Because the foolish following the fool have stopped listening to anyone but the fool, unfortunately fear is a more powerful driving force than common sense.
@@hammertic He's never failed to go after corruption of any shade... just because most of it has been Tories, it doesn't mean everyone else has been ignored, it means Tories have been more corrupt.
People who don’t recognise that a properly functioning democracy needs people like Ian Hislop, and magazines like Private Eye, to provide the checks and balances that keep such democracies functioning, and thus prevent them being hijacked by extremists, need to improve their understanding of the world.
national ? .............never admits that he was born in Abertawe, seems to always have a disdain for Cymru / Wales. Bit of a 'Dic Sion Dafydd' in that sense much like the boi 'Heseltine ="ych a fi, sef bradwr arall o Gymru"
@@thewoodster8607 And therefore its not possible for him to criticise it? I'm a teacher and I critique teaching & the school system, I'm a parent and I critique my ability to parent, I'm a member of a political party and I criticise my party, etc, etc....... Hope this comment doesn't offend, and maybe helps broaden your outlook? Thank you for reading
You need to listen to the podcast of this episode. There are hilarious audio snippets of the past events that Ian and Lewis refer to. Also, I love the fact that Ian refers to Boris Johnson as a buffoon. Way back, when Johnson was just poking his head above the journalistic parapet, someone asked me my opinion of him. They had found him intelligent and wise. I said that I thought he was "a complete buffoon" [my actual words]. I've always been amazed that people can't see what was and is plainly obvious.
I’m in Florida, became aware of hignfy and Ian about 2 years ago and have now watched all of the 66 series, they show on UA-cam .absolutely awesome even though I’m not familiar with all the past scandals they deal with. Also Merton and lots of the guests are hilarious. Also caught up with the inquires and interviews Ian has done. Ab fab. Just caught ep 1 series 67😁
@@davidallan5671 I have probably watched every episode since day one, but can only find a selection or snippits on YT. Where can you find every episode please?
Satire and humour are vital in politics. When you can laugh at something its finished. Politicians hate being laughed at far more than being argued with.
Ian has such a sharp mind, he is so many steps ahead of all the politicians and much of the media. But he tells it like it is!! Just keep on doing this please ……….
@@simplySY8 Except for London mayor, Boris has been fired from every job he ever has. drumpf declared bankruptcy 7 times and lied to get out of the draft. People have too short of attention spans.
Something happens that people didn't like, an explanation and scapegoat must be found. Not unlike when your team gets beaten it has to be the refs fault, rather than any deficiencies your team has, or how well the opposition played it.
the amazing Job that Ian Hislop does should be being done by investigatory journalism which has been compromised by the owners of Newspapers in this country. Take all Newspapers out of private ownership. Ensure they are only listed as public companys.
I used to get PE back in the early 70’s Grocer Heath days.It was an alternative to us young people and taught us to not take any Politician or people with far too much hubris seriously which I greatly appreciated and still do.
Hislop is phenomenal and his longevity in political commentary and satire is welcome and much needed…he remains relevant.An interesting interview…though Lewis’ flapping of his hands and arms were irritatingly distracting…..whilst Hislop contained his hands to a calm restraint which allowed his answers and comments to be delivered without distraction.
The war in Ukraine touches all of us . I am far from the conflict but I understand immediately the importance. It is not a territorial dispute it is a battle between the upholding of international law and the abandonment of it in favour of the most powerful prevails. It is as though we are in 1938. Appeasement has tried and failed in such an embarrassing manner. Our pathetic naivety has been exposed, we are exposed. We cannot fall back into the same trap. We must fight. We must.
HIGNFY surely has to be one of the longest running shows in the world. I can think of Star Trek, Blue Peter, and there may be one or two others but its got to be up there. Someone should check this.
@@sunseeker9581 OMG! Your comment has caused me to consider Frankie Boyle as being a combination of Ian Hislop's political instincts mixed with Miriam Margoyle's blunt profanity lol.
