It's a real privilege to be able to watch this from Aus having watched it for years in the UK. This show hasn't lost any of its appeal over the years. 😊
The google will quickly censor this question: Why are RU-vid comments packed with circle-jerking sock puppets? Obvious, as are the countermeasures--but the google wants fake "engagement", the better to sell clueless ads.
Ian is right, we should be able to find someone who isn't almost dead to be our president. The only fault that I have is that Trump is 76, which is essentially just as old. My theory is that he looks falsely healthier because of the excess weight. I mean when Biden fell off his bike, he got right back up from the ground, when most his age would have broken a hip and been out of commission for months at the very least.
@@emils2000 He basically bought his position as a BBC chairman from Boris, then pretended that wasn't the case, turned the BBC into even more of a vile Tory mouthpiece, and got booted recently.
Assuming Paul Merton's been telling the truth about this, it cracks me up how much he makes fun of Ian Hislop for being old and out of touch when Paul's the one who doesn't even own a phone or computer lol
Richard has always been such an incredible panelist, but when I've seen him as a host, he's seemed awkward in the role. I think he's got it now. This was a fantastic episode, and Richard was totally himself and in charge! 🙂
Muscledaddy Ian is hot! 😜 42:26 The “Can you tell me the best way to Cockfosters” caption is a classic. XL episodes are always the best. Thanks ever so much Viva! 🌹
He's not though. Or rather, the Democrats could've made sure he wasn't. But they didn't. That's an issue. If the only person the party holds up as an option is over 12 years older than the median life expectancy in his generation that's a dumb party nobody should have to depend on.
He’s one of my favourite comedians but he’s been seeming increasingly bitter over time. About what isn’t clear… not being the most famous comedian in the world? Other people getting laughs? He complains about under-appreciated jokes and yet usually theatrically refrains from laughing at others’ jokes… And I’m not sure it isn’t real bitterness coming out.
@@chequereturned I'm not sure if he "theatrically refrains" from laughing at other's jokes. He simply laughs only if he genuinely finds the jokes funny, I would imagine... I used to think that Romesh Ranganathan was doing that, refusing to laugh at his colleagues' jokes. But seeing more of him, I thing he simply doesn't bother with pretending to laugh or even smile if he's not amused, that's all! Because there're plenty of times when he laughs too.
I don't understand why often, the extended version has more laughs. They cull laughs for official version? Thanks for this. I want to wait for A bit more... but cannot hold out.
I am from the us and the rusty pole story... Just what? I didn't know if I should be judging British people as a whole or just those specific people all I knew was... That shouldn't have been important enough that anyone put it on any news channel ever. I simply didn't understand and felt like it was a totally different creature and it's strange habits.
I live in Australia, but that is the trivial inane reporting you get on mid morning tv. Frankie Boyle(s new world order) often picks up segments from British midmorning TV, satiring the banality of content. Unfortunately it has a market in all of our countries
For the record (re: electric car weights), a Tesla Model 3 is approximately the same weight as its range and performance equivalents from BMW with a full tank of petrol (3-series variants matched up by performance). And EVs are only going to keep getting lighter.
All cars seem to have gone heavier with more and more features. A Volvo station wagon from the 1980s was 1400kg, now they are 2000 kg. An original Mini was about 700 kg, now they are 1200 kg.
@@zapfanzapfan Yeah... consumers demand more features, more space, and more power. Regulators demand more safety. Mass growth is pretty much inveitable when faced with this. Manufacturers have made some advancements to keep it down, but overall, it's on an overall upward trend.
Sure. But electric cars have a nasty tendency to caught fire suddenly. And to run over pedestrians who can't hear them coming. And to use batteries that can't be recycled and destroy entire regions for the rare materials they're made of. So, the weight of electric cars is the least of the problems they pose, really!
@@NewChannel-wi7vj 1) EV fires are a literal order of magnitude less common per unit distance driven than ICE fires. ICE vehicles literally being internal *combustion* vehicles, which have a whole tank full of a liquid chosen specifically because it's so flammable, with no fire suppression systems, plumbed up through a hot engine full of ignition sources, and out through an exhaust system so hot that it can start brush fires. There's an ICE vehicle fire every three minutes in the US. It just doesn't make the news (at best local news). 2) New EVs for the past several years have been required to come with mandatory noisemakers at low speeds. 3) Every single EV maker has contracts with recycling partners. Batteries are basically big boxes of high-grade ore; nobody is going to throw them out when they can smelt them instead for a profit. Indeed, the biggest problem right now is that there's too *few* of them, because they last so long. Most of the battery recycling today (by far) is actually manufacturing scrap as a result. 4) Unlike ICE vehicles, which contain actually rare minerals (like platinum), there are no rare minerals in EVs. "Rare earths" aren't actually rare; it's just a name (nor are they required anyway). And lithium is more common than lead, and 40% as common as copper (plus only makes up 2-3% of a battery). 5) A cleantech economy involves vastly *lower* total mining than our current economy.
@@NewChannel-wi7vj The batteries can be recycled, the reason that is not a big industry yet is, the batteries that have been made are still in use. Most in their original car, some have a new life in restomodded cars and similar projects, some have retired to being used in stationary storage. Battery EVs only really started ramping up 8 years ago or so, those batteries won't come out of those cars for another 10 years and then spend another 20 (?) years in some secondary use. Grinding up and recycling the raw materials is something for the 2040s.
"... not a massive lefty, which for the BBC counts as bans (banns?)" Can anyone explain that to an American? I'm not sure if I'm ignorant of a British idiom, or just stupid.
For someone who is "not a massive leftie," Marina is definitely one of the most left wing journalists this show has ever had. The best one was Ash Sarkar in 2019. Should have her and her colleagues on more often
I've loved this show for years. Recent episodes have been interrupted by adverts every three minutes. I will never buy the advertised products ever again or watch the shows.
If only Britain had some monuments or stone work worth visting and valuing, they wouldnt need to agonize over a rusty pole. /s🙄. eye roll, wink, etc. etc.
