Have I Got News For You, The Full Boris.

[@L0VSKY]

Makes me wish Boris had become a FULLTIME comedian…

[@CRAZYCR1T1C]

He is.

[@patstocker3658]

He did though - sadly. He is a comedian , a dangerous disastrous PM

[@MxMattyB]

i think it was angela barnes who said on mock the week "we need more right wing comedians on telly because they're all in government making a mess"

[@reverendroar]

Best part of the whole thing is this: 'It's anarchy in here' Boris: I'm in charge here! Yep just foreshadows everything doesn't it?

[@stefanejegod8644]

I mean him babbling along about Coconuts and promising deliverance of coconuts BEFORE having checked whether the catering could handle that, was a little bit on the nose as well.. -Oh and unlimited thumps up for whoever was in the production team that skipped out and actually brought in some actual f*cking coconuts!

[@weeblywinkleman6410]

How's that the best part? There's loads of funny moments in this, your bias is painful

[@gordoncampbell100]

Despite how old this episode actually is .HIGNFY at its absolute BEST .

[@pookachu64]

No reggie d, no dice

[@Bless-the-Name]

Boris: I'm in charge here. Everyone: What happened? Hislop: It just dawned on me I don't know. Amos: No one understands. Anderson: Is there a right answer? Merton: I wanted Basil Brush. Boris: Same semantic field.

[@SerendipityChild]

delightfully fun. a very good group

[@charlespeterwatson9051]

37:57 The designer shoes kerfuffle was one of the best unrehearsed comedy bits on this program.

[@CreativeCache101]

rabbits and bunnies occupy the same semantic field in which they are lexically coterminous. Gotta love the power of private education hahaha

[@Clivestravelandtrains]

Paul Merton was hilarious at 40.50. The whole programme should have been broadcast as part of the 2019 election campaign.

[@magicelliotth]

When is Paul Merton not hilarious?

[@monkeytron5061]

‘Bumbling around and giving conflicting opinions” - Boris Johnson

[@HashimAziz1]

"Bumbling around and giving conflicting signals" Sounds familiar Boris

[@jeanmyers1787]

Boris gets so muddled it’s hilarious, until you remember he’s currently our Prime Minister at time of COVID-19

[@sachinmysorekar5593]

After the recent speech relating to Peppa Pig this now has even more relevance 😂😂.

[@markob53]

No one could have been prepared for a once in a lifetime pandemic, no matter how intelligent.

[@Rugops42]

@@markob53 The Rockefeller Foundation predicted all of this in 2010 when they released a paper called "Scenarios for the Future of Technology & International Development" it's only 55 pages long and very much worth a read.

[@1gerard47]

Don't like to say 'in told.you so" he is an absolute prick.

[@Gary31310]

@@1gerard47 but also fuckin hilarious. Boris and I have literally nothing in common politically but if he done a live stand-up tour I'd be first in line to buy a ticket 🎟. I am not a tory, I oppose Brexit. Yet I 💗 Boris 🤷‍♂️. He's the kind of guy who is impossible to hate.

[@phillheth]

Such a shame, Boris possess all the qualities that make for a great TV personality but a terrible prime minister.

[@jippyjester]

Took the words out of my mouth. So true

[@ljdmanxfella5793]

I'm not spoiling for any political arguments, and Boris Johnson isn't my PM anyway, but I genuinely don't understand what he's done (I mean as your PM, not as a TV personality! LOL) for so many people to leave anti-Boris comments? I mean can you give me say... 3 examples of specific things done as a PM which makes you think he's so terrible? I really *want* to understand. Thanks very much in anticipation. (PS - I'm not disagreeing or even saying you're wrong. I wouldn't be that rude. As I say, I'm probably just ignorant about some of the things he's done. Thanks again).

[@phillheth]

@@ljdmanxfella57931. prorogation of parliament 2. Misappropriation of party donations to decorate his home. 3. Attempt to change the rules against second jobs for MPA and corrup lobbying. Those were the first that came to mind but there are plenty more. He has zero regard for our democracy or the citizens of the UK. He's the worst example so far of the detached Etonian whos only objective is to look after his mates and the city.

