Jonathan Pie: The World's End (COP26 short film with George Monbiot, Caroline Lucas & Ed Miliband)
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- As all the environment correspondents are sick with COVID, reporter Jonathan Pie gets sent to the UN Climate Conference in Glasgow (aka COP26) despite knowing very little about the climate crisis. But he reckons he can wing it.
Two embarrassing interviews with Ed Miliband and Caroline Lucas later, he bumps into an inebriated George Monbiot drowning his sorrows at The World's End pub. Six pints later, Pie now fully understands the urgency of the existential crisis facing humanity, and, to the horror of his long-suffering Producer Tim, he decides to convey his new-found knowledge live to the nation.
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"Jonathan Pie: The World's End" is a short film filmed at COP26 by comedian Tom Walker (Jonathan Pie) and director Franny Armstrong (The Age of Stupid, McLibel, 10:10).
In tears here… as someone else said Jonathan Pie is now our most accurate and informed journalist!!
He isn’t a real journalist, he is actor and comedian Adam Walker. Yet he is more broadly informed on global, nation politics and associated matters than most career journalists. While he does use satire as his tool as communication, what he says is 100% is actual opinion.
Alex Bayfield is tho
@@danielriley7380 Tom Walker :-)
@@SpannerFilms01 there were a lot of good lines in this from a comedy perspective. I couldn't laugh once. Tom is now doing what used to be John Pilgers job. When it's so serious even the top court jester can't laugh whilst telling the truth...we really are fkt. More power to youse.
@@danielriley7380 Mate, you can't go off on someone for that when you can't even get the actor's name right!
And it's all part of the fun pretending these characters are real. Don't lift up the curtain; it's not fun.
Brilliantly gut wrenching. We knew it, but hadn’t seen it all put together. Scene in bar with Monbiot, hysterical.
I went out drinking with Thomas Paine….
@@akeeling100
My brother used to live in Lewes, just around the corner from his house.
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Yeah, I enjoyed that too. Orders pint, emerges with litre sized schooner 😄
Loved the way it started with monbiot surrounded by empty glasses!!!
@@ukporkpie7829
Using alcohol to chase away your Daemons, is a lot like using a credit card t'stay outta debt.
Doesn't stop a chap from tryin'.
Y'know?
(I see now why it took me so long to get sober.)
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You could say cop 26 was not worth the fossil fuel and environmental damage it cost just to run it
Yes, we know
Exactly whole things a gullibility test.
Great to get the support and cooperation of George Monbiot, Carolyn Lucas and Ed Miliband. A serious message given the classic Pie treatment, making it most memorable. Media genius.
Lucas doesn’t think that only women have a cervix. That indicates the quality of her grasp on reality. And even worse … it makes me very, very angry, which is what ought to concern people.
@@penfro so surgical intervention makes you angry? The message was about climate change. Don't be derailed.
@@davidmcculloch8490 Her lack of understanding of womanhood and manhood undermines my confidence concerning her incisiveness on other matters I’m afraid. If she can get the basics of human biology wrong, why should I feel confident her assertions about the climate are correct?
@@davidmcculloch8490 As Peter Duff alluded elsewhere in this thread, World population, people demanding what benefits and pleasures burning fossil fuels provide, was not even on the agenda. In the Middle East and sub Saharan Africa, middle latitudes, there is far less need to burn fuel to stay warm. Yet many of their population is moving northward into Europe where they will demand means by which to stay warm. Were there ANY sessions at COP26 concerning the rapidly increasing world population? I’ve not seen any articles in the newspapers myself.
@@penfro Imagine watching an entire documentary saying that your children are literally going to die from a global catastrophe and your first thought is getting angry at trans people existing. This is what George was talking about, being hyper fixated on the most minute issues that will never affect you while the world burns.
"That was the last fish caught, that's it, there's no more, let's go to a live link and watch Jeff Bezos eat it." I don't know whether I laughed or cried harder.
I will probs never forget that beautiful representation of reality, and I’m using the line myself in different contexts.
Pie meets someone more angry. Gotta love Monbiot
I wish all media was like Jonathon Pie, he's gone from a comedian to one of the best journalists I've ever seen
Not sure whether to laugh or cry. Brilliant bit as usual - thanks Mr. Pie.
