👍
Teachers are actual wastes of space. These others are important.
@@firekind1980 lol, oh REALLY? Sorry you had a bad educational experience. You get what you decide to put in. Can you read? Thank a teacher.
@@charlieleedham5265 what a stupid thing to say
Everyone is experience rising cost of living crisis why do some people think their special?
@@DominoEffect2528 Our prime minister won't be... Those striking form the backbone of a healthy functioning society. How well would we do without them?? That's why it's important to pay them a decent wage. Rishi won't look after our sick, nor drive a train safely to my destination, do they hold more value to me than any MP
Totally spot on again. They all need to be arrested and sent to jail for fraud. You speak on behalf of millions of us, keep up the great work.
The day always gets better when Mr Pie sums up the government so accurately. Great work once again
As a council sweeper driver, I'd like to give you the most sincere thank you for your passion in that video.
The Nepotism, bullying and blackmail within local government is real, yet we get blamed for services not being delivered.
Thank you 👍
Thanks for all you do, keeping our streets clean. The most essential jobs in society are the least celebrated but the most critical.
You are way useful for our society than those politician and you deserve more!
Yep, I worked for local govenrnment and got bullied out by a little prick who obviously felt threatened by my skills and knowledge. Councils are toxic AF and if that's happening at local level, what's happening in central government? I bet we don't even know a tenth of the story.
@@mandywhittles1253 we've got a few that try to get close to get dirt on you, then when they try and get you in trouble, you bring out what you know on them and they shut up and leave you alone.
I don't like being dirty like that, but don't get in between a man and his meal.
worked out twice from local councils, branded militant and a gob shite, all for speaking out and refusing to do a job i wasn't qualified for, asked to drive a jcb digger with no licence.
Videos like this need to be seen as much as possible, and the fact that Jonathan pie is getting #1 on trending is a good sign! Spread the word
I totally agree this should be labours party political broadcast
@@stevenbob544 Unfortunately the current leadership of the Labour party dpesn't seem to be promising much serious change, because they know people are gonna vote for them anyway. The only solution is to stop voting tactically and give seats to parties other than the Big 2.
Click on 'Like' and 'subscribe' - that encourages the TH-cam algorithm to show this up in other people's suggestions.
@@electron8262 Which party then? Lib Dems? UKIP or whatever the fuck those idiots transformed into??
This man is speaking for all of us
Pie used to be a comedian riffing on the news. Now he is the resistance, telling the news & what’s actually happening. ✊🏻
Nothing but praise for what you do, it’s gone way beyond comedy, it’s now the voice of reason.
As a railway person myself I feel that he is one of very few actually telling it as it is. I hate the UK media and have total distrust in our government.
@@sketchy0078 I'm not a railway worker but I too agree with Jonathan, I agree with you too, as I also despise the media trolls & have not trusted government for 12 yrs.
Thank you, Mr Pie; I needed to hear this. With the media constantly trotting out the establishment line, you can almost get to thinking that you're "weird" for seeing things differently. It's good to be reminded every now and then that others see things exactly the way you do, despite all the gaslighting.
We see things exactly how they are but the mainstream medias twist it around so you think you're wrong thinking that. We're not.
Thank you, Mr Pie. This is powerful and I have shared this with everyone I can think of.
I'm 53 and don't remember times as difficult as these. We seem to be directionless and drifting between the whirlpools of Bankruptcy and anarchy. Well, now I'm depressed. 😂
Be angry instead!
Brexit and the people who funded it are the direct cause of our decline.
I was going to say the late 80s / early 90s more difficult for home owners, but now no-one can afford to own houses.
@@gary999t Or even rent them?😞
This is his best work! I have been following his work for years, as I am sure we all are, but the sincerity and sheer anger coming across is really resonating with me.
can we just appreciate.... 1 take... no cuts no transitions... 1 singular epic rant everytime.
Honestly, it's something that's overlooked at times. It's incredible.
if by 1 take you mean he only records it once I don't believe it, the public in the background is way too cooperative there as to be takes on the cutting room floor because of some idiot in the background being like "HIII!!!" never mind him just flubbing it occasionally.
You are easily impressed.
@@jeffreyumeh8580 It's likely recorded in a studio and the background is added later.
@@neilf335 no it isnt, watch the extinction rebellion video he did for proof of that.
Ah man... Every time I come here I'm excited but I always leave in a state of quiet shock when you are made to stop and think about it. Bravo.
Absolutely brilliant and spot on, if only the majority of people in this country would wake up. Thank God for the Jonathon Pies of this world.
