Andrew Doyle: why was I cancelled at Edinburgh Fringe? | Spectator TV

[@confewshus4401]

This nonsense must stop. Please take collective legal action with Graham Lineham et. al. I will happily support any crowd fund for legal fees. Best wishes, Andrew x

[@RyanLongArt]

It won't stop. People are spineless cowards and they want to be controlled. Nobody will do anything about it. Get used to it.

[@BeeBee10]

Me too 👍

[@anonnemo2504]

The people who got this show cancelled are fascists. True comedy is dying the death of a thousand cuts as true comedians are cancelled and replaced by an "ersatz" brand of comedy that is about as funny as a dead kitten. It's good that another venue has been found, however, and I hope they add Roy "Chubby" Brown to the line-up.

[@JaneA544]

​@RyanLongArt oh dear are you wrong

[@mikeoglen6848]

You might be Spineless but not everybody is...@@RyanLongArt

[@maryskelcher8979]

It's ironic. The people who used to challenge the establishment....are now the self-appointed arbiters of morality

[@dowth3]

Agreed. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. When dissenting voices are silenced, one side has way too much power.

[@franklinblunt69]

That's the idea I was pondering. From my recollection, Andrew had a celebrated history with EIF, but now ...?🙄

[@gitfoad8032]

They remind me of (ideological) nouveau riche: The benchmark of the "nouveau riche" is their acquiring posessions which are touted to them as being the sort of things that rich people would possess.

[@DawnOfTheDead991]

I can't think of anything more immoral than the trans movement.

[@NorfolkSceptic]

It's humour! :)

[@colinstewart1432]

Andrew Doyle is taking a wrecking ball to the wokerati on a weekly basis on his frankly excellent show Free Speech Nation. Long may it continue.

[@adamlowe7618]

Haha "wokerati"

[@tomsdaddy]

Why ? Does he need the Money ?

[@terrypussypower]

Andrew Doyle and Leo Kearse are the only reason I watch GB. They also appear occasionally on the “Headliners” show as well as “Free Speech Nation”!

[@terrypussypower]

@@tomsdaddy. Eh?

[@tomsdaddy]

😘@@terrypussypower

[@robertmalyn6493]

Comedy Gold from The Edinburgh Fringe: "We pride ourselves in being an Inclusive Venue - so that's why we are excluding you!".............. Orwellian..

[@onepartyroule]

Yep, they _don't_ care about inclusion. You have to be tolerant to be inclusive. They're either unprincipled and misguided profit maxing cowards, or lazy approval seeking cowards...possibly both.

[@marksutherland5161]

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[@JTonson]

Andrew Doyle is brilliant. Good luck with the show.

[@kipsome45]

I’ll second that. One fine human being.

[@tomsdaddy]

Thanks Andrew's Mum.

[@janmitchell641]

Andrew Doyle is a brilliant articulate fellow and we need more of him.

[@Telcontar1962]

Why do we need more people whp talk about this? Wouldn't we be better off with sl.e British people whp actually fought fir thus country and destroyed those who espouse the woke agenda? The best countries are those with people who fight for it, not those who gas-bag.

[@sosimple3585]

​@@Telcontar1962He's fighting. Just not with a tank. Because laws and that.

[@lazylaurablue]

​​@@Telcontar1962It was once said that the pen is mightier than the sword. It not wore that brought down Richard Nixon or Donald Trump or Boris Johnson. War did not land men on the moon, nor did it discover oil beneath the North Sea, nor predict the cycle of sunspots. War does not grow the food we eat, nor did it produce "Dark Side of the Moon" (though admittedly it may have had something to do with "The Wall"!). War is overrated.

[@kenricnarbrough8191]

For Andrew to humbly suggest he is merely a comedian is hilarious. I think hes also managed to become one of the nation's foremost philosophers. What a gent and an inspiration.

[@hazchemel]

Indeed, and characteristic of innate modesty very seldom seen.

[@AlainDee]

Lol, "foremost philosophers"? OMG, how many philosophers have you read?

