The New York Times has published a video by Jonathan Pie, the fictional broadcast journalist.
However, a former aide for Margaret Thatcher has called the publication a “left-wing propaganda machine” after it went out.
Pie video
“Unfortunately, Boris’s main achievement in office was to set the bar so low that anyone can now become Prime Minister – even Liz Truss,” Pie says during the clip.
Pie is then asked about the state of the nation in Britain. He says: “Well I mean it’s just s***. Everything is s***.”
“Look, look, I’m a proud Brit, but let’s face facts. Sorry there’s no other word for it, it’s just s***.”
“In a few weeks, our gas and electricity bills are going to triple. In January, they are going to triple,” he says.
Anti-British
Speaking to the Daily Mail, Nile Gardiner, now Director of Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom at the Heritage Foundation, said: “This is typical anti-Brexit, anti-British programming from the New York Times“.
“It’s the kind of video of Kremlin would put out about Britain,” he added. “It’s a deeply unpleasant propaganda video and bears no relation to reality.
“This video is full of outright lies combined with some real nastiness and unpleasantness. It’s a hatchet job video basically that paints a completely false picture of the United Kingdom.”
Oh, GB News correspondent Tom Harwood wasn’t happy either:
Does this reply put Harwood in his place?
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