Ian Hislop: 'It's hypocrisy and hypocrites that I don't like'

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  • Опубликовано: 14 май 2024
  • "We're not always being sued. We used to be sued a lot for libel. Then the libel laws were changed."
    Journalist Ian Hislop talks to #TimesRadio about ‘ludicrous libel cases’ at the Private Eye.
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  • @englandcalling9721
    @englandcalling9721 Год назад +215

    It's easy to underestimate the power of pointing out, that the king's not wearing any clothes. Ian, has, for decades, played the role admirably.

    • @garymitchell5899
      @garymitchell5899 Год назад +1

      Hislop does what the owner tells him. PE hasn't been radical for twenty years or more.

    • @terryboland3816
      @terryboland3816 Год назад +2

      The concepts of nakedness and Ian Hislop should not appear in the same paragraph let alone the same sentence.

    • @briancohenthepfjmassive.4769
      @briancohenthepfjmassive.4769 Год назад

      Who Charlie the turd? He's probably waiting for his butler to dress him.

  • @bigpants6121
    @bigpants6121 Год назад +262

    Ian takes no prisoners when he hears of incompetency, corruption and lies! A good man to have on your side.

    • @terryboland3816
      @terryboland3816 Год назад +2

      I mean, he was happy to take money to appear alongside Jimmy Savile on TV despite having heard the rumours.

    • @garymitchell5899
      @garymitchell5899 Год назад +3

      Hislop does what the owner tells him. PE hasn't been radical for twenty years or more.

    • @rob-c.
      @rob-c. Год назад

      @@terryboland3816 @3:19

    • @terryboland3816
      @terryboland3816 Год назад

      @@rob-c. You mean the bit where Hislop talks about what he can publish in Private Eye? How does that relate to who he chooses to appear with on TV? He knew the rumours and still went ahead. Poor judgement at the very least. But he made a decent amount of money out of it. Thinking about it, he appeared with Rolf Harris too. And Max Clifford. And Clement Freud. Seems like quite a pattern of poor judgement, if that's what it was. Of course, there's no suggestion that Hislop himself is implicated in those crimes.

    • @Hartley_Hare
      @Hartley_Hare Год назад +8

      @@terryboland3816 Oh, please.

  • @spenjames1861
    @spenjames1861 Год назад +17

    I have subscribed to Private Eye on and off for over 30 years.. i say on and off, because i get so depressed by the incompetence and corruptness of our successive governments that i have to take a break....before re subscribing. If more people read the Eye instead of say, the Daily Mail.. this country would be a better place.

    • @howler6490
      @howler6490 Год назад +1

      The jails would be busier...

  • @townfanjohn
    @townfanjohn Год назад +131

    I remember P.E being the ONLY publication to be anywhere near honest after Dianna died specifically over the sickening hypocrisy. Right up to her death NOBODY had anything good to say about her. Until I saw P.E I really did wander if I was cracking up.

    • @StillAliveAndKicking_
      @StillAliveAndKicking_ Год назад +1

      I remember that, we were being subjected to the most incredible mass indoctrination by all mainstream media for weeks. I’ve never experienced anything like it before or since. I felt then that it was collective guilt for harassing her, which contributed to her death.

    • @billythedog-309
      @billythedog-309 Год назад +3

      Were you lonely as a cloud?

    • @notgarybrown
      @notgarybrown Год назад +11

      There's a great bit about the in Christopher Hitchens documentary about Diana where they deconstruct Candle in the Wind in the PE offices. It's pompous and hilarious in equal measures.

    • @townfanjohn
      @townfanjohn Год назад +5

      @@billythedog-309 not as lonely as you

    • @PifflePrattle
      @PifflePrattle Год назад +11

      It was a pleasant morning and I'd just returned from a early morning walk when the phone rang.
      A blubbering barely coherent friend was wailing about the death of Diana.
      I couldn't believe how upset the man was and still can't.
      Obviously there were a lot of people like him but I suspect many more who like me were, oh that's a pity like hearing about any unpleasant news concerning complete strangers then moved on.