Have I Got News For You represents the only satirical TV programme on the BBC at the moment and a complete lack of satire on the other channels, which is a disgrace. I remember growing up in the 1990s and we had the Friday Night Armistice, The Day Today, Rory Bremner, Spitting Image and even in the 00s we had Dead Ringers and Alistair McGowan. What do we have now - The Last Leg and HIGNFY both shows very long in the tooth and very boring at times.
I see what you mean, John, but disagree. Whilst the format of HIGNFY is old, I never find it boring. We still have Deadringers on R4. We have also The News Quiz. There’s also the true wonder of Jon Holmes’ The Skewer. Yes, they are all radio and it is awful that the ‘other’ channels have little output but then they really never did, compared to the Beeb. Take into account that a lot of comedy satire is now on podcast- Mark Steel’s excellent ‘What the f*** is going’ on being a perfect example - then I feel that we are well served. It simply isn’t piped through the gogglebox.
there's TheExplodingHeads with Colin from Portsmouth,Jonathan Pie,Larry and Paul with Broken News,Rosie Holt and Matt Green comedy that you can find on youtube
We also, until fairly recently, had Nush Kumar and Co's brilliant Mash Report. But then the Beeb abruptly cancelled it; it looks like the government leaned heavily on the BBC to do away with it because of "lefty" political bias - in other words, it was too close to the truth about many of the conservative governments dubious policies and frequent cockups. Frankly, I'm surprised that HIGNIFY has managed to survive in the current political climate.
The more we encounter something, the more we tend to prefer it, based on familiarity alone (mere-exposure effect). Politicians should not be involved in forms of entertainment, such as chat shows, quizzes or reality shows. They should only be platformed in the media when they are being interviewed about their political activity. I'd go further, and say that media figures and celebrities should be barred from standing for political office.
In 1990, I was a 19 year old an outdoor clerk for a solicitor on Holborn. I saw Ian Hislop sitting at a big table in the Royal Courts of Justice outside a courtroom shuffling papers. I thought "Wow, it's that bloke off that news show thing. They said on there he's going to court a lot." :)
That was fascinating, though it led to pretty much the only time I have disagreed with Ian Hislop - re Boris Johnson "He wasn't a politician at the time; I don't know how many times I have to repeat this" ... an upper class, right leaning Etonian journalist at the Torygraph presenting amusing columns about the world as he sees it at the time IS political - I'm guessing he first appeared before announcing he would be a London mayor candidate? At least until the Torygraph employ Alistair Campbell or Owen Jones for regular opinion pieces at great expense
It's funny, Ian Hislop and Paul Merton are probably two of the most influential people in the UK, and certainly in UK politics. But they still kind of slide under the radar. I wonder if any politicians ever ask him for advice.
The English establishment is not British. It consists of a small number of English people with inherited wealth. It has almost reached the 1000 year mark. But literally nothing lasts forever.
He's not Jimmy Fallon messing up his hair, Ian Hislop has consistently shown Boris to be a lying, corrupt bafoon - the fact that people watched him host and then voted for him is wild!
Hislop is the leader of the London Sneering Class. He sneers at just about everything. His smirking face is really annoying. He has turned Private Eye from Richard Imgram's witty satirical journal into a snide little paper.
@@Gary-le7dz oohhhh, I dunno Gary, I’d argue that it very much depends on the day! He’s clearly a close second, Emily reigns supreme with beautiful bouncy hair
Even if people point out corruption within Government it doesn't stop officials from continuing to carrying it out. So bringing it to everyone's attention is a pointless exercise. Power corrupts & absolute power corrupts absolutely.
When GWB (whose father was ambassador to China later president, and great great grandfather was president) complained that he and his friends at Yale(rich dumb$%$%) were looked down upon by "elites" (smart kids who studied to get there). And the W is from Walker as in Walker cup International golf championship.
Love Ian, but he's being a bit short on the facts here. Johnson certainly did make appearances when he was an MP. They did a whole Mastermind style sketch on him and Ian Duncan Smith. He also made another appearance where they teased him about wanting to be made Tory leader.
Why doesn’t Ian Hislop just say, ‘my job is to make fools look foolish, your job is to not vote for them’.