I wouldn't cry, if there was of course a real crisis, we would all be fecked relying on jelly Johnson as our saviour!
Thankfully it's only a manufactured computer model crisis!
If it was a real crisis, I'm sure all these bellends would be having this meeting virtually, rather than 400 planes flying in to Glasgow!
Decaprio even flew in on his private jet to pick up his "environmental"award!
You couldn't make it up!
Of course the climate crisis is the gift that just keeps on giving, if you're a politician. More state control, fat fingers in big fat" green" pies (not Jonathan 😁) and the fleecing of the populous for carbon tax!
Fecking carbon tax! 😂
@@andrewcheadle948 Jonathan's on the BBC payroll now - no more independent thought allowed. He's fitting in just nicely. Amazing that everyone of these people on here is falling for this pantomime.
@@peterduff9281 I know. I used to watch his stuff religiously, but not now. This came up on my feed, so I thought I'd have a look.
Bizarre to me that he predominantly attacks the tories, who are now centre left, hence jelly Johnson coming out with his "1 minute to midnight" climate crisis nonsense, when he has far more material with labour, who are just totally away with the fairies!
@@andrewcheadle948 agree - I guess Labour don't get attacked so Jonathan can stay in with his new Marxist chums. And Labour are an absolute sh*teshow - for every insane government policy, Labour's only contribution is to say they want more of it.
@@peterduff9281 exactly that! It's a choice between shite or more shite.
But as a comedian, Pie should be aiming at the left, as there's just so much more material for comedy!
So there has to be an agenda behind his choice, which is why I no longer view his rants.
Remember - The fossil fuel industry sent more delegates to this event than any country in the world. And the mainstream media highlighted the pledges but not the disappointment, they reported on the aspirations of the deal but not the shortcomings of it. They celebrated the keynote speakers but stopped short of criticising those countries that blocked the very things those speakers asked for.
At this point, the entire establishment looks set on keeping levels of existential panic as low as they can so we the masses can keep working and shopping and going about our lives instead of stopping what we are doing and demanding change.
Thanks to Jonathan and the team who put this together - everyone watching this video has a duty and responsibility to spread it.
You have been duped. Into thinking a tax on the building block of life, carbon is a good idea. When the planet had over 2500 ppmt co2 we got fruit trees. Bill gates bought an island and two beach side houses.
How much co2 was used in the consumption of beer?
Be fair. They did have 90% agreement on positive action. Except for some valid exceptions. Just a pity the valid exceptions included pretty much every country and industry on the planet.
Yes, a "duty and responsibility", if you believe in all the global warming pish.
@@anthonybaiocchi3028 It's way past believe it time. It's a fact. Solid fact.
That was brilliant. Well done. All the wrong people making the decisions. And thank you to Ed Milliband, George Monbiot and Caroline Lucas, all really good.
This is one of the best short films I have ever seen, if not the best.
It made me laugh
Made me cry
And made me so angry
Keep the great work up.
Seconded.
Did it make you angry enough to get in the streets?
@@antediluvianatheist5262 what do you think?
9:48
That sounds like a good idea. Make every product come with a clearly labelled environmental and carbon footprint, so consumers are aware of how what they're buying affects the planet they live on. A lot of people would probably switch to more sustainable products with this simple law alone.
Whether it is too late or not, I have decided to stand up to the status quo and act via climate activism. I encourage you to do the same.
Johnathan Pie: from hilarious spoof to our very best journalist.
what spoof
Journalism became satire, now satire has become journalism. The circle is complete.
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@@charlielynes Huzzah!
@@Lincoln_Bio Everyone's a winner here as we play "Pie Roulette".
Spin the Pie!!
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The Earth was beautiful. In my lifetime I saw thousands of deer, elk, and antelope, yet now they have all but disappeared from the mountain valley I live in in southern Colorado, once a wildlife mecca. It was such an amazing Garden of Eden. Crystal clear waters, brilliant blue skies, fertile earth. It's all over. It's all gone. And we caused it.
I'm in tears. Just wish it was from laughter.
