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Man reading that - people actually buy Private Eye?
Hislop is just not funny, "that didn't go well" the same boring humour he uses on Have I Got News for You
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Wasn't there talk of a booze tax at one point ? Maybe that was in Scotland ? I dunno, I'll have a dig and see if I can find it. But I agree, the supermarkets make huge profits anyway, which is why they can afford to sell cheap booze. A lot of those margins are absorbed by the suppliers too.
one of the few investigative journals aroundMan reading that - people actually buy Private Eye?
Hislop is just not funny, "that didn't go well" the same boring humour he uses on Have I Got News for You
one of the few investigative journals around
Got a lot of respect for Ian Hislop. The fact that he's managed to have a sustained career by both exposing Politicians misdemeanours and keeping the 'establishment' onside as well as running one of the longest running satirical publications in the UK, is testament to the mans' abilities and insight.
The fact that he delivers it all with an inane and dry sense of humour is a ****ing brilliant trait in the best tradition of British satire.
He's also very cleverly, never pinned his political colours to the mast.
People have accused him of being left wing, a euro sceptic, a royalist, a Tory, Oxford establishment man and just about everything in between.
But I think he very smartly just exposes politicians, businessmen and public figures for what they do, rather than what they stand for.

I have no idea what his politics are, but I think he embodies the very best of British virtues - integrity, decency, fair play, all that old fashioned stuff hardly anyone gives a **** about anymore, but should![]()
He’s also more British than the Saxe-Coburg Gotha royal family.
Ian Hislop for King
It happens, you get people with extreme views mouthing off in the streets.
Sharia law isn’t coming to Britain on the back of a dozen or so blokes chanting for it.
But the narrative from the posts that sucky puts up on here is that it’s a massive problem and people should be scared about it
It was like the one that said ‘Christianity is under attack all over Britain’ because some pissed up numpty was trying to tear down a wooden crucifix from a church.
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Its like when schools decided Muslim parents were offended by the 3 little pigs story so they withdrew it
All the knuckle draggers got offended but not as much as the Muslims who love that book
one of my fave stories ever
I see you more as the wolf, who's coming to eat Red riding hood.
and you as Red riding hood
I hope
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Anybody watch the Joe Rogan interview with Trump ? There wasn’t a lot we didn’t already know about Trump, apart from his slightly homoerotic penchant for US air force pilots (who he described as beautiful specimens and very good looking) and UFC fighters which he excitedly relayed to Joe Rogan ‘Ooh I bet they drip their sweat all over you’
Wtf![]()
What gets me is we talk about Putin buying elections, and here's Musk giving out million dollar cheques. crazy.
The guy threatened him apparently.Labour MP Mike Amesbury suspended by the party after new footage emerged of him punching a man to the ground. Don't know what was said verbally but the man he hit was just standing there with his hands in his pocket when attacked by the MP...
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CCTV footage shows Amesbury knocking man to the ground before aiming six more blows at his head...
https://www.theguardian.com/politic...filmed-punching-man-to-the-ground-in-cheshire