Because he's part of the establishment and he's there to keep powerful people in power.
Because the foolish following the fool have stopped listening to anyone but the fool, unfortunately fear is a more powerful driving force than common sense.
😊
@@Phuc_YhouThe fools always outweigh the intelligent.
@@nicholasprotz4297 everyone is capable of being foolish and could only be foolish about certain things!
Long live Private Eye. Always one step ahead. 👍👌
Always read it
@@neilmachon9828 👌👍
J @@neilmachon9828
He’s unmatched at holding power to account; no bias, no agenda. If you’re dodgy, he calls it out. As it should be.
😮 Let's see if your comment holds true after a few months of labour government.
@@hammertic As an old man, who's had a fourty-odd year sub to P.E., I can assure you it will.
@@hammertic He's never failed to go after corruption of any shade... just because most of it has been Tories, it doesn't mean everyone else has been ignored, it means Tories have been more corrupt.
@@keithpanton7486 Hope your right.
@@hammertic he's been doing it for decades, not sure why anyone would expect him to stop now.
People who don’t recognise that a properly functioning democracy needs people like Ian Hislop, and magazines like Private Eye, to provide the checks and balances that keep such democracies functioning, and thus prevent them being hijacked by extremists, need to improve their understanding of the world.
At the least to punctuate the windbags who lord it over us. (I left the autocorrect “correctile” deliberately)
democracies the world is a banana republicrun by gangsters working for corparrations
Ian Hislop is a national treasure!
Thanks Hislop bu these comments are for people who are not Hislop!.
national ? .............never admits that he was born in Abertawe, seems to always have a disdain for Cymru / Wales. Bit of a 'Dic Sion Dafydd' in that sense much like the boi 'Heseltine ="ych a fi, sef bradwr arall o Gymru"
smug so and so.
He's a National Treasure!
Ian maybe but Lewis is most certainly not
Ian Hislop is my favourite political commentator, he is funny, cutting and he has a wonderful if sarcastic take. ❤
Wow your easily pleased
@@MarkStevens8899 that may be true 🤣😅
@@MarkStevens8899 you're*
@@MarkStevens8899 so why are you here?
@@MarkStevens8899who do you prefer?
I thank the universe for this man! Private Eye is a public service.
Fortunately, it isn't, or the Tories would have sold it off to Rupert Murdoch by now
@keithpanton7486 With Piers Morgan as overlord and Ian placed under some archaic "new" gag order that Murdoch would push through Parliament 😳
A living legend and his clarity and sincerity makes him not as easy to interview as one would imagine he would be.
Always a joy to hear this man speak.
Ian Hislop is a pleasure to listen to love the way he criticises the posh elite long may he keep it up
Of which Hislop is a member of himself. Wake up.
@@thewoodster8607 And therefore its not possible for him to criticise it? I'm a teacher and I critique teaching & the school system, I'm a parent and I critique my ability to parent, I'm a member of a political party and I criticise my party, etc, etc....... Hope this comment doesn't offend, and maybe helps broaden your outlook? Thank you for reading
Always a pleasure to listen to Ian Hislop. Thoroughly enjoyed that, particularly his comments about Boris, even pre-Mayor.
Ian Hislop is a legend
Hislop, amazing speaker. super intellect. joyful to listen to
Ian is a hero.
Ian is an amazing artist and never needed to be vile to anyone to achieve his craft. He is a national treasure who speaks truth to power.
You need to listen to the podcast of this episode. There are hilarious audio snippets of the past events that Ian and Lewis refer to. Also, I love the fact that Ian refers to Boris Johnson as a buffoon. Way back, when Johnson was just poking his head above the journalistic parapet, someone asked me my opinion of him. They had found him intelligent and wise. I said that I thought he was "a complete buffoon" [my actual words]. I've always been amazed that people can't see what was and is plainly obvious.
Similarly I used the word “buffoon” about J*hnson, at least a couple of decades ago.
@@richardmiles21 He-he.
Love Ian hislop what a great guest
Such admiration for Ian Hyslop. His contribution to a reasonable outcome in an insane society should be noted.