[@supersonicsenses]

​@@AlainDeeobviously enough to recognise his value.

[@fraserbailey6347]

Yes, he is an immensely valuable all-round talent.

[@hezkyden]

I think he's an arrogant prat, with double standards for when it suits.

[@Olivia-lu3gg]

The Fringe is no longer the fringe. They are in fact a gathering of people conforming to their own bigoted points of view. Time to create a new comedic platform.

[@jonsmum5552]

I agree! I live in Edinburgh and I’m ashamed of these nutters that keep putting the kibosh on anything they don’t like.

[@songsmith31a]

Comedy will impose its own limits on what is "acceptable"via the audience numbers it attracts - or NOT.

[@bonglandgreg]

​@@songsmith31athe fallacy. Unfortunately how can they prove this when they can't get an audience because of modern day Nazis? You know socialists.

[@Ann-qf5vk]

Absolutely

[@DieFlabbergast]

The mere perpetuation of that name is deeply ironic. But, of course, they don't get irony.

[@sisiphas]

The new authoritarians are MUCH worse than Mary Whithouse. For all the ludicrousness of Ms Whitehouse, she was never deeply misogynist like the current nutters are.

[@StillAliveAndKicking_]

There was only one of her. She didn’t conquer the media and academia. We mostly laughed at her archaic puritanism. This lot are far more dangerous.

[@bonglandgreg]

But everyone knew what her end goal was because people had witnessed it in their lifetimes. Now the children are being taught to not believe their parents and that boys can be girls. But everyone knew that censorship was the path of tyranny. Now it's just a glimpse inside the minds of idiots who believes it consequence for being opposite to their fanatical beliefs.

[@michaelpsions]

You mean misandrist, The majority of these hateful lunatic's are women.

[@SpiderBears]

When you mentioned Mary Whitehouse, I recently found out that she got her start protesting against PIE - a UK group - P@ed0phile Information Exchange. Some of the people involved in the Genderist movement were involved in that group - they were supported by the Labour Party at the time. Harriet Harmon is a name in particular. See - Peter Tatchell, for another example

[@StillAliveAndKicking_]

@@SpiderBears Indeed, however Harmon to her credit later realised her grave error and publicly apologised. I don’t like her politics, and I don’t care for her as a person, but she deserves respect for owning up to a mistake. If only more politicians had her honesty.

[@benphilips7235]

God bless you Andrew. You're a star and a gem. And bright and talented. Unlike the idiots who chose to cancel your show.

[@Frohicky1]

Frankie Boyle is a very very impressive person. One day he was making fun of disabled children. The next, a social justice warrior. All this without fasting in the wilderness, no silence in caves. All it took was falling ratings.

[@mrstandfast2212]

He's definitely not fasting.

[@sickoftheleftwingscum]

Frankie Boyle didn't get cancelled because he's a Left Winger just like the people who cancelled this show ! 🦬💩

[@chrisbfreelance]

Edgy Scots have been done to death, it's a boring schtick.

[@funkyfranx]

@@sickoftheleftwingscum Graham Linehan and Andrew Doyle are also self-claimed left-wingers

[@incurableromantic4006]

"I'm so *edgy* and rebellious: but only in officially approved ways that don't ever put me on the wrong side of the people with power" - Frankie Boyle.

[@stablefairy9437]

great to see an interview with Andrew Doyle. he is so often interviewing other people. Love to hear his views and opinions. Well done in getting another venue for his show.

[@robdielemans9189]

He did appear in numerous podcasts, so you can have hours of long format enjoying the wittiness of this great man.

[@sosimple3585]

I just finished his audiobook, The New Puritans. I can recommend it if you want to submerse yourself in several hours of his (very interesting) thoughts and opinions.

[@dmcqdoug]

Staff refusing to work in shows that their employers want to present should move on or be sacked, right?

[@janrobson9247]

Protecting children and women’s language and sex segregated spaces is now a valiant act that can ruin your life and reputation( amongst idiots and bullies) I will never stop because we are not wrong.

