Ian Hislop's appearance on Peston, wherein he hands Jake Berry his arse...

[@WilberforceWooster-uo2bl]

Ian Hislop is a national treasure. He's one of the few people willing to hold the corrupt to account.

[@terryboland3816]

No, he's a hypocrite who criticise others but suppresses examination of his own behaviour. Morons like him because he reads out jokes on television.

[@johnmountainstone1177]

No he is not. He just happens to be on the righteous side this one time.

[@mikeross4]

@@johnmountainstone1177 Yes he is!

[@sanidadeelogica4979]

@@johnmountainstone1177he’s literally made his whole career about highlighting corruption. I guess you’ve never read Private Eye

[@swanronson173]

How many other journalists do we see who have the grasp of the facts and no reluctance to tear into politicians that Mr Hislop has? Many journalists and interviewers will only push it so far and often let the politicians BS slide for fear of being blacklisted or because they don't know they're being fobbed off. How much better it would be if they all took Ian's approach.

[@ianmackenzie2791]

Listening to Ian Hislop always goes a long way to restoring my faith in human nature. Long may he continue!

[@bigbabatunde1218]

He was always a good source of information on Have I Got New For You, information that you wouldn't hear anyone else talk about on TV for 'legal reasons' and career advancement reasons. Hislop has been laughing in the face of lawyers and judges with their vested interests for decades.

[@painstruck01]

PROGRAMME'S OVER!!!!

[@quicksesh]

I have been reading Private Eye for years and this scandalous story has been a regular appearance, he and the team on proper journalists in the Private Eye should all be lauded for their tenacious pursuit of this story, it is a crying shame that it had to take a TV drama and an election year to move this to the point that those that were wronged are restituted - long live Ian and his team.

[@bigbabatunde1218]

@@painstruck01 The Post Office and Horizon scandal isn't though.

[@kevteop]

Sadly Ian can't be this voice forever and I'm not sure who we've got to take his place when he decides to retire. I hope he knows who his successor is because I don't.

[@kylewhittle6565]

Ian Hislop has been on top form for DECADES! Private eye broke this story years ago when no else cared. He is a one man band who is always questioning power structures in society (monarchy, government, judges, celebrities, religions) God bless him! 🖤 🇬🇧

[@Toronto_James]

Only reason he’s not been knighted is because of how much he’s bashed Brenda & the rest of the royals over the years.

[@auto98]

Not certain he'd accept one tbh

[@liss-7067]

​@@Toronto_Jameswhat I love is he goes for everyone when it's justified. He says he's pro constitutional monarchy, but he can still call it out and puncture it. Private Eye is perfect because it's cynicism striving for kindness and lambasting everything on the way.

[@EdwardLindon]

PE didn't break the story, but they did run it for years.

[@CMBell1985]

​@@EdwardLindonHislop has spoke in glowing terms of the investigative reporters who ferretted out these issues. He gives them absolute credit and was privileged to give them a platform and defend the story in court. Skin must be pretty tough with all the cases hes had to fight

[@teb__]

Ian Hislop is quickly becoming a hero of our age. A man of principle and justice. I have so much respect for him.

[@James27Simko]

quickly? this isnt new for him hahahaha. hes a legend and not a recent one at that.

[@sunnytimes_]

Yep he already was... and unfortunately I don't it helps him or his team being proven correct decade's later. Too much damage has already been done and I'm sure it just makes him even more angry

[@James27Simko]

@@sunnytimes_ fuel for the fire my friend, fuel for the fire.

[@skygod1067]

He has been for a long time

[@aceplatini859]

he's an upperclass snobby git. some hero.

[@willyum3920]

Ian Hislop is an absolute giant of a man in this country. I am a grateful subscriber to Private Eye and I couldn't agree with Ian more.

[@lonpfrb]

Objective fact based journalism is so important to hold to account those who have corruptly abused their powers. That's Private Eye..

[@nickdryad]

“You can’t just talk nonsense and not be interrupted.” Ian is a fearless champion. If only someone said that to Boris Johnson more often.

[@TheOriginalJez]

I mean, both Ian and Paul did, repeatedly, on HIGNFY. Unfortunately that was clearly not a big enough warning sign to stop him getting elected...

[@kingkasper2725]

@@TheOriginalJez I think the moral of the story is you can annihilate them in debate but if they've been given the platform in the first place they can/most likely will, still win. The chance to play the victim or persecuted hero helps no end. See Farage, Nick Griffin (didn't himself get elected but all his ideas entered tory policy shortly after), etc.

[@jamsheadaziz3999]

The warning signs were already there. If people had only used their brains and not fall for the media bull about bojo being an eccentric buffoon with a posh accent, then he would never have reached political office.

[@cpfc4prem]

I work in a job with a lot of young people, and I am finding that more and more of them try to lie their way out of problems. Often, the lies are not particularly clever and are easily disproven, but these young adults don't seem too bothered when they are caught out. I honestly think that some of this attitude is coming from the fact that their childhood was spent with several PMs (Johnson, Truss, Sunak) who lied at will and were very rarely called out on it.

[@nickdryad]

Yes. All kids lie because, I believe, they are scared of getting into the trouble. That’s childish behaviour. But you’re absolutely correct. The young adults you talk of are still behaving like children because their elders and “betters” are so very very bad.

