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Have I Got News For You: Anger at joke about killing 200,000 Corbyn supporters at Glastonbury

"HIGNFY A means of attacking Jeremy Corbyn and his supporters incessantly, just an over the top Tory Party political broadcast, and they call it entertainment?"

Joe Mellor by Joe Mellor
2020-11-21 12:28
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Last night Team captains Paul Merton and Ian Hislop were joined by guest host Victoria Coren Mitchell and panellists Labour peer Joan Bakewell and comedian Fin Taylor on Have I Got New For You. The long running topical comedy panel show.

During the show Taylor made a joke about Corbyn supporters. He said that like Bob Dylan, he doesn’t like Corbyn because of the his fans. He then went on to say there are only 200,000 Corbyn fanatics. The best way to get rid of them would be to bomb Glastonbury next year, and hope Dylan is playing. This would be ‘two birds with on stone.’

Some might have seen this as edgy comedy but others may well disagree and they did on-line.

His comments can be seen (below)

After the show was aired he Tweeted.

There was uproar from certain sections of social media, who thought this had gone too far.

1.

Clare Hepworth OBE Tweeted: “I think HIGNFY has maybe outlived it’s usefulness, it’s become a poor representation of, or vehicle for *satire*, as I understand the genre.”

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I think HIGNFY has maybe outlived it's usefulness, it's become a poor representation of, or vehicle for *satire*, as I understand the genre. https://t.co/t4f5nXA7JL

— Clare Hepworth OBE (@Hepworthclare) November 21, 2020

2.

Neil Clark Tweeted: ‘Awful from Bakewell but what does one expect from #hignfy . A horrible, Inside the Tent, sneery smugfest programme which makes the case for continuing to pay the licence fee very hard indeed.”

Awful from Bakewell but what does one expect from #hignfy . A horrible, Inside the Tent, sneery smugfest programme which makes the case for continuing to pay the licence fee very hard indeed. https://t.co/W0zjKeF0B7

— Neil Clark (@NeilClark66) November 21, 2020

3.

Another Tweeted: “HIGNFY isn’t broadcast live. The production staff, parent company, BBC officials and BBC lawyers all saw an endorsement of killing hundreds of thousands of socialists and were a-ok with it being broadcast. This is the reactionary culture of the BBC.”

HIGNFY isn't broadcast live.

The production staff, parent company, BBC officials and BBC lawyers all saw an endorsement of killing hundreds of thousands of socialists and were a-ok with it being broadcast.

This is the reactionary culture of the BBC.

— Disabled People's Lives Matter ?? (@LamentablyAwake) November 21, 2020

4.

“Its great to see the new BBC Director General’s crackdown on non-representative comedy has led to Fin Taylor (£41k pa private education), Victoria Coren (£28k pa private education) and Ian Hislop (£28k pa private education) struggling their way onto our screens with HIGNFY.”

Its great to see the new BBC Director General's crackdown on non-representative comedy has led to Fin Taylor (£41k pa private education), Victoria Coren (£28k pa private education) and Ian Hislop (£28k pa private education) struggling their way onto our screens with HIGNFY.

— Matt Thomas (@Trickyjabs) November 21, 2020

5.

I heard #HIGNFY are having this guy on next week, because murdering left wing people is funny now pic.twitter.com/4zi2gcO8Br

— Mark Hebden (@unionlib) November 21, 2020

6.

HIGNFY A means of attacking Jeremy Corbyn and his supporters incessantly, just an over the top Tory Party political broadcast, and they call it entertainment?

— richard oneill (@silverrich39) November 21, 2020

7.

I suppose wishing people like me get bombed is hilarious, just because We happen to be Socialists who support @jeremycorbyn eh @haveigotnews? …?#hignfy #IStandWithJeremyCorbyn#WeAreCorbyn pic.twitter.com/fx7OphNvhW

— Cathy Higgins ????? (@JustMeBeingMe4) November 21, 2020

8.

Here's Labour peer @JDBakewell laughing at the proposed murder of 200,000 'Corbyn supporters' pic.twitter.com/DVouNxtKuP

— black lives matter (@jrc1921) November 20, 2020

9.

HIGNFY demonstrates perfectly how abusing left Wingers on National TV is a daily occurrence – just turn on the News.

Mad how a media utterly obsessed with racial bigotry indulges in shameless attacks on millions of left wing voters every single day.

— Republic of Liverpool (@Goodstar72) November 21, 2020

Related: Starmer refuses to let Corbyn sit as Labour MP, sparking uproar on the left

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