Ian Hislop's Finest Moments | Have I Got News For You

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  • @Emanon...
    @Emanon... 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +640

    If every journalist had the backbone and integrity of Hislop, the world would be a far better place.

    • @katelights
      @katelights 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      we should measure journalists by how many lawsuits they have had against them.

    • @clivet3252
      @clivet3252 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He's a jowly old prat with an agenda.

    • @stephenbarrette610
      @stephenbarrette610 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Yes, I’ve been reading Private Eye for about 50 years and the world’s so crazy now. And I think we are f’edd.

    • @skymanifest8339
      @skymanifest8339 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Yes, we need more privately educated Oxbridge graduates who work for the BBC, to fight the system.

    • @krispysox
      @krispysox 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He's inside.

  • @samwiseshanti
    @samwiseshanti 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +940

    Ian Hislop is a proper 'grubby' journalist, in the best possible way. I've never heard him make a comment about transgender people, or immigration, or even talk about his ideas for how the future could be, or anything like that. But he's got a mind like a filing cabinet of every dodgy deal your local MP has ever done, every cynical voting deal struck by every cabinet member, and every time a rich or powerful person in the country got caught breaking the law, and seemed to get off without consequences. He's the one you listen to if you want to know what's really going on in UK politics, everyone else is distracted by the nonsense.

    • @skymanifest8339
      @skymanifest8339 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      So basically, he just sticks to the safe middle-class topics and doesn't want to get ostracised from north London, Oxbridge graduate, BBC set. I guess worrying about the mass influx of wage suppressing cheap labour, criminal gangs, traffickers, and recently converted Christians who chuck acid in the faces of women and children - or care about the mutilation of children and the threat to female spaces, is just beneath him.

    • @KBWRER
      @KBWRER 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +47

      Fantastic description of him, absolutely love the private eye and you can tell the guy simply does not give a f##k. He will get the truth out by any means.

    • @DJ_K666
      @DJ_K666 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      He is also a lawyer

    • @gavinedinburgh
      @gavinedinburgh 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      Agree - unafraid to speak truth to power and a mind like a razor.

    • @samthemoron2
      @samthemoron2 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

      He's like the genuine version of one of malcolm tucker's last speeches at the inquiry. He speaks against duplicity, morality and popularity at all costs in politics. And he doesn't get distracted by peripheral issues

  • @silvershocknicktail6638
    @silvershocknicktail6638 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +517

    Lembit was such a magnificent sport, probably the best they've had. When he pulled out the harmonica and even got a laugh out of Paul, that was great.

    • @DirtiestDeeds
      @DirtiestDeeds 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      The bloke who wants the UN to make an orbiting hard-drive recognised as a country? Give you head a wobble.

    • @BenWKnowles
      @BenWKnowles 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +108

      @@DirtiestDeeds tbf he never said Lembit was a good politician or good at anything - just that he was a good sport, which is fair, he took his punches better than most do!

    • @silvershocknicktail6638
      @silvershocknicktail6638 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

      @@DirtiestDeeds You're not very good at conversation, are you?

    • @eligoldie9626
      @eligoldie9626 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      ​@@DirtiestDeedswhere did they say his political veiws are good ????

    • @sirgaymeerkat1994
      @sirgaymeerkat1994 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      he was a good sport, i don't know where he is today or if he's working but hignfy should have him back on as a guest presenter!

  • @repairupdaterepeat5815
    @repairupdaterepeat5815 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +263

    Do you think Ian finds out who's coming on and instantly remembers the private eye volume number he previously rinsed them in?

  • @clothilde1623
    @clothilde1623 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +183

    This isn’t nearly long enough! Fourteen minutes? There are _hours_ of the magnificent Hislop skewering anything and everything that deserves it. MORE PLEASE!

