@@LouDeeCruz Wtf you talking about? Tory stooge? Christ almighty

You did not challenge Mr H over Paul Foot's and his own dangerous errors of judgement in covering Andrew Wakefield's falsified research on MMR / autism, promoting anti vaccine sentiments. The anti-vax movement has damaged and killed many thousands and continues to do so.

@@gijgij4541 What errors of judgement? Please give examples/sources if you're going to make a statement like this - happy to be illuminated if you're right.

@@drbrit67 TEST

@@drbrit67 For some unfathomable reason my replies to you are being taken down: I can only suggest you go to Google.

The BBC is a public service broadcaster established by Royal Charter. It's funded by the licence fee paid by UK households.

@@richbrock9876 it's a levy that can be lowered or hopefully removed entirely.

@@richbrock9876 And every few years the government, tells the BBC how much they can charge for the licence. They started talking in Nov 2020 about how much it will be in 2022. So if the BBC were to really upset the government they may say that the fee will be £0.

@Connor McCleod ⚔️ Correct not funded by the government, but set.

He’s a gatekeeper.

I clicked a thumbs up on this comment and then thought that isn't enough... well said Derek.

No job for HIM on the Beeb then !

@@tridentmusic5570 GB News? All their interviewers behave like that.

@@sanddancer1951 🤣 good one! 😂

Sure but he's not a politician. Watch how politicians deliberately avoid the question asked and answer a new one. They deliberately run the clock down because they know they only have a set time. Repeat the same answer, insist on finishing their point which is exactly the same as the one they just made. Good journalists cut in and put pressure on them to answer the question and not waste time. Emily Maitlis is one of the best at this. Different to an interview with someone not involved in government

😄 I’m enjoying being able to read all the little details from the Private Eyes on the wall!

And the video editor for painstakingly keying and tracking a circle around Ian Hislop's head to try to sharpen it. The image of head that is, not his actual head. He's not a pencil. Allegedly.

It's awful camera work. The interviewee looks so sharp but the most important shot is disgraceful. I'm glad I am not the only nerd who found it irritating.

@@sihy I knew something was messed up. I kept looking at him thinking it was some AI image.

I came here to say exactly this 😂

Spiked-online, obviously without the humour but a politically balanced journal just the same.

Perhaps Spectator?

@@citizensnid3490 👍

@@citizensnid3490 Are you serious?

Private Eye lost its integrity when it became an unashamed pro-lockdown rag

Best thing about HIGNFY.

Gareth Williams. What about Guto Harry instead? Lol

He's a c#nt Sorry. Horrible man! Little establishment Joker

Strange then he never blew the whistle on Jimmy Saville despite both being at the BBC for decades. Either he is very bad at his job as an investigative journalist and Editor of Private Eye having this go on under his nose for years, or he was actively covering up for that big 'Have I Got News For You' taxpayer/BBC money

@@seanedwardfitz Very valid question which I can't answer. Has he ever been asked to explain why it wasn't covered in Private Eye?

Doesn't Costa ramble! He waffles on, enjoying the sound of his own voice, and then good old Chris Bryant has to steer him back to keeping it relevant. Costa is a galloping ego.

@@interrupttheroutine5491 He really is. Pompous with it. Hislop pulled him up several times, to great effect.

Yeah ..they all talk the talk but never walk the walk...this is why England is now a sh#thole.

And he's Welsh. Of course he hates having that pointed out. Why?

He holds everyone to account. He must have personal political views but he doesn’t let that affect his ability to get torn into anyone.

Pity he hates the result of a democratic vote. I do hope Hislop is sued into bankruptcy!

@@ab-jx4qs Whatever's wrong with hating the result of a democratic vote? Why on earth do you think people should have to be happy about any result they didn't want or vote for? Were you happy with Tony Blair's democratic landslide for instance? Or Jon Bercow being democratically elected as Speaker by his peers?

Well said. A free press which holds those in power to account is the cornerstone of democracy. Ian Hislop truely does this. Private Eye exposes hypocrisy brilliantly and gives a voice to the people. It helps with the many "have to laugh or you'll cry" moments in current politics.

@@PGFardell Yes and yes. Hate the result by all means. Doesn’t change it, however. Else change your name by deed poll to Donald Trump.