[@joanr3189]

So the culture warriors take on freedom of speech, on humour, romance, irony, satire, metaphor, intelligence in general. Andrew Doyle, Graham Linehan, for heaven’s sake - two gentlemen with a superior grasp of the English language, sophisticated, and as funny as heck. Who are these new philistines, these puritans, these wielders of pitchforks, and why are they allowed to get away with such destruction?

[@robdielemans9189]

It's when you're too stupid and/or lack the skills and/or the effort to create and you still want to do something then all you can do really is to destroy.

[@anonnemo2504]

The people who got this show cancelled are fascists. True comedy is dying the death of a thousand cuts as true comedians are cancelled and replaced by an "ersatz" brand of comedy that is about as funny as a dead kitten. It's good that another venue has been found, however, and I hope they add Roy "Chubby" Brown to the line-up.

[@bonglandgreg]

They are anonymous and hide behind anonymity.

[@casteretpollux]

It's a C IA psyop to divert from class politics.

[@jb-zr4ez]

When ever I hear about comedians being cancelled I think of Bernard Manning. "I don't discriminate. I offend everyone equally". "You can't please everyone, so why bother trying?"

[@Ann-qf5vk]

Brilliant 😂😂

[@adamlowe7618]

He was a big fat racist though in reality, so probably not the best person to quote

[@adamlowe7618]

Mind you, so is Boris Johnson, and he wasn't cancelled, only elevated to the highest office.

[@jb-zr4ez]

@@adamlowe7618 actually he maintained he wasn’t and that it was just his act that he tailored to his audience in the working men’s clubs. I thought he was the perfect person to quote. He had good friendships with some of Manchester’s Asians and raised significant amounts of money for developing countries. Did you know that ? Maybe do a little research. I was quite surprised myself.

[@adamlowe7618]

@@jb-zr4ez I'm not sure he himself would be the best judge of whether his actions and words constituted racism or not. I'm also not sure the effects of his words in what was after all, a mainstream context, would have been negated by any charity work either.

[@dunkace]

I would say the Scottish Government needs to step in and stop this destruction of freedom of speech, but they were the ones who enabled it.

[@Ann-qf5vk]

I agree and am ashamed to be Scottish now.

[@patrickparsons2378]

You'll wait a very long time. The Scottish regime (hardly a government given their incompetence, corruption and vote rigging) are the major drivers of this nonsense, from transfascism to child mutilation, indoctrination in schools, ensuring pupils who challenge what they're pushing. No, I don't think there will be a peep out of them about this.

[@roryhand6650]

he'd hate on Andrew Doyle for being too "WHITE"

[@tcrown3333]

​​@@Ann-qf5vkNow, that's going too far, sister. 😂 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@SpiderBears]

​@phoebecaulfield4062ahh, yes, the very man who came up with the Hate Speech bill, that criminalises certain speech in your own home. Can't abide the smug wee nyaff.

[@kipsome45]

Reading Andrew’s excellent book The New Puritans, so this is very topical.

[@SteveJones-uf9hs]

I cannot understand how a bunch of aggressive men who dress up like women for sexual kicks have become such a powerful and destructive force in society

[@MrDanielvass]

Aggressive towards women only

[@SteveJones-uf9hs]

@@MrDanielvass aggressive to anyone who disagrees with them

[@JaneA544]

​@@SteveJones-uf9hsbut particularly women

[@judithmorganjudyteen]

The so called leader of the free world supports this lunacy. It's very dark

[@thorpsewinglessons5913]

To women only

[@ReekieReels]

Apologies on behalf of my beloved Edinburgh 🤦‍♂️ this crowd are poisoning the Festival and the Fringe, and it's they, who should be excluded from it.

[@Christine-ry1qq]

They poison everything Fed up to the back teeth

[@helenmcg7607]

Never thought I would ever see censorship happening in my country. Outrageous.

[@fraserbailey6347]

It's been going on for years.