    • @Ragnarok_494
      @Ragnarok_494 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Probably because when he dies the entire political establishment will breathe such a sigh of relief that it'll be classed as a new storm by the met office

  • @pardenwho5507
    @pardenwho5507 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +61

    It’s good that Paul knows the correct point to butt in and lower the tension

    • @RH11THM
      @RH11THM หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      It's clever how, despite seeming like the more stern of the two, Paul is the comic relief when Ian is tearing into a reprobate and the situation isn't going anywhere. They're both quality in their own right.

    • @intergalactic92
      @intergalactic92 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@RH11THMit’s a good bargepole to use. You know someone is really bad when even Paul doesnt makes jokes and makes blunt comments.

    • @ZuluRomeo
      @ZuluRomeo 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      The two complement each other perfectly. Sure, Paul ends up with the most points at the end of the show, but it's Ian's skewering of the cold uncaring injustices that remain long in the memory.

  • @bryanfish7303
    @bryanfish7303 หลายเดือนก่อน +54

    He's one of those people who don't get the proper credit until they are gone. A real national treasure

  • @jaeslow6347
    @jaeslow6347 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +100

    Its the few times I have seen MP's held to account and it pretty much is always Have I got News For You that provides.

  • @johnt8453
    @johnt8453 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    Ian Hislop - Great British National Treasure.

  • @thisisanfield7085
    @thisisanfield7085 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

    Hislop is a national treasure. I grew up on private eye. I used to get approving nods on the tube from adults while reading it on the way to school. Informed my view on politics. Great source of what’s really happening behind closed doors in the corridors of power.

  • @gyroscope915
    @gyroscope915 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +118

    Oh, the venom in that first clip.
    I love it

    • @jeffsimon9594
      @jeffsimon9594 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Thanks for admitting this is all about lefty spleen-venting and not comedy

    • @paulkerrigan9857
      @paulkerrigan9857 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +50

      @@jeffsimon9594lefty? Hislop is a constitutional monarchist, you muppet.

    • @kieranhardy581
      @kieranhardy581 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@jeffsimon9594 so the UK were correct to go to war based on completely fabricated evidence?

    • @Recessio
      @Recessio 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jeffsimon9594 he's literally tearing chunks out of a left-wing politician in the first clip, you plonker

    • @andymatthews191
      @andymatthews191 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jeffsimon9594he’s having a go at former Labour MP John Prescott. 🤷‍♂️ Not sure you understand who the left is.

  • @colinwilson7524
    @colinwilson7524 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

    Lembit Opik took his medicine well and Ian was very light on him as well given the circumstances.

  • @milkysue5496
    @milkysue5496 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +71

    I swear, Ian and Paul are two of the best we have. And the sad thing is, only 20% of the population will know them properly. If they wern't so modest they should have statues

    • @jeffsimon9594
      @jeffsimon9594 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Funded from the licence fee of course

    • @skindred1888
      @skindred1888 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Not the biggest crowd to garner, political comedy.

    • @Factory051
      @Factory051 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@jeffsimon9594 Education should be free.

  • @sirgaymeerkat1994
    @sirgaymeerkat1994 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +78

    not many heroes in news media, but Ian definitely is! Paul and Ian are great together and have kept HIGNFY going all these years! fantastic.

    • @jesush.tap-dancingchrist7328
      @jesush.tap-dancingchrist7328 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Paul hasn't been funny in years. I'm still an avid viewer but only for Ian's continued presence.

  • @user-rw2pm8vv4n
    @user-rw2pm8vv4n 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +39

    Hislop is the most unassuming pitbull.

  • @TheMrgaztop
    @TheMrgaztop 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +43

    Ian Hislop. The Godfather of Journo's. And like the real Godfather, you would do well not to cross swords with him.

  • @AH-te5gs
    @AH-te5gs 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

    If we had politicians half as decent and honourable as Ian, maybe the country/world would be a better place.

  • @TEKASHI-de1qt
    @TEKASHI-de1qt หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    2:11 I was waiting for Merton to say, "Is it a dolphin in a bathtub?"

    • @ZuluRomeo
      @ZuluRomeo 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      OH MY GOD THE DAILY MAILLLLLL

  • @ar4732
    @ar4732 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

    Absolutely love Ian Hislop

  • @rivetjoint9628
    @rivetjoint9628 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +91

    Clearly the most honest and straight forward of our political commentators.