Pie does it again. The best summary of the lost opportunity that was COP26. The mainstream media would do well to follow Mr Pie. This is not satire, this is reality.
The way I see it, COP are never an opportunity.
Within minutes of each other, on literally the same platform, a teenaged girl from the Amazon says: "my friend was murdered by illegal loggers, we already are at the front line - now we need to be at the centre…"
Then Boris: "…My private jet will be 35% fuelled from renewable sources…"
Yep. This actually happened.
Air travel accounts for only 1.9% of emissions . What people should be criticising is their diets .
Animal agriculture accounts for 51-87% of the problem , including the opportunity cost of the land used.
The FAO figure of 14.5% is a blatant underestimation . Not so surprising when you consider that the FAO are partnered with several meat and dairy promoting organisations .
@@timphanyswimchester1227 in his foray to London and back to firefight a political corruption scandal - Boris burned the weight of a whole cow in fuel _during_ the event; only for his actions to be reversed days later because they stink more than his usual BULLS*T
Go figure…
@@nodisalsi Yeah ,it's a wasteful luxury but on the whole it still doesn't compare to diet .
I've seen lots of people criticised for flying to cop but no one is being criticised their diets .
A local MP even apologised in the local paper for flying to cop on a regular plane . As long as he's busy fighting climate change , I don't care where he flies .
Last year , I wrote and asked him what their plans were to amend school menus in the area and he got quite defensive about his personal diet , which was odd because I never asked him .
Nobody wants to talk about diet . It's a massive elephant in the room that the world's population seems to be willfully ignoring . Even environmental organisation refuse to acknowledge it. Extinction rebellion even created a separate offshoot so that they didn't have to touch it. Animal rebellion gets zero publicity and extinction rebellion hardly ever mention them or their cause .
The whole thing is utterly bizzare .
@@timphanyswimchester1227 this is prob because historically, vegans have been rather evangelical and pushy. Theres also the counter argument that the majority of land is not fit for growing veggies, being too rocky or poor soils.
Currently lab meat uses foetus blood killing a huge amount of foetuses in order to create 1 burger. When a viable lab meat replacement for that foetus serum is found, it'll be gamechanging
The trend Is int he right direction
People want easy food and u have to admit being vegan/vegetarian means u need to take time out to educate yourself on nutrition, then theres the meal prep. Its only recently become easier, because only recently have supermarkets offered alternatives that are 'thinkless' and 'prep-less'
You also have the popularity of the keto diet n the realisation of the huge wealth of health benefits in it. (it stopped me being bed-bound with ME/CFS)
Myself, im on the hunt for a decent vegan cheese that i can afford to buy online XD
@@kimwarburton8490 Vegans are pushy but then so are extinction rebellion and any other movement pushing for change.
Rocky and poor soils can support thriving ecosystems if rewilded ; for example Scandinavia and the Amazon .
We don't need more crop land , we need more forest.
I wouldn't recommend that people base their diet on processed vegan food. It's not that hard to formulate a diet but if people are concerned , I'd recommend that they eat bivalves for their animal nutrients.
Congratulations on curing ME CFS . That's quite remarkable. I still have some reservations about attributing that to a keto diet though.
Even if keto can be a miracle cure for various diseases , it's possible to eat a vegan keto diet.
We also know from outcome data of large scale population studies that vegan diets are very healthy . The evidence for keto's health benefits are mostly anecdotal at this point . Keto diets also come with an increased risk of heart disease and diabetes .
Well played Mr. Pie. Well played indeed. A perfect blend of humor, irony, science, and sarcasm. And the piece with George was brilliant. I'm buying the next round of pints.
When the people with job title "comedian" are doing vastly better journalism than the combined forces of the global "journalism" industry...
Yea that would be crazy if it was true... stop spreading shit like this please
I cried after watching this. Thank you.
By having trade deals with Japan and Australia! The Uk has increased it's own Carbon foot print, And opening new Coal mines up in Cumbria also increases the foot print.
Is opening a coal mine locally in country, where the industry is regulated heavily and the coal doesnt require long transportation, a greener option than importing it from countries with less stringent regulation?