[@lunapachamama915]

Ian Hislop is 100% right. Gets my vote. “Classic corporate nonsense” on Fujitsu’s part. It’s time for truth, justice and humanity. Enough of this pernicious and fraudulent activity.

[@pipster1891]

At the same time as Hislop and _Private Eye_ were brilliantly covering and campaigning the Post Office scandal, he and it were attacking Julian Assange and taking part in the smearing of Jeremy Corbyn. I haven't heard Hislop apologising for himself deliberately lying about Corbyn.

[@richardfraser7024]

Blame the successive governments!

[@marshyman66]

And what part of corporate nonsense did Fujitsu did commit. Sounds like the the customer did not like the answers they were getting after being warned of the limitations and potential errors.

[@marshyman66]

@@flateric1594 if you can point where this was stated n court or the enquiry and not a tv drama. In most large scale systems acces to the hw and sw is common. Log files are created so I am not sure why access would have been denied and why lie about it.

[@cb361]

The only people I would vote for would never go into politics in the first place.

[@robertnapier624]

The world needs more Ian hislops. He can sense when a politician talks crap even before they’ve spoken a word. God bless Ian Hislop.

[@BibTheBoulderTheOriginalOne]

Oh come on...anybody with a modicum of intelligence knows when an MP is talking crap: It's when they open their mouths and begin to speak. With the honourable exception of Andrew Bridgen.

[@Kingcarparpeggio]

@@BibTheBoulderTheOriginalOne : Andrew Bridgen !!!😂😂😂😂…….Alex Belfield’s fanboy 😂😂😂😂

[@BibTheBoulderTheOriginalOne]

Only in your sad world@@Kingcarparpeggio

[@Kingcarparpeggio]

@@BibTheBoulderTheOriginalOne 😱😭😂😂😂

[@ChrisSmith-mu1we]

@@BibTheBoulderTheOriginalOne Soon to be ex-MP.🎉

[@southendsites]

The whole of the sorry story shows how low the UK has fallen... David Cameron should leave all public life just over the award of the honour... Ian Hislop has shown more decency than the whole Conservative Party and the rest of the Establishment put together. His verdict is decent and should be listened to, as well as acted upon.

[@DomenBremecXCVI]

As a non-brit who never stepped foot on your island, I'm so happy for you to have Ian. He's gold and should serve as an example for any and all journalists in the world, not just in the world of politics. We need more Ians.

[@gijgij4541]

When Ian's being funny he's very very good: when he's angry, he's even better.

[@suestone2794]

100%👏👏👏

[@villeporttila5161]

I've never seen him rage so hard. It's quite impressive actually

[@warkatwargaming2358]

He makes me proud to be British...this attitude and anger....I love it

[@ChristyOFaghan]

Hislop with all the fury of a fiery young radical, but with 40-odd years of experience in dealing with such fraudsters is positions of power - superb.

[@Rasscasse]

👌 It’s a wonderful combination

[@jessiepooch]

Well said.

[@hamishpaterson2413]

Ian Hislop is 100% right, 100%! The government, The Post Office and Fujitsu should be ashamed of themselves for what they’ve done.

[@jackywhite880]

None of those concerned actually carry the shame gene. It's either absent at birth, or it's trained out of them at Eton.

[@kanedNunable]

@@jackywhite880 'ethics/morals are for the poors'

[@ianswan1283]

Absolutely

[@noramartin96]

Ashamed ? They should be jailed for life. Yes Hislop is correct as always they robbed these people.

[@ianswan1283]

@@noramartin96 absolutely

[@jan-kjetiljess503]

Ian is the world’s most silk gloved brawler. I love that he rants for two minutes then says ‘I’m gonna rant now’. One of my greatest heroes and a great reminder that ‘they’re’ not ‘all the same’ whenever someone talks about‘mainstream media’.

[@KesselRunner606]

People dismiss Private Eye as "Just a funny paper," but it's editorials contain some of the best, honest, old fashioned investigative journslism in the British press.

[@XelaMa]

Line of the century " You can't just keep talking nonsense and not be interrupted"!!! I LOVE MR.HISLOP!!! ❤❤❤

[@Rasscasse]

Seconded 👍

[@Ollies2CentsWardill]

How would he know the guy was talking nonsense when he didn't allow him to say anything?

[@JohnnyBouchier]

Ian Hislop once again tells it like it is. Thank you to Private Eye for all their hard work over many years.

[@borismuller86]

I far prefer paying my subscription than my license fee 😉

[@danielbrewster5362]

I think Private Eye should be in the same section as the daily newspapers. I do sometimes move it there when I get the chance.

[@paulgibbons6170]

Mr Berry tried to laugh his way through this and he just proved that he's just another Tory about to be out of a job. Well done Ian!

[@boswellwhanau]

Do you understand this is a problem created by Labour? 😂😂

[@franticpanic]

​. Do you understand entirely perpetuated by tories

[@teesman61]

​Erm, no it wasn't, it was the post office paving the way for privatisation and all that lovely money. The whole debacle was perpetuated with full tory backing.

[@Geffo555]

@@boswellwhanau The Labour government gave Fujitsu the contract, but you can hardly blame Labour for the system's flaws. There should be a full inquiry though.

