Jonathan Pie: Welcome to Britain. Everything is Terrible. | NYT Opinion
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- So Liz Truss will be Britain’s next prime minister - the nation’s fourth in seven years. And she’s inheriting a nation falling apart at the seams.
Ms. Truss’s victory on Monday followed a long summer of overlapping and escalating crises in the country: Inflation soared to double-digit figures and continues to rise; nationwide strikes have crippled the train networks, the postal service and trash collections; a heat wave brought the first drought in 20 years; and Brexit and the pandemic conspired to ruin many families’ first overseas vacations in three years.
We turned once again to the fictional broadcast journalist Jonathan Pie, performed by Tom Walker. In the satirical Opinion video above, he takes viewers on a tour of a broken Britain and argues that Ms. Truss is not well equipped to fix it.
The video contains some strong language and adult humor you don’t normally see in The Times, but we think Mr. Pie is the perfect conduit for the frustration and desperation of millions of Britons.
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As someone born in the UK during the 2nd world war & who has lived here ever since I fully confirm this is true.
Oh no, I can believe it. Our conservatives are somehow much worse and would happily love to subjugate us to the same things
How does the majority of British people think about whether Brexit was right or wrong, atm?
@@mrs3lfd3s7ruc7 - I'm not British but I'm pretty sure that it almost doesn't matter anymore: the situation this side of the channel (I'm EUropean) is not much better to be honest. British leaders are just more ruthlessly Thatcherian if that's even possible and the Brexit (which was all the time nothing but a farce to get Corbyn's Labour Party, now totally purged by the Zio-liberal Blairites but then a semi-socialist menace to the bourgeois regime, off side of the political debate, suddenly focused on a issue that did not even matter at all) has only increased the problems. Much of Brexiterism was about rejection of immigration and Britain has worker shortages all over the place and new laws are being issued to try to facilitate immigration after all. But it's not just Brexit, it was the covid paranoia, it is suicidal "sanctions" against Russia, it is a total mismanagement and absolutely lack of a plan. A plan that whenever it comes it will only be, it can only be a Five Year Plan that would make Stalin himself blush.
@@mrs3lfd3s7ruc7 The original vote was 52/48 split in favour of leaving.
May and then Boris interpreted that as winner takes all in negotiating the current Brexit mess.
While there was an age split with older people in favour and polls regularly show a gradual change in perception. However, people have almost invested their identity in that position and right leaning coverage declares anti-brexit beliefs as practically heretical. So change is slow despite the evidence before our eyes.
This is not helped by an opposition terrified of it as a wedge issue and national TV coverage that has to be 'balanced' - most often defined as presenting two sides to an argument irrespective of accuracy. The BBC are under constant threat of being commercialised that would decimate it's seevices, with part owned channel 4 already due for full privitisation despite being profit making with the former culture secretary basically admitting it's because she didn't like it's news coverage.
The irony of course is that the current incarnation of the conservative government has thrown out all economic orthodoxy in pursuit of growth while ignoring the biggest reason for our failing growth.
He started out as satire, but now he's just the voice of common sense
An actual documentary
Apart from his hysterical mask rant
@@BB-qp9ri The guy is a genius.
@@lawrencevincent1 Hardly a Genius if he was pushing mask wearing
He is saying the leaders of Britain are worse then the leaders of North Korea. I think he needs more reality in his life.
In the two weeks since this video was published, things have actually gotten worse...
Tax cuts that only benefit rich people, the value of our currency tanking, and inflation to rise ever higher
And the royal family spent $$ millions to distract everyone with a stupid funeral. "Let the dead bury the dead". Luke 9:60
@@elaine1034 leave the royal family out of this. The sovereign grant is less than a hundredth of a percent of the United Kingdom's expenditures, how does it affect anything?
@@johnyoutuber9781 Royal families are parasitic. Where do you think they got their money from?
@@johnyoutuber9781 Just to remind you, it was over £84m to the Queen last year - for just one year - and then more next year, to Charles, obviously. Just sayin.
@@daword2500 my point exactly. Last year's UK expenditures were 1.045 trillion
Lived in the UK for 14 years the decline I saw in those years was astonishing.
Yes lots of public welfare and emergency services, healthcare budget cuts and UK still voted in the Tories. Then they voted Brexit and it showed how woefully ignorant the nation is. They kind of did it to themselves to be honest. I grew up there and the blind patriotism and privileged colonial mindset is a big part of the problem
@Jane Smy Privileged colonial mindset? I'm 30 and lived here my whole life and I don't really know what you mean. There's a lot of people here who don't like the monarchy and who aren't patriotic.
10 years for me now, if my partner wouldn't be so stubborn I would of left first thing... mate is a disgrace out of this world what is going on. But ppl to be honest have started to unite too late. Look at the french man, respect for them.
57, born here, its nothing like it used to be, it's a shame.
True.
Omg... You know something is terribly wrong, when satire has turned to a man screaming facts into a camera, and instead of laughing you just start screaming too...
