really nice hearing Andy's 'suggestion' about sponsorship on politicians clothes, George Carlin said many years back these politicians should be made to wear logs like in Nascar to display he various people sponsoring them :))) brilliant (and sad...) . Thanks a lot for the up, love the show.
@@jonathanlindell6209 "Intressant! Tack så mycket för information!" I think I understand this post. Is this in Swedish, or were you writing in English but you're a poor typist? Jk - I know there are linguistic similarities, but every word of this seems to be about the same. "Interesting! Thanks so much for [the] information!" Is that right?
Hi! :) Yup, that's the right translation, though I see now that I made a grammatical error as it should be "... för informationen" i.e the information instead of just information@@beenaplumber8379
I love listening to Ian speaking sense. He's so well-read and really informed. I appreciate that he gets annoyed on TV shows, and shares his educated opinions in public.
I love the way he looks when he turns his head around when he's made a point. His neck rotates like an owl, but the overall effect is like an armadillo looking over his shoulder. Yes to the other comments in this thread, but it really cracks me up when he does that! (I haven't been able to turn my head that far in years.)
One suggested, small emendation: _soignée_ is the feminine of the word … so, grammatically, you’d probably rather say Richard looks ravishingly _soigné,_ which is the masculine form-and 100% agreed, sartorially speaking he looks quite dreamy!
It's actually *eating* Hula Hoops, which are a brand of British crisps/chips in the shape of a ring. Yes, it's still patently ridiculous, but (marginally) less so than playing with plastic hula hoops. Hope that clears it up a little :D
So, I am not very good looking, make odd pop culture references that others rarely get and do love to avoid work; how do I become a UK MP? (Think I have all the qualities they have other than $)
The 30-day suspension from parliament is not as trivial as the panelists made it sound. Roisin said, "and maybe a byelection." That is the real punishment. Under the system for byelections, if an MP is suspended from parliament for longer than some period (I don't know how long, but 30 days is enough), then a byelection is called if 10% of constituents sign a partition, which is usually met quite easily. The MP may stand for re-election, but it is unlikely his party would preselect him. So, if the Commons voted to confirm the 30-day suspension, as recommended by the Privileges Committee, it was almost inevitable that Paterson would quite quickly be losing his seat in parliament, permanently. I would say that is an appropriate punishment for his offence, but I'm just noting a suspension from parliament for 30 days leads to a severe punishment.
Wow! Thanks for the explanation (from the US). Here we don't have byelections. If a member of congress is expelled (like George Santos) or dies, there is a process for replacing them (special election or appointment by their state's governor), but no other process for the constituents to have a say. Brits seem to have many more options for enforcing accountability than we do.
@@beenaplumber8379 You're welcome. But it's a sad reflection on my life that I know all of that about British politics (I'm an Australian who's never been there) and I have the time to write such a long, carefully written explanation of such trivia!
32:12, to be fair, the head is that of a Kākāpō, a beautiful alpine parrot (not to be confused with the more slender green Kea).... And since most of our birds gave up the ability to fly.... The old bat was embraced in the spirit of inclusion.... (as a citizen of Aotearoa NZ, I've not seen this news article,).. But I'd like to direct you to the Mitchell & Webb sketch about flightless birds. You're welcome x xxxx
As someone else already commented when this was new, it got into the competition on what I would call a translation technicality: the Māori word for bird is actually not a 1:1 translation for "bird" but a word covering all winged creatures. (A bit as if a wooden spoon for mixing batter won a best cutlery contest on the technicality of also being a "spoon" in English. - This from someone speaking Czech where said wooden implement is _not_ a spoon.)
35:40................Great joke Ian, and true. How come, that after " Jamal Khashoggi ", there are still idiots groaning, when you call out Saudi-Arabia for what they are !!!!!
The first answer about fish was 100% correct. The UK granted almost all licenses but only 60% of the French on purpose knowing that macron can’t let it go cause of elections, the 55 small boats, than Bojo said they will be granted in 4 weeks and the press wrote France backed down;) Ts went up 3 points over nothing.
@@cricketbatguitar It started out well and went downhill quickly. I got lost in the middle of the second sentence. Which is a shame because, for me as someone not from the UK or France, it went downhill exactly at the point where it could have started to actually explain the situation to me...
33:10 In case anyone's feeling even just the smallest amount of sympathy, it's worth noting that this ... err ... "woman" hit a man with her car on Christmas Day and then drove off from the scene of the accident, leaving him alive but in a coma and suffering such severe brain damage that he had to relearn how to do just about everything. Edit: I put "woman" in inverted commas because RU-vid didn't like me calling her a scumbag c***.
Ian, I hate to do this to you, but that was not a u turn it's a switch back. a u turn is when you go back the way you came. switchback is to allow lower grade roadways along an escarpment
I hate to do this to you, but the switchback in the photo was the clue that the answer was a U-turn. It wasn't Ian's answer that was incorrect, but the clue, and Ian was clever enough to figure it out anyway. 😛
Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view !" Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam." Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!" Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..." Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!" Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky." Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction." Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment?
This show is just too painful to watch nowadays. Long time been my favourite but the unrelenting one sided bias is just too much to swallow, by the end of the episode I'm just glad it's over
This one was relatively unbiased compared to usual. Besides, when the government are being corrupt dicks (regardless of party) then I give HIGNFY a pass to rant about it.
as opposed to what? praising corruption and going to hell in a handbasket? as far as i can see they are equal opportunity 'haters' and thats exactly what they are supposed to be.
@@jeannieK1117 A subtle difference (which I know will be lost on you given the ``what-about-ism'' of your comment): Webbe was found guilty and expelled from Labour....which is very different from the Tory attempt to change the rules to protect those found guilty...
And yet it is the ignorant hate mongers who rule the roost. Your, "Not all Republicans..." waffle falls flat when that is your only defence when egregious neo-con actions are called out.
@@patharasown Not even close. Take a history class. I don't need a defence. There are enough corpses to prove my claim. Besides, when an opponent changes topic, then you know you have one the argument. My initial point is that everyone on this show thinks the same.
If only he stayed with playing the TV clown. He'd have done less damage that way. He's still a good clown, only now he has a great deal of tragedy and corruption to account for.
This program is terrible now, it's more like a party political broadcast, sooo serious. The only one trying to be funny and entertaining is Merton. It also seems very one sided and not unbiased at all. No wonder they're losing thousands of customers a week.
