A highly controversial figure in Britain, Piers Corbyn has in recent months become an important figure in the anti-ax movement. A follower of conspiracy theories, he notably stated in October 2020 that “Bill Gates [voulait] vaccines to control female fertility and reduce world population “. In February, he was arrested by the police for comparing the vaccination policy to the Auschwitz death camps.

But this ardent supporter of the vaccine protests seems to be easily swayed with the promise of some fines. Here’s what two comedians, Josh Pieters and Archie Manners, demonstrated in an eight-minute video. available on your YouTube channel. With more than 1.4 million subscribers, South African YouTuber Josh Pieters and his friend Archie Manners, an actor and host of a show on MTV International, are habitual of hoaxes.

During a well-crafted plan, the two comedians first contacted Piers Corbyn by email to offer a donation to his “Stop New Normal” anti-tax campaign. Piers Corbyn, also an astrophysicist, is known in England for his controversial positions. Before his campaign against vaccines, he was particularly committed to climate skeptics. In 2015 he declared: “Humans have no impact on climate change. […] This is a Qatar-led conspiracy to keep oil prices high. “ To hunt down Piers Corbyn, Josh Pieters posed as the son of a major restaurant entrepreneur who owns shares in AstraZeneca. His friend, Archie Manners, introduced himself as his business advisor. Corbyn agreed to meet them over lunch at a London restaurant.

“It’s great !”

During his interview at a restaurant in Sloane Square, the South African YouTuber explained that his family owned shares in AstraZeneca. “We can help you with your campaign if you help us too”, Josh Pieters continues, holding an envelope with 10,000 pounds (11,800 euros) in it. Piers Corbyn, 74, seems pleasantly surprised. “It’s great”, he says, but at first he reiterates that he cannot change positions for money. The two men insist and emphasize that you do not need to change your speech, but simply emphasize the harms of other vaccines, including Pfizer and Moderna. The goal is to prevent AstraZeneca from receiving criticism. The anti-axiom activist then gladly agrees and begins to elaborate on certain positive aspects of the British serum: “AstraZeneca is not a messenger RNA vaccine that causes magnetic effects.”

The video ends with a well-orchestrated sleight of hand. For the hoax to be perfect, the two YouTubers have planned to gift fake tickets to Piers Corbyn. Two other actors, recruited for the occasion, exchange the envelope containing the 10,000 pounds for another full of Monopoly tickets! Piers Corbyn leaves with counterfeit money without realizing that he had been filmed all along. After the video, he reacted on the site of his campaign against vaccines to energetically denounce this montage and the biased way in which the facts are presented. He added that he had “he starts laughing” when he opened the envelope with the Monopoly bills and that, from the beginning, this encounter seemed to him “strange”. In any case it is a good blow for the two comedians whose video surpassed 500,000 views on YouTube on Wednesday afternoon.