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squirtyflower
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Can’t stand him.You are the Michael Mcintyre of BM
Can see the resemblance.
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He's also a closet train spotter. When I found out it made sense to me.I wouldn't even class Hislop as a comedian - he is the editor of a satirical magazine. His political views are on record as thus
Political views[edit]
Hislop has been highly critical of all major British political parties for over 20 years. Appearing on Question Time on 18 September 2008, he praised Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesman Vince Cable for his analysis of the financial crisis of 2007–2008, and apparently expressed support for the Liberal Democrats, jocularly stating "I'm standing for them."[41]
In a 2009 "Five minutes with" interview with Matthew Stadlen for BBC News, Hislop stated that if he were required, "at the point of a gun", to stand in an election for any British political party, he would stand for the fictional "Vince Cable for Treasurer Party".[42] After the formation of the coalition government in 2010, Hislop remarked in an interview, "I like the idea of this coalition neutralising the loonies on both sides".[43]
He has also been highly critical of the leadership of the European Union, calling for a referendum on the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe in a 2003 recording of Have I Got News for You.[44] However, referring to Britain's vote to leave the European Union (Brexit), Hislop said on Question Time that "after an election or a referendum, even if you lose the vote, you are entitled to go on making the argument".[31] A joke on the front of Private Eye titled "BREXIT LATEST" mocking the reaction to Brexit received "fifty or so" letters of complaint in the next issue.[45] Hislop mocked this, saying that "There was one [letter] from a vicar, too, who told me that it was time to accept the victory of the majority of the people and to stop complaining. ... I wrote back and told him that this argument was a bit much, coming from a church that had begun with a minority of 12".[46] He has expressed dismay over the level of public debate in the aftermath of Britain's vote to leave the EU and the election of Donald Trump, describing it as Orwellian in nature, saying that "one is unsure whether to feel relieved at the sense of déjà vu or worried about the possibility of history repeating itself, not as farce, but as tragedy again."[46]
In 2019, an outtake from Have I Got News For You went viral, featuring Hislop saying that he would like to see Boris Johnson "have a fair trial, with a desirable result of him being in prison forever". The comment was made in response of the High Court's ruling that Johnson would not have to face a criminal prosecution for claims he made during the EU referendum.[47]
bluethrunthru
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He's also a closet train spotter. When I found out it made sense to me.
You may have a point but I always maintained if some of the racists, fascists, kiddie fiddlers and the like in this world instead became train spotters, bird watchers or Morris Dancers the world would be a much better place for the rest of us
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I can't argue with that logic. Although I believe morris dancers are sex pests.You may have a point but I always maintained if some of the racists, fascists, kiddie fiddlers and the like in this world instead became train spotters, bird watchers or Morris Dancers the world would be a much better place for the rest of us
journolud
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Damming with no praiseYou are the Michael Mcintyre of BM
bluethrunthru
Well-Known Member
BBC Survey
You can put in that you never watch any of there bias shit if your that inclined.
Survey about the BBC - the BBC - Send - BBC
www.bbc.co.uk
its only a persons own biased view that they might be biased.
stonerblue
Well-Known Member
Barry Shitpeas?I find her fine in many ways, as for her comedy, I see no difference to what I watched on friday night live in the 80s, but then what was classified as "right on" comedy would now be called woke.
Silly labels that really are pointless.
Tbf though I find Nish to be an annoying **** half the time and only really enjoy tge two fake newcasters segmemt