There's a technical and economic reasoning for the coal mine as it will fuel the production of.......can't remember details but .....it will be eco products of some description.. have to look it up. But 26 COPs. Blimey.
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@@shelleyphilcox4743 Regardless of regulation a ton of coal produces the same CO2 quantity
@@Kannot2023 But a ton/tonne of coal transported from anywhere else in the world produces more carbon emissions via transportation overall than locally produced and in a well regulated mining industry any other negative environmental effects are better managed. Personally I'm disgusted we destroyed the UKs world leading nuclear power industry and then proceeded to purchase nuclear powered energy from France for the last few decades. On top of that we are in a position where we are dependent on skills and investment from overseas (China and France) to build new design nuclear stations instead of nurturing the skills and talent we had domestically.
In my view energy self sufficiency should be a primary goal. A more productive domestic economy means more tax revenue and more money to invest in designing greener energy options in the future.
I must admit, I'm with George Mombiot. Both in agreeing with him, and wanting to go to the pub to drown my sorrows over the whole thing.
Cheers to that! 🍻
As an engineer we have all the tools for zero carbon.They just need picking up .
I hope to see more of this, short film format. Brilliantly done.
Every moment I was watching this, even though this is in past, I had the same feeling you get when you realise among other things: when you are about to be given really bad diagnosis or when you know you have lost huge amount of money or when you are about to get beaten up. That sinking, stomach turning feeling that you have been had. Badly. And it is too late now.
Loved the incidental portrayal of the plight of the countries most at peril. Absolute class. Well done.
Best piece of journalism I've seen in a long time, and by a comedian too.
Caroline Lucas keeping it real.
I don't think she realised that Jonathan Pie is a comedian.
That Caroline Lucas bit was brilliant!
I didn’t expect to end in tears. Absolutely brilliant nevertheless. Thank you all.
Thank you for being that voice, that image, and that brilliant deliverer of well-deserved condemnation!
Probably the most important film you will see this evening... 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
My god that cut to Pie and Miliband had me guffawing for a solid few minutes. This whole thing was both hilarious and gut-wrenching. Thank you Tom and team, you really outdid yourselves on this one.
Totally on point, like everything Jonathan Pie is involved with. Impressive he got the access!
Good green screen and sideshow footage.
I was at COP 3 and COP 5. Both happened well before Greta was even born. "Landmark agreements" as they were called, were signed then, that, in reality, didn't come close to tackling the climate issue, and none were ever honoured by the signature nations afterwards. Heck,, Al Gore was fucking VP then, gave a big ole lofty speech about "climate action" and the US one of the worst nations at COP3 for tossing a wrench into discussions and watering down texts.
This has been a waste of time for a quarter-century. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. But, Facebook feeds were filled with eco-dorks posting pictures of themselves there saying "they are making a difference"
They spoke nonsense then and they haven't stopped since. Remember all the dire predictions of London. New York , the Maldives etc were going to be under water ?
@@ostevoostevo1592 i’m not disputing the issue, just the three card monte game governments have created to deal with it. I remember no such dire predictions about London and New York, at least with this timeline.
This was so powerful, Upsetting and hard hitting, thanks will share, x
Great video! Well done, Tom and everybody who took part. We need this kind of journalism!
Best film to come out of COP
Totally nailed it (of course). Breathtakingly precise and concise… and laced with the sense of hopelessness that prevails in this time of no leadership.
Fantastically done! Kudos to all involved - thank you 🙏
"We have the greatest problem solvers in world history !" We also have the greatest problem makers in world history.... Pissing into the wind. So long and thanks for all the fish.
I loved the micro-consumerist bollocks scene! This video would have been hilarious if it wasn't so true...
Great work, especially with Miliband and Lucas - they get it. So sad that this is the situation that we are in now. We need actual action to happen, NOW.
September 1997, research scientists put out a press statement basically saying that the use of diesel fuel is environmental suicide and of far more danger than the hole in the ozone layer.
What happened next? Mass manufacture and promotion of diesel cars!!!
Who was in government at that time Mr Miliband?
@@dolceanstar _Who was in government at that time Mr Miliband?_
You can look this up online. It's easy. John Major was PM.