    • @razor1uk610
      @razor1uk610 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Carol Vordaman is also very straight to the point and sharply scathing too.

    • @clivet3252
      @clivet3252 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@razor1uk610 Oh please.

    • @nickcauser727
      @nickcauser727 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@razor1uk610 Carol Vorderman is a hypocritical moron.

  • @johntomasini3916
    @johntomasini3916 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

    Best show on in any media, you can learn so much and laugh your head off.

    • @clivet3252
      @clivet3252 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's lame and petty these days.

  • @samuelshoesmith
    @samuelshoesmith 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    Love Ian, love Paul and love Have I Got News For You. Watched it for years!

  • @dwdei8815
    @dwdei8815 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    There must surely be 14 HOURS (or 94) of best of Ian, not 14 minutes!

  • @creativeartist83
    @creativeartist83 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    One of UKs unsung heroes 👏

  • @willtricks9432
    @willtricks9432 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Good show great content and excellent cast. Cheers

  • @joshuaparrott2458
    @joshuaparrott2458 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    He's good at holding people's feet to the fire.

  • @johnking5174
    @johnking5174 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    You will notice when arguments between Ian and a guest or a host start to drag on and get heated, Paul tries to undercut it with a joke, because he wants the show to get on being a panel show and not a slagging match. I am usually on the side of Ian, I love it when he tears to shreds some of the guests.

    • @ZuluRomeo
      @ZuluRomeo 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Paul's ability to defuse the tension is always perfect. Decades mastering the art of improv comedy have served him well.

  • @mangs9940
    @mangs9940 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    I love this guy!

  • @voulafisentzidis8830
    @voulafisentzidis8830 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Ian Hislop is great!

  • @satjinder
    @satjinder 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Prescott and mercer were annihilated 😂😂

  • @benwrong6855
    @benwrong6855 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    Big up Ian, he's proper boss

  • @jacobwheeler9330
    @jacobwheeler9330 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    His last speech hits so well. It should never have been about the pig.

  • @tamingthejungleanallotment5486
    @tamingthejungleanallotment5486 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

    Hignfy is a great show. Its an odd one too. It's a topical news panel 'quiz' heavy on the politics, but as these clips show, it doesn't age, where other topical shows don't make sense a week after broadcast.

    • @AW-sx8hm
      @AW-sx8hm 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      It does age though, half the politico's they had on have lost relevance and whatever Ian is grilling them about is lost to time.

  • @belbrighton6479
    @belbrighton6479 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

    More please! I have just started buying Private Eye and it’s brilliant.

    • @cerisambrook7692
      @cerisambrook7692 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      I used to read Private Eye, but the truth of its contents depressed or enraged me so much, I had to stop. I now live in ignorant bliss.

    • @gillie-monger3394
      @gillie-monger3394 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      It's a brilliant 'paper' but be careful, it does take you down some frustrating rabbit holes. My wife can always tell when I've read the latest edition. She calls it my 'detox period'!

    • @JohnRCWilson
      @JohnRCWilson 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I subscribe occasionally too. I only wish it had a digital edition. Much more convenient, and easier, to read on a screen. Shame Ian says it’ll never happen.

    • @Calh92
      @Calh92 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@JohnRCWilsonthey have a podcast now

    • @gillie-monger3394
      @gillie-monger3394 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@JohnRCWilson I think going the 'electronic' route opens the publication up to easy digital manipulation i.e. hacking, context mis use or plagerism etc...
      Also, on a personal level I prefer an actual paper edition, (it's not exactly a broadsheet is it), as I do reading an actual book.

  • @zebbaker3568
    @zebbaker3568 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Ian is an intergalactic treasure.