  • @velvitjonze
    @velvitjonze Год назад +27

    That wonderful moment he held towering hypocrite Gary Neville to account on HIGNFY last night. Ian has always talked sensible truth

    • @dannylad1600
      @dannylad1600 Год назад

      We'll just ignore the fact that Ian Hislop also works for an organisation that's covering the world cup.

    • @pjc7698
      @pjc7698 Год назад +1

      @@dannylad1600 bit of a reach

    • @sigil8386
      @sigil8386 Год назад

      I saw that! I suppose it was very uncomfortable to Neville but it had to be said and Ian did not let it go. Brilliant.

    • @vincentvangogh8092
      @vincentvangogh8092 Год назад

      @@dannylad1600 he wants to get his views over he works for the BBC but he attacks them still

  • @derekcummins9088
    @derekcummins9088 Год назад +34

    All journalists should be nobody's fool and nobody's friend. Sadly, Ian Hislop is the only one who believes in this maxim

  • @beverleymerchant9616
    @beverleymerchant9616 Год назад +110

    An honest man😊. There are very few left so I am grateful to Ian for his persistence.

  • @Aco747lyte
    @Aco747lyte Год назад +1

    Ian dear, you're not 'very old'. You're a national treasure! 😊

  • @MrBoggins1234
    @MrBoggins1234 Год назад +2

    This guy and private eye are deeply important to democracy in this country.

  • @andrewkelly594
    @andrewkelly594 Год назад +2

    I asked Mr. Hislop to sign a photo for my mother in-law and he sent me a photo with a lovely and kindly inscription. A kind-hearted man doing lasting good.

  • @MrYossarianuk
    @MrYossarianuk Год назад +161

    Our country would be very much worse if Hislop didn't exist

  • @peterpluim7912
    @peterpluim7912 Год назад +14

    Ian Hislop almost always talks truth to power. People who do that have to be pretty smart to survive, I think.

  • @jamesbradshaw3389
    @jamesbradshaw3389 Год назад +26

    Most of the time Ian Hislop is a most brilliant and good man, which is far more those some other people

  • @MrBizteck
    @MrBizteck Год назад +47

    My only gripe about Private eye. Is the font is so bloody small its a terror on my old eyes to read

    • @heliotropezzz333
      @heliotropezzz333 Год назад +3

      I don't know if it's also online. I wish they would have it there because then you could zoom to increase the text size.

    • @InfernalPasquale
      @InfernalPasquale Год назад +9

      I bought a magnifying glass for that express purpose... I'm only 32!

  • @stephanguitar9778
    @stephanguitar9778 Год назад +38

    I met his lawyer a few times circa 1990, used to go sailing with her husband. Mr Hislop kept her busy.

  • @jayplay8140
    @jayplay8140 Год назад +125

    The man's a national treasure, fact

    • @joanne4758
      @joanne4758 Год назад

      @MsMissy *2022* - So many new people today. Welcome.

  • @stevemitchell1454
    @stevemitchell1454 Год назад +57

    Power to Hislop.

  • @philjamieson5572
    @philjamieson5572 Год назад +48

    Ian has given us decades of laughs. I'm so glad that he also manages to make us pause and think a bit more about what the heck is actually going on in politics.

  • @alipanroosendaal9503
    @alipanroosendaal9503 Год назад +21

    I once had the honour of fixing that phone of Spike's. He was every bit as eccentrc, prickly, and attention seeking as you'd expect. However, behing the mask was a sweet guy trying to get out.

  • @mike7002
    @mike7002 Год назад +10

    Who comes after Hislop at Private Eye? It is an important paper.

  • @eltinjones4542
    @eltinjones4542 Год назад +37

    A genius at what he does, long may he continue

  • @willieckaslike
    @willieckaslike 11 месяцев назад

    You & me both Mr.HISLOP. Hypocrisy should be made a criminal offence !