Nailed it...
The cherry on the cake is that we all felt the same way, turned it off, and watched something else
@@disobeytoday4685 Not all of us want to drown in denial - face reality and fight injustice!
Brilliant comment Claudia
This isn't satire though.
On this topic, I vehemently recomend The Network (1976)
As a Brit this is depressingly spot on. Even our legendary love of satire is pushed to the limit when Pie hits it this much on the nose
@@Curmudgeonist As if you make any sense at all.
The government is not going to help us.Time to start pushing back !!!
@@Curmudgeonist grow up
@@Curmudgeonist who cares.
Literally, how and why is that an 'issue', exactly ?
Grow up
I would love to see Pie and Oliver together on Last Week Tonight. That would be a real killer if he were to roast Trump like he did Boris.
As a Sri Lankan, I can absolutely say “I know this feeling, Brits”.
Keep going, Hashan. I hope things improve for Sri Lankan soon. I was reading about how bad things are there just the other day. :(
Best of luck, I spent a month there 4 years ago, finished off trip in Unawatuna and they were building Araliya Beach (local people talking of nepotism) which didn't fit with everything else there, hope that you get some decent politicians - don't take any advice from here in the UK, our current lot are just as bad.
@@ruthmccabe3527 Yeah. I hope so. : (
sitting on an island with an corrupt, ignorant government?
you got it!
@@Arltratlo Totally
"Ruled by a government that is ruled by corporations." Perfectly summed up. True in the UK and America. This is why *company* regulation is needed, because when they say "deregulate" they aren't talking about us, the people, they're talking about billion-pound/dollar companies that want to do whatever it takes to make more money.
Corporations are great at extracting resources, problem is they view everything as a resource, hence the human resources department.
The main difference between the two however is that local governance is way more powerful and can completely undermine state and after that federal policies if needed. Also the bill of rights in America are much more respected than the English bill of rights. You can see this how the supreme court of the united states has said that rights must be approached with text, history and tradition. This is inline with section 1 of the magna carta which is still in effect in England and Wales. However, in the UK, these two very important things don't exist. So at least in America, your state, city or county can bar the federal government and you can live free from their tyranny much more so than in Britain where your rights don't matter, and nor does the text, history or tradition of English common law matter as well. Giving anyone who has the government's ear complete power, or more correctly stated, the government complete power.
Regulated capitalism is still capitalism i.e. an irrational and deeply unfair socioeconomic system.
yup. people ignore the corporation part.
The most sickening thing about this (its the same here in Ireland) is the energy companies keep making record profits every 3 months. Every 3 months is the most successful 3 months in the companies history while they are telling us they are doing their best to help people.
British is becoming like Nigeria, which the government is Shell's lapdog taking bribery and doing their dirty bidding...
At least you have EU membership and Daniel O’Donnell
So..... Let's re- ationalise and, thus where, with some deep drilling for the Marsh schtink of yore a single entity becomes the wholesaler n retailer at once.
Gas
Electricity Board
n off we jolly well go, separated from those fwagern wops all at once nd become the self sufficient islbd fortress we used to be.
Happen reet.
Same in Ireland?!?! Isn't Ireland in the EU, then?
@@hannahelvete How does EU membership help if it is "the same in Ireland"?!?!
As a Brazilian, I can absolutely say “I know this feeling, Brits”.
Yeah, it's like to stop migration from our poor countries to richer countries, they decided to make every rich country go full garbage dump.
It's not so bad, Tia. We're mostly doing fine, one or two people are just a bit grumpy 😊
@@David-ft7xz It's a little more serious than that
Blame it on the Democrats
At least you guys have *some* hope left. Poor Brits don’t have any viable alternative left.
Four doctors are talking. "The Indian doctor says, medicine is so advanced in India that we cut off a man's liver, put it in another man, and in 6 weeks, he was looking for a job."
The German doctor replies: "That's nothing. In Germany, we took part of a brain, put it in another man, and in 4 weeks he was looking for a job."
The Russian doctor replies: "Well, we took half a heart from a man, put it in another's chest, and in 2 weeks he was looking for a job."
The Britain doctor laughs: "You are all behind us. A few years ago, we took a human with no brain, no heart, and no liver, and made a Prime Minister. Now, the whole country is looking for a job!"😂🤣😂
haha xD
This is so underrated FML mate.
boom, boom, (weeps)
Yes now we will have another Prime Minister who does'nt know what a woman is.
I agree eith you..150 per cent ...at present thd BIGGEST SHUT HOLE ON EARTH.
This turned out to be an understatement, time for an update from Mr. Pie where he features people in desperate need of an ambulance and/ or medical attention while they rot on a gurney in a frozen hospital ward corridor.
And why stop there… every industry has lost its workforce due to Brexit. Professionals are low wages and are leaving, another brain drain. Meanwhile, the rich get richer! Up the revolution people, strike be it criminalised or not!
We need one forreal
I utterly utterly despise people who are so thick that they need to blame Brexit for things that are nothing to do with it. Absolutely spanner!