  • @petefrombookham
    @petefrombookham 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    The guy's a legend

  • @steveOhh68
    @steveOhh68 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    15 minutes of Paul looking uncomfortable ❤

  • @zed1207
    @zed1207 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +61

    I might be wrong here, but I can't find any sign that Johnny Mercer's threat to sue over his £85,000 for 4 hours of work effectively paid for by a company that went bust ever resulted in a court case.

    • @Gellert1984
      @Gellert1984 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Pretty sure the fraud investigation found that money had changed hands, which would've scuppered any court case.

    • @stonehengemaca
      @stonehengemaca 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Strange isn't it. He's outraged by the accusation. He claims the BBC are being sued for the outrageous claims, and yet he had not filed a law suit.. I guess the accusations he strenuously denied are all true then. Typical tory.

    • @OrangeDog20
      @OrangeDog20 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      He also left shortly after, like he said he would.

    • @HiveFleetUlfang1
      @HiveFleetUlfang1 หลายเดือนก่อน

      So he lied. Shock.​@@OrangeDog20

    • @captainweekend5276
      @captainweekend5276 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Timing wise, this was late 2019, basically about 6 months before the pandemic, that probably derailed any attempt to get any kind of litigation going, and by the time he would have been able to the matter had long since left the public eye and it likely wasn't worth him pursuing them.

  • @SamHarrisonMusic
    @SamHarrisonMusic 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    Lembit Opik (or however you spell that) was really pretty funny :)

  • @davidsimpson6372
    @davidsimpson6372 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Here's a question. Given that Ian Hislop has done an enormous service to the country with his devotion to the truth and doing what journalism is required to do (as so few journalists actually do), why has he not been offered a knighthood or a place in the House of Lords?

    • @rhyswatkins7545
      @rhyswatkins7545 วันที่ผ่านมา

      He hasn't because of his "enormous service to the country with his devotion to the truth and doing what journalism is required to do". Why would you throw a decent man like Hislop to that den of vipers, fossils and chinless wonders?

  • @janetbayford133
    @janetbayford133 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Ian Hislop for Prime Minister

  • @robertnapier624
    @robertnapier624 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Ian “pull no punches” hislop.

  • @Skawagon
    @Skawagon 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Ian is great, no question about that. But the Paul's "Why did you?" is just brilliant.

  • @t2twanks
    @t2twanks หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    The only show where i will not miss an episode, haven't for over 25 years

    • @user-po2qb6cm9q
      @user-po2qb6cm9q 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I've watched it from the start in 1990 .

  • @majordendrocopos
    @majordendrocopos 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +47

    11.17 I love the way he substitutes “Clarkson” for “penis”! Spot on.

    • @lizclegg7556
      @lizclegg7556 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Did that go over Clarkson's head?

    • @majordendrocopos
      @majordendrocopos 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@lizclegg7556 I hope not!

    • @LNTRNfly
      @LNTRNfly 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@lizclegg7556- No, because it _is_ Clarkson’s head.

    • @BarryWallace-se8lz
      @BarryWallace-se8lz 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

      No it is not spot on, people give Clarkson a undeserved hard time because they do not like his truthful outspokenness. If we had more people like Clarkson this world would be a better place.

    • @BarryWallace-se8lz
      @BarryWallace-se8lz 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@lizclegg7556 No it did not, it just in this particular instance Clarkson let it slide. Clarkson is a lot smarter than people give him credit for.

  • @Truffle_Pup
    @Truffle_Pup 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Fun Fact: John Prescott turned down the role of Jabba the Hutt a total of 6 times before George Lucas decided to just go ahead with fully prosthetic puppeteer animation, but they kept Prescott's voice.

  • @GenericGooner
    @GenericGooner 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Lembit is a good sport

  • @TERMINATIONBLISS08
    @TERMINATIONBLISS08 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I will always believe that Prescott challenged Hislop to “say what [he means]” because he is used to politicians being evasive, and he wasn’t expecting such a straightforward response. It was very funny, and we could do with more satirists of his calibre.

  • @johnnyw525
    @johnnyw525 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Johnny Mercer late stepped down from his role at Crucial Academy. Of course his Wikipedia page neatly avoids stating that.