[@jon123xyz]

Really? Ask Count Dacula

[@SpiderBears]

​@@jon123xyzhe did time for training his dog to raise a paw, iirc. It was a travesty, that.

[@brandyhaywood6256]

Andrew Doyle is the voice of common sense and truth.

[@RichardM-kv4uu]

🤣🤣🤣

[@scottsmith1413]

I did live in Edinburgh for 15 years and the Fringe was always open to all viewpoints and opinions, in fact, the name " fringe" was based on that idea!

[@cmmndrblu]

It's so nice liatening to Andrew's articulation of thought.

[@sarahbartlett4945]

Graham Lineham Brave, funny, we miss your comedy. Graham youre wonderful. Behind you all the way. Xx

[@Benboy1980]

Absolutely pathetic, these people must be stopped. Where do I sign ✍️

[@borderlands6606]

Who decided that things that were funny 20 years ago, are no longer funny but outrageous and disgusting? Human nature doesn't change in two decades, and neither does society. This is a artificial and imposed view, not an evolving one. Comedy always had a political element, but it was never political per se. Now every joke exists in political parentheses.

[@musashidanmcgrath]

You can blame the Americans, and their cancerous woke post-modernist gibberish that has slowly spread and infected the western world.

[@DieFlabbergast]

Many of those things are STILL funny -- to the majority of the populace. But this minority of humourless, sour-faced Puritans are not only NOT ordinary people, they are opposed to almost everything the ordinary man or woman holds dear.

[@Hereford1642]

@@DieFlabbergast They are indeed a modern incarnation of the puritan mindset. Everything that does not align with the central creed is banned. Heretics reviled and branded. They are about as liberal and open minded as Stalin.

[@paulfallon7038]

Ben Elton was one “who decided.” He knows better than you, you see.

[@radicalcartoons2766]

Andrew is being disingenuous about Mary Whitehouse. She was first and foremost an anti porn campaigner. Its because of her that shops were forced to put men's mags on the top shelf, out of the eyeline of children. She warned what would happen with "smut" on tv, and here we are, with porn available to children on their phones. At least she tried. R.I.P.

[@cmmndrblu]

Seems like a fair point

[@schmozzer]

You are being disingenuous yourself. Remember the result of their action against Gay News? The closure of the only popular paper for gay men in the seventies. Doyly may not remember that but plenty of people of my generation do.

[@mathewhale3581]

“Clean Up National Television” was one of the funniest slogans of all time

[@jon44776]

Very true

[@robdielemans9189]

If history teaches you anything then it was (almost) always the truth that was silenced.

[@garyweglarz]

It is hard to imagine this level of narcissism, grandiosity and fragility in what we commonly thing of as = "adults."

[@sisiphas]

Edinburgh Fringe has become a joke in itself…

[@bernardcurrie1780]

Funniest, Edinburgh fringe joke, without getting cancelled, is . I went to work and forgot my keys. Laughter ensued. Safe WOKE joke.

[@parati1309]

That thing where they take the deeply personal (often exaggerated) views of their staff is scary. It applies in so many ways now. e.g. I was accused of something bad at our local library and staff made notes and keep a private record and they put it in a 'risk register' and I wasn't involved in anything bad, I was simply chatting to a teenage boy (age 17 - I'm 50) at the library PCs - (we were talking about job searching and training options after leaving school without basic qualifications) and staff assumed I was trying to manipulate the boy - but the scary part is that the library argued and still argues (after investigating) that even though the staff were wrong and even made claims that were untrue - that they are entitled to their opinion and their entitled to feel safe. They won't even apologise to me. It is hurtful. I'm now pursuing this legally but it is a similar tendency here in NZ everywhere especially in music, comedy, theatre, the gender idea (very 'PC' nowadays) and terrifyingly in the what they call the public service - government. Bureaucrats are becoming fascistic - but not based on laws or policies - based on their feelings - and they get away with it - and lawyers won't challenge it. Is this common in GB as well? Re 'cancelling' shows = such a shame because British comedy (I have to say for me esp. the older stuff) is very special - I think its important for good mental health! - e.g. genuine, naughty and pulls no punches.