A strike is good, we broke the Danish Monarchy that was in a couple days, just sayin, a good bit o unionizing and a brief yet firm general strike, that is all you need :)
@@systemsouth ...I despise people who refuse to blame Brexit when the evidence of its idiocy is staring them in the face.
@@101dannybhoy That's because you are a Fascist
Explainer for anyone watching this from outside the UK. This is NOT satire. It's just a statement of fact.
It's SUPPOSED to be satire, but unfortunately, this time, it's true
Satire, in the UK, is dead. Alexander Boris De Pfefl Johnson murdered Satire. Liz, pork markets, Truss is about to dance on it's grave.
@@Mortthemoose it’s not supposed to be satire. The way he presents the news is supposed to be satirical but the news itself is real.
If I replace in my mind UK with Romania it is exactlly the same except brexit... corrupt rich politicians sucking the country dry and now they need more money...
Oh come on, it can't be that bad, we in the West love to over exaggerate the problem, we do it here in Australia as well.
Why are you calling this 'satire'? Literally everything he said is true!
Not comedy either, and I can do my own angry rants.....I think I've had too much PIe
It's pretty much just the actual news
Satire: Defined as “Irony, sarcasm, or caustic wit used to attack or expose human foolishness or vice.” This video is the ultimate example of Satire.
@@saccount-z3 yet it enjoys better growth, employment, FDI and energy security than the EU , esp Germany
We have our own term in the UK, we call it "black humour", sorry for the UK spelling, we Brits do like to poke fun at ourselves sometimes (it keeps us sane).
A true national treasure in the tradition of Jonathan Swift.
It's sad to see what's happening in Britain, the UK has all my heart. I really hope better times will come soon for the strong British people
They are. We've had a few curve balls thrown at us in quick succession but we'll get through. Pie is a monster of exaggeration and rabble rousing.
@@davidwalsh2008 Not really exaggeration when everything he's said is basically the truth
It's going to get worse I feel like they wanna see how far they can push us for there gain, untill we stop and Rebel
@@davidwalsh2008 not even a week and this has aged like milk
If enough brits dont think its worth squader new opportunity away
Genuinely true Liz Truss claims £79 for Amazon Prime. Her expenses make interesting reading for someone that doesn't like handouts.
All MP's claim dodgy s**t on expenses. As if this is some kind of pearl clutching moment.
Oooo! Where can I find them? Nevermind. I’ll just Google it. Happy reading, all
@@MiniM69 Link it here when you find it please!!
For one, she claims £5000 a year for her energy, on top of claiming for council tax...
Howdafuck can you claim amazon prime as an expense ??
“Wipe off any residual charisma with a damp cloth.”
Brilliantly put. 😂
Is Liz that bad as he is describing? meaning is she worse than the great Boris?
Define worse? More corrupt, a bigger liar lazier? No probably not but the lack of intellect and charisma, the awkwardness, the flip flop populist politics and the support from the far right should be more concerning....
She seems like a stellar candidate for leader at Model UN ... literally she emanates the competence of someone who plays at politics in a controlled academic environment.
You had to think about that petty meanness didn’t ya?
and You're half-way there ! 🤣
I moved to Australia 2 years back, best thing I ever did as much as it breaks my heart to see my home in tatters, I can finally afford to live rather than working to survive
I grew up in the 70s and 80s and I don't remember society being as fragmented and disillusioned as it is now.
Well, capitalism at work, I guess.
Please remember: There is no such thing as society.
More truth in that 5 minutes than I've heard from the Tories in my entire lifetime.
Two party politics fuelled by first past the post (yes the UK has more than two parties, but barely, and in an election you do have to decide between two in a constituency nearly as a rule with some exceptions).
Describing Liz Truss as wooden would risk being sued for slander by a tree.
She speaks and acts like Lady Penelope from The Thunderbirds.
'Parker! To the car................'.
6 star euro ncap cars are less rigid
@@huwzebediahthomas9193 That's not fair! Lady Penelope has more personality than that politician.
@@jasons2023 & more intelligence in her wooden head.....
Brilliant!
She's a puppet more like, just more wooden with far less talent.
He spent more time on Liz Truss than she did in office!
Thank you Jonathan for speaking the truth. Thank you for being our voice. Many British people agree with you totally. The tide is turning
I’m Japanese. Our country has been ruled by neoliberals for who knows how long. This hit close to home. Fortunately our leaders don’t outwardly display this level of flagrant disregard for average citizens, but their fiscal policy always seemed to prioritize bottom lines of banks and investment firms over quality of life.
The UK is circa 7 years behind Japan in terms of its currency et al. Central Banks are meeting their targets perfectly 👌
Your political party has been in power almost uninterrupted since 1955. The only time it was ever out of power was from 1993 to 1996 and then again from 2009 to 2012. and I think that the 2009 to 2012 period like most Japanese people say I bet you think was a nightmare?
Was it?
Was it?