  • @user-fe1gb9uc1t
    @user-fe1gb9uc1t 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    how is this video only 14 minutes long, the show has been running for decades and IH is a national treasure

  • @johnmiller0000
    @johnmiller0000 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Ah, Johnny Two Jabs/Jags.

  • @dannycheesums
    @dannycheesums 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    What was the outcome of the Mercer stuff?

  • @Dermot2927
    @Dermot2927 วันที่ผ่านมา

    He’s just a smarmy little smart Alec, who never has to face any consequences for what he says, unlike the people he tries to put down. His job is just to snipe from a distance, an incredibly easy way to live your life, rather than try to commit yourself to something and achieve things that benefit society.

  • @TheHandsomeman
    @TheHandsomeman หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    When they say they are going to change something for the better, the opposite happens.

  • @stephaniewaters1777
    @stephaniewaters1777 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Is there a current season?

  • @muoian
    @muoian หลายเดือนก่อน

    When is the series coming back on ??

  • @CricketEngland
    @CricketEngland 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +42

    Would have been good if you could have put the air dates up of each clip ?

    • @jeffsimon9594
      @jeffsimon9594 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What exactly would that achieve?

    • @CricketEngland
      @CricketEngland 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@jeffsimon959434 thumbs up and the knowledge of when the episode was filmed

    • @jeffsimon9594
      @jeffsimon9594 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@CricketEngland Only raving OCD nerds actually require that kind of useless info though

    • @CricketEngland
      @CricketEngland 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@jeffsimon9594 28 thumbs up says otherwise

    • @ewan7283
      @ewan7283 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You could just look it up yourself

  • @gyroscope915
    @gyroscope915 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    " We made a mistake"
    Oh is that what we are calling it.
    We might have different ideas of what a mistake is.
    Bit more then a mistake when people die

    • @billyfox6368
      @billyfox6368 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      What bothers me isn't that people died as people can die as a consequence of a mistake - what bothers me is that it wasn't as innocent as an accidental mistake. It was at best an indifferent disregard for people or, more likely, at worst, malicious self-interest.

  • @ZuluRomeo
    @ZuluRomeo 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Lemsip Opec gave as good as he got.

  • @no-oneman.4140
    @no-oneman.4140 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    This country desperately needs like minded Ian Hislops to start their own party and rid us all of the worst parliament I've ever witnessed.

  • @JJONNYREPP
    @JJONNYREPP 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Ian Hislop's Finest Moments | Have I Got News For You. 27.2.24. I was watching derry girls, for some reason. A show everyone has watched but me...this is kinda similar...

  • @lizclegg7556
    @lizclegg7556 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I thought Paula Yates and Mary Archer would be in this compilation. There's plenty more Hislop material.

    • @ZuluRomeo
      @ZuluRomeo 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

      To be fair, in hindsight the Paula Yates thing was not Ian's finest hour.

  • @jestermoon
    @jestermoon 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Limbic is fantastic 👏 🎉

    • @LANCSKID
      @LANCSKID 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Who?

    • @youdontneedtoseehisidentif4939
      @youdontneedtoseehisidentif4939 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@LANCSKID Lembit Öpik, Merton’s teammate in the section beginning at 8:05

    • @LANCSKID
      @LANCSKID 18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      @@youdontneedtoseehisidentif4939 Well, Lembit isn’t ‘Limbic’, why is why I made the rhetorical enquiry …

  • @user-cs9cj1ui5j
    @user-cs9cj1ui5j วันที่ผ่านมา

    Roasting Gary Neville over the Qatar World Cup is up there with my favourite. Shame it’s not included on here. Need part 2? 😂

  • @adamgibson7181
    @adamgibson7181 วันที่ผ่านมา

    What was the outcome of the mercer libel case against the bbc

  • @MeldersJnr
    @MeldersJnr หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ian 'The Hammer' Hislop .... lol

  • @TEKASHI-de1qt
    @TEKASHI-de1qt หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    You didn't own up to it publicly, you were *_revealed as doing it_* 😂😭

  • @billgreen576
    @billgreen576 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    You could've taken that offer from bully boy Prescott. There is no way the tub of lard would've made the weigh in.