[@phillheth]

@@ljdmanxfella5793 kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYisc32KntujfcU

[@ljdmanxfella5793]

@@phillheth Hi Phill. Thanks for your reply above which I genuinely found interesting *as well as* educational, because it made me look into the 3 issues, and learn about them as a result. And I *do* sort of understand why those three issues would anger people. That said, and trying to be objective about everything, the first one about the prorogation of parliament... Surely you can appreciate that if I was a UK resident and a supporter of the UK leaving the EU (often *wrongly* abbreviated to *_"Brexit"),_* I'd be a very keen supporter of him prorograting parliament as and when he did? As far as I'm aware, nothing about it was illegal. It was simply a new record for being the longest prorogation to date. But as I say, I *do* understand why it might have really p*ssed off the pro-EU voters. As far as him using party funds to decorate his home, it *must* have been authorised by the parties co-chairmen, who I believe are two men/MP's called Oliver Dowden and Ben Elliot? Plus quite frankly Phill, if people are wank enough to donate their own money to the Conservative party, who cares what it's used for? It could all go up in smoke as far as I'd care. Plus if I was in the UK, I'd much rather that than it being funded by UK tax payers money. I assume this was (one of) his private homes rather than Downing Street or Checkers? But in reality, yes, if it *was* one of his private homes, morally that stinks! Briefly, about him attempting to change the rules, and specifically about making corrupt lobbying ok somehow, I totally agree with you. Morally that stinks too. But surely corrupt lobbying is a criminal offence in the UK anyway? The clue's in the name, *_"corrupt"._* So I'd assume anyone even suspected of such corruption would be dragged into Scotland Yard or wherever for questioning, and charged or released depending on the strength of evidence. In other words, just like anyone else thought to be guilty of any kind of corruption? I mean he might be the PM of the UK, but even Boris Johnson doesn't have the powers to make established criminal offences suddenly legal! I mean what next, rape, murder, GBH? LOL. And as far as second jobs go, quite honestly I don't care if someone has one job or half a dozen, regardless of if any of them are involved in politics. Just as long as they do them properly and to a high standard. Our GP for example, is also our Minister of HSC (Health & Social Care), and he's stonking (brilliant) at both, even though by law, he's still contracted to do his minimum of 40 hours a week as a GP within our NHS. In fact it works great having a real, working doctor, whose also in charge of health and social care *and* whose responsible for our NHS and Social Care departmental budget allocations each year. The perfect man for *both* jobs, because he knows exactly what's going on, and what's needed out here in *the real* world. Plus if you have any urgent problems, or you're annoyed about some plan you read about in the local newspaper, his home phone number (as with ALL our politicians) is in the back of the phone book! You really couldn't ask for a better government, mainly because they're all independents. We don't like _'party'_ politics here because it involves towing the party line. It's a stupid idea in my opinion. Anyway Phill, this was supposed to be a comment, but it's turned into a whole chapter! Sorry about that, and sorry if I've bored you, but thanks again and best wishes to you. Stay healthy and find contentment buddy.

[@gmann6269]

52:00 - 52:25 is the best bit. "I think we should get off my property"

[@tiernandaly5622]

Great upload. Classic Boris

[@inneshenry9420]

Love that Paul Merton seems to be wearing an Old Etonian tie…😂

[@RingerLuca651]

I love how they had Boris on the show and now always talk shut about him now!

[@lizclegg7556]

What a shambles. And at the time we thought Paul's suggestion that Boris might become leader a joke.

[@layde1]

This was hilarious. Boris has just the right amount of dry wit and quickness. The joke at the end about the Beverley Sisters was cruel and hysterical 56:34.

[@LinaLeFey]

that's the scripted section (not his joke)

[@layde1]

@@LinaLeFey I know. Still hilarious 😂

[@mogznwaz]

I love the bit when he said he just wanted to annoy Gordon Brown

[@susannamarker2582]

Cruel and hysterical, as you say, but also necessary.

[@gmann6269]

They should bring him back to host an episode now. That would be fun...