Much like a 2nd class letter…

A subscription is money well spent.

Private Eye is the antithesis of fake news. Hislop is a great fella who is interested in the truth in politics.

Check out Timothy Snyder

Tim Snyder the historian?

It is a great pity, the USA cannot find a single Republican politician who believes in the constitution.

Why would you only come for five minutes, knowing it was a longer video? That doesn't make sense?

Monkey tennis - it's a form of words meaning I didn't think I would like it but I did, or something like that. A colloquial phrase.

BBC is nothing but a narrative for hire propaganda outfit, a hysterically ridiculous thing.

@@ascott6328 slowly over many years news services have been stealthily predated upon. 1980 s. BBC started to fail slowly, our ABC in Oz the SBS service is the same as you described, sadly DW France24 and AJ have all gone the same way, RT being the obvious weapon of choice for the Russians

Strange how he never found out or reported on the Jimmy Saville scandal despite both being at the BBC for decades. 🤔🤔🤔

@@seanedwardfitz Not really though is it. Saville was on one episode of HIGNFY but hardly someone he hung around. This sort of bullshit poisons the well.

@Heretic He is a moderate conservative. He comes across as woke because the overton window has widened to include the current nationalist/populist type government we have. The Home Secretary suggested letting people drown FFS.

Same.

He probably will, the Putlizer is for agreeing with the panel, not journalistic integrity

Ian Hislop often comes across as a mischievous troll but he is an extremely intelligent person - you may not agree with him but he is always worth listening to.

The Pullitzer is only for US journalism, I’m afraid

@@setbellic6916 Definitely!

Pulitzer today is to have gone to the right school, work at the right publication and be able to turn a blind eye to the "correct" people's malfeasance. the closest thing Americans have is the Izzy (IF Stone) award.

Your not a national treasure till boris sits next to you without a mask.

A turd but an essential part of the ecosytem.

I see what you did there David, very good.

Strange then he never blew the whistle on Jimmy Saville despite both being at the BBC for decades. Either he is very bad at his job as an investigative journalist and Editor of Private Eye having this go on under his nose for years, or he was actively covering up for that big 'Have I Got News For You' taxpayer/BBC money

@@seanedwardfitz same as Jim Davidson, Johnny rotten, Alex Belfield. All those who slate the BBC now, they knew what was going on obviously as well. I'm no fan of the BBC what so ever, but there's a lot of people who make out they're whiter than white that people fall for because they speak there language. Everyone who probably worked at the BBC, ITV, in showbiz, Royal family and the politicians knew at the time. But I bet you'll defend some of these people because of the particular narrative that talk

@@samuelstevens248 firstly Johnny Rotten did speak out about Saville back in the 70s, hence why Sex Pistols were given so much censorship, not so much so because of their profanity. Secondly, not of those people pride themselves on being investigative journalists. Hislop does. On a secret which wasn't so secret in the BBC for decades. So it's either he is incredibly bad at this job, or is a collaborater to keeping it hidden by not reporting it and collecting on regular big HIGNFY money.

@@seanedwardfitz sorry Alex Belfield a former journalist for the The Sun, The Mirror and a number of newspapers. Whether they are journalists or not, using your same theory if they knew, than they are just as guilty. Well if Johnny rotten really wanted to could of got a lot further with it. As far as I'm concerned anyone who knew about it has blood on there hands.

@@seanedwardfitz Think about it, anybody who worked for the BBC, in journalism, showbiz, royal family, the police and politicians that knew about it, protected there own careers over child abuse. That tells you everything you need to know about famous people or people with wealth.

I bought a condensed copy of Oxford Dictionary, the one with first dated appearances of each word … the type is tiny, 5 point? It came with a large oblong magnifying glass, magnificent, works a treat.

I would pay for a digital subscription, partly for the same reason (the small print). I know others who would too. Just because it's digital doesn't mean it is, or has to be, free. I'm not sure why Ian Hislop thinks that. ...? . There must be something I'm not aware of. There are ways of mitigating for unauthorised distribution, ways of the pages not being easily 'dragged & dropped', meta tagging the pages, etc. Why not paper print & digital? Definitely Ian for BBC political editor!