  • @shaun906
    @shaun906 Год назад +71

    never judge a book by its cover is so apt for Ian, he looks like a posh tory donor, how wrong would you be. love Mr hislops work

    • @2msvalkyrie529
      @2msvalkyrie529 Год назад

      Privileged upper middle class white bloke who suffers from liberal guilt . Best cure is to appear radical and " left wing " .
      As long as it doesn't threaten your property value or your kids private
      schooling ? Typical Guardian reader .!

    • @notfooled.
      @notfooled. Год назад

      Really? Can't see how he looks different to any other champagne socialist living in the metropolitan bubble

  • @bestdisco1979
    @bestdisco1979 Год назад +27

    Ian is brilliant.

  • @chrissinclair4442
    @chrissinclair4442 Год назад +9

    SIR Jimmy Savile? Prince Andrew? Ghislaine Maxwell? Jeffrey Epstein? Lord Mountbatten? And so many more...

    • @superdave3842
      @superdave3842 Год назад

      Lord Mountbatten what’s he been up to?

  • @allsearpw3829
    @allsearpw3829 Год назад +13

    IAN is a very clever man , Hi , regards to him . He tries to say it as it is . All ways a good watch on tv .😉👍

    • @macmachine
      @macmachine Год назад

      Hypocrites rarely see themselves.

  • @Kodakcompactdisc
    @Kodakcompactdisc Год назад +38

    Ian is great.

    • @K1lostream
      @K1lostream Год назад

      Why did you capitalise 'The' but not 'baker'?

    • @WhoAmEye_WhoAreEwe
      @WhoAmEye_WhoAreEwe Год назад +1

      @@K1lostream he is 'The' baker, not 'A' baker..........maybe?
      :-)

    • @Kodakcompactdisc
      @Kodakcompactdisc Год назад +1

      @@WhoAmEye_WhoAreEwe yes what you said

    • @K1lostream
      @K1lostream Год назад +1

      @@Kodakcompactdisc Ah! The baker! For there can be only one! Gotcha!
      P.S. Send me a croissant!

    • @Kodakcompactdisc
      @Kodakcompactdisc Год назад +1

      @@K1lostream will do 😂👍🏼

  • @roy9816
    @roy9816 Год назад +14

    Just about to get an interesting story about Spike and that woman had to interrupt because she is SO important.

  • @sirskullington9213
    @sirskullington9213 Год назад +13

    Ha! Well done Ian. They tried but they know they’re supporting the biggest load of crooks ever. The cash they’re shoveling to their mates is staggering. Your silence shames you.

  • @princenameless
    @princenameless Год назад +33

    Rumour has it, the PM is a secret fan of Jeremy Corbyn. He lets him live rent free.

    • @howler6490
      @howler6490 Год назад +2

      In a rather spacious loft, I hear. Very trendy...

  • @heliotropezzz333
    @heliotropezzz333 Год назад +22

    Ian praising The Guardian for something. Lawks a mercy!

    • @edeledeledel5490
      @edeledeledel5490 Год назад +5

      He didn't even call it "The Grauniad". I find it very difficult to call it anything else; I have to really think about how to say it, if I want to get it right.
      Rather like "binocliers" instead of "binoculars", corrupted by an early episode of "The Young Ones"

    • @Bethi4WFH
      @Bethi4WFH Год назад +2

      @@edeledeledel5490 Mine is choss……….Tony Hancock’s version of chaos. That has been with me since the 1950s!

    • @edeledeledel5490
      @edeledeledel5490 Год назад +1

      @@Bethi4WFH Don't actually remember the episode that was in, but I saw all the TV originals; my mother was a big fan. Was it in a radio show? We missed those.

    • @vincentvangogh8092
      @vincentvangogh8092 Год назад

      Ian gives credit where its due but that doesnt mean that he will defend then when they are in the wrong.