'Hislop'.
@@yancowles ‘pedant’
More Ian please.
I’m in Florida, became aware of hignfy and Ian about 2 years ago and have now watched all of the 66 series, they show on UA-cam .absolutely awesome even though I’m not familiar with all the past scandals they deal with. Also Merton and lots of the guests are hilarious. Also caught up with the inquires and interviews Ian has done. Ab fab. Just caught ep 1 series 67😁
@@davidallan5671 Welcome to satire and political sanity :)
@@davidallan5671 I have probably watched every episode since day one, but can only find a selection or snippits on YT. Where can you find every episode please?
Always worth hearing from Ian Hislop! 👍
I love Ian Hislop❤ nothing more to say
I like Ian hislop he doesn't let the so called elite get away with being idiots
I agree plus the elite are not only idiots they take anyone who is not them , as idiots.
Hislop is a hero!
Ian is a National Treasure
Thank goodness we have someone like Ian Hislop! Now if only HE would run for PM... 🤔
Oh, you really are a glutton for punishment.
With the current crop of idiots and criminals in Govt, our politics IS a satire of a dysfunctional basket-case.
Satire and humour are vital in politics. When you can laugh at something its finished. Politicians hate being laughed at far more than being argued with.
Ian has such a sharp mind, he is so many steps ahead of all the politicians and much of the media. But he tells it like it is!! Just keep on doing this please ……….
Love this man.
Best show on tele. ❤
Arguably, Johnson being on Top Gear was more egregious than being on HIGNFY.
Agreed, and he certainly presided over a multi-car pile-up politically speaking.
Neither HIGNFY or Top gear are egregious or were responsible for calamity Johnson. The public were. They voted for him. They're to blame. End off
Londoners are to blame mostly as they voted him in as mayor - giving him power and publicity. TWICE.
I wish he would be on Question Time more....
As well as TV in general....
I don't think Ian can be blamed for Borris because of his satire! Would like to hear more from him, great guest
The only person responsible for borris is borris that's the problem
@@simplySY8 Except for London mayor, Boris has been fired from every job he ever has. drumpf declared bankruptcy 7 times and lied to get out of the draft. People have too short of attention spans.
Something happens that people didn't like, an explanation and scapegoat must be found.
Not unlike when your team gets beaten it has to be the refs fault, rather than any deficiencies your team has, or how well the opposition played it.
This man, Ian Hislop is a hero from Piers Morgan onwards.
Simply the best.😊
Excellent, as usual
the amazing Job that Ian Hislop does should be being done by investigatory journalism which has been compromised by the owners of Newspapers in this country. Take all Newspapers out of private ownership. Ensure they are only listed as public companys.
Can't stand trump, johnson, farage or morgan. They all stand for one thing, themselves!
All complete narcissists. I find them revolting characters.
Thanks so much for posting
Excellent.
What a funny, interesting , humble man
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Now that is satire.
Absolute legend
love you ian H, never stop
Lewis you are a Brummie legend!
I used to get PE back in the early 70’s Grocer Heath days.It was an alternative to us young people and taught us to not take any Politician or people with far too much hubris seriously which I greatly appreciated and still do.
The best journalist in this country by a country mile
Wonderful. Fell all around at P. Morgan's nonsense. Amazed but not surprised.
Ian is a legend!
Re the Guppy thing, Paul Merton let Johnson off the hook by making one of his absurdist remarks to steal a cheap laugh from breaking the tension.
Hislop is phenomenal and his longevity in political commentary and satire is welcome and much needed…he remains relevant.An interesting interview…though Lewis’ flapping of his hands and arms were irritatingly distracting…..whilst Hislop contained his hands to a calm restraint which allowed his answers and comments to be delivered without distraction.
Hislop just gets it right 99% of the time ….
He always has the center left slant. Lets just say that section is far from perfect.
Hislop is centrist ….. like 75% of the uk
These two are great!
I wish Hislop was Prime Minister. One guy who could save the UK.
Golly, I’m sure Ian would never have anticipated becoming an icon of truth to power. Well done that man.