You mean your country is ruled by conservatives
Satire is no longer satire.
Hasn’t been for a few years
"Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize" -Tom Lehrer
It is reality
Sounds absolutely hilarious in a dystopian kind of way. I love it
This is funny but also very sad. Why on earth do people vote Tory.
racism??
Maybe... immigration is the only thing I agree with them on though. Does it make you racist to want strong immigration laws?
I’m from Scotland and he’s right. Our mortgage doubled in less than a year. Britain sucks.
Yet another Pie video that made me laugh out loud, and then almost immediately feel depressed and angry.
Well as it's identical to all the others that's not surprising.
You are angry because you are not a relative of the great queen. She is not elected but who cares? They are still democratic. lol
At least Britain is producing better musicians
The 1975, Anne Marie, Coldplay, Ed Sheeran, harry styles, Louis Tomlinson, Ellie Goulding, Rita ora, ... Bjork of Iceland
USA isn't
@@tiestokygoericprydz3963 Bjork is from Iceland the country, not the UK frozen food chain
@@chestermosburger3113 uk has food from all over the world
And Costa coffee
And tons of cheese shops and bakeries
“Wipe of any residual charisma with a damp cloth” that summing up of BlunderTruss was excellent
What blunders has she made? She's BARELY been Prime Minister all of 24 hours!!
@@lesskeels3417 She doesn’t need to be PM to blunder e.g.raw sewage discharge more than doubled from 14.7 per overflow in 2016 to 29.3 in 2021. This coincided with Truss cutting £80m of sewage monitors as part of a £235m Tory axe to the Environment Agency's budget
I LOVE THE NEW NAME!
Probably the best line.
@@lesskeels3417 24 hrs as PM yes but she has been in government **cking things up for a while now, does not have to be Prime Minister to display utter incompetence and putrid disdain for the general populace. She is on-brand and is in danger of being slaughtered for the sins of her predecessor at the next election. I feel another coalition administration is on the way in.
Yes, spot on as always. He just forgot it’s also near impossible to get a driving test in the UK (1M backlog and counting)… oh and the new King won’t pay inheritance tax because it only applies to mere mortals… 😬
I don't know whether to cry with laughter or scream with rage.
Yep, me too! This roast of the Cons-ervatives was over a year ago and nothing has got any better, if anything it's all got worse!
The Tories are desperate to return to the days of the aristocracy, and they are mindlessly cheered on by those they despise most because they say the things they wanna hear.
Trees voting for the axe because it's handle is made of wood.
🎯🎯🎯
I don't get it, here in the USA the bidens are in charge and we are just in a sad state of affairs...but its blamed on russia...which is it?
Jim Jeffries calls it a Trumpian mentality , the dumbos cheer at speeches when they understand the nasty bits but they are to thick to understand everything else
Its either corrupt torries or racist labour
“It’s called petrol. It’s not even a gas, it’s a liquid”. After 40 years of living I finally get it. 😂
Gas is short for gasoline.
I don't give a fiddlers what they call it as long as there is enough, reasonably priced, in quantity, made ready to solve this energy crisis.
@Rosellen Tsujimoto. Petrol is short for petroleum
Gasoline" (often shortened to "gas") is an American word that denotes fuel for automobiles. The term is thought to have been influenced by the trademark "Cazeline" or "Gazeline", named after the surname of British publisher, coffee merchant, and social campaigner John Cassell
Must be all that Government/media gaslighting that's caused the shortages eh? If any...
@@animaltvi9515in the beginning model Ts ran on alcohol.
Tom, you have spoken the feelings of millions of us here, and you share our exasperation at this awful and immoral nation. Please stand for parliament!
I love British humor , the best humor all over the world , greetings from Spain .
He is not joking or exaggerating it’s total sad truth
This isn't humour or satire anymore - just stone cold facts. Jonathan Pie says exactly what we're all thinking but can't say because if we try and say what he say's...we all get de-platformed and silenced.
He is accurate , this isn't comedy anymore
I desperately wanted to laugh, but everything in this piece, sadly, was so awfully true, that all we can do is hope we can get through this with our health and sanity.
Go woke... Go broke
Pitchforks and Burning Torches at the ready!
A Scot watching from the EU, I am furious and desperately sad and watched this as I wanted to hear someone speaking the truth. Pity help you all. The Tories should be banned. Possibly just as well that may well happen thanks to climate change, something else these despicable creatures are ignoring. Thank you, Jonathan. Excellent last comment.
@@annmowatt7547 Pity help you too if you're still there this winter.
@@annmowatt7547
poor England
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The Norwegian Blue, Liz Truss 😄🇬🇧
Hilariously accurate “How to describe Liz Truss, take the social awkwardness of Theresa May, cross it with Boris Johnson`s wild eyed incompetence, add just a sprinkling of Maggie Thatcher`s hatred for the working classes, wipe of any residual charisma with a damp cloth and your`e kind of half way there”.
