Gardeners’ World’s Monty Don sparks political row with unusual tweet

Anne Widdecombe and Piers Morgan clash over Liz Truss

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Monty Don, 67, has taken to Twitter and sparked a contentious political conversation with his followers. The horticultural expert shared the unexpected post with his 275,300 fans, most of whom follow the star for his top gardening tips. 

The Gardeners’ World presenter shared an article from the New York Times which went after Prime Minister-to-be Liz Truss. 

In response to the opinion piece entitled: The Conservatives made everything in Britain worse (yes, even the weather), Monty addressed his followers.

He said: “Check out this article from @nytimes. 

“Because I’m a subscriber, you can read it through this gift link without a subscription.”

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The article is a comment on a satirical video by Australian comedian Tom Walker, in character as his alter-ego Jonathan Pie. 

It humorously criticises the incoming PM for not being “well-equipped” to fix Britain, which the author of the article described as a nation “falling apart at the seams”.

Fans of the TV gardener were divided about the issues discussed in the video. 

@TweetWatcher761 said: “Monty, I follow you for gardening, not party politics. 

“What on earth is going on at the BBC?” 

@YoSayitEmSam wrote: “Wow it’s sounds very dire over there.”(sic)

@Lumsays commented: “Thanks for that. 

“I live in Canada and we aren’t perfect but I think most of our politicians have a conscience.”

@Kimnevard put: “Thanks for this Monty. Ignore those who say you shouldn’t express your opinions in politics. 

“It makes not a jot of difference what your profession is, you, and every other person in this country is entitled to comment on politics.”

It comes after Liz Truss, 47, beat Rishi Sunak, 42, in the race to become Boris Johnson’s successor.

In the result from two days ago, the new PM won a 57 per cent victory over rival Rishi’s 43 per cent. 

From Tuesday, she will take over Boris Johnson’s role as Tory party leader, and has vowed to focus on the current cost of living crisis.

The result has urged many to share their opinions online, including Monty Python legend John Cleese.

Taking to his Twitter account today, the 82-year-old shared a response about Liz declaring it is an “honour” for her to become the country’s next leader.

He wrote: “Liz Truss says that it’s an honour to be elected leader of the Conservative party. No it isn’t.”

John added in another Tweet: “I had always hoped Boris would lead the Tories into a debacle at the next election. 

“But the last couple of weeks have reassured me that Truss will do the job very nicely.”

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