Hislop is a gem
Great show!,I always enjoy listening to Ian!,ps so many Trump references but no impersonations from Lewis!
So, Ian, there is Police Scotland on the one hand and the "British Police" on the other. Not quite but it's coming!
Ian Hislop is the most based man in England
The war in Ukraine touches all of us . I am far from the conflict but I understand immediately the importance. It is not a territorial dispute it is a battle between the upholding of international law and the abandonment of it in favour of the most powerful prevails. It is as though we are in 1938. Appeasement has tried and failed in such an embarrassing manner. Our pathetic naivety has been exposed, we are exposed.
We cannot fall back into the same trap.
We must fight. We must.
Much as I love Ian he has a massive blind spot about new media and online content.
BBC. Says it all.
Hislop giggling is life affirming
Oh, it really isn't.
Much respect 👏👏👏
What an excellent interview, fascinating as always.
How jolly. Makes you think the last 4 years haven't happened. So inquiring.
HIGNFY surely has to be one of the longest running shows in the world. I can think of Star Trek, Blue Peter, and there may be one or two others but its got to be up there. Someone should check this.
And just as irrelevant.
Interesting interview. Thanks.
I trust Ian unreservedly.
I would love to see a meeting of Miriam Margolyes and Iain.😊
Strange meeting. Id say him & frankie boyle would be better
@@sunseeker9581 Frankie Boyle has been both a guest and guest host on HIGNFY
@@sunseeker9581 OMG! Your comment has caused me to consider Frankie Boyle as being a combination of Ian Hislop's political instincts mixed with Miriam Margoyle's blunt profanity lol.
Have I Got News For You represents the only satirical TV programme on the BBC at the moment and a complete lack of satire on the other channels, which is a disgrace. I remember growing up in the 1990s and we had the Friday Night Armistice, The Day Today, Rory Bremner, Spitting Image and even in the 00s we had Dead Ringers and Alistair McGowan. What do we have now - The Last Leg and HIGNFY both shows very long in the tooth and very boring at times.
I see what you mean, John, but disagree. Whilst the format of HIGNFY is old, I never find it boring. We still have Deadringers on R4. We have also The News Quiz. There’s also the true wonder of Jon Holmes’ The Skewer.
Yes, they are all radio and it is awful that the ‘other’ channels have little output but then they really never did, compared to the Beeb.
Take into account that a lot of comedy satire is now on podcast- Mark Steel’s excellent ‘What the f*** is going’ on being a perfect example - then I feel that we are well served.
It simply isn’t piped through the gogglebox.
there's TheExplodingHeads with Colin from Portsmouth,Jonathan Pie,Larry and Paul with Broken News,Rosie Holt and Matt Green comedy that you can find on youtube
@@philippepalmer2968 That was not my point. On main TV there is a drought of satire.
@@graemem111 its long past its sell by date. Frankie boyles new world order was far better.
We also, until fairly recently, had Nush Kumar and Co's brilliant Mash Report. But then the Beeb abruptly cancelled it; it looks like the government leaned heavily on the BBC to do away with it because of "lefty" political bias - in other words, it was too close to the truth about many of the conservative governments dubious policies and frequent cockups. Frankly, I'm surprised that HIGNIFY has managed to survive in the current political climate.
It was nice of the interviewer to allow Hislop to squeeze a few words in from time to time.
Lewis was lost. No clue about the history of HIGNFY. Frequently rescued by Ian
I'll be honest, the peak of HIGNFY was Angus' last show. It was glorious. I would love to have seen what was cut out
Tragedy plus time equals comedy. So true
And now we can see where borris and his fun have got us.😢
One of the few posh blokes I really enjoy listening to.
Thanks to Paul Merton for bringing us a version of Ian Hislop who always looks for the truth and looks out for the public in GB
The more we encounter something, the more we tend to prefer it, based on familiarity alone (mere-exposure effect). Politicians should not be involved in forms of entertainment, such as chat shows, quizzes or reality shows. They should only be platformed in the media when they are being interviewed about their political activity. I'd go further, and say that media figures and celebrities should be barred from standing for political office.