  • @lokischildren7862
    @lokischildren7862 Год назад +5

    Absolutely fantastic

  • @Delred1
    @Delred1 Год назад +2

    What would we do without this programme.

  • @thedagda2509
    @thedagda2509 Год назад +14

    Great Interview

  • @alexbolland1904
    @alexbolland1904 Год назад +3

    A man of principles

  • @tormid100
    @tormid100 Год назад +1

    A super interview. Thank you.

  • @ko6el
    @ko6el Год назад

    Why didn't she just let him keep going instead of interrupting

  • @davidgniadek924
    @davidgniadek924 Год назад +2

    Great how he humiliated Gary Neville for his hypocrisy on HIGNFY

  • @hoobsgroove
    @hoobsgroove Год назад +19

    If hislop was a leader of a party would you vote him as prime minister??
    give us a 👍's up if you would!

  • @christopherwright8811
    @christopherwright8811 Год назад +8

    Would he get welcomed into the BBC today? Hmmm - well, pardon me for saying so, but I think his diversity score would come in rather low................

    • @2msvalkyrie529
      @2msvalkyrie529 Год назад

      The one subject that none of those " courageous , radical " journalists dare to mention. !

  • @stephenogden5470
    @stephenogden5470 Год назад +7

    I was hoping Mr Hislop would confirm the facts behind the Charles Lynton public toilet escapade back in the day!

    • @alfredroyal3473
      @alfredroyal3473 Год назад +2

      Yep, he was done for it. Used his middle names.

  • @tophat593
    @tophat593 Год назад +5

    Aw, now I want to sue him too.

  • @janmitchell641
    @janmitchell641 Год назад +1

    It’s wonderful to get to actually see Fi and Jane at work!

  • @2msvalkyrie529
    @2msvalkyrie529 Год назад +1

    Yeah. You can get in . If you tick the appropriate boxes....

  • @CarlJones14
    @CarlJones14 Год назад +7

    Funny how IHNFY can attack a football pundit over Qatar World Cup, and the Daily Fail can do a job on Beckham, but neither attack the BBC/ITV for covering the World Cup, or the England team for going. Yes, baffling.

  • @LabRat6619
    @LabRat6619 Год назад +7

    He is like a barrister that turned into a journalist .

  • @johndaarteest
    @johndaarteest Год назад +5

    Where were the rumors about Blair and Thatcher? Clickbait!!

  • @marklimbrick
    @marklimbrick Год назад

    I had no idea what Jane and Fi were like IRL until the voices in the interview here. Listening just to the radio for years.

  • @janebrown896
    @janebrown896 Год назад

    Hypocrisy? What does he do with all his money??

  • @RobertJonesWightpaint
    @RobertJonesWightpaint Год назад +9

    If he's 'very old', God knows what I must be.. Stop saying it, Ian!

  • @stephenmcdonagh2795
    @stephenmcdonagh2795 Год назад

    Self hate is a terrible thing.

  • @maggiepie8810
    @maggiepie8810 Год назад

    It works because of freedom of speech. Shouldn't be an issue in a democracy.

  • @vbsbkjer2
    @vbsbkjer2 Год назад +2

    I like Ian Hislop, saw him at Malvern Theatre on "Spike". Brilliant.

  • @gavinheron1
    @gavinheron1 Год назад +4

    Looks like Jeremy Clarkson. Come back Hislop.

  • @rorysinclair1489
    @rorysinclair1489 Год назад

    Nice to see 'er off Fortunately free of the shackles

  • @howardbowen-RC-Pilot
    @howardbowen-RC-Pilot Год назад +1

    One being Nicola Sturgeon is John Majors love child with a certain female politician. Now I'm not saying this is true (cos it isn't). But it could be...