A Wirral nurse thanking you Jonathan . We are tired of bring laughed at and having the rise taken out of us. Striking is the last thing nurses want to do, but enough is enough. If we don't stand up for ourselves now then we never will. The government have seriously miscalculated the public support for us this time. They will come to regret it
The irony is when this is made into film or mini-series, the actors playing the tireless doctors and nurses of this immense struggle will be paid millions of dollars for the purpose of entertainment.
Stay strong keep the fight going, solidarity from norway
@@kremepye3613 thankyou we appreciate it x
As a Nurse in Western Australia facing the same prospect, after even having our union threatened with de-registering by a state Labor Government no less, I hope you get your 19%.
@@AusMedic89 We stand with you mate. We don't realistically want 19% We just want enough to be able to make ends meet
I actually gave that a standing ovation in my own home. Bravo sir!
I hope there is an American newscaster with the same level of anger, sarcasm and truth tinged with such a brilliant satirical and parodical delivery as Jonathan Pie does!
Hello there👋how are you feeling today?hope you’re having a wonderful day so far?God bless you!!!❤
It’s like being a student all over again, living off super noodles, beans on toast and working every overtime shift going to just make sure the bills get paid. I can assure you it’s no better being a nurse in the private sector.
and yet some can’t afford the bread and beans to eat
Let alone energy bills to heat the food
@@TaylorElizabethHunt start a fire? And cook ya beans? I get that everyone's struggling for bills me included but if people aren't willing to help themselves why should the government like that's how they'll see it 🤷♂️ the more we bitch and moan with our hand out asking for help instead of thinking of a fix or solution for ourselves the more the government won't give a fuck.
Everyone is experience rising cost of living crisis why do some people think their special?
@@DominoEffect2528 learn to spell before you criticise others you absolute tool.
As an American I can say you're spot on about what's happening in the UK because it's happening here too. The rich run/ruin the world! You make my day sir.
As an x I don't care where you're from
American pie.
It can't be worse in your country as it is here has our lying government doesn't fuck about it all
@@peterbird2918 our govt doesn’t care either. At least you don’t have the christo-fascists going on about god, abortion, the lgbtq community and wokeness. And the guns. Do not forget America’s hard-on for guns.
@@chrisisapracticalmess563 the tories dont shut up about wokeness tho. i agree with the rest you said tho
Absolutely bloody brilliant!! This... should be played in all public spaces all around the country!! Every tory voter should be made to sit and watch it, not sure it would make a jot of difference for them but my god, this needs more air time, more light, more everything. The fact there are so many strikes...tells us this country is on its knees. Critcal thinking has never been a strong point of cemented minds of which there are so many who do not understand the principles of these strikes.Thank you Pie for your constant message of reality and truth!
Love the way Jonathan hits us between the eyes.
I concur!
The fact there are so many striking Unionised workers is that their Union bosses smell opportunity and can sell a narrative of poverty to the public who aren’t questioning the reasons behind it. Why set national pay scales? Isn’t it more important to ensure basic pay meets basic living needs in each location a public service operates? It isn’t pay per se that’s the issue. It’s that some public and private sector workers, on the same pay, are in poverty, whilst others are in clover. Set pay relative to the location the work is performed. Ensure that workers are localised not travelling in to exploit good pay thereby depriving the local economy.
Property inflation caused wages to decline in their disposal income. Low mortgage rates helped that inflation but rises in tandem with the costs of living have made things even worse. Pay increases simply add to the lunacy by pumping more money into inflating property, the major problem. But hey, let’s give more pay, even to those on higher pay who’ve seen diminished lifestyles, a major social burden, to solve the problem. And let’s do it again after everyone has got one and no one is better off.
Don't ever stop what you do Pie! Awesome as usual and the only person speaking the truth
Thank you for letting off steam on behalf of all decent and fair minded people 🙂
ha ha ha ha!
If Pie did the actual six o clock news I'd be happy
Good man. This rant applies to every nation, sadly. People are united in suffering and it is only then that they realize, if only briefly, that we are all, at the the end of the day, the same. I feel for you, all. I am Greek.
This is what happens when right wing governments on populist policies are voted in to power.
Solidarity to workers! Solidarity to the people!
Oh, two corrupt nations talking to each other?
Sorry, this is not every nation but
- UK
- Greece
- Russia
- Turkey
- ...
This Canadian agrees.
@@peterebel7899 You're trying to troll the wrong guy here. We're all the same. All of us.
The last minute of this is so succinct.
reminds me there are good people still standing
This is just incredible. This is what journalism should be in these situations. As usual, I¨m left speechless. Thank you so much!
Nothing but a Grade A legend this guy. Moved from comedy to accurate on point analysis whilst maintaining humour too. Keep up the good work!!
It’s not humour it’s just a lot of ugly ranting and swearing. Pie used to be funny and fair minded now he’s just your typical leftist mouthpiece.