    • @HenryPage
      @HenryPage 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Did you see it when John Prescott had that scrap with the man in the street after he attacked him?

  • @johnoldfield2390
    @johnoldfield2390 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The captions don't name the proper nouns twice or three times?

  • @LiveDonkeyDeadLion
    @LiveDonkeyDeadLion 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    That Johnny Mercer clip, does anyone know the outcome of him suing the BBC? I can only find articles saying he is going to do it, but nothing else. I did find that he had to pay back expenses he had claimed

    • @thomasdalton1508
      @thomasdalton1508 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The story doesn't seem to have had any significant coverage after it broke a few days before this aired in 2019. I take it from that that no legal action was ever taken.
      I've checked Companies House and the company he was a director of went into liquidation in 2021 having lost about £400,000, so the claims about generating lots of money by placing veterans in well-paid FTSE 100 jobs were, at best, aspirational. The money they lost came from their holding company, which went into liquidation at the same time. It isn't clear where the holding company got the money from - the accounts show them having debts of more than a million pounds that disappeared from one year to the next, which I would guess was a loan from Surge (the firm that was involved with the firm that went bust) that got forgiven when it became clear it was never going to be paid back.
      It seems he was quite far removed from the misselling scandal, but the money he received does seem to have come indirectly from the scandal, as Ian claimed. The business he was involved in was a complete flop that lasted all of three years and never made any money.

    • @_Ben4810
      @_Ben4810 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Johnny Mercer...He released a statement tonight regarding the unexploded WW2 bomb found in his Plymouth constituency...It was this toe-curlingly excruciating Thank You declaration to all those who bravely served during this military-led operation, & dramatically listed every dept involved incl. er...Mountain Rescue...in Plymouth...?!? He remains such a military-grovelling drama queen.

    • @thomasdalton1508
      @thomasdalton1508 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@_Ben4810 You mean his tweet? It was a pretty standard thank you from a constituency MP. Any MP would have said pretty much exactly the same thing. Why shouldn't everyone involved be included in the thank you? I really don't see what you object to in that tweet. He may be a military-grovelling drama queen, but that tweet is not part of that.

    • @LiveDonkeyDeadLion
      @LiveDonkeyDeadLion 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@_Ben4810 not defending him in any way, but mountain rescue would have been involved in helping with the evacuation, knocking doors etc. I was involved in a very loose way with a similar event in Scotland and mountain rescue played a part

    • @Philosoph-ali
      @Philosoph-ali 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you for your service guys

  • @chrisbailey2098
    @chrisbailey2098 หลายเดือนก่อน

    David Cameron has done it

  • @johnconlon9652
    @johnconlon9652 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Saw this young bloke (then) in the 90s, at the Grapes Pub, Limehouse.
    Self-effacing might be an appropriate adjective.
    Ex-Private Eye reader ... it became too depressing.

  • @krispysox
    @krispysox 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    yeah, comments deleted.

  • @johnoldfield2390
    @johnoldfield2390 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Whats perjury?

    • @LordSvzklx
      @LordSvzklx 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Lying in court, basically

  • @mr.d.8121
    @mr.d.8121 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    When Prescott was an MP he invoiced expenses for £1,000 without a receipt. Anything over £500 needs receipts. His expenses were declined. 3 days later he claimed several expenses, each under £500, totalling £1, 000. His claims were approved.........🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

    • @petesmart1983
      @petesmart1983 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Mercer was the same claimed thousands to pay to employ his wife and 5 apple imacs in 2015 and thousands on other things there all dodgy as hell

  • @Yankee7000
    @Yankee7000 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The Johnny Mercer accusations were not proven to be true, I take it… he is still an elected MP.