[@mossy642]

Ian would love that. Boris might not come out of it alive…

[@frasercook5823]

7:12

[@redrb26dett]

The joke was they wouldn't let run a bath because he's so dumb the British public decided to give him the nuclear weapons firing codes

[@gmann6269]

@@redrb26dett This show was almost like his breakout moment in his journey into becoming a household name.

[@couldntmixapotnoodle]

@@gmann6269 I think they tried to get him back on when he was mayor of London and he denied it. I imagine he would do the same now based on the clusterfuck that has been Boris as PM.

[@jonathandart1390]

"The issue is one of competence" Indeed it is, Boris

[@pov_music]

Hah, all of this just aged so well.

[@wjhstudy733]

2:35 That aged well Boris

[@listerofsmeg884]

And 1:50

[@ashnakamura2411]

Imagine this guy leading the response to a pandemic

[@couldntmixapotnoodle]

Oh wait You don't need to.

[@shoutout.kokain8713]

lets see how good you do it.lol

[@wm0879]

As has already been said, we don’t need to imagine and as it happens, BJ led one of the most successful pandemic responses in the world.

[@carl6131]

God help us. Hang on, he did and broke all the rules he set out.

[@Avengers24-sw7cv]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJOzZqCnZah9aqM

[@PNETriffid]

Angus Deayton was reasonably amusing on HIGNFY, likes cocaine, is unfaithful, and will do any job for the money. I'm sure in a parallel universe he is British Prime Minister. (Possibly overqualified as he can read an autocue and do up his own tie).

[@ulfibonkers3205]

Aye. Comrade Knobjockson is the worst orator ever.

[@AJGeeTV]

This was hilarious - and prophetic, too.....

[@JootjeJ]

October 2021: queues at petrol stations and empty empty shelves. None of this aged very well.

[@CARLIN4737]

BBC Propaganda....

[@TheHoops123]

''here is your comb mr boris'' killed me

[@fifaRAWR]

this aged well, nice one BJ

[@maxresdefault_]

33:55 As likely as him presenting Have I Got News For You huh? Well, he wasn't wrong

[@bazcuda]

"I think we should, uh, get off my land" - classic! :D

[@AT-kb1ik]

Haha - think it was "my property"?

[@bartholomewdan]

34:11 this aged incredibly well ahhahahahahah

[@vl2809]

5 minutes in, and hes already lost control 😂 much like when he was in goverment 😬

[@zildaemanuel5001]

Mr Boris is one comedian when him like to be but him understand what him Tolkien about funny words 😁👏👏

[@edafworld]

Enjoyed it…👍

[@JavertRA]

Early shot of Theresa May there as well. Clearly an episode for "Where Are They Now?"

[@Ludifant]

To fry or not to fry would be brilliant provided it was presented by Stephen.

[@couldntmixapotnoodle]

This is one of the very few cases where almost everyone was going for Boris at every turn they could.

[@stewartwest347]

This might sound a bit romanticist, but there's something very British about this- everyone having fun regardless of their background, and it makes for amazing comedy. Although Boris is bumbling, and the Tory's again failing the English public, there's something almost very caring about Boris- which we saw recently in his efforts to help Ukraine.

[@gaskellr44]

@@stewartwest347 It was mostly a put-on by him, but apparently he could be a nasty piece of work in reality.

[@Avengers24-sw7cv]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJOzZqCnZah9aqM

[@InfiniteBeak]

Lol imagine if this guy was like, a politician or world leader or something haha that would be crazy

[@DJB99]

34:12 Did he say “locked in a dis-used fridge”? How prophetic!

[@pov_music]

Merton and Clive Anderson taking the piss out of Bozza is class.

[@Avengers24-sw7cv]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJOzZqCnZah9aqM

[@enorazza]

I really didn't know but everything now has more sense

[@martinjones5965]

Boris was completely out performed by multiple seasoned comedians with superior intellect and speed but at least he kept his cool. Look like large swathes of it were unscripted which makes it chaotic, exiting and fresh to watch. Most merciless taking the mickey I've ever seen. Imagine Scomo doing something like that !!! 50m24s Boris "The field in which the rabbits and the bunnies are lexically co-terminus" - brilliant.