@@gdwnet not by September -- it was the start of the Blair government. You can look up online how long they were in power without addressing climate change. It's not just the Tories that have failed us. Ed might get it now, but I don't trust Labour under Starmer to be any better than Johnson on this.
@@PaulFreeman1 Given the choice I'd rather have starmer in charge than Boris. We know Boris doesn't care about anything other than himself and we know that the tories are corrupt, lying, evil people.
@@gdwnet Sure and between then and now were over a decade of Labour governments of which he was an integral part, so excuse me if I take the viewpoint that he "gets it" with a truckload of salt.
Caroline is so passionate. I can feel the urgency through her.
Every time Jonathan Pie goes quiet for a while, we know something amazing is being made. This certainly didn't disappoint.
He's been on tour with his stage show.
Best thing I've watched in months. So engaging and entertaining. Thank you!
Ed Milliband seems to be a bigger and more vocal politician than he was when he was a politician.
Rate him as a clown
This is why I love CZcams. You get to watch stuff as brilliant as this.Funny but very sad great job thank you
Jonathan is voice we didn’t know we needed until fairly recently. For all of us…No pressure, Mr Pie. Godspeed.
Utterly, utterly brilliant. Better than just about all of the 'live' COP26 gumph I watched........ apart, maybe, from the interviews with Kevin Anderson, who's the most honest and direct scientist out there.
Thank you Franny and team.
If only real journalists had the balls to do their jobs and tell it like it is
The irony of your statement is Jonathan Pie isn’t even real: he is Adam Walker, a comedian using the Pie character as satirical tool to rip into the bollocks of politics.
I know he's an actor! I just think journalists have lost the idea of how to do their job the way they should.. but then too much of gov pushing what can/can't be said gets in way..
This is how COP26 should have been reported !
Great work
Look at Doris Johnson..the body language says it all...how can the British people tolerate this man?
Excellent…. Sometimes the unpalatable Pie is the one we need for our health
“Let’s go to a live link and watch Jeff Bezos eat it.”
Damn this is legendary.
Thank you 😊 George and Jonathan pairing was brilliant
"This killed a frog, clearly labelled on the package"
This is the solution.
Brilliant! The true story of COP26 and with humour and wit
brilliantly presented
Ed Millaband a good sport doing this too
Love Jonathan Pie
Well done Tom
A lot went on at COP 26 and I missed about 99% of it but did read that it was a bit of a disaster. After watching this video of Johnathan and the people interviewed, it appears that it was a disaster. Let's hope for better at COP 27. George Monboit is good ......... very good.
When George took Jonathan's beer, I cracked up.
I would much rather meet Jonathan Pie than Barrack Obama.
Outstanding - loved the editorial handling, but deeply depressed by the message. We are indeed, totally f*cked, arent we?
Yup!
I was at COP 3 and COP 5. Both happened well before Greta was even born. "Landmark agreements" as they were called, were signed then, that, in reality, didn't come remotely close to tackling the climate issue, and none were ever honoured by the signature nations afterwards. Heck,, Al Gore was f#cking VP then, gave a big ole lofty speech about "climate action" (I was in attendance) and the US one of the worst nations at COP3 for tossing a wrench into discussions and watering down texts.
This has been a waste of time for a quarter-century. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. But, Facebook feeds were filled with eco-dorks posting pictures of themselves there saying "they are making a difference" and as Jonathon pointed out, the media failed miserably to connote the urgency of the issue to a wider public... eco dorks were in pubs making signs, as usual.
Well “are we fucked?” is a valid perception. “We are being fucked!” is probably more accurate.
Not at all!
If all the governments pulled their fi gers out we can still limit the damage...
Oh, wait. Yes, we're f*cked.
Yeah, and royally so! The whole thing has done one thing properly: Produced emissions for them feckers to get there and back. As was to be expected!
Not at all. We have an issue that needs managing, certainly.... but really do not buy the Armageddon messaging.
He always nails it- just love this guy
FANTASTIC! Best thing to have come out of COP26 :)
Fishing industry is subsidised! They wouldn't survive without it... love the idea of paying them not to fish. Brilliant film! Love it!