There is no humour in this. He’s right and it makes me very sad
If you ever get the chance to see Tom (Pie) live you will have the funniest couple of hours of your life. The only problem is that what was once comedy is now on point social and political commentary. Love you JP ❤
Totally agree, saw him live, loved it.
Only comedian/speaker/journalist I've ever gone to the effort of seeing live. Well worth it.
Yep totally. Bang on the money laced with with razor sharp , sarcasm and irony. And he frigging hates anyone with a camera there trying to get some cheap video footage of the show. ICON. !!
Oooooooh real name fwend
Moose fukers
I never get tired of his hyperbolic expression 🤣🤣🤣 Though lately it seems commensurate to what's actually happening 🤔🥺
Jonathan Pie used to be satirical, but somewhere along the timeline the poles shifted and he somehow ended up as the voice of reason. It's scary.
Same happens in other countries. Some of the most in-depth analysis of the situation is now to heard from comedians...
The satire is for real in the commons
@@achim8239 this has ALWAYS been the purpose of comedy.
Look up the history of court jesters.
The Manchester bombing vid was the turning point I think
TRUE!
Mate, your videos often give me goosebumps. This one is no different. I lived in the UK for a few years. Ive been back in Australia for a while now, but whats going on over there is still close to my heart. Thank you for putting heart and feeling into exposing the scumbags in charge.
Its just as bad here in Australia, the media hides it all
Sympathy buddy. We saw decent Australians being locked down or sent to camps for not taking a shot that pharma now admits doesn't do what they said - no proper testing, just a sales push of a quite dodgy product as it turns out.
Wow I felt that. Sterling articulation sir, wish a chap like you was running this shambolic gov. Keep up the amazing work 🙌🏻👍🏻🙏🏻
Brutal, laser targeted truth, passionately delivered and impeccable worded. We need someone like this in the US. Jon Stewart comes close, but he doesn't have the insane, red in the face intensity Pie does.
Hello there👋how are you feeling today?hope you’re having a wonderful day so far?God bless you!!!❤
So true.They squander billions here and billions there yet can’t give the nurses a decent pay rise.It’s disgusting.They need to be voted out of power.
They're Traitors. The Punishment should fit the crime.
They will be.
But they keep getting away with it, so it's clearly a corrupt system we have in the UK.
So what are you going to do about it?
@Gary Walls
They are selected not elected
Or just admit that the NHS is unworkable and bring in a private insurance based system.
This made me both laugh and shed sad tears at the same time.
The guy speaks nothing but harsh truths.
Pie for PM!
As a foreigner, trust me when I say, that the whole world is pretty upset with the system. You're not alone.
Good luck.
I am rooting for him for sure, and I am not even British...
I'd vote for him yesterday!
I had the exact same reaction. He’s brilliantly eviscerating and sticks it to them, but it’s awful to feel so powerless at the same time as laughing at it all. What a mess.
My husband is a rail worker. He striked for one day but due to our personal financial circumstances we cannot afford for him to be unpaid for anymore strike days. My husband and his team wear stab vests as part of their uniform and can be regularly assaulted when on duty. Hubby has been pinned down on the ground and come home with bruises, regularly spat at (even during covid), regularly deals with suicidal people, deals with countless drug carriers daily who threaten him. The list of what he and his team deal with daily is as long as my arm. He's also been on a train where a young school boy jumped in front of and killed himself. Hubby was a "hero" during covid but now he is just "greedy". Go figure.
Get to f… with your crock o shi* I was County Armagh when I was just 21 with 2 para , with a young wife and child to look after we all faced unimaginable shi* every day and night non of us have ever moaned it was our job , we got paid much less than anyone in any uniform in this country oh and btw a train driver lives around the corner down the rd from me in his 300 grand house and wants for nothing , you go figure
He's still heroic, no matter what anyone says. Hugs from Wales x
Good man, we need more like him. It really puts into perspective what other people have to deal with, I've had some crazy things happen as a retail worker but it's always good to hear more about other workers struggles and less about tax dodging bastards!
In a better country, stories like this would be making the news to influence public opinion. All the best to your hubby and all his colleagues.
Class TRAITOR
Well said. Yes, you discharge the rage so many of us feel about the Tory hypocrisy and GREED!
I'm a postman, you have me welling up watching this, speaking the absolute truth you total legend!
I'm also a postie. Stay strong friend :) 💪🏻
Full solidarity with all striking workers!
Absolutely scary times watching all the greedy scums obsessed with profits getting away with what they are doing to working people. Those in the government desperately clinging to power allowing the likes of Thompson to destroy what's left of service. We must stay together.
I am 70yrs old and my 2 posties are a godsend, they are now mates,
they call everyday and we have a cup of tea, if they want to use my loo they can
and they are more than happy when I give them their Christmas 'Bonus'.