[@boswellwhanau]

@@digidol52 You seem determined to pin this to one political party eh. The problem is everyone involved in this, regardless of party affiliation, were like tits on a bull and just as useful as a cock flavoured lollipop. What the hell was Ed Davey doing when he was the PO minister? Id like to know who he was talking to about the correspondence he was getting and what his instructions were to that person (I bet sweet f88k all was said other than "there's a good boy and file this away"). Labour, Tory, who ever Ed Davey was with back then...they were all sh1t! Everyone should be outraged that it took a f00king tv show to get this festering pile of dung out in to the open!

[@MalcolmGrant-ho2xs]

Ian Hislop has always been fearless! He is the kind of journalist that this country needs to dismantle the high-handed attitude of these politicians - especially in the Conservative Party - who think they are beyond reproach. Ian Hislop is the kind of man we need to be in charge of future inquires, when past and current ministers will be investigated for improper use of public office and cronyism. Thank goodness Britain has people like this man today in the media!!

[@afivey]

Props to all at Computer Weekly and Private Eye for trying to drag the UK out of the mess it's in, one fight against ignorance and nonsense at a time. The measure of heroism is not in the success but the audacity to step up; both stepped up and both deserved their success. Long may it continue.

[@chrisab66]

There are people who should be sitting in a jail cell and it's not the postmasters!!

[@althomas3168]

Agree.. Tony Blair is one.

[@colloquialsoliloquy6391]

​@@althomas3168Boris Johnson too.

[@Stantheman848]

​@@colloquialsoliloquy6391 Johnson for treason...yes.

[@colloquialsoliloquy6391]

@@Stantheman848 Messi is still the 🐐

[@Stantheman848]

@@colloquialsoliloquy6391 nowhere near the top 20

[@larryfroot]

Ian, via Private Eye, has been chasing this story for nearly 20 years. No wonder you can hear the anger in his voice.

[@stephencampbell2115]

They have done the same with the tainted blood scandal,The fall out from COVID,And right at the moment the Tories shady dealings with the new Teeside Freeport.

[@francisfox9171]

As a Private Eye subscriber for 38 years I expect nothing less from Ian. And that it was "Sir" Jake on the receiving end was particularly gratifying, a man holding one of the least deserved Knighthoods in a party crammed full of them, awarded simply for being a chum of Boris Johnson.

[@mikethebloodthirsty]

I stopped buying the Private Eye when they called anyone who disagreed with a lot of what was happening during the pandemic as a loony conspiracy theorist... Thats literally ANYONE who veered slightly off the narrative.

[@martinwoollett8468]

and they were right. @@mikethebloodthirsty

[@JohnSmall314]

@@mikethebloodthirsty Private Eye has been proved right. All the anti-vaxxers and anti-lockdown people were loony conspiracy theorists. If Private Eye says something is BS then it very probably is BS

[@curmudgeon1933]

@@mikethebloodthirsty. So you stopped buying Private Eye when their assessment of the Covid situation differed from yours? About the same time you fell hook, line and sinker for the avalanche of loony conspiracy theories that appeared, then?

[@treeaboo]

@@mikethebloodthirsty Have you possibly considered that maybe you were the one in the wrong?

[@chrisburn7178]

Hislop's genuine almost unfettered apoplexy is wonderful to behold. You just wish they didn't have a time limit; I'd listen to him take the issue apart for hours. A giant of our time.

[@HydrogenAlpha]

I freaking love Ian Hislop. He is a towering intellect and absolutely unafraid to call a spade a spade.

[@mansonfortyfour]

You see Ian argue and put his point across very well often BUT you don't ever really see him angry. In this clip i get the felling there is real anger there!!

[@clarkpatient7950]

Understandably too! In fact, is it even possible to talk to a Tory anymore without finding yourself in anger & despair?

[@CB-xr1eg]

True, but there's still a smile on his face. A smiling assassin.

[@Law_Abiding_Citizen_ok]

He’s passionate when he gets his teeth into something not angry👍

[@jeffsimon9594]

All leftists are permanently angry people

[@KebabMusicLtd]

That's because his magazine (Private Eye) has been following this issue for over 10 years now and are far more clued up about what went wrong than some two-bit nobody who simply sits in a tv studio and repeatedly reads from the script.

[@colinmcmb]

Go for it Ian. Such a pleasure to see such passion. If only more people were so riled up.

[@gillie-monger3394]

Just because the woman "hands back her CBE" does NOT remove her from that honour until it is 'quashed' by the Government AND withdrawn by the King! The criminal is STILL a CBE.

[@borismuller86]

She’s just trying to avoid having to hand back the money. That’s what she really cares about.

[@andymerrett]

@@borismuller86 yep, apologies and bits of metal mean nothing of any actual value to the victims. Sadly, some of the victims are no longer with us because the stress killed them.

[@guickdotto4552]

Who cares about the gong? She can keep it for all its worth. The honours system is utterly discredited. The Tory politician on the couch has a knighthood for God's sake. A flipping knighthood!

[@hydroknight01]

I don't believe for a second that she has actually handed it back. I reckon she's sitting on it and hoping the fuss will go away, and the media will rally around her claiming she's being bullied, simply because she SAYS she's handed it back, like that's somehow enough to make good.

[@twattyshed]

Wonder what the other inmates will make of that....

[@johnt8453]

Iain Hislop you speak for all of us who are neither ignoring the facts nor corrupt in our own actions. You are as many have said a National Treasure. Thank you.

[@informedchoice2249]

Thank you for posting this. I really wanted to see Hislop's full interview. He doesn't let go very often but when he does it's always legitimate and superb.