[@sticksman1979]

Thing is, it just makes Comedy Unleashed more popular.

[@davidwylde8426]

Andrew has been a very consistent counter to these insane ideas,( and I’m on the left), for several years now and he’s very effective. Reality will either catch up soon or I fear for the future.

[@littlecatfeet9064]

The side of reality needs outspoken people on the left.

[@davidwylde8426]

@@littlecatfeet9064 So … like Andrew yes ?

[@davidwylde8426]

@@littlecatfeet9064 I do fear that it’s so easy to simplify the ideas of the left and project whatever you want onto them, that in the domain of social media one can virtue signal and you’re done. Andrew has been pretty brave in this space, ( I’m probably biased because he’s a West Midlands boy raised).

[@DieFlabbergast]

"and I’m on the left" Well, you may think you are, but more to the point -- do other people think you are? The terms "left" and "right" have been so frequently and outrageously misused that they no longer convey any information about a person's actual social stance or political leanings.

[@davidwylde8426]

@@DieFlabbergast Well, I feel I’m probably on the left relative to most people that solidly declare to being on the right. But, as you state, the terms have become a little meaningless and I’ve thought for many years now that the left/right spectrum is inadequate for capturing someone’s full political or cultural character. As for what other people see me as, it would depend on the individual. I’ve had people respond to me as if a raging right winger but also been called libtard or commie or the like, so it’s a bit of a lottery.

[@menshevik1012]

Where is Chris Morris on this and why isn’t he standing up for Graham? The silence from those he has worked with, helped and called friends is deafening.

[@casteretpollux]

Who is Chris Morris?

[@familycompactthegrange7014]

Graham Linehan has a great deal of support, but it is hard, I think for us to find ways in which we can show it.

[@janmitchell641]

This cancellation was appalling. “We are an inclusive space,” Psht! This is getting so tiresome.

[@Mischief_Mayhem22]

Andrew Doyle is always great!

[@aucourant9998]

Hopefully, this will be the beginning of the end of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. There is nothing Fringe about it any more.

[@johnsimpson8893]

Deep regret. As a bald man I long for a fringe.

[@radicalcartoons2766]

You mean the Edinburgh Cringe.

[@anonnemo2504]

Neither has there been anything festive about it for years. It has become very, very dull. Anyway, the people who got this show cancelled are fascists. True comedy is dying the death of a thousand cuts as true comedians are cancelled and replaced by an "ersatz" brand of comedy that is about as funny as a dead kitten. It's good that another venue has been found, however, and I hope they add Roy "Chubby" Brown to the line-up.

[@mikipiediaelburro7588]

The Edinburgh snooze Festival

[@supersonicsenses]

If you too find it wonderful to hear Andrew speak, then I highly recommend the audio version of his book 'The New Puritans', as he reads it himself. Comedy Unleashed (in both London and Leeds) is a brilliant night out. It's great that they platform so many cancelled comedians, but such a shame that they can't extend that same grace to Katie Hopkins who is consistently having venues cancel on her, following the slightest bit of pressure from activitists.

[@natalieroy7589]

Edinburgh is gone I'm afraid.. Just have to hope that people boycott the fringe. I remember when I lived there it was the best month full of laughter, beers and normal people

[@adrianmeyer2157]

Lord Doyle is always a joy to listen/read/watch. One can hope the Leith venue suffers backlash from this and no doubt will feel no guilt for being on the "right" side of history!

[@lifeintheolddog5768]

A good comedian makes you laugh, then makes you think. Andrew Doyle is a great comedian, as is Jimmy Carr.

[@Hereford1642]

This modern need to have some sort of political message in comedy is so boring. Tommy Cooper was a great comedian.

[@Kmc-r7t]

JC is a great comedian. But unlike Andrew Doyle he did restrict access to his gigs based on jab status.