I love you posties - DON'T BACK DOWN - you're worth your weight in gold!
He is amazing at memorising scripts. I've not seen many who can deliver so many clear and accurate points, in a clear and accurate fashion, in my entire life. And this is no propaganda, it the full and complete truth.
Exactly.
Um.... Autocue
@@jensatts7125 he's not in a studio!!
@@carlossaraiva8213 you can get an autocue app on a phone now.
The ironic thing is that the guy who headed up that Test & Trace 30 billion pound hole is now in charge of the Royal Mail claiming poverty. Nice one Jon, love your content.
Dido harding ruined test and trace on behalf.of the conservatives having removed it from the NHS was Thompson involved 🤔
Absolutely mate. And he's doing a great job of destroying the whole company. Clueless bastard. How he got the job is beyond me!
Is that the guy who's related to Churchill and scored all that taxpayer money by setting up the covid centres that never got used? There's hundred of hours of footage showing those people in high vis standing around in testing centres doing nothing all day
@@captainbimble Thanks😊
Leighton was in charge when the rot set in. All to offload it for privatisation. Look at his track record after Asda. He pushed Wilcon Homes into liquidation after meddling in a sector he was clueless about. There are so many CEO’s who have atrocious histories of failure.
Problem, Reaction , Solution. It's all very well orchestrated folks . WAKE UP !
Your passion is infectious. We need everyone everywhere to have as much passion for their countries improvement and success.
Being a postman i feel a bit guilty being on strike in the lead up to Christmas. I will still feel the same way when i get back to work on friday, but i'm so glad i heard this. Thank you.
Real people understand why you are doing it and support you all the way!!!!
I support you all the way, and I know of many others who do to. ✌
Solidarity 🫵🏻👊🏻
Thank you for your service. It's appreciated. 😊 I support you all.
Don't feel guilty. The public are behind you. The government need to remember they are there to serve the public and not the other way around. Starmer also needs to remember that.
I'm a nurse here in Australia and if this isn't written about us I don't know what is. Lauded throughout the pandemic then given a wage freeze and effectively ignored by government when we ruffle some feathers.
Hello. Rich person here.
Let me explain.
You see, I don't actually live in your country. I fly over it. Sure, my body might be in the borders, but if I get sick, I can go to a private hospital.
So if you all starve, or die of covid, it does not affect me at all.
Post is irrelevant, as I have a private courier. Potholes don't matter, as I fly. Climate change does not matter, as I can simply move somewhere nice.
None of this affects me.
So it's not really a problem.
So shut up and make money to give to me.
It's a fucking travesty here, NHS gutted for 16 years, face such intense stress as 'essential workers' in pandemic time, given a George Cross and then told to go back to business as usual. It's a joke.
There are spooky similarities here in Oz with the past behaviour of the Morrison Federal government and the current NSW Liberal (~ conservative) governments!!
@@pittarak1 Hardly spooky they're all run by the same donors and propped up by the same conservative news, they coordinate on they're narrative regularly out in the open in garbage conferences like CPAC and no one bats an eyelid
Maybe shouldn't of played along with the scamdemic
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
The ONLY ONE with an honest coherent assessment of this government’s mismanagement, disrespect and discrimination against anyone who dares to ask for’ fair pay and conditions ‘
Don’t know anyone who can convey a message better than you Mr Pie. Thank you xxxx
I love it how everyone seems to totally ignore Jonathan while he is going apoplectic 🙂
I’ve always thought it was a posh blue screen, he is actually not in the place he makes out to be (I might be wrong though)😮
@@smiffymiffed2734 Nope, it's all real, on site.
It’s kind of what you do in London, you may notice something alarming but best to keep your head down and keep going.
@@smiffymiffed2734 no he's there. You can see his breath in the cold
People passing behind are too big for that to be real
Never has someone summed up the truth so perfectly. Nice one Johnathan Pie.
He's been doing it for years at the capacity of a comedian, and has spat more fact and truth that any of the so-called "journalists."
I wish Labour would show the public this kind of energy and passion.
This is probably the angriest I've ever seen Jonathan Pie and I'm all here for it!
As someone from a country where we just experienced a strike from underpaid child care workers (and likely on the verge of a bigger strike), I hail these workers!
You want to see him mad, check out his clip when Trump took the White House.
Thank you JP for once again being the voice of utter truth.
THIS is what we should be seeing on the News.
As a Stewart of unison's and a plumber in the health service in N.Ireland I say thank you and your 💯% right on whose to blame for this disaster
We need guys like Jonathan Pie in America speaking the truth!
He's so spot on with his analysis in simple language cutting through the corporate dystopian rhetoric.
"Corporate, dystopian rhetoric" great line