[@steve-on7kl]

Oh I love Ian. He's so passionate and isn't afraid to show it. Not intimidated by anyone! Really says it how it is. I wish there were more people holding this corrupt Tory government to account!

[@Qwyte]

Everyone always says David Attenborough, Stephen fry etc. are British icons who will be missed dearly. But for me, it's Ian Hislop. He's does so much for British politics & cuts right to the cores of issues in a funny, digestible way. I've watched him on hignfy since I was a child. When he goes, British politics punditry will not be the same. A true British icon

[@hydroknight01]

When Hislop goes, the British Establishment will collectively breathe a sigh of unspeakable relief, not only because they'll no-longer have to worry about him finding out about the mass-graveyards in their closets, but also because there's no upcoming journalist of similar calibre or integrity for him to hand the torch over to. The world will suffer a considerable loss, come that day.

[@johnmightymole2284]

Stephen Fry is a likeable royal lacky.

[@chrisburn7178]

Quite right. Hislop is the Christopher Hitchens of the 21st century. It seems the universe is duty-bound to provide at least one foil to the establishment line in every age, Hislop is ours. An absolute giant.

@@chrisburn7178 Hitchen was a right wing reactionary drunk. A fatter Russell Brand. His pro waterboarding derp was typical. Just because he was an atheist excuses nothing.

[@winstonwolf5706]

He cuts right to the core of issues if you're a centre left Liberal.

[@peterdunn8603]

Ian Hislop is like a terrier with a rat once he gets hold he just keeps shaking it, GREAT MAN.

[@jeffsimon9594]

Face is more like a pug

[@MrSham61]

Regardless, I'll settle for his intellect rather than yours treacle😚 @@jeffsimon9594

[@izaakbakker9531]

@@jeffsimon9594 pugs are loveable and can be very determined. what was your point?

[@jamieadams178]

over the last 30 years minimum, (since I've been reading it), Private Eye has been giving the uk the most honest and truthful journalism! We should boycott all other British papers!

[@CB-xr1eg]

I've been boycotting newspapers for over 20 years!

[@simonkevnorris]

Private Eye does reveal a number of things that are hard to believe. In the 1990s The Inland Revenue and Customs sold,their properties to a company and then leased them back. The owning company happened to be in a tax haven.

[@mim959]

Ian Hislop has my ultimate respect - despite the private education, leading to Oxford furtherance and connections which I've no doubt, in part (alongside his intelligence, of course) culminated in Private Eye editorship at a comparatively young age, he has spent his life and intellect in a truly worthy and commendable way - exposing hypocrisy and bullshit and never being cowed by those so many with his background end up becoming. Legend and titan.

[@stevemohammed3497]

Ian is absolutely right as usual 🤷‍♂️

[@jonhelmer8591]

He's not always right, but in this case 100%

[@VanceRefrigeration]

He was right about how Vote Leave broke electoral law, and therefore stole the referendum. But that was to be expected, Brexiters are just a bunch of racist fraudulent thugs

[@bifferspice]

@@jonhelmer8591 do you fancy giving a couple of examples where he isn't?

[@Gordon.Pinkerton]

​@bifferspice not sure about Hislop specifically, but Private Eye was very wrong on Andrew Wakefield and the MMR vaccine bullshit he shamelessly peddled for years.

[@Serge9595]

I’m a Yank (sorry), and for years I’ve loved Ian Hislop. This was brilliant. At his best.

[@gavinmurrell3415]

Be proud, you lot walked away..

[@eclectica1]

It's cool, you can stay.

[@itstherevolution]

😂😂Ian is ruthless, and thank God!

[@AngryAnt0]

As someone slightly involved in this (family member was in a post office until 2004ish), I'm so thankful for people like Ian Hislop and their consistant involvement in this case. Personally I don't blame Ed Davey compared to all the other people who lied through their teeth and are trying to pin the blame on one single person. They *knew* the system didn't work and yet rolled it out anyway. World needs more people like Ian Hislop especially when he's so animated because he is utterly correct in every single way.

[@RevStickleback]

I actually know someone who worked at Fujitsu, dealing with the reported problems (not at a technical level) and they had no idea anything was seriously wrong, and were unaware of the trials. People have this idea that there must have been this widespread cover up, with people falsifying information throughout the company, knowing there were serious faults. The truth is most involved were just regular people who would have been horrified by the idea of innocent people going to prison. A cover-up can only work when few people know the truth.

[@WhooshFlyingHorse444]

Well said Ian Hislop. Hold those smirking MP's to account. They, the system and the establishment all stink and are rotten to the core. I hope that having an advocate for those Post Masters & Mistresses such as Ian will advance the case & conclude with full and speedy redress.

[@a261943]

Ian Hislop is exceptional. True hero. Whenever I hear him speak I sit up and listen.

[@michaelkneale3825]

Ian Hislop is brilliant. We need more like him.

[@callum4796]

We absolutely neeeeeeeeeed a no nonsense leader like Ian. The media needs to take serious notes from him too. Hes the only one i can rhink of thats seriously holding politicians to account

[@sandersson2813]

What about Paxman or Andrew Neil?