[@peterhardie4151]

Nothing says you have conviction in your beliefs like cancelling people who disagree 😂

[@Try_Gratitude.123]

Up is down and inclusion now means exclusion. To quote Sabatini, “Most of this world’s misery is the fruit not as priests tell us of wickedness, but of stupidity”. And what a display of stupidity.

[@RevoVansen]

"sub-literate." I need to add that to my collection.

[@josephinefothergill191]

I am sick of people thinking everyone is moronic. We all have minds of our own (or did have) and if we don’t like what’s being offered we just don’t go. I personally am wary about some stand up comedy as being a woman in my eighties it can get a bit smutty for my taste; I love the “Carry On” type of comedy where everything has two meanings and you can take it how you like. However, I don’t think anything should be cancelled as we all have a choice.

[@ohutton]

Take it how YOU like, ooh matron :) I agree with you. Everybody gets to choose, we dont have to go if its not our sup of tea! These babies are just ban it ban it ban it

[@sue.F]

It’s a mad world when it comes as no surprise that the word inclusivity has come to mean the exact opposite.

[@RenegadeContext]

Self censorship is absolutely a problem in teh Comedy scene

[@beecat9951]

But Owen Jones says cancel culture doesn't exist

[@Frohicky1]

Owen Jones, the anti-compass. Able to crash any ship on any sea.

[@radicalcartoons2766]

And Billy Bragg. Apparently did quite a rant about evil Phobes at this year's Glastonbury Festival.

[@funkyfranx]

I’ll add Graham Norton to the list

[@Happyheretic2308]

Given he’s sub-literate, who cares what he says?

[@heybigbender]

I do genuinely get why people baulk at some of the things Glinner says - I think he can be overly emotive and often uses the words groomer and pedo too liberally - but you have to remember that hes up against a movement that borderline stalks him, took his career, calls gay people nazis...all because we know Men are not Women. I understand why he goes all in sometimes. I'd have had a nervous breakdown by now if I were in his shoes. I have so much admiration for him, and I hope he gets to sue their dicks off.

[@funkyfranx]

I don’t think he uses those words too liberally. The trans movement is indeed filled with paedos and groomers who are very open about wanting to push sexual boundaries with children. Not only is there no urgency within the movement itself to purge such individuals, they actively protect them

[@janecooke9151]

Lineham does use the emotive words like groomers and pedo but not without proof of who he accuses. Personally I agree with him using these words because for too long this behaviour has been brushed under the carpet, after Savile more and more has come to light. A lot of these trans activists are trying to normalise Pedo’s by calling them “minor attracted people”, sorry that’s an absolute NO Pedo’s are Pedo’s

[@Drew-Dastardly]

...and to think he used to be one of them. He thought Count Dankula should rot in prison because his dog raised a paw. He did finally apologise it has to be said.

[@chrisbfreelance]

I think he has a very unhealthy online relationship, even though I agree with his end point, he needs to take a break.

[@janecooke9151]

@@chrisbfreelance I understand what you are saying but what I will say is that the majority of people said similar about or to the people who initially spoke out about Saville, they were told to shut up or not believed and he went on for many,many years still abusing kids. Look at Rotherham, how that’s played down! Personally I agree with him being passionate and outspoken about this, it is not a bad thing, especially as what is said is well documented. If it was just speculation then that’s a different ball game altogether!

[@burtlangoustine1]

Andrew, Time for plan B - A new venue called Edinburgh CANCELLED, it'd be a sell-out and a bastion of real INCLUSIVENESS. With my own staffing and security.

[@OldManRocketLeague]

Excellent interview, thank you.

[@liveliestawfulness]

You completely hit the nail on the head: the humourless judging the merit of comedy.

[@caroldixon3124]

Graham Lineham and Andrew Doyle are my favourites... their loss and now the opposite will happen. Comedy should not be woke or censored

[@janecooke9151]

Gee! Can you imagine everyone thinking the same, finding the same thing funny, liking the same music, same art, same clothes etc! This is where it seems we are going! Can you imagine! Oh right we don’t have to imagine just read the book called 1984 before they re write it!!

