If you’ve sworn in frustration at the heroes and villains of politics over the past year, chances are fictional news reporter Jonathan Pie – the creation of Irish comedian Tom Walker – has connected with you.
Since emerging on RT UK in 2015, Pie’s vitriolic rants to camera have gone viral as he’s explained UK politics for The New York Times, fronted shows for BBC Three and BBC Radio 4 and performed several tours.
He’s more effective at attracting supporters than Rishi Sunak too. For some of Pie’s 1.7 million Facebook followers, his unfiltered opinions are likely to be more of a way into politics than the nightly news, or .