I'd laugh if you couldn't describe the opposition leader in the same way using recent opposition leaders worst traits. Because he is the alternative, in 18 months. Imagine waiting so long for that? It is better but its...not a secure victory
@@jorriffhdhtrsegg I think “Laugh” is the key word and the only thing to do in this sorry mess. 😄
@@VAPIDISM its like brown's charisma, milliband's washiness, blair's lying in a teleporter accident involving corbyn's timorous lack of defensiveness
She's so awful the Queen appointed her as prime minister, and then died.
@@kurremkarmerruk8718 Rumour has it the Queen waited until Boris Johnson was no longer PM.
Can we all just start a kick starter to get videos like these stuck on billboards around London so even Lizz Truss can see what she is doing to the country .
Hasn't she only been appointed Prime Minister about 2 weeks ago? How do you go into a "what she's doing to the country" feel after a fortnight?
She doesn't care. She has no morals.
by the time I saw this video 44 days Liz Truss was GONE and we have ANOTHER unelected non Brit in charge
Love Jonathan Pie. Has a talent for putting thing succinctly. Hope to see more of him.
Watched this numerous times, as a Brit this is absolutely spot on. It's not even bloody satire it's the truth!
It wouldn't be satire if it wasn't true.
As a Californian in the US, this is all dismally familiar. But as long as my fellow citizens keep voting for the same people who *caused* these problems, it's not going to improve -- just get worse and worse.
@@EasyEight3674 Yep - same here. It's bizarre.
@@EasyEight3674 I'm neither Democrat or Republican, but you do realize that Republicans openly advocate for Big Business while Democrats do the same but behind closed doors. Either way you're screwed. But if you openly vote for trump then you're biggest fool ever.
I guess it just hit home with such brutal honesty. That why I said, what I said.
The rich get richer, The poor get colder. I weep for our future.
And yet the tories will win in 2024
@@craigthebrute7929 ... Indeed they will, although I suspect with a much reduced majority.
@@craigthebrute7929 they will need a miracle to win in 2024. They are currently polling 10 points behind and I really don't think the north of England is going to vote for someone who styles herself as Thatcher 2.0.
@@Jay_Johnson pensioners in the north are richer than you imagine & will happily vote tory for a triple locked pension bribe. The young don’t vote so the tories will gladly tax, pillage & r@pe them.
@@Jay_Johnson but the issue is,starmer seems to not have a clue what to do in this whole cost of living,she might not win the north but even so she still might win enough to get the majority
From an American I'd like to say welcome to the club of suffering at the hands of rich people involved in government, it sucks here and I would highly recommend you get out of that situation ASAP because the slope of everything getting worse is very slippery my friends, good luck!
I used to live in America and took a job in China. Life is comfortable here and I am never going back.
Big up Jonathan Pie!
Been watching him since the beginning - it’s crazy I have to trust his reporting more than mainstream 🤦🏻♂️
He always hits the nail on the head
As a brit, I can say this:
It isn't satire if it's just the truth.
It wouldn't be satire if it didn't contain truth
@@maythesciencebewithyou Finally someone who gets it.
as a viking I must say: it was never as easy to invade England as during the latest Queens reign. I'm actually jealous of these camel riders you invite inn today.
@@savagegtalks5912 As you are a fantasist, I must ask, how savage are you - really ? and did you "invade" or did you just come on a ferry or cheap off peak flight ? lol 😀
Sadly, again as a Brit, I can't argue with any of this
Brilliant! The comedy wrapping just adds pathos to the obviously deeply felt disgust. A true master of foul-mouthed eloquence
So why do we care what a pro-russia extremist thinks about the UK?
He needs to learn the difference between hyperthermia and hypothermia.
@Alex Holmes : That was Boris Johnson, incognito.
@@Competitive_Antagonist I am with you on that..the oiks need to learm English
3:05 🧐
Okay, now you've got to bring him back to roast Truss and her chancellor's mess.
This is gonna be a year of two Monarchs and three prime ministers.
Haha he had me at "I'm not saying gas....it's petrol! And it's not even a gas. It's liquid." BAhahahaha so true.
As an American and a fan of Jonathan Pie, this is amazing.
as an american TRUMP 2024
@@mococaboy17 - How's Trump any better than Liz Truss?
AS a Brit this is depressingly true
@@mococaboy17 Keep dreaming 🤣
@@mococaboy17 TRUMP FOR PRISON, BABY!!!!
The choice between going hungry and freezing in winter is not necessarily exclusive. You can have both, hunger and freeze, at the same time.
And don't forget being ill!
@@leisti we get sick because we can not afford to eat properly or in a healthy way and then live in cold damp houses...well i do anyway and ive worked hard all my life for THIS!
Well which one would YOU YOURSELF choose then, Adam?
@@lesskeels3417 I´d go to a warmer place. You can be hungry and not freeze, even when you have no money.
England is just not conducive to human thriving. Yes, there are people in other Northern European countries but their populations are small and they are very rich per capita. I suggest emigration.