[@terryboland3816]

But who'se holding him to account? Private Eye? 😂

[@fang_xianfu]

The problem is that leaders have to do politics, that's their job. Politics is, boiled down to the simplest idea, the process of herding cats in the House of Commons. It's why Rishi is seen as weak, because he's so bad at it. It takes a special kind of person to have the patience to do that day-in day-out, which is why people like Hislop don't want that job. It's not what they enjoy.

[@terryboland3816]

@@fang_xianfu And he's got no skill in it.

[@sandersson2813]

Carping from the sidelines is easy.

[@markbeeson2610]

Ian Hislop is amazing. He’s not scared of any of them. He says what he means and means what he says. I’m astonished as to why Peston didn’t dedicate his entire programme to this subject. This debate was really riveting and it was over before it got going.

[@HollyJordan15]

I was never a fan of Ian’s, but he’s 💯% right here. Please rant all you want Ian & the interviewer saying “Whatever you think of Ian’s passionate criticism…” 😳 Mate come on you know what went on. I know they are meant to keep impartial, but come on if this doesn’t move you there is something wrong with you. The Government (major shareholder), Post Office & Fujitsu were all complicit (both collectively & individually) in these deaths, illnesses, lost homes, broken people, I could go on. I cried about how they’ve suffered. Thank goodness for good investigative journalism that brought it to light. Thank goodness for Lord Arbuthnot & Mr Justice Fraser & independent forensic accountants. Fujitsu’s (like the rest) are all words & rhetoric & no action. Compensate those poor people they deserve & that will never make up for they’ve been through. It’s the first I’ve heard of the civil service maybe being complicit in it 😳

[@BillySnowball]

Still tearing into him him as the credits roll. Excellent work Ian. Going to renew my private eye subscription

[@CB-xr1eg]

Yes he was letting him him have have it wasn't wasn't he?🤣

[@mrwavy1973]

Private Eye and Mr Hislop championed the postmasters for years. Thank you Ian

[@richardpowell1884]

"SIR" Jake Berry who has achieved exactly nothing as a tory MP, but still got a knighthood. Brexit Britain in a nutshell.

[@charlielynes]

A Completely Uncaring Narcissistic Tory, if you will. 🤔

[@anthonyrybicki1000]

He was a talisman for Northern redwall seats.Absolutely useless for the revival of the North but headbutts like 30p Lee Anderson does in the cause of big capitalism and social division. Sad that men like him get elected and then knighted.

[@MrMmnngghh]

The medals are given to help as a jail time buffer

[@stephenreeds3632]

After making that bloody idiot Botham a Lord, anything is possible.

[@DisorderedArray]

​@@fsp- unelected euro bureaucrats in Brussels stopping our Great British politicians from giving Honours to their chums.

[@HairyMunci]

Fujitsu MUST pay every postmaster wrongly accused/convicted that million Ian suggested and the losses incurred to the taxpayer. A shocking abuse of corporate power

[@beaso63]

Ian Hislop and Private Eye are the Rock Stars of UK Politics - Well done Ian for pushing this for over decade.

[@nomore2863]

The thing that struck me was how it could so easily be proven that the money wasn't stolen as it would never have appeared in their bank account or even been spent!

[@alan_davis]

Post offices do deal in cash.... but I agree it would not have been difficult!

[@Innesb]

It’s not difficult to dispose of cash in small amounts (by which I mean up to tens of thousands). Many genuine cash thefts from companies are used for gambling for which there is no trace; you take the cash into the bookies and it’s gone! Even using cash to cover half your grocery shopping and clothing could make many thousands of £s ‘disappear’ over the course of a year. However, the onus should have been on the PO to prove that thefts actually occurred and, as we now know, they didn’t even have that basic evidence; they coerced the innocent into pleading guilty of fraud for fear of being found guilty of the much more serious offence of theft. This appears to have been widespread practice by PO investigators. Utterly despicable.

[@toriesout8692]

⁠@@InnesbI agree with your points. I think some of the issue was that it was many thousands in a month. I know working on investigations, I would have followed the money to see where are the ill gotten gains. Nobody there benefited so it staggered me when I heard this story. No credible investigator would have done that, they would have actually investigated regardless where the outcome led to. They also would have needed to gather significant and credible evidence to support a decision. They just seem to say “that’s what you owe, pay up.” My understanding is that is pretty much what happened and wasn’t even dramatised. That isn’t investigating. Seeing these “investigators” just acting like some crooked bailiffs is just shocking and I hope that PO has investigatory function taken from them. They shouldn’t have had it in the first place.

[@Haberdashery22]

Agree absolutely, we'll said.

[@sharonwilson7115]

When will we see CEOs held accountable they leave a company with a golden handshake even though they've fucked up big style... Massive bonuses to shareholders demoralised workforce then handed another another CEO position to do it all again it beggars belief... My heart goes out to all of the people and their families who have been affected by this disgusting miscarriage of justice 😢

[@mikethebloodthirsty]

Same thing with the banking crisis... All the main players went on to err... Carry on being main players. I think two got any kind of punishment

[@paramotorhead]

When hell freezes over is a good estimate.

[@sarbjitatwal8252]

four suicides due to this scandal, people made to felel shame and made to feel they let down the people they serve. how do you bring back a life lost?

[@philwill0123]

Exactly. Postmasters and mistresses spat at, abused and racially abused and labelled criminals. And their families. With governor ,post office and Fujitsu knowing they are innocent. Basically government and post office are sitting on their hands because they still want to blame some post masters because they don't want to take 100% of the blame and quirk out of it.