  • @Jackdaw5
    @Jackdaw5 Год назад

    Toby Jones should play the older Ian in his biopic. 🙂

  • @joannebrown8978
    @joannebrown8978 Год назад +1

    SO YOU DIDNT KNOW ABOUT Saville B S

  • @williamjohnston4666
    @williamjohnston4666 Год назад +4

    There was a time when Private Eye was anti- establishment. Those days are long gone.

    • @playingdominoes
      @playingdominoes Год назад

      I disagree. But do by all means provide some argument and supporting evidence.

    • @williamjohnston4666
      @williamjohnston4666 Год назад

      @@playingdominoes You are welcome to believe whatever you want. There is not a law against it. YET.

    • @gingervirus2988
      @gingervirus2988 Год назад

      @@williamjohnston4666 what sort of a response is that??

    • @williamjohnston4666
      @williamjohnston4666 Год назад

      @@gingervirus2988 Its MY response. What else would you expect ?

  • @rogenjosh
    @rogenjosh Год назад +10

    Hislop actually looks very like Jeremy Clarkson these days when you squint a little

  • @francishunt562
    @francishunt562 Год назад +2

    Quite funny Hislop talking about being employed by the BBC, since he used to earn £20 000 per episode for Have I got news for you.

    • @garymitchell5899
      @garymitchell5899 Год назад +1

      Pls don't bring facts and hypocrisy into it.

    • @johnking5174
      @johnking5174 Год назад +2

      Actually Ian's salary is paid to him by Hat Trick Productions who make the show for the BBC, and in fact Hat Trick Productions is paid for by BBC Studios, the commercial arm of the BBC, so in a way, his salary is not entirely funded by the licence fee.

  • @ColinH1973
    @ColinH1973 Год назад +5

    Clickbait title, but a quite interesting clip.

  • @IB4theAIB
    @IB4theAIB Год назад +2

    The hypocrisy is the worst?

  • @gollumtheartisticnewt1028
    @gollumtheartisticnewt1028 Год назад +7

    How can someone consider themselves independent when they get hundreds of thousands a year from them??

    • @edeledeledel5490
      @edeledeledel5490 Год назад +8

      Depends on whether you let the money change what you say about them; I don't think Ian does.

  • @peterv4271994v
    @peterv4271994v Год назад

    For God sake give it a rest!

  • @2msvalkyrie529
    @2msvalkyrie529 Год назад

    Fi and Jane would definitely NOT be employed by the BBC
    in today's climate. Middle class , white , Oxbridge ...?!?
    I think not . They were lucky to be among the last generation
    to enjoy their privileged status.

  • @mikeharvey9811
    @mikeharvey9811 Год назад +1

    Shame we didn’t know this when Blair was in power. Barb

  • @GuinessOriginal
    @GuinessOriginal Год назад +2

    Is that the old bbc voice of woman’s hour interviewing him?

  • @wiggernigeria5983
    @wiggernigeria5983 Год назад

    I believe he is an admirable man in every way except modesty . Glad he is still there though .

  • @StephenBeale
    @StephenBeale Год назад +1

    "I'm not going to put words in your mouth but..." Proceeds to do that and then *her* exact words become the video's title🤦🤦

  • @keithwilkins1437
    @keithwilkins1437 11 месяцев назад

    The ones about Blair and the EU and immigration were true .

  • @AngelicusImmortus
    @AngelicusImmortus Год назад

    Just love Hislop because he always tells the truth. Never ever prints fake news. Just brilliant.

  • @Ste2023
    @Ste2023 Год назад

    Fi has a lush voice .

  • @grahamprice3230
    @grahamprice3230 Год назад +8

    Thought it was a story about Maggie being you know what by Tony.Oh well just as well ,it could have given nightmares to many.

  • @colinbaker3916
    @colinbaker3916 Год назад +2

    Fi Glover. Ear candy.