[@paula7084]

Decent people , boycott the Leith Arches .

[@musashidanmcgrath]

At this stage, they should rename 'The Fringe' to 'THE MESSAGE'.

[@joanr3189]

Lnehan, creator of Father Ted, IT Crowd, Black’s Books. Is he the Galileo of comedy?

[@seasonedbeefs]

Hold on. He's good but not sure he's the Galileo.

[@adventussaxonum448]

Didn't he have an input into Alan Partridge too? At least he was in a memorable episode.

[@daraorourke5798]

Brass Eye , Count Arthur Strong and more

[@seasonedbeefs]

@@adventussaxonum448 fking love Alan

[@adventussaxonum448]

@@seasonedbeefs I particularly liked his views on the pedestrianisation of Norwich city centre.

[@robertmalyn6493]

Presumably what an Edinburgh Fringe Venue means when it says that it is an "Inclusive Venue" is that Isla Bryson AKA Adam Graham is quite literally free to "use the ladies" on their premises.......YIKES!!!

[@Waldvogel45]

thank you for such an intelligent review ; quality stuff , bravo

[@dale9724]

So sorry Mr Doyle. Your book The New Puritans was terrific.

[@sarasamson5922]

I'm an American woman who wouldn't otherwise have heard of Andrew Doyle, Graham Linehan or Comedy Unleashed had I not been a Triggernometry subscriber. Living too far away, I've never been to The Fringe, but it seemed like it would be...fringe, so that meant to me it wouldn't be bland. Curious about the fuss, I tried to find a video of Graham Linehan, and all I could find was someone's video of snippets of his Fringe show at the side of a road with background sirens. He still got a warm reception, but I would've liked to have heard more of it. So, the lesson is that he can speak on the fringe of the Fringe, but that doesn't mean he'll get to be heard.

[@MikeLebowski]

Andrew is a fucking legend.

[@MAGAeminem]

*We need a Ministry of Comedy* Comedy is *too serious* to allow random comedians to make jokes

[@Hereford1642]

A comedy licence would be a good idea.

[@alanglasgowbassist]

Graham and Andrew are both comedy geniuses

[@ayeright320]

Andrew Doyle is a national treasure. Thank goodness someone has the nerve to stand up to the woke stasi

[@jamesmccallum6770]

The silence from other comedians is embarrassing. I feel this battle is still in its infancy.

[@mariahayworth4840]

Fantastic interview. Thank you Freddy for letting your guest speak without interrupting or trying to speak over him (like many hosts do). Andrew Doyle is brilliant. As a Canadian I am unfamiliar with either Andrew or Graham Lineman, but I was brought up by English parents who used irony and wit constantly. Unfortunately, Americans and Canadians in the most part do not understand irony and think it is sarcasm. A shame.

[@tsquaredtim]

Sue the venue. Sue the venue. SUE THE VENUE. IF THIS ISN'T BREACH OF CONTRACT nothing is.

[@StrickenBiged]

Spectator TV could host the show. Get a nice little startup going for online entertainment (in addition to their usual journalistic fare). There’s a gap in the market for free thinking and speaking comedy.

[@granthayter-menzies8602]

Supporting and admiring you, Andrew. Carry on! ❤️

[@dscotia]

The joke here is "The Fringe" it's in the title. And here, it is now the Establishment and is trying to hold its head up with Pride but in doing so is falling into the Abyss of protection of the virtue. As for Frankie, he is too, is the ESTABLISHMENT🤦🏻‍♂️ Never thought that would be said!🤭😂😂😂

[@johnthrelfall5]

Lucky people who get to see the show in the new venue. I hope it gets on KZbin!

[@shughy1]

Start an opposition festival simultaneously and let the best comedians come and perform as long as their material is all jokes about fringe, and those behind it

[@seasonedbeefs]

Exactly what they should be doing.