His brother Shaka was great in goal for Newcastle
In 1990, I was a 19 year old an outdoor clerk for a solicitor on Holborn. I saw Ian Hislop sitting at a big table in the Royal Courts of Justice outside a courtroom shuffling papers. I thought "Wow, it's that bloke off that news show thing. They said on there he's going to court a lot." :)
That was fascinating, though it led to pretty much the only time I have disagreed with Ian Hislop - re Boris Johnson "He wasn't a politician at the time; I don't know how many times I have to repeat this" ... an upper class, right leaning Etonian journalist at the Torygraph presenting amusing columns about the world as he sees it at the time IS political - I'm guessing he first appeared before announcing he would be a London mayor candidate?
At least until the Torygraph employ Alistair Campbell or Owen Jones for regular opinion pieces at great expense
Milliseconds after Starmer gets in.
It is political but that does not make him a 'politician'. Holding political office does that and at the time he didn't.
@@basstedson Fair enough
excellent interview/ discussion
It's funny, Ian Hislop and Paul Merton are probably two of the most influential people in the UK, and certainly in UK politics. But they still kind of slide under the radar. I wonder if any politicians ever ask him for advice.
Who rules this country, the native citizens or a foreign government that has never been our friend? 😡 😡 😡
The English establishment is not British. It consists of a small number of English people with inherited wealth. It has almost reached the 1000 year mark. But literally nothing lasts forever.
Now there is someone who should be in the Lords.
There shouldn’t be a lords. Nor an exploitative economic system that leads to minority rule.
Great interview, love Ian, but the vibrating picture made me quite ill.
He's not Jimmy Fallon messing up his hair, Ian Hislop has consistently shown Boris to be a lying, corrupt bafoon - the fact that people watched him host and then voted for him is wild!
Would love to go for a pint with hislop.
We need more Ian Hislops ..
There is only 1 Ian Hislop 3:58
How very jolly. Actually I think we need more proper investigative journalists worth their salt.
Hislop is the leader of the London Sneering Class. He sneers at just about everything. His smirking face is really annoying. He has turned Private Eye from Richard Imgram's witty satirical journal into a snide little paper.
Lewis embarrassed himself once again here by somehow suggesting HIGNFY was responsible for Boris.. truly pathetic!
I think his hair is more embarrassing atm 😅
It looks better the Richard tice s hair dye soaked Barnet
@@Gary-le7dz oohhhh, I dunno Gary, I’d argue that it very much depends on the day! He’s clearly a close second, Emily reigns supreme with beautiful bouncy hair
He helped Boris get national recognition. If they make people laugh they win lots of voters
@@sunseeker9581 I agree, but I watched that episode and thought the guy was an idiot. That was pretty clear, so what does that say about the country?
Have I Got News For You is definitely responsible for Johnsons success . Made him look lovable. They enabled him. They were used by him .
They weren't used, they're all on the same team against the great unwashed.
Even if people point out corruption within Government it doesn't stop officials from continuing to carrying it out. So bringing it to everyone's attention is a pointless exercise. Power corrupts & absolute power corrupts absolutely.
I could watch have I got news for you on a daily basis,no matter how low I feel it bucks me up,love it.
Thank Yous 😂
From Ireland, GB is lucky to have one of the best Ian Hislop.
When GWB (whose father was ambassador to China later president, and great great grandfather was president) complained that he and his friends at Yale(rich dumb$%$%) were looked down upon by "elites" (smart kids who studied to get there). And the W is from Walker as in Walker cup International golf championship.
All this uncovering of politics but yet the voters never learn.
Yes, Lewis, the media has failed.
Failed so appallingly it beggars belief.
The failure of the media to meaningfully hold corruption to account is a very serious problem for the public.
Love Ian, but he's being a bit short on the facts here. Johnson certainly did make appearances when he was an MP. They did a whole Mastermind style sketch on him and Ian Duncan Smith. He also made another appearance where they teased him about wanting to be made Tory leader.
Stay focused on the real threat at hand.
The problem with journalism is not the work of the journalists. It is how much of that work the politically motivated editors allow the public to see.