[@steveball1286]

'lexically coterminous'; it's an adjective, not a noun. The bunnies are not a similarly phrased final bus-station. The bunny-related terms are heading for the same final destination, words-wise. Good grief, are they letting non-Etonians comment on Boris' masterly performance now? The lamentability of standards has become terrific.

[@StewArtstudios7]

Lol this is the funniest thing i seen in years lol excellent, its now even hilarious that Boris in now PM.

[@danieloneill9560]

Nothing hilarious about having a lying, break-your-own-rules dickhead as the PM

[@jma9148]

That opening was fantastic ngl

[@felix_christopher]

You know... you kind of could have guessed, just by looking at this.

[@paullefur6213]

I have never laughed so much Boris is a legend and takes what he gives......😀

[@jancarr1]

Amusing when he's not in charge of your country

[@antoniopodesta8738]

He’s certainly a joke at the P.M. game.

[@Ropponmatsu2]

Stephen K Amos is just a passenger on this episode. He’s a genuinely funnny comedian, but good luck getting a line in.

[@TheComputec]

The irony of Boris Johnson calling Tony Blair a liar and questioning his integrity

[@mogznwaz]

Just tells me that all PMs are economical with the truth - or they can’t win no matter what they do

[@susannamarker2582]

29:42 Tony Blair would enjoy giving a bloke the kiss of life. Back in the early 80s, Blair was fined £500 at Bow St Magistrates Court for solliciting young boys in a public toilet. The toilet was being watched by the Special Branch. Blaîr gave his name as Charles Lynton, and didn't turn up to Court.

[@user-bo3mp8un6c]

Did Boris start coming down halfway through?

[@robbiefellows2200]

He actually looks like he's had a wash here, and ironed his clothes

[@tomwright4969]

i swear he sits in the same position as the infamous Stay At Home video in the intro.

[@yongjinnkim9207]

Looks Boris resembled comedian. Quite a spitting image.

[@rickymallard7837]

Some comments seem to say Boris did great here. It was funny, but notice how it was also total chaos with him in charge... Hasn't aged that well in my opinion.

[@kennethhodges3187]

Yes, to think the good old British people, gave him the job of running the country!

[@hd591]

I never knew Britain's Prime Minister used to host a panel show. How is that possible? And he's being bullied by whole panel.

[@yeahme8367]

@@hd591 it's a show on politics so you get members of parliament on and journalists

[@joperhop]

Like the country with that bumberling POS in charge.

[@CDbiggen]

I think it's all intentional - all part of the persona he built up.

[@oldmargery639]

Best host of HIGNIFY ever apart from Brian Blessed

[@katnicholson253]

Yes!!!!;

[@MrRea112]

Hey, how about Bruce Forsyth?

[@naomituson.7637]

I love Bach v much

[@Queenfloofles]

Starts contemplating the thought of Basil Brush as PM...

[@jackmehoffe9372]

Brilliant

[@andyfirthmusicproducts5226]

And he's The British PM? Wholly Hell!!! He's a total galah!

[@molloymort708]

And here is the beginning of the end (for many lives)

[@iainwaugh9777]

The line about the fridge… 😂 what are the chances

[@monticlassictv]

My god Boris still sounds like he’s delivering a speech to his parliament, still his usual bumbling, stumbling, talking shite conversations but he’s a much better comedy panellist than a serving prime minister, maybe he should give up being the leader of the UK and take up TV as a career where he would fair much better.

[@Cohen.the.Worrier]

"Please give up your day job". That's advice you don't hear very often.

[@Systematicsphere]

Fare. Speak english.

[@bas6628]

Wonderful

[@davidstacey685]

Well will be judge of that

[@harryantino]

2002 I think

[@MrSnootyFace]

It's at this point that you realise that any one of these comedians would have made a better prime mister!

[@waleedarif6740]

Whether we like Borris or not, it's good to know that people who are cheerful enough to be presenters of live shows are the same people who have the authorisation and ability to run the whole country.