[@Maz-zb9uf]

Correct

[@LifeAtSea50]

Lovely work from Mr Hislop…pure passion!

[@PeteCarlton]

Can't watch this often enough! Ian Hislop still has the fire in his belly that makes him one of our greatest-ever campaigning journalists - and he's funny too. Jake Berry never stood a chance (not that there's any reason to cry over that!).

[@marktopp745]

Sir Ian Hislop (sounds good) he’s 100% true. This all comes down to electioneering. The only reason this is being acted on.

[@MartinandFreddie]

And a million signature petition that they could not ignore

[@1968spikey]

I suspect he'd not accept

[@ethzero]

​@@1968spikeyI'd hope Mr Hislop would say, "Thank you, but no thanks"

[@kanedNunable]

@@MartinandFreddie they have ignored numerous hitting that. its just a way for them to stick it to the libs at the moment

[@stringer-ik1pc]

Then he'd be part of the establishment. 😂😂😂 just like sir Ed.sir kier and sir Cameron.

[@hugolloyd940]

The best bit of television I see in my life absolutely brilliant thank you Ian Hislop that's the people want more honesty like that thank you once again.

[@CB-xr1eg]

Just a shame it didn't go on longer...

[@markellis796]

Robert Peston continually denied Ian an opportunity to articulate his points, while trying to make fun the whole situation, well done Ian.

[@baoboumusic]

Yeah Peston was completely useless and utterly embarrassed himself. What was he trying to do there?

[@ceeabee]

We must have been watching different clips. Funny how our Political leanings can influence what we actually see and hear isn't it.

[@baoboumusic]

@@ceeabee Look, if I didn't know the background, I'd think Hislop incredibly rude and aggressive towards a fellow guest. But I do know the background, and so does Peston, and if he wasn't ready for the righteous indignation of Ian (and right he is), then I don't know what he was doing. It's also interesting you somehow relate this to politics.Ian Hislop doesn't play politics; he has been invested in this dossier for 15 years and has continuously fought for the victims in the story. He doesn't detest Berry for being a Tory, he detests him for being useless and for downplaying the effect this had and still has on people. The guilty have to be brought to trial, and that includes the politicians that enabled it while knowing better.

[@TheOwlsarewatching606]

Peston is a twerp. on a good salary

[@jujutrini8412]

@@ceeabeeIs there a particular political party that is at odds with Ian Hislop’s opinion on this whole Post Office affair?

[@adminimer5176]

Perfect example of why Ian Hislop is loved and honored across Britain, USA, and Commonwealth

[@johnvaranakis9846]

I've been watching Ian Hislop on Have i got news for you since it was first aired. He is a brilliant journalist, and a wonderful fellow, who speaks the truth. Keep broadcasting sir.

[@VesiustheBoneCruncher]

I think that may be the angriest I’ve seen Hislop and good on him, absolutely justified. Before we get even near policy, we’ve got to have more competent and honest government. Excoriation and humiliation are the only things that seem to hold this mob up for a second, so those who can do it publicly, must. Although I’m glad something is happening for the postmasters, this feels like an incredibly cynical PR job by a government desperate to turn opinion polls around.

[@kevinsyd2012]

@VesiustheBoneCruncher: don't forget that this all happened under a Blaire Labour government, with Postmasters convicted long before Cameron came to power.

[@fang_xianfu]

​@@kevinsyd2012 it did not all happen under the Blair government. Lots did, but the contract was signed under John Major and prosecutions continued under Cameron. The majority of the cover-up, the actual lying under oath and fraud, happened in the last 15 years.

[@SpacialKatana]

You can't turn around when all the fucking wheels fell off years ago, they've just a passenger in the crash waiting for the impact. Big ups Ian Hislop

[@diamondgeezertunes]

Hislop is a warrior beast that we the general public need .. Sees through bs and cuts them down with his morals,facts, and intellect ..

[@John-b8j6u]

I'm glad all of these people can find humour in this horror show, when people went to prison and even committed sui*. Even now, there is a refusal to own up and take responsibility. The people responsible for this utter clusterfk need to be behind bars.

[@nickharvey5149]

I don't think a single person here would disagree with you

[@audspod1]

The two MPs laughing about this!! Says a lot about them! They don't care about the people involved. Thank you Ian again for highlighting this awful scandal. Sadly despite all the posturing lots of people have not yet been compensated. For God's sake get this done!!

[@Rasscasse]

I hope Ian is training and coaching and mentoring other people to do what he does, when he can’t do it any longer. We need people like this.

[@Stuboy1979]

I was thinking exactly the same thing 👍

[@ianhouston4424]

Ian Hislop should be given a peerage. That way he could use ‘Parliamentary Privilege’ to highlight serious issues without fear of legal action. Since he’s continuously demonstrated his integrity over many years, I feel we could be confident he would not abuse the position- unlike many others.

[@nickwyatt9498]

@ianhouston4424: He wouldn’t accept a peerage. Yet another reason why Ian’s a good thing.

[@hybridh9702]

there's no way ian would accept a peerage, it would ruin his good reputation.