As a tiny house reseller helping people move out of the cities and into the lovely countryside this opinion is spot on. It's sad how much people are suffering.
Finally, a clear and unexaggerated view of the island made of burning garbage.
“England and America owe their liberty to commerce, which created a new species of power to undermine the feudal system. But let them beware of the consequences: the tyranny of wealth is still more galling and debasing than that of rank.”
― Mary Wollstonecraft, Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway and Denmark
This doesn't have enough upvotes.
Commerce has equaled power from the very first time someone loaded up a donkey, cart or boat and exchanged the contents for something from people elsewhere. The UK nor America invented this. People need to understand that business created government not the other way round. So the government will always serve business because it is it's master, its creator and government's leaders are essentially spawned via the interests of the higher echelons. Twas always thus and ultimately will always be the same.
@@TheInterestedObserver In the modern age perhaps, but there are nations that have existed with such limited commerce that it effectively made no part of their social structure. commerce only comes into existence with the separation of class, which not all societies have.
@@rnnfds7042 All you need for commerce to happen is for two humans to interact. There is financial commerce and social commerce. Even in some tribe in the middle of nowhere someone will be taking the prettiest virgin and the largest piece of chicken. Even without money there is social capital enabling him to do that. As for money, as you know, all it is, is an arbitrarily agreed unit of account/medium of exchange, store of value, so it could be livestock, grain, women all sorts in a primitive society, the commerce still exists. The concept of movement and exchange is fundamental to everything we do, everything we are as humans, in societies that are advanced or primitive.
@@TheInterestedObserver using that definition then yeah fair enough
In case any of you Americans were wondering, no he's not exaggerating.
"We shouldn't tax people and then turn around and give them benefits..."
Isn't that what a government is suppose to do? Redistribute wealth and buy into social programs that raise the general living standard?
So what she is saying is: " once we have your money, we will keep it for ourselves."
No one could have said it better or more accurately.
@@LonnieHalouska Thks!
UK has been left behind. If you travel around Europe or further afield you can see it clearly. I moved to Spain and won’t be coming back. It’s a shame, but unfortunately, it’s knackered
When "opinion" is more of a trustworthy news than actual news.
With all this anger, I'm surprised people just aren't out on the streets.
@@BeenSauce because the news is telling them it is good?
It is a rather shallow take, owing either to nescience or purposeful incompetence on his part.
@@BeenSauce oh they are, protests and strikes everywhere, but the media machine is going to avoid making that popular...
Can someone pay to air this on prime time TV like a party political broadcast? Everyone needs to see this
Can you imagine this was posted just 2 days before the passing of the Queen?
Y'all can thank Nigel Farage and half of Britain's voters for this mess.
As as American, I have to say, I love ❤️ watching Jonathan Pie. Love his bits on American politics, too.
Have you seen your own Randy Rainbow? Different, but just as 'on the nail'!
Yes he's pretty darn good, isn't he, he writes his own material too, none of it is plagiarised from other sources. And yes, I've also seen Randy Rainbow too, just as forthright, but none the less just as bang on the money.
@@lesskeels3417 But Randy Rainbow although good, doesn't have the same hard edge vitriolic hatred that Pie has.
@@endurojimmy3109 OK, give you that one. Just by way of curiosity, though, do you know if he's done anything on JRB (Biden) lately, would've thought he'd have a few well-tlmed retorts planned or waiting in the wings? See you, regards LS.
@@lesskeels3417 I haven't seen anything, however I think there's enough material for him to concentrate on over here given the sick state of UK politics that we currently have.
I would imagine there's also a lot of people in the US that would be deeply offended by Pie and wouldn't get the humour, so cudos to you for getting it.
It’s unfair to criticise the Conservatives for not imposing windfall taxes on energy companies.
When government ministers retire from politics they will be appointed to the boards of companies like Shell and BP so it would be very foolish of them to upset their future employers.
Absolutely, totally unfair to expect a lack of obscene selfishness from a publicly elected official. They've got a (third) home to look after!
Perhaps their current employers should rethink their employment.
So, greed and not foolishness. They know what they are doing.
@@nancythecat1079 Fair point well made.
@@nancythecat1079 They 'will let the bodies pile up' before they work in the interests of our country. I wish I could say they didn't actually say that, but the quotation marks were not for literary effect.
What terrible thing had commited that country in the past to deserve something like that? Oh... nevermind.
Sadly, there are still a lot with their eyes shut. Still thinking this gov can do no wrong. Still pining for Johnston!
This isn’t satire from Pie, it’s current affairs !
You were certainly right with the first part of your comment.
Even here in Norway, we have started to reduce champagne consumption, but only slightly. But then of cause, instead of giving all the oil and gas wealth away as the UK did under Thatcher, we kept the profits in a sovereign wealth fund.
@@yosserc I could not agree more! Thatcher stole the future wealth of Scotland and destroyed Scotland's possibility to be a wealthy independent nation. If we Norwegians could do anything to help our relatives over in Scotland we sure would.
