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Jonathan Pie review — glints of genius, but this show doesn’t stack up

Duke of York’s Theatre, WC2
Jonathan Pie’s West End run comes at the end of a long tour
Jonathan Pie’s West End run comes at the end of a long tour

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Is the Tory party in power because those who voted for it are all thick-as-mince racists? Are the royal family a bunch of hypocrites whose good work for charity would count for more if they gave away some of their millions? And will this characteristically bilious diatribe by the rogue — and fictitious — political reporter Jonathan Pie help the process of voting out our “cockroach” rulers?

I’ve always admired the fluency of Tom Walker’s invective as this narky newsman, which has earned him nearly a million subscribers on YouTube and 1.7 million Facebook followers, but questioned his premise as a live act. This is his first West End run at the end of a huge tour. And yet his rants are such an odd