[@scottmclaren3928]

Why would anyone with integrity want a peerage? In fact peerage and integrity is a contradiction. 😁😁

[@gothmog2441]

He does seem to be proud of being “the most sued man in Britain” … Parliamentary privilege would ruin the fun

[@JamesSmith144]

​@nickwyatt9498 I think that's part of the problem with society. The people who would be able to remain trustworthy whilst holding power are usually those uninterested in having it. Whilst I agree with the sentiment of not wanting to roll in the filth with the corrupt mps, someone has to go in there and clean it up at some point or it will never change. A vicious cycle that shows no sign of stopping soon.

[@richardglossop9085]

We need more Ian Hislops in this country

[@johnhargreaves8101]

Typical Tory Politician, totally blind when it comes to reality. Keep it up Ian

[@keirmitchell5560]

And what do you think Labour is. Remember a woman has a penis.

[@kevinsyd2012]

Don't forget that this all happened under a Blaire Labour government, with Postmasters prosecuted long before Cameron came to power.

[@HeeBeeGeeBee392]

@@kevinsyd2012 Blairite = Tory lite

[@MartinandFreddie]

No it didn't, the prosecutions were being brought throughout the Coalition's term of office and for years afterwards, and it was the Tories that gave that bloody woman a CBE and continue Fujitsu's contract spending millions of £s of taxpayer's money. Wind your Tory neck in ! @@kevinsyd2012

[@jeffsuter344]

​@@kevinsyd201213 years of Tory rule and they kept the injustice going which makes them worse.

[@garyslater1243]

Ian's clarity of thought is matched only by his erudite delivery. The greatest exponent of " telling it like if is."

[@draculusdinosqueezer6346]

So glad Ian Hislop is out there sticking it to self-serving politicians! We need more like him not just speaking truth to power but unafraid to hammer the truth down power's throat!

[@garrywilling3711]

First time I've ever seen Jess Philips so quiet, she knew to just sit back and let Hislop go to town on the Conservatives

[@rupertwinston-hayes3790]

Didn't like her smirking...

[@Rasscasse]

To be honest, I was smirking too at Ians demolition of the puffed up popinjay that is Jake Berry

[@tomben6180]

Labour were also to blame but Hislop is a Blair man

[@johnwright7895]

She is not on the same level.

[@jamescrossland9612]

Never forget that Hislop is a Blair man and that the Blair government kicked all this off. Easy to cry, Tories at fault when they have been left holding the parcel when the music stopped.

[@exsappermadman25055]

Ian has been to court so many times he has to make sure what he's saying is correct!...He's ace...

[@roystoncalder9853]

Would love Ian Hislop to be a regular on this programme. What a pity they cut this short.

[@chriscarpenter5688]

Jake Berry...... goes with whatever direction the prevailing Tory wind is blowing!! Great work by Hislop!!!!

[@alanroberts312]

Good on IAN HISLOP is not letting them stop him talk over him talk through him IAN HISLOP was getting his point across good on him keep up the good work am I like how we've tried to stop Peston from trying to disrupt him. Basically the politicians and head of post office we're hoping that this would all go away brushed under the carpet and keep all the hundreds of thousands if not millions to themselves. IAN HISLOP He was not letting HIM speak because he obviously knew he was BULSHITING. But also I felt that peston was on the side of the Post Office and the government rather than the people that got hurt. GOOD ON IAN HISLOP 👏 👌 💯 👍 for not backing down. What gobsmacked me is the fact that politicians and the head of the Post Office allowed literally allowed genuinely innocent people to go to prison for something they never did 😒 😑 😤

[@PassiveAgressive319]

Ian Hislop is a legend 👏👏👏👏👏

[@leighedwards]

The Post Office should have the right to directly prosecute and investigate taken away - they were judge, jury and executioner and totally biased and even paid bonuses to the psychopathic investigators for chasing down innocent people and ignoring the errors in the Horizon system.

[@hydroknight01]

The PO 'investigators' - read: paid thugs - were handed pre-formed conclusions by their bosses and told to come to those conclusions, irrespective of evidence to the contrary, by any means necessary. They were told to secure convictions by any means necessary. The Horizon system was never to be found at-fault in any way. Today, now, those 'investigators' only shield is the Nuremberg Defence of "I Was Only Following Orders", which has never flown and never will. Those 'investigators' didn't even write their own statements of evidence for court proceedings: they were HANDED their statements, pre-prepared by lawyers representing the Post Office, told to sign them and then swear by them in court - which is perjury. Now they're actively incriminating themselves by being forced to admit to that. That's how sordid this whole mess is.

[@johnwood2448]

Sad that democratically elected politicians in Britain seem to have as much respect for the truth as Trump and Putin. Thanks Ian from the bottom of a deeply cynical person please keep it up.

[@CB-xr1eg]

Wait, what? You're thanking him from your bottom...really??🤔

[@DessieTots]

Let me think for a second. Trump or the Biden crime family. Trump regenerates the economy of the U.S.A. and Biden destroys it for no other reason than to maliciously reverse all of the acts brought in by Trump. What untruths you are referring to?

[@Fload.Ritlhe]

What truth are you talking about when referring to Putin?

[@eddyk3]

At least in the UK there's often consequences. Sometimes swiftly, sometimes eventually.

[@sammartin6807]

More of this. Thankyou Ian Hislop. An inspiration.

[@franciscouch8378]

Ian Hislop is a genuine national treasure. Truly brilliant human being.

[@arghjayem]

Ian Hislop proving again what a legend he is! I would say he should be knighted if I wasn’t against the monarchy and everything that accompanies it including that ridiculous awards system! 😂

[@danbilling]

Pretty sure he would turn it down, even if it was offered to him, which it wouldn’t, as he upsets too many apple carts.