@@yosserc one caveat here
England also has the North sea, it's not Scottish.
Most of the oil is in Scottish waters but actually most of the gas ( the thing that we need ) is English
Well said fred...good one
You did the smart thing. Canada tried to emulate you but they stupidly left a backdoor that let the Tories loot everything.
I feel that a few bottles in the fridge acts as a moderator on temperature fluctuations. Less hunting and seeking is more efficient.
Just turned 30. Grew up in an impoverished part of London where it seemed crime, drugs and a general sense of depression were everywhere. Didn't think it could ever get worse than when I was a teenager....
It's much worse now.
Liz Truss just quit after 45 days! It's time for part 2.
What people think Britain is like: The Queen!
What Britain is really like: This Video!
As a dissabled man unable to work now I am truly scared for my family all the tax cuts in the world wont help me. I'm already in debt and it will get worse. This video is spot on and is only a glimmer of how bad things will get..
Same as me I am a pensioner now with learning disability, I scerd all the time
This is what you get with conservative rule
"That feels a bit lazy, I'm better than that."
So you are and we "Thank God for you Mr Pie!" xx
cried watching this. im so upset. it hurts to know that our own government prefers us to die if it means they can line their pockets.
Is there a way a general election could be forced sooner?
@@philippbobkaufmann4004 i honestly have no clue. as of right now, its not until 2024. the new prime minister has already lifted the fracking ban. i think its too late to do anything honestly. i was hoping that when boris johnson resigned we’d do an election, but we didnt. now im assuming that if anything happened with liz truss causing her to resign, we wouldnt get a say in it either.
So very sad n true
@@miad5079 You should try democracy.
@@philippbobkaufmann4004 if there is a vote of no confidence, maybe. I dont know who does have confidence in the conservatives rn, we’ve had four tory pms in 6 years…
Brilliant! I love this guy. He's always spot on with his analysis.
Since this was published, the queen has died, the country suffered a financial meltdown, changed something like three chancellors and two home secretaries. Oh, and Liz Truss resigned yesterday.
At least you don't have to watch this gem through a paywall.
This might as well be mainstream news. Thanks Pie for stating facts not propaganda. You are a beacon of hope for these dark times.
Edit: I'd have Pie for PM, over even the Opposition, such is their passiveness. Good luck to everyone living in the "United Kingdom". I live there too. You are not alone.
Just propaganda and a low quality one, they dont even try to hide it
I would literally prefer a pie.
Too bad hes a pro Russian marxist
@@kieran7409 apple, pumpkin, cherry or lemon meringue?
It won't be a United Kingdom for much longer, the way things are going. Now that would be the cherry on top, if Scotland decides to leave the Union in a few months' time!
Makes a change to hear the truth about Britain instead of our pathetic newspapers telling us it's all great. Thanks Jonathan, keep up the good work.
What newspapers are you reading?
Yah let's all listen to the pro Russian apologist for some "truth" meanwhile I'll go to the US and listen to Trump for his truth on classified documents
@@CircumcisionIsChildAbuse get a life.
@@anonymousthanks4718 that's ironic.
Two party politics fuelled by first past the post (yes the UK has more than two parties, but barely, and in an election you do have to decide between two in a constituency nearly as a rule with some exceptions).
’ Wipe off any residual charisma with a damp cloth ’ hits the nail on its head JP. Thank you again
Excellent rant, but unfortunately a terribly grim mess for the Brits
I’m so glad the world is beginning to wake up.
Glad?
Is it though? Half of the USA votes for the Republicans, whose mantra is maintaining the status quo. In the UK the Conservatives won the last elections in a land slide. Russia is under a brutal dictatorship yet again. China's totalitarian regime is trying to see if the doctor had recommended dictatorship as well. I'm from Italy and it seems the far right is going to win the upcoming elections...
Is it though?
Because every seems to be complaining, but doing NOTHING to change the system.
Everyone seems to be waiting for someone ELSE to do something so they don't have to.
@@Simmons8519 Are there enough Brits alert enough to general strike demanding an early election? Probably not. They might miss a Kardashian Tik-Tok.
The world is fine england's brexited.
Well done, you got this country so right.
@@freko106 Actually he is left wing and hates the tories.
@@freko106 yeah but I gather that he isn't the total opposite as a right ring radicalist either.
Anyways, what he's saying describes the US as well as most other OEDC nations with the exception of those that reside in the top 10 democracies of Taiwan , Uruguay, New Zealand, and the Nordic countries.
@@freko106 Tom Walker actually started Jonathan Pie as a response to how some people were reacting to Jeremy Corbyn becoming leader of the Labour Party, not to earn money.
Two party politics fuelled by first past the post (yes the UK has more than two parties, but barely, and in an election you do have to decide between two in a constituency nearly as a rule with some exceptions).
Once you figure out why there are sanctions on Iran & Venezuela, you solved your energy crisis
The best 7 minutes I've spent today
I mean, we need a weekly video from this guy, he’s the absolute best, he just shreds the politicians for the scum they are. Amazing
He'd spontaneously combust keeping it going at that pace.