[@keithpanton7486]

I'd suggest Johnson clearly proves the opposite.

[@edwardlees4585]

I do hope he's invited back to host again in the next series.

[@Crane137]

Stephen K Amos’ so-called humour at that time consisted of playing the race card; he tried it a couple of times here (“big hands”, “I'm invisible” etc) but notably made almost no contribution to this episode apart from his one funny quip, “Boris, we all have lives to lead!” Presumably now dwelling in the ‘Where are they now?’ file…

[@adamakinlade1758]

✌🏿

[@slatibaadfast]

The plonk is as funny as shingles. Why and how on earth he gets any gigs on or off television is beyond me.

[@darthvader2812]

Presenting our Prime Minister.

[@Corrander]

This is why Boris is loved so much. He's very funny and ultra bright.

[@ColinBarrett001]

Hilarious satire worthy of HIGNY.... You are of course joking... aren't you.

[@rhodriwilliams2599]

@@ColinBarrett001 he’s not wrong, don’t get me wrong I hate everything about Johnson but he is appealing because of how funny and silly he is at the same time as being bright. However he is a failure of a prime minister, a crook, a bully, he’s corrupt, and doesn’t care about all the problems that’s occurred under his government. But none of that matters anymore, it’s a personality contest.

[@ulfibonkers3205]

Comrade Knobjockson has always been a talentless twatranory

[@brianferguson7840]

Dear God the exquisite irony.

[@va2011]

He knows lots of long words thanks to an expensive education. That's not the same as being bright. And definitely not the same as being wise

[@vdotme]

This is what got Boris to Number 10 Downing Street.

[@Shaunsfavourites]

I agree.

[@johnnysecular]

i agree. as a left leaning canadian watching this back then i thought this guy was brilliantly funny, self deprecating and refreshing for a politician.

[@Chris-xl6pd]

@@johnnysecular He is disarming for sure.

[@bklufc]

"is it a dolphin in a bathtub?"

[@thegrandmuftiofwakanda]

Boris and Dolphin in a Bathtub have since piled on the weight haven't they.

[@samikirk05]

Pity, that 😉

[@christinson1024]

I imagine that all of boris's cabinet meetings as prime minister carried out in this way. After all, politics is a circus.

[@Dogboy73]

BoJo's best moment, EVER! Was shit before and ever since. This man is now our Prime Minister!!!! 😩 But this is comedy gold.

[@phiavir5594]

We've all got lives to lead Boris... Resign!

[@williedickson266]

Boris still has a comb over even when he was younger

[@amandhanani9937]

Danger of this show... That day mocked about his chances of become PM and now today he is PM

[@andrewstratford4753]

Back in the day when it was worth watching.

[@debrabelz]

it is always worth watching

[@moe_jama2852]

@@debrabelz well said

[@easyuketuts]

This is when joke writing was actual jokes

[@IThinkYouLookLarvely]

2003 for anyone wondering. Thanks for posting, but please put it in the description!

[@chinesesloppyplop]

There you go mate thats it in the description now. Im not a channel that does this for views, the only reason I uploaded it was to save me having to watch it on dvd. thats why theres not any fancy shit like info. lol

[@IThinkYouLookLarvely]

@@chinesesloppyplop Haha nice one- and understandable! Top quality upload too. It's actually quite hard to find info on when this went out, so was trying to think where I was at the time, and even being very sad and googling when Tony Blackburn won I'm a Celebrity (as pictured on the wall), so it must have been very soon after that :)

[@jasonbarker8266]

Classic TV 📺

[@GroundhogRoy]

This was 2002, not 2003.

[@freddiethecutestcavapoo9184]

Can you imagine if someone had told them that clown would be PM in a few years time?!! The audience would have been in hysterics at such a ridiculous idea!!

[@kennethhodges3187]

Totally agree! but then the good old British public decided that they would prefer to have a Showman run the country than a Statesman. So we got no more than we deserved!

[@robmarrin6720]

Every bumbling fool in fiction has an incredible mind as a person I like him, as a politician I prefer him as a person

[@kennethhodges3187]

@@robmarrin6720 No matter in what capacity, I neither like him or trust him.! He is totally out of his depth and you simply can't believe anything he ever says!