    • @petesmart1983
      @petesmart1983 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They were that why within months he left the company which led you him being removed from government he only got brought back by rishi. Also had to pay back thousands in expenses but still allowed to use them to pay his wife as a employee. Also tried to block investigation of hundreds of civilians murdered by British troops in the middle east

    • @Yankee7000
      @Yankee7000 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@petesmart1983 according to his written and verbal statements to the inquiry committee he was clearly mislead into making statements about the extra judicial killings. As per Wikipedia:
      Mercer gave oral evidence to the Afghan Unlawful Killings inquiry on 21 February 2024. Mercer had in January 2020 described, as a government minister to the House of Commons, allegations in the media of extrajudicial killings by UK Special Forces in the War in Afghanistan as untrue. This statement had been based on briefings within the Ministry of Defence, which Mercer said he subsequently discovered to be incorrect. Mercer told the inquiry he was angry that the Director Special Forces, the Chief of the General Staff and the Defence Secretary Ben Wallace had "not done their job that was incumbent upon them with their rank and privileges in those organisations" in allowing him to make statements to the Commons which they knew to be untrue.
      As far as expenses he paid back 931 British pounds, not the thousands you claim.
      His wiki has that information all referenced. Please correct it to reflect all your claims so that the people know what you claim to be true. Can’t allow Wikipedia to get away with it.

    • @captainweekend5276
      @captainweekend5276 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@petesmart1983 Wrong, he was reelected in the 2019 elections, and wasn't sacked until 2021 over an entirely different issue. He also wasn't forced to pay back "thousands", he paid back £931.20 for incorrect claims. He was called up for buying iMacs rather than "cheaper equivalents" but that was dropped when he revealed they were cheaper than the desktops offered by the house of commons official supplier. There's also no evidence he tried to block the unlawful killings inquiry.

  • @lizcollinson2692
    @lizcollinson2692 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    He's right why is scandalous ridicule that sees them off not thier actually policy or lack of it.

  • @norcatch
    @norcatch 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I think it took balls for prezza to go on HIGNFY. He did well.

  • @criticsatlarge0073
    @criticsatlarge0073 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Loved when Hislop took the piss out of Boris Johnson and Piers Moron.

  • @johnharvey848
    @johnharvey848 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Poor old Prescott. He's a bit of a thicko.

  • @paulbromley6687
    @paulbromley6687 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    That is the reason for the longevity of HIGNFY, it’s almost parliamentary in its banter and scrutiny. So necessary now more up than ever. Just ask yourself who is the new Hislop or Merton when they eventually retire or go to wherever masters of scrutiny and revealers of mendacity have gone.

  • @jokedejojo
    @jokedejojo หลายเดือนก่อน

    What did happen with the army bloke and the accounting scandal?

    • @petesmart1983
      @petesmart1983 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Eventually got fired , his company was found to be giving money for he quit the charity. Also had to pay thousands back in expenses claims but recently brought back by rishi

    • @jokedejojo
      @jokedejojo หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nice one, cheers@@petesmart1983

  • @deno909
    @deno909 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Prescott is a absolute tool

  • @user-po2qb6cm9q
    @user-po2qb6cm9q 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Prescott swimming in treacle there

  • @bendaniel2271
    @bendaniel2271 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Jonny Mercer said "liable" when he should have said "libel"

  • @bluebellbeatnik4945
    @bluebellbeatnik4945 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    4:46 - sexiest politician ever. he's so hot.

  • @StrangerInAustralia
    @StrangerInAustralia 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    This is just a few clips previously posted on TH-cam. Judging by the varying quality, they were just downloaded from TH-cam and merged together.

    • @stablefairy9437
      @stablefairy9437 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      am assuming these clips were put together by Hat Trick who own the rights to HIGNFY. maybe their intern put it together.

  • @AW-sx8hm
    @AW-sx8hm 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    The interactions are fun but I never know half these people so some of the context is a leeeedle bitty missing.

    • @billybob-bm4mn
      @billybob-bm4mn 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That says more about you. You are just out of touch. I know them all.

