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Tom Walker explains Jonathan Pie's turn from Tories to oligarchs

The comedian says a change of government has not diminished the hard right, while Trump's second presidency poses a different problem for satire.

Channel: ITV News · United KingdomStory of Trari Newsroom

Why this story? One of ITV News's most watched videos since yesterday, with 330,394 views.

ITV News: The news division of ITV, Britain's oldest commercial television network. 2.3M subscribers and 1.7B views.

Jonathan Pie creator: 'Terrifying' Trump is almost beyond satireJonathan Pie creator: 'Terrifying' Trump is almost beyond satire

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  1. 0:13Walker says Jonathan Pie's targets have shifted toward the far right and changing boundaries of acceptable political debate.
  2. 1:58Labour's election victory did not diminish the hard right, Walker argues.
  3. 3:22Walker criticizes billionaire political influence, citing Musk's support for Tommy Robinson and Rupert Lowe.
  4. 5:43Burnham's administration presents different satirical challenges from the accumulated material of Conservative rule.
  5. 9:37Walker says Trump's second presidency now frightens him more than it makes him laugh.
  6. 10:50His live show's premise connects AI, climate change and oligarchic power with everyday anxieties.

After years of Conservative government, Tom Walker has had to reconsider where Jonathan Pie directs his anger. The fictional political correspondent's targets now extend beyond Tory politicians and arguments over woke culture to what Walker describes as an emboldened far right and billionaires exercising political influence.

Speaking with reporter Lewis Denison for ITV News in the United Kingdom, Walker separates his own views from the performance of his satirical character. Labour's arrival in power, he argues, did not make the hard right retreat. Instead, he sees the boundaries of acceptable political debate shifting further toward it.

Walker also acknowledges the difficulty of criticizing a government he helped elect. His support was principally a rejection of the Conservatives, he explains, rather than enthusiasm for : "I didn't vote for Keir Starmer, I voted for not a Tory..."

The conversation moves to , who succeeded Starmer as prime minister in July 2026. Walker contrasts the challenge of satirizing a newer administration with the accumulated material supplied by years of Conservative rule. Denison also asks about Burnham's need to maintain diplomatic relations with Donald Trump.

For Walker, Trump's second presidency presents a more fundamental difficulty than finding fresh jokes. He describes its conduct as corrupt and chaotic, and says his reaction has become fear rather than amusement. "It's not funny anymore. That's what I think."

His criticism of concentrated power includes Elon Musk's political interventions, specifically what Walker describes as support for and Rupert Lowe. These concerns feed into his live show, "The End of the World According to Jonathan Pie," which brings together artificial intelligence, climate change and the influence of oligarchs.

Walker sets those sweeping threats against the much smaller horizon of everyday survival: "Yeah, climate change, but, you know, I'm just trying to make it to Friday."

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The facts
Channel
ITV News
Subscribers
2,260,000
Channel views, last 7 days
13,274,519
Channel views, pace per day
2,442,834 (on a normal day: 1,526,191)
Video published
October 26, 2026
Video views so far
408,475 (2 days online)
Video views, pace per day
330,383 (on a normal day: 119,499)

The numbers

The interview drew about 330,000 views since yesterday.

subscribers
2,260,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
total views
1,701,881,171
views per day
2,442,834
typical day: 1,526,191
the video
views
408,475
likes
3,253
comments
665
days online
2
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