Plenty of farmers are paid to leave fields fallow/destroy crops/rewind areas. Fishing is no different.
@@michellebyrom6551 But as our population increases we'll have to do that less and less. Any ideas?
Caroline Lucas was so full of anger and frustration I think she was close tears 😡
Caroline would have known it was a spoof but I think her honesty and genuine passion shone through to the extent that she choked up a bit at the end.
Thanks so much for this, it’s intelligent, witty, funny, moving and heart wrenching. Loved Monbiot in the pub and Lucas pretty fab too. Fabulous stuff, plus I really liked the short film format. More please!
Best thing I've watched this year. Love the presentation and passion from everyone involved.
Fantastic job guys show the bullocks, the seriousness and still fun. Keep it up!
Great film, summed it all up. Made me laugh out loud, feel sad and feel angry.
Oh, tops work people! And well done to Caroline Lucas, George Monbiot and Ed Milliband for their performances, putting the message across in a Pie-world manner. Brilliant!
These innumerable conferences serve to conflate words with action. Just a bit of colour and movement and then back to normal. It has ever been thus. Our children and their children are the ones who'll have to pay.
Seams to be a meeting about how disappointed they all are with the meetings
Excellently put together! Keep opening people's eyes in your famously furious way, Mr Pie!
Jonathan this new format is killer ! Genius
Absolutely love this production! I love the satire, combined with the dismal reality of this climate crisis. I shared it, but am not hopeful that many of my social media 'friends' will even appreciate the gravity of our situation, much less bother to watch it. Excuse me while I slip further into depression over this existential crisis.
Caroline Lucas' passion moved me to tears
I have been watching MR Pie for several years now so some what a fan of your work.
I for one think this is your best and most poinient work. Brilliant and well done to your team!
Pie you are A genius with words
Well that was sobering. Well done Johnathon (and Caroline)
and Ed and George.
Ed took the bacon roll reference with great humility. Not many politicians would have taken it on the chin so well.
@@danielriley7380 Corbyn was the Labour leader whose politics I most agreed with but I’ve always really liked and respected Ed. He’s one of the few of today’s politicians I’d actually like to sit down with for a cuppa. Caroline Lucas also has that same mix of integrity and humility. Excellent all round. It’s rather scary to put it mildly that there was more real info in 20 minutes of satire than in the entire official coverage of the cop26.
As always with climate change I don’t know whether to laugh or cry.
Wow that is so hard hitting, I'm genuinely moved. Thank you Tom, you are a star.
Priceless, same nonsense 26 summits later, thanks Jonathan for putting all in perspective! If the
man and woman in the street understand the simplicity of this it beggars believe still nothing done.
If there's one big thing to take away from COP this year, it's that Jonathan's Overlook Hotel facemask is gorgeous.
The third time I've watched this & no doubt will do so again. More in a similar vein from Franny & Tom please?
It provides a much needed reality of what we are facing, in contrast to the sanitised crap we are fed by politicians & much of the media.
A very slick production. Well done.
Caroline Lucas - Brilliant - One of the true politicians left in society
"Just had to wing it"
The most important statement of the whole presentation.
Genius! The only straight talking report of COP26 I have seen.
Thanks Tom, George, Caroline...What does it take to say no to the money and power and just call it for what it is? Maybe it's just the desire to sleep well at night and to be able to look children in the eye and not die inside.
Great work guys. Cheers to all your guests, brill. Love the passion and the humour, LMAO, cried, LMAO, cried again.
Annually for for how much longer?
I loved George's bit how he finished off Pie's pint. Also Lucas was wonderful. Great film. Cheers.
Ed may have been the wrong Milliband but he might have made a good comedian and can can himself up, as well as being measured and sincere in Climate change. All credit for that.
One of the most important videos you have ever made and the WORLD needs to view it.
Brilliant. I don't think you always get it right, but when you do, you knock it out of the park.
Caroline Lucas is great.
no she's not. green party is a total pain. if you think that a load of cash in foreign aid fixes issues you would be wrong
Brilliant ending!
As brilliant as ever great to see George Monbiot in it, you both nailed it
Brilliant, as usual, Jonathan. Thanks for telling it how it is. The truth.