[@FannyShmellar]

Who would want to be knighted to be alongside the likes of Michelle Mone, Jacob Reese Mogg and Michael Fabricant? The whole thing has been cataclysmically debased by the Tories. It is beyond laughable, they just troll the common man with these joke awards. They’ve fucked the country beyond any possible parody, award each other for doing it and expect us all to call them Sir and Dame for the pleasure of doubling our mortgages, stealing our taxes and turning our nation into a laughing stock with zero public services fit for purpose. They have ruined us and yet you will still vote for them as they laugh at you from their villa in the Swiss Alps.

[@Stantheman848]

​@@danbillingare you serious? You don't work for the bbc for 35 years if you are not part of the establishment

[@jameslonsdale6113]

Legend? What has he ever done for public service? He ridiculous MP’s and celebs . What on earth has he done to deserve a knighthood? Private eye was brilliant against the post office, why doesn’t he target and go after the outlets who rejected this. Why doesn’t he fight against the sex gangs up north?!

[@alfredthegreat9543]

Don't worry, every country has similar awards for service with different names, be they a monarchy or not. Just ours are linked to history and the monarchy. Still awards of public recognition.

[@mandismith89]

amazing how its taken a tv show to bring attention to something that was allowed to happen years ago

[@emmabrooker166]

It’s been covered for years by Private Eye - shame bigger media didn’t grasp what a big and important issue it was

[@Ghengiskhansmum]

It just goes to show how our MSM political shows and news have been staffed for decades by inept people from top to bottom.

[@deleted4577]

The media will have known but they just don't care. The biggest media outlets are right-wing so wouldn't want to upset big business nevermind the sitting conservative government. And the last bastion of big media left-wing investigative journalism died when Alan Rusbridger stepped down at the guardian and they were turned into a left-wing version of the daily heil. @@emmabrooker166

[@spoonerbooner]

Too right, the totally confirms they really don't give a hoot about the people that make this country work. Key worker when they need us. . Criminal if if it saves there faves

[@andrewoliver8930]

The public has been nullified with crap media output. The folks at the top like it that way.

[@markcordwell2035]

Bloody disgrace,nobody knows anything and nobody responsible,total corruption and how is it possible for the post office to do there own prosecution??

[@Ghengiskhansmum]

It's not just the post office doing it's own prosecution. Various government departments are now allowed to prosecute. They should all be stopped and investigated for unsafe convictions, not just the post office.

[@Rasscasse]

There are quite a number of organisations who do their own prosecutions. Inland revenue, health and safety executive, environment agency and others. More than one would think.

[@benculpa]

This is so awesome. Jess' face when Hislop lets rip is so good.

[@simonkevnorris]

Yes, I noticed that as well.

[@philriches2496]

Thanks for the regular updates. Weird thing happened a few years ago when skiing in Kaprun one Easter. One warm, sunny afternoon my wife and I had a walk to a small church up on a rise on the outskirts of the town. Whilst looking at some of the gravestones I called my wife to take a look at one I came across by chance , when she looked down she went quite pale. It was the dates that the couple had passed....he on my birthday, his wife on MY wife's birthday ! We stood in silence for a while. Strange huh.

[@R0nge]

He’s a national treasure

[@simc444]

Ian Hislop is a national treasure.

[@CB-xr1eg]

He'd make a good defence lawyer.

[@jcrosby8357]

​@@CB-xr1egHe's certainly employed enough 😂. A great man

[@JohnSmall314]

I've never seen Ian Hislop so angry. And so right. I'll start my subscription today.

[@nickharvey5149]

I've just re-subscribed to the Eye in gratitude to Hislop and his colleagues. May I suggest everyone follows suit?

[@tonyvearnals490]

Brilliant. Ian Hislop and Eye are so good. Bringing these toe rags to account. Not just the PO.

[@Jonbombs]

The difference between someone who's looked at this for ten minutes vs someone who has looked at it for over ten years. Men against boys stuff from Hislop.

[@gtlindley74]

Love Ian Hislop’s passion for the truth. 👍🫶

[@Petelmrg]

Not very often you see Jess Phillips sitting back munching the popcorn - I think she enjoyed that.

[@MakeSomeNoisePlaylists]

like we did with your smart Brexit vote.....hahahahhahahaahah.....hahahahaha

[@AnthonyBarry-q1i]

The Tories hate Ian Hislop because he is so thorougher in all of his investigations and nobody can hold a candle to him. I wish we had more like Ian scrutinising what the shower in government get up to and to think That creep Jake Berry tory MP for Darwen and Rossendale who was up Boris Johnsons arse throughout the time Johnson was prime minister and Boris Johnson gives him a totally unworthy knighthood for his loyalty to a man who had to resign. What an accolade of achievement for Jake Berry.

[@robin_verona]

"You can't just talk nonsense and not be interrupted!" Love it

[@pmcamacho6447]

Love it that even at the end Ian wouldn't let it go

[@pauldarlington9157]

Ian Hislop. The ultimate hero who talks common sense.

[@ToothbrushMan]

I should point out that it was the engineers at Fujitsu that were so alarmed at the lack of testing by the PO that they leaked the story to Computer Weekly, after they had been rebuffed by the Fujitsu management.

[@Lumibear.]