  • @paulkelly5947
    @paulkelly5947 Год назад

    ie Not a National tour

  • @ianoshaughnessy2580
    @ianoshaughnessy2580 Год назад

    Let's get rid of licence fee for over 21s 😂😂😂

  • @richardfearn6638
    @richardfearn6638 Год назад +1

    How many ‘erms’ in this interview?

  • @ilonabaier6042
    @ilonabaier6042 Год назад

    he is most enjoyable.

  • @eco-beehive
    @eco-beehive Год назад

    Referendum 100% ( we demand a referendum to only allow people into politics who have 100% of their assets in England! Elected or not!)

  • @tonyg2554
    @tonyg2554 Год назад

    So, if he'll work for anyone, is Hislop off to GBN next?

  • @anoshya
    @anoshya Год назад

    One pass into comedy and the BBC was to have gone to Oxford or Cambridge …even Ian Hislop whom I admire went to Oxford

  • @35milesoflead
    @35milesoflead Год назад +2

    The way Ian ripped apart Gary Neville on HIGNFY was pretty awesome.

  • @Jimmie16
    @Jimmie16 Год назад +1

    Unfortunately I think you'll find a lot of the rumours now-a-days are true.

  • @stamfordmeetup
    @stamfordmeetup Год назад +2

    Blair, still looking for Weapons of mass destruction.

  • @batchint
    @batchint Год назад

    some grass roots in’s and out’s....

  • @46metube
    @46metube Год назад

    Such an old darling.

  • @stavrosbrainstorm3509
    @stavrosbrainstorm3509 Год назад

    ‘We’ Hislop 😂

  • @montedaestrada3563
    @montedaestrada3563 Год назад +1

    Why the sudden and unexpected reference to SM? The Audio is poor. A good edit maybe?

  • @notfooled.
    @notfooled. Год назад

    But isn't hypocrisy one of the main attributes mentioned on the left wing application form?

  • @trishtraynor1237
    @trishtraynor1237 Год назад

    Do people still take out Super Injunctions? I don't understand the difference. 🤔 The commercial aspects of being silenced worry me greatly. I want to know if the Westmonster lot are in business with their pals and relatives. That matters.

  • @davedave6404
    @davedave6404 Год назад

    My 2 favorite voices on Radio 4 and now on Times Radio BBC loss, your gain. I have had a (hand) love affair with Jane and also Fi for years (if only they knew).

  • @philbateson7966
    @philbateson7966 Год назад +1

    Is it me, or is that Jeremy Clarkson? 🤔

  • @johnhague5155
    @johnhague5155 Год назад +1

    So what about these austerity deaths Ian. 130,000 recorded vunerable people from 2011 to 2017. That was question time.

    • @danielokeefe2072
      @danielokeefe2072 Год назад +1

      It is written about extensively in Private Eye. I prescribe a subscription.

  • @jenniferbate9682
    @jenniferbate9682 Год назад

    None of them WAS true? Surely!

  • @chrisrinelambert9418
    @chrisrinelambert9418 Год назад

    Don’t spread it if you can’t prove it lol 😂

  • @nicfewer8393
    @nicfewer8393 Год назад

    And religious hypocrites are the worst kind.

  • @HampsteadOwl
    @HampsteadOwl Год назад

    There is, and always has been, a role for satirists in turning the spotlight on vice, corruption and humbug, as Hislop says. We can admire the satirist but let's not be so naive as to be taken in by their angelic protestations of motive. As with most things, money is what gets the satirist out of bed in the morning and, as someone who has made more money than most from this trade, Hislop is the last person on earth to be lecturing us about hypocrisy when he crouches there blinking and trying to claim that it is all about the public interest..

  • @soosoobear
    @soosoobear Год назад +1

    Love you Ian 💘

  • @RonJohn63
    @RonJohn63 Год назад

    What's a "news getter"

    • @ianlacey6588
      @ianlacey6588 Год назад +2

      What is an investigative journalist? Paul Foot, a great contributor to PE questioned, if a journalist is not investigating, what are they doing?