When you said "small print" I immediately thought of something completely different to the size of the text.

@@harrypalmer3481 I emigrated to Australia in 2015 and regretfully cancelled my long running subscription as a result. As an ex pat I would gladly subscribe digitally. Post takes weeks to get here and delivering newsprint half way around the world is not at all environmentally friendly either. Private Eye are missing a trick. Love Ian but he is a bit of an old fuddy duddy in many ways.

I'm pretty certain magnifying glasses are still a thing.

@Heretic You really have no idea, do you? Governments and newspapers have tried to shut down PE, and would have succeeded, after a libel action, had a massive public backlash not produced what is now called "crowdfunding". The paper was saved, and celebrating 60 years of taking the p*ss out of Tories, Labour, Lib Democrats, Royals and every other self important and puffed up individual in the public eye (pun intended). It's the last bastion of real investigative journalism left in the country. And a damn good read.

Britain has been making bad jokes of harsh reality for hundreds of years, Hisplop typifies this exceptional breed of unfunny toff.

@Heretic Cope

Tainted with arrogance yes.

@@LouDeeCruz same industry, totally different attitudes.

She's so left-wing it's painful! Why on earth did he suggest she's right-wing??!?!

@@LouDeeCruz Wasn't there a study that showed that the BBC had a left-wing bias? Was that actually a right-wing con?

Did you listen to what he actually said? He said "which i failed to detect". He was being sarcastic and actually confirming that in his view she wasn't tainted at all

Huge respect for this bbc leftie 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Albeit often for the wrong causes. It would be good to see an update of some of the supposed miscarriage of justice cases Paul spent so much time on. I believe it's now accepted that Hanratty was guilty beyond reasonable doubt, for instance.

@@finosuilleabhain7781 Hanratty's conviction in retrospect was probably sound because of the DNA evidence, though that too has been questioned. But part of being a great investigative journalist is that you can get some things wrong. Paul was always very aware of that and frequently acknowledged it. A "beacon of integrity" is how one obituary described him. We could do with his integrity and tenacity today.

What?

@@goatlps Hislop is slightly out of focus: the interviewer (whatever his name is) is perfectly in focus. The above post is what's called "sarcasm," or, possibly in your case, "sarchasm." :)

He's clearly nervous (who wouldn't be) and his badly ironed market stall shirt maybe gives him a bad look. But he does okay. I'm sitting here in candle wax stained pajama bottoms and a fleece that is one howl away from a 'Spirit of The Wolf' full club membership, and it's got some stains down the front. I can't tell if it's food or hubris. I'm guessing, in the same vein of sartorial liberalism, that I could walk into, say, your house and my views be taken seriously (before you rang the police). Hislop is The Eye. He believes in free journalism and for governments to be held to account. If Private Eye ceased to exist I'd take it as a signal to stop caring and start looking at my neighbours as food.

With the sharpen filter mask moving around distractingly too. Bold decision

Probably because the camera was set up prior to Ian sitting down - hence why it's focussed on the magazines behind him.

You need help. This English Public School boy is part of the problem. Supporting the British Caste System is wrong. Reconsider your position.

What’s unwitting about it?

@@ike25young in what way does a school boy support anything?

​@@ike25young With all due respect Bob, choose your battles. 👍

Seriously what is wrong with you? This guy wouldn't piss on you if you were on fire. With his money him and his leftist school boy chums could stop the wars and feed every child in Liverpool nutritious meals forever. Seriously, what is wrong with you?

@@ike25young yeh he’s a smug partisan Wanker , never could stand him or his opinions

Strongly disagree.

@@mikethebloodthirsty In the sense that there's lots of high quality investigative journalism in other parts of the British press, no investigative journalism at the eye or something else?

And anyone who thinks otherwise is deluded

@@matthewmcneany Their stance on the coronavirus pandemic is what made me stop reading it... I realized they failed to ask any questions about the validity of lockdowns, vax passports etc. As a former lifelong Labour supporter... it pains me to say it was only the right wing press such as The Spectator who stood up against the biggest erosion of freedom the world has seen for some time.. Private Eyes Corona coverage may as well be written by Fauci. It showed me when it comes to the crunch, they are just a part of the establishment they seem to despise so much.

