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"
Simply he is the best of us, and it is not hard to know what the truth is! But to stand up for it relentlessly against all the odds every day, day after day for over 30 years takes a lot of personal courage. Which Ian Hislop has in spades! and that makes him a softly and well spoken and well educated legend of our times..
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.
Unfortunately, only a few people read Private Eye and a few satirists being allowed to operate doesn’t defend democracy, as we have found in the last ten years. Unregulated social media controlled by dictators and corporations control everything now.
@@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.
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.
@@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
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 TH-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?
Ian Hislop has always been ahead of the game, one of the most brilliant minds in the world. Definitely a national treasure and international treasure, I am American and I am so thankful I came across Private Eye a little over a decade ago 🙏 ✨️
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 ……….
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.
@@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.
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.
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." :)
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.
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.
Most presenter journalists are public school educated and are representing the politicians and the establishment more than they ever represent the general public. They are part of the problem. The News Agents trio are an exception in this case and of course Ian Hislop is exceptional
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.
That time Merton was proud of himself for quoting a Shakespeare passage. And Iain casually outdid him with an entire Beowolf paragraph in the original olde English. Merton's face was a picture.
About Piers Morgan and Boris Johnson, Ian succinctly states: "He (Morgan) is rather like Boris, they don't have any fixed views as far as I can see. It's just whichever is the most effective way to move on."
@@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.
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.
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.
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 key phrase for me was, “But they get away with it”. They shouldn't be allowed to but we've stopped caring because they're no longer politicians, they're celebrities. Even at the local Council level they just play the game and we let them.
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
Long live Private Eye. Always one step ahead. 👍👌
Always read it
@@neilmachon9828 👌👍
J @@neilmachon9828
Or 3 steps behind...potato boy us edgy working on the BBC for nearly ½ a decade
@NickDartnall any more BS you want to spout?
Simply he is the best of us, and it is not hard to know what the truth is! But to stand up for it relentlessly against all the odds every day, day after day for over 30 years takes a lot of personal courage. Which Ian Hislop has in spades! and that makes him a softly and well spoken and well educated legend of our times..
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
Unfortunately, only a few people read Private Eye and a few satirists being allowed to operate doesn’t defend democracy, as we have found in the last ten years. Unregulated social media controlled by dictators and corporations control everything now.
Perhaps some people do understand, but they fear that their nasty plans will be exposed
Ian Hislop is my favourite political commentator, he is funny, cutting and he has a wonderful if sarcastic take. ❤
Wow your easily pleased
@@BennyTheBall8899 that may be true 🤣😅
@@BennyTheBall8899 you're*
@@BennyTheBall8899 so why are you here?
@@BennyTheBall8899who do you prefer?
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.
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!
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.
Hislop, amazing speaker. super intellect. joyful to listen to
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 joy to hear this man speak.
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 TH-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?
Ian is a hero.
You need to increase your meds
Ian Hislop is a legend
Such admiration for Ian Hyslop. His contribution to a reasonable outcome in an insane society should be noted.
'Hislop'.
@@yancowles ‘pedant’
Always a pleasure to listen to Ian Hislop. Thoroughly enjoyed that, particularly his comments about Boris, even pre-Mayor.
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.
Love Ian hislop what a great guest
Always worth hearing from Ian Hislop! 👍
Ian is a National Treasure
I love Ian Hislop❤ nothing more to say
Thank goodness we have someone like Ian Hislop! Now if only HE would run for PM... 🤔
Oh, you really are a glutton for punishment.
Best show on tele. ❤
Hislop is a hero!
Hislop and Merton are a great duo on hignfy and i think deeply underrated.
Ian Hislop has always been ahead of the game, one of the most brilliant minds in the world. Definitely a national treasure and international treasure, I am American and I am so thankful I came across Private Eye a little over a decade ago 🙏 ✨️
He’s ok, but ‘one of the most brilliant minds in the world’? I think Ian would laugh at this
Satire keeps us sane and grounded ❤
I first read a copy of private eye about 1977, I’ve been watching HIGN4u since the beginning, Hislop is a legend
Love this man.
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 ……….
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.
I’ve often wondered if Boris Johnson is Donald Trumps love child. 28:40
Thanks so much for posting
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.
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.
Simply the best.😊
Absolute legend
Ian is a legend!
mr hislop i think is fantastic just love everythink this man does ,absolute genius ❤ him
Excellent.
love you ian H, never stop
Excellent, Hislop is a gem.
Thank you, Ian! You keep me sane! 😅
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.
This man, Ian Hislop is a hero from Piers Morgan onwards.
The best journalist in this country by a country mile
Golly, I’m sure Ian would never have anticipated becoming an icon of truth to power. Well done that man.
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.
What an excellent interview, fascinating as always.
How jolly. Makes you think the last 4 years haven't happened. So inquiring.
With the current crop of idiots and criminals in Govt, our politics IS a satire of a dysfunctional basket-case.
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." :)
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.
From Ireland, GB is lucky to have one of the best Ian Hislop.
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 wish Hislop was Prime Minister. One guy who could save the UK.
Wonderful. Fell all around at P. Morgan's nonsense. Amazed but not surprised.
These two are great!
Much respect 👏👏👏
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.
Great show!,I always enjoy listening to Ian!,ps so many Trump references but no impersonations from Lewis!
What a funny, interesting , humble man
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Now that is satire.
Excellent, as usual
Interesting interview. Thanks.
I like Ian Hislop, level headed and fair, what more Can we expect from journilism🤒🤒
Hislop is a gem
What an engaging fellow is this Ian Hislop! That face when he laughs is gold.
Most presenter journalists are public school educated and are representing the politicians and the establishment more than they ever represent the general public. They are part of the problem. The News Agents trio are an exception in this case and of course Ian Hislop is exceptional
excellent interview/ discussion
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.
Lewis you are a Brummie legend!
One of the few posh blokes I really enjoy listening to.
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
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.
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.
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
The guy is an absolute treasure ..
That time Merton was proud of himself for quoting a Shakespeare passage. And Iain casually outdid him with an entire Beowolf paragraph in the original olde English. Merton's face was a picture.
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
Only time he dissapoints is when he talks about Scotland otherwise I adore him
About Piers Morgan and Boris Johnson, Ian succinctly states:
"He (Morgan) is rather like Boris, they don't have any fixed views as far as I can see. It's just whichever is the most effective way to move on."
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.
Can anyone describe the microphone gear used? My first time watching and i was distracted by the Antenna-looking things and the black discs.
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.
How are Labour doing now, Mr. Hislop?
Much as I love Ian he has a massive blind spot about new media and online content.
BBC. Says it all.
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
Ian Hislop is an absolute legend, but what is Private Eye’s succession plan?
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.
So, Ian, there is Police Scotland on the one hand and the "British Police" on the other. Not quite but it's coming!
There is a devilish camera oscillation on Lewis's camera at the start of the interview that messed with my head. That aside, it was a great interview!
Tragedy plus time equals comedy. So true
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.
Great interview, love Ian, but the vibrating picture made me quite ill.
A legend in his own mind. 😂😂😂
Hislop giggling is life affirming
Oh, it really isn't.
Can't stand trump, johnson, farage or morgan. They all stand for one thing, themselves!
All complete narcissists. I find them revolting characters.
The key phrase for me was, “But they get away with it”. They shouldn't be allowed to but we've stopped caring because they're no longer politicians, they're celebrities. Even at the local Council level they just play the game and we let them.
Would love to go for a pint with hislop.
Who rules this country, the native citizens or a foreign government that has never been our friend? 😡 😡 😡
Ian Hislop is the most based man in England