    • @AW-sx8hm
      @AW-sx8hm 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@billybob-bm4mn good job billy bob. Ofcourse I'm out of touch with some has-been who lost the meager relevance they had a decade ago in a scandal nobody cares about anymore.
      I'm out of touch because the segment is dated.

  • @stephenburke7612
    @stephenburke7612 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I’d like to know when the Russian repot is coming out that’s been covered up why

  • @PeteViking
    @PeteViking 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    When HIGNFY had some life in it.

    • @colinbaker3916
      @colinbaker3916 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No politician, and certainly no Tory appears now. Going on HIGNFY would be far more of an ordeal than Question Time.

  • @johnroche6333
    @johnroche6333 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Did he sue the BBC?

  • @johnlanham4050
    @johnlanham4050 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Finest moments after what he and Merton did to Angus Deyton. After that he has no finest moments as far as I know.

  • @brianbell3836
    @brianbell3836 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Ian Hislop is not always right. Nor is he always funny.

  • @dannydanny2093
    @dannydanny2093 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    So did Johnny Mercer sue the BBC?

    • @kieranhardy581
      @kieranhardy581 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I don't think so. His lawyer probably told him to shut up about it.

    • @petesmart1983
      @petesmart1983 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Nope he quit within a month after his company was found accepting money

  • @Elitist20
    @Elitist20 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Why does any politician ever go on this show? 🙄

    • @MatthewXLY
      @MatthewXLY 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Worked out fine for Borris, didn't it?

    • @lizcollinson2692
      @lizcollinson2692 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      All publicity is good publicity ... Doesn't work for everyone but when it does you get to be PM.

    • @DrewSavo
      @DrewSavo 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Because the only other forum where Ian could meet them to talk is Question Time, and if they raise voices and swear there then the presenter shuts them both down. Here, they can at lea argue like civilised people.

    • @deanjames2476
      @deanjames2476 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Well done to Mr mercer for telling us just what lowlife partywhips are and how the party leaders will go to get people to vote for what they want

    • @LANCSKID
      @LANCSKID 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@DrewSavo Fiona on QT loves a bit of effing and jeffing.

  • @StuartMiles74
    @StuartMiles74 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Johnny is clearly someone who’s a fan of England Rugby.

    • @LANCSKID
      @LANCSKID 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      … and of himself.

    • @petesmart1983
      @petesmart1983 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And civilians being killed by British army

    • @LANCSKID
      @LANCSKID หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@petesmart1983 Yes, his arrogance is insufferable.

  • @geoffjones4285
    @geoffjones4285 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    if Ian Heslop is grubby what kind of state is this country in with the 25 years of the Post Office scandal to be answered for successive governments part in the cover-up

  • @seanmoran2743
    @seanmoran2743 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Alistair Campbell one of the most dangerous players in politics over the last decades
    He’s accuses about Iraq are pathetic beyond belief

    • @RobK32
      @RobK32 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      He should be in the Hague

    • @questionmaker5666
      @questionmaker5666 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@RobK32 As should Bush. Blair, Putin, Assad and Saddam Hussain.

    • @johnmartinez7440
      @johnmartinez7440 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What?

  • @MarkusMaximus2000
    @MarkusMaximus2000 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Left out the bullying of Paula Yates then.

    • @LANCSKID
      @LANCSKID 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Oh, the ‘Spawn of the Devil’ crap, you mean?

    • @Rhianalanthula
      @Rhianalanthula 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Sperms of the Devil! It all started out with Paul asking about her boob job. She'd just brought out a book about it. It was included on the first dvd they released.

  • @ImranKhan-ly7yh
    @ImranKhan-ly7yh 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Britain used to be the panthion of moral character, even if it was sometimes misplaced. Excellence in everything else trickled down from it. It was one of the first countries where actual middle class people who were and still are the majority, made rules to govern ouerselves (the labour party). The current Tory and labour parties are leeches sucking the life of that moral fiber of the very British society (which was multicultural coherence, if I might add). We have don't it once, fought for the right to make our rules own to govern ourselves, we can do it again. I think it's time for a new party or Independant candidates to win elections.