Look up the Jonathan Pie TH-cam channel. He releases videos pretty much weekly.
Yeah, brilliant. It changes nothing.
@@AikiNick well he used to!
It's the vacuous open mouthed smile of the Trussmistress that really frightens me. I'm waiting for the "let them burn their furniture" speech.
Furniture is inflammable now because of EU safety rules.
We need Jonathan Pie in Downing Street, he may not have all the answers, who does, but at least we’d hear the truth and know we’ve someone at the helm who actually cares. His finger is glued onto the nations pulse and not only the English but the whole UK 🏴
Respect as always, please keep your moral tone.
Their shameful antics cannot go unpunished.
wake up Britain.
Wake up? Love Island is on. Try later
The UK is a place where things have taken the worst possible turns when there was nothing stopping them from making the right decisions in the first place
There's almost never something stopping governments from making the right decision. Except cash.
@@pistonar In this case the cash is there. The Tories are ideologically refusing to take it. We now have the ludicrous situation of Energy company CEOs coming out in favor of the windfall tax and demanding new contracts with caps in place because they realize the anger in the country, but the politicians refuse to do it.
Well, looks like the situation in France too.
@@pistonar many times there can be a lack of funds to make the right decision. Or you can be stuck between two lesser evils. Or can be very hard to tell which is the right option on the long run. None of this applied to Britain when all of this mess started
This is what happens when the Tories run things... into the ground. So they can sell it all off to their rich mates and make billions as shareholders.
Not a Brit but I live here and I feel absolutely terrible for the country 😢
Don’t we brought it all on ourselves and are learning the hard way.
Many thanks, Peshdad: we are indeed in dire straights after 10 years of incompetent Tory government. To be fair. I agree with @kyle_roberts - we brought it on ourselves (or the minority of the voting public that voted for Brexit and the Tories brought it on the greater majority - about a third of "us")
@@Neilhuny
Poor england
th-cam.com/video/vnciwwsvNcc/w-d-xo.html
The Norwegian Blue, Liz Truss 😄🇬🇧
@@Neilhuny the remain camp didn't help things at all, instead of engaging with the leavers they basically derided them and told them they were stupid and/or racist (granted, some of them were) but there was virtually no healthy discourse.
With regard to the Tories... Let's be honest the opposition didn't help, they shat all over Corbyn, who himself was a bit of a wet blanket, they constantly undermined themselves and handed the Tories two GE's in a few short years. So in a sense we actually did bring it on ourselves.
@@jimbo_1312 What an appalling and hideous comment, Jimbo!
I agree completely.
Corbyn was very wishy-washy, Starmer is barely any better. Genuinely intellectually and politically weak Tories are currently challenged by uninspiring opponents, though the Tories are supported, as ever, by many newspapers.
We need someone with charisma AND compassion. David Lammy? Angela Rayner? Jess Philips? Could MPs unite behind a coalition led by Ian Blackford?
So Britain is following America's example. Cheers.
Jonathan Pie for Prime Minister!
What started out as a comedy character reporter is now doing a better job of delivering the actual news than the mainstream reporters who supposedly do this "professionally". I wonder if we could find a similarly talented comedian with a politician character they have created that we could install as the actual Prime Minister
He could run with the Servant of the People party.
Spot on.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy (current president of Ukraine) was a comedian and actor before he entered politics
Zelensky has his hands full at the moment...
Again? You just had a clown for 3 years.
We need a Jonathan Pie in Germany. You should celebrate him as a national treasure.
He's just another whiney Brit.
@@prophetsnake better to just keep quiet then, eh? 🤦
Take the Putler loving c***
@@followtheboat Oh no. The more squealing, the better.
I mean, we still have Hagen Rether
Yep i think YOU summed up everyones thoughts on just how much of a mess the government has got the country in.(sadly).
As a french guy, i can begin to tell how I am sorry that your government can be so incompetent. Hopefully, you will get out of this shitstorm, but in the meantime, you're in for a rough ride. Good luck, neighbors.
Good luck to you too my friend.
I love how this is a restrained version of Jonathan Pie. He usually doesn't hold back as much.
I feel that this time it's less Jonathan and more Tom, even though Tom does claim to be not so politically fervent.
I actually prefer this version.
@@TheTopHattedGamer Tom describes himself as a centrist and a moderate, but he’s not apolitical.
I'm always telling him not to mince his words.
Well he's on the New York Times. He's gotta keep it PG-13.
I don't even live in the UK and I'm angry beyond belief! The place is in utter shambles.
lol try living here..... in fact, I'd stay where you are.
It is dreadful here. It really is, I am dreading this winter.
Everything he says is true
In Ireland we were given a 200 Euro Tax Credit
Three weeks later Electricity went up by 300 a Year Gas 250 A Year
The Government then told us to EAT less and DRIVE less to save the costs
I agree we have had enough. GET THE TORIES OUT!