[@robmarrin6720]

@@kennethhodges3187 yep he is consistent we know that much about him

[@nervesconcord]

@@kennethhodges3187 To describe Corbyn as a statesman is laughable, the point is Labour made themselves unelectable to anyone other than young student types who have no world experience and no actual knowledge about the path that the current Labour party would lead us down, and would vote that way because Twitter tells them the other party is bad and mean and that the Labour party will give them a free Starbucks and has decent wifi.

[@naomituson.7637]

Hello paul

[@brianlopez8855]

He's been bullshitting us for years in plain site. How can we be surprised now ?

[@danieloneill9560]

Who is surprised?

[@rhodriwilliams2599]

“The chances of that are about likely as being blinded by a champagne cork or decapitated by a frisbee or locked in a disused fridge.” Turns out all of which would have been better outcomes than Johnson becoming prime minister.

[@18sri1]

Campaign Cork?

[@wm9355]

BJ is not a bad PM! He took over at the tail end of Brexit and just as we entered arguably the worst pandemic in living history. I can't imagine many of his detractors would do much better, and certainly not Corbyn back then and Starmer now!

[@Crazy_Worlds]

@@wm9355 Much in jest. People like Boris simply because he is so fallible. Only problem is that as PM people’s lives are at stake and he’s been struggling with that.

[@rhodriwilliams2599]

@@wm9355 “he took over the tail end of Brexit” can I ask who was the face of the Leave campaign? Cause he fucking campaigned for it, he got it, now he’s made a fucking mess of the whole goddamn thing. The pandemic was a fantastic distraction from the cock up off a place we are in. If the lack of lorry drivers have nothing to do with brexit then why is he offering visas to Europeans to be lorry drivers? As for the pandemic, yeah it’s bad but Thousands of deaths could have been prevented had he been a leader and taken it seriously. He skipped 5 cobra meetings, bragged about shaking hands with Covid patients and then contracted it himself, his whole government have been ignoring the rules they set because they think they’re above it. He gave billions to private companies to help with Covid despite them having NO EXPERIENCE with any of the supplies they were contracted to deliver and then didn’t deliver. Who could have seen that one coming…? Failed track and trace system, failed eat out to help out, let schools open for one day after Christmas before closing them again because transmission rates were (who would have guessed it) too high to allow, causing much more damage than necessary. Read all that again and tell me he’s done a good job.

[@Chaimmankoff]

@@rhodriwilliams2599 So many lies and exaggerations in one comment, it's actually hilarious.

[@naomituson.7637]

Hi

[@dr.leftfield9566]

Just had a vision of Gypsy Rose Lee hobbling on to slam a pigs ear on his desk whilst giving it the " Beware of my words" and shuffing off.

[@iftaabbostan3699]

This is what cabinet meeting where like lol

[@kathywilliams9672]

brilliant Boris

[@ulfibonkers3205]

You mean brilliantly inarticulate and linguistically challenged lardarse

[@callumnoblett4905]

Says the hilariously named Ulfi Bonkers

[@naomituson.7637]

Hi Paul

[@neillstevenson5327]

You’ve got to love it, this man is “running” the country 😬😬😬😬😬

[@jake4101]

Yes, much like a plague is running our economy.

[@katnicholson253]

I do love it! Yes, I am insane - Boris is adorable!!!!

[@AICabal]

@@jake4101 "plague"

[@pommycalva]

OMG.First time I have seen this ,if only Boris had really taken up as a comedian,WITHOUT A LIFE IN POLITICS the world would surely be better !

[@scotttracy6044]

If only he could've stayed here

[@naomituson.7637]

Yes

[@maryconroy1771]

I think Boris was brilliant so funny

[@redrb26dett]

Were is a frisbee or a champagne cork when you need them

[@darraghgregory1269]

Wow 2003 19 years ago

[@naomituson.7637]

Is he priminister

[@buffalosowljah]

the best thing that he said all night .. ..trouble is its only coconuts .. *from the party that keeps its promises* . 🤣😂