[@funjuror]

Good comedy is about tackling serious issues and bringing them to a level playing field for discussion. Well done, Andrew and Freddy.

[@Paratus7]

Edinburgh Clowncil now hate tourists and the Festival. Their objective is to restrict tourists and reduce the Fringe massively. But at least the have a tram that runs down to Leith every 7 minutes. Really useful.

[@emmacalnan7624]

Come to our village in Dorset! I'd love to see your show!

[@IntelLady]

This was a fantastic interview! So glad they're pushing back against the small minded, intolerant, undiverse mainstream.

[@paulmorgancollings7833]

It's astoundingly simple, in general, corporations, associations and indeed religions that the populace are absolutely forbidden to debate or criticise, are inevitably wrong, and in some cases, REALLY BADLY wrong. This reality denial delusion JUST HAS TO BE eradicated, urgently. Regards and respect to EVERYBODY, from a concerned bloke in Hertfordshire.

[@saltburner2]

Presumably Franke Howerd and Kenneth Williams would no longer be acceptable.

[@terrydray]

Maybe it’s time to start a new Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Remember why the Fringe was started all those years ago!

[@sunboycold9164]

I'll say one thing abut those trans activists, they've got some balls...

[@jimbanda]

Morgan uncensored ambushed Graham this evening, it's an appalling moment when P Tatchell is on as a voice of reason and Lenihan is ambushed and cut off by the presenter that awful Lockwood.

[@beachcomberbob3496]

I'm so glad I've got a pre-censored copy of Fawlty Towers. I love 'The Germans', even with all it's so called racism - it's a piece of it's time, and should be digested as such.

[@badeugenecops4741]

I hope some, if not ALL of the comediams boycott Edinburgh until the organizers apologize for being intolerant themselves.

[@MrUnmutual2014]

"Do you believe in reality?......CANCELLED" 😂

[@jpcoll2011]

Great observation said about some of these so called comedians. When the audience start applauding about the views instead of laughing at the jokes. Im glad the likes of Dave Allen are not around to put up with this BS

[@johnfrancis4401]

Sue them. Bankrupt the venue.

[@CaptainGrimes1]

Ironic calling it the fringe when it cancels people for not being mainstream lol

[@J123Tilley]

What should be cancelled, is my taxes being used to deform teenagers.

[@User_Happy35]

I'm not that familiar with Mary Whitehouse (just had a look at her wiki). Perhaps, if the British public had heeded her warning, they wouldn't have the widespread degeneracy, as well as tolerance for only degenerate things, they now have. They've canceled wholesomeness.

[@suzeauster2223]

Greetings from Florida 🐬 People are Outraged!!!!

[@dogred431]

It's points like this where progressivism makes an ass of itself. I've seen Doyle live, he wasn't bad, wasn't great. Very uncontroversial. GLinner has been responsible for some of the mildest, yet great, sitcoms on TV. Now they are Hitler to some morons 😂

[@sctrh2]

The IT Crowd is one of the greatest comedies ever. EVER. Better than Father Ted.

[@simonrae3048]

@@sctrh2 And that's saying something. To have those 2 in your stable......

[@omp199]

@@sctrh2 _Father Ted_ is much funnier.

[@GarosGaming]

I've seen Doyle live. A truly wonderful comedian and had us in stitches the entire night. I'd love to attend the event had I been back in the UK

[@Njcustardchops]

This is the thing in my eyes.. Graham has apologised. We on the centre and centre right except that. Can you imagine that from the left?

[@casteretpollux]

Apologised? What for?????

[@jonhigginson4096]

All power to you Andrew! The more of this I hear the more I despair at society, i want it to stop being so infantile, go get a job and start behaving like a grown up…

[@karinelaxa959]

Glinner and Doylee are BRILLIANT. Comedy unleashed is humourphobic.

[@Longboardsinglefin]

We're very lucky to have you, Andrew.

[@ivandinsmore6217]

I never knew Andrew was a comedian. I only knew him as a GB News commentator and presenter.