@@mikethebloodthirsty following science isn’t the same as being pro govt

make donation to the conservative party and be biased in favour of the conservative govt in the news. (the current boss of the BBC donated over £400,000)

In the UK... prime minister, president and political editor are all part of the same job.

@@theunknown1426 Can you give us more details re the £400,000 donation to the Tory party given by the then Director /Governor of the BBC?

He's an establishment court jester. About 90 per cent of the issues that have required scepticism in the last 20 years this toady has fallen in line with - what planet are you on? We have absolutely zero opposition in this country to the prevailing liberal/progressive/environmentalist/authoritararian monster. Our politics are dead. Parliament and ministers have fully captured the divine right to rule, which they do in the interests of the corporate oligarchs. Things are really very bad, pal, why the hell are you stroking this man's ego?

Shame he was part of a program that made out that Boris was just a loveable fool who could do no harm. That shit didn't age well

NO-NO ! what you mean is--He SHOULD BE IN, AN INSTITUTION. His ludicrous bias since the referendum, has sunk the once entertaining programme, 'Have I got News for you'. down into the sewer, and then became pathetically predictable, and unwatchable. They just laugh at their own pathetic repetative comments.

@@philbutcher6959 indeed, I found it deeply disquieting when I started reading their Corona coverage. I'm sure Fauci or Ferguson ghost wrote all that crap. I stopped reading it 2020 sometime. Even though it has much less of an influence than it did... If it's not against it... then It's 100% part of the biggest erosion of basic human rights and freedoms that we've seen within most people's living memories.

@@mikethebloodthirsty Didn't see all that - but it doesn't surprise me to hear it. The whole show has been a monolithic collaboration and sadly, mostly willingly done.

Remove the word ‘nearly’ and that’s spot on

Ah, but which facts? You can’t cover everything…lying by omission is the way the BBC have gotten away with their left wing bias, for example.

@@Dude0000 left wing bias in this day and age from the BBC you escaped from somewhere boy

@@georgebodley8068 I agree, BBC's Chris Mason is a massive right winger. He recently was amazed that a caller to any answers described Thatcher's selling of council houses as a bribe - of course it was a effing bribe and he thought not.

​@@Dude0000 Indeed, ​ Seneca’s Adoptive Son, that is the knub of it. The BBC are experts at not saying something provably untrue, while not reporting the facts that may turn a story on its head. Once you become aware of it, it becomes impossible to ignore.

@@Dude0000 wrong... 200% wrong, try again.

BBC wouldn't dare

Like when he sided with Wakefield over mmr?

@@kenlewis9557 I think that was mainly Christopher Booker's doing.

I don't know how someone could watch the interview and not know if he was joking. It wasn't exactly subtle and he goes on to effectively outline why he wouldn't want it or be suited to it. TBH I think Ian's already found a job he's really good at.

Hislop as bbc political editor would be like putting a rare breeds butcher in charge of a zoo . Funny if you have a sick sense of humour . Light the fuse and stand well well back

I would love to be able to buy "private eye" online in pdf.

Can’t it be online and a paid digital subscription whilst keeping the printed copy going?

So am I, she didn't even try to be impartial, her Tory colours shone out, that is why Johnson, always chose to speak to her.

I agree. Goodbye Kunsberg. What a blessed relief

Agreed. And Hislop's remark here that Kuenssberg "apparently harboured extreme right-wing views" (or words to that effect), as a means of mocking the left's criticisms of her, was misguided in my view. Simply a bit of a strawman. Few (except maybe some deluded terminally online Twitter users) would have ever levied that accusation. The point was always simply that she consorted with high-profile Tories, credulously reported their gossip (provably), was happy to do so especially at the expense of the left, and seemed to lack professional standards.

@@catherinechester6080 within an institution that is almost totally leftist, she seams right wing. You can be sure her replacement won’t be a white male as they need not apply to most positions in the BBC.

@@janguvpes7518 Well said. We need more dispassionate analysis these days.

John Selwyn Gummer, not Glover, and it was a hamburger not a sausage. And I only remember this because it was in Private Eye!

A real gem of a memory of British political life .Ta for that .

This interview with Ian was so enjoyable that I watched it twice! As an expat since 2002 living in Spain and in Poland since 2004 & I have missed the satire and the astute journalism of Ian & his brilliant team. The Best of British versus the worst excesses of mainly Tory politicians (The Scum) voted in by those who believe lies without using Due Diligence. Thank you all for an excellent video 📹 production!

Private Eye is supposed to skewer all sides, but is 100% propaganda for lockdown and shutting schools

@@ashleyarmstrong9492 Yawn!

He never talks about demographic replacement or high black crime.

@@evolassunglasses4673 Because he's not a culture war grifter like those I suspect you idolise.

@@evolassunglasses4673 so basically you want more racists on tv talking about racist things? Let me guess, the zionists are behind this great "demographic replacement"?

@@evolassunglasses4673 he speaks truth to power he doesn't shout at the marginalised

He helped Boris’ career by allowing him to sub so much on Have I got news for you.

@@peteradaniel Didnt we all, Alex. I won't speak for any one but me, but shame on me.

@@peteradaniel He doesn’t get to pick people. He’s not a producer…

The Eye reported on a paedo VIP ring back in the 80s - when a victim finally went to the police a decade back he ended up in jail himself and the police pilloried for questioning 'the great and the good'. The Eye would relate how Harvey Proctor MP had fun in North Africa with boys but on reflection they meant notorious orphanage in North Wales, just like their code terms 'Ugandan affairs','tired+emotional'

@@IamGrimalkin Lou is correct. Read up on the case.

Royal Mail was privatised but Post Office wasn't- it separated from Royal Mail Group and continued and still continues to be subsided by the UK taxpayer.

@@IamGrimalkin Um. Don’t correct people who aren’t wrong.

@@jonharrison9222 Their orginal comment is no longer visible and I can't even remember what it was about. Fine, I'll delete the comment, it makes no difference to me.

You too, technocratic Marshall law and an aggressive stance toward Russia, China and Iran. Tally fucking pip

I really don't understand this take but it seems to be a popular one here. The job, as I understand it, requires embedding in Westminster and befriending politicians so you can turn the intrigue and rumours they leak into fodder for a rolling news channel. Doesn't really allow for the bigger picture long form journalism that Hislop seems to enjoy, not to mention his propensity to rub people up the wrong way usually by being too honest.

Yes I would love that.😉

Don’t the License Payer pay him enough Already.I wouldn’t stop laughing at my own funnies if I was him

@@rexp5350 g

The Grunny maybe ?

Private Eye is a magazine, SarkyBugger.

The ‘Grunny’ is the ‘Guardian’ newspaper, Eddie Bourke? Genuine question.

@@donaldmackinnon4569 Officially, perhaps. However, it carries more news than my local "newspaper" ever did, so I shall stick to my description. I just wish the print wasn't so damned small, and yes, I'm getting old. ;o)

@@donaldmackinnon4569 Yup; it's a diminutive of 'Grauniad' (along with 'Graun) coined (funnily enough by Private Eye) in recognition of the Guardian's celebrated typesetting and non-existent proofreading departments in the old days of hot lead printing. The mistakes appear to have arisen, in part, from the antedeluvian manner in which the typesetters were paid (not to mention the absence of proofreading) resulting in a stream of correction in later editions on an almost-daily frequency (the first edition being the biggest sinner). Private Eye, to the best of my recollection, ran a weekly column of Guardian bloopers and used the misspelling 'Grauniad to highlight them (the Grunny itself once ran with the heading 'Gardian' so couldn't very well complain). Searching online the best one was 1972: “At Oxford C.B. Fry’s party trick was to leap backwards from carpet to mantelpiece from a standing fart” (first edition). “At Oxford C.B. Fry’s party trick was to leap backwards from carpet to mantelpiece from a standing tart” (second edition). “At Oxford C.B. Fry’s party trick was to leap backwards from carpet to mantelpiece from a standing start” (third edition). - Or referring to the Soviet Trade union rag TRUD as 'TURD'.

What I like he's not biased for right or left and he goes after corrupt politicians whichever party they're from.

We could really use Ian in the US.

The more that the BBC pisses off this govt, the more funding they'll lose (via sneak tactics) - one of them actually said something like that after the Nick Robinson episode. I think the beeb are just treading lightly so that they can survive (because for each cut, jobs are lost - it's a solidarity thing) until this untrustworthy mob eventually gets their marching orders.

Ian Hislop is way too good for the BBC

@@passenger62 The Director general of the BBC, Tim Davie, is a former Tory MP and so was the man he took over from in September 2020. (Lord Hall) The BBC is a Tory run institution. Say no more.

@@ljt3084 Yes, I agree. There's a 'process' but it's really a political appointment. So LK is a reflection of that - but many more centre and left-of-centre journalists who are employed by the beeb are being edited or just keeping their heads down, to preserve an institution which (in my mind) remains valuable if it's allowed to operate without interference. But as you say.. we've had Tory govt since 2010 and Lord Hall was appointed in 2013. No way J Birt or G Dyke were tories tho'.

@@passenger62 The BBC does no good for anyone by keeping its head down. Only Channel 4 News, of the terrestrial channels, dares to challenge and accurately report the egregious behaviour of our 'government', and is threatened because of it. If the BBC -- IF -- it intends to be a worthy source for current affairs, it needs to grow a pair, not cower. But the truth is that it's stuffed with Tory shills.

Mr H. needs to stay where he is - he's doing just fine! A correspondent job at BBC/ITV/Sky etc News is wasted on someone like him.

Literally.....? 🤔

It’s a joke mate, cheer up

@@PoliticsJOE Thanks for the reply. Some comments here are along the lines of “Good one, Ian. She’s too extreme.” So they clearly don’t get that it’s a joke. And it doesn’t look like a joke. So that makes it clickbait, if people have to click to realise that it’s a joke. And of course the vast majority of people who see the video title won’t click to watch it, so they’ll misunderstand the title. Really great interview, as usual. IMHO, really misjudged title.

Fair enough

@@PoliticsJOE Yes, maybe, but look at the results of that! You've just attracted a load of nutters harbouring ludicrous grievences. At least Kuenssberg wasn't some supercilious, sanctimonious twerp.

I was scratching my head at the beginning. Trouble is it's so hard to tell these days if any statement is ironic. I've become accustomed to hearing the most hysterical gibberish put forward in total earnest. The fact that there are genuinely people who'd consider Laura K's attitude to be extreme far right really tells us everything we need to know.

I'm a revisionist, my father a school master and he has sent me to Coventry.

Apart from Viz.

Think Ian would let an American expat living in Mexico subscribe?love hignfy and Ian.

I don't blame her.

As did the British public

Well that's her personal politics which should be different from her professional role as Political Editor. On a personal level, she's obviously a vile human being, who's well worth avoiding. I'm sure there are plenty of people like that who still manage to pull it together, and behave professionally. She didn't do her job! There were plenty of people who did vote Corbyn and wanted to hear what he had to say. They pay their licence fee too. The political editor is supposed to have a grasp of what is Political news, in the UK. Kuenssburg reduced that role to making sure her friends had plenty of opportunities to get their face on the telly. That's bad for both the Left and Right in British Politics. It's bad for democracy. She was absolutely poisonous and useless. Glad to see the back of her.

@@GlasPthalocyanine are you kidding yourself? There are plenty of hacks that show their left wing bias daily, Anthony Zurcher, the BBC North American editor, for one. Every single piece he writes has "I love the democrats, I love the left" in it.

@@Sidneyyoungblood75 No. I don't watch the BBC much and I'm in the UK, so not part of the audience for their output in the US. I used to watch a lot more, and I can tell you that there are better journalists with more integrity than Kuenssburg, on the left and right. Parading personal politics is not part of the job description.

What? Are you talking about that mug in Essex that took 17 dips to the face the other week in Essex? Are you saying Hislop was involved? A cocaine deal gone Saf maybe? Nah just kidding but it would have been a more entertaining PSYOP if Ian Hislop had been the second. Knife man. Proper funny.

Funny thing is that he's actually rather conservative in a lot of ways... Mostly the sensible good ones. Actually having people pay for the Eye means they don't have to go after the whole engagement/outrage economy BS

I don't disagree. But it could be published online for subscription, with minor management it could pay for itself without any need for ad revenue - it's not the law. And would ultimately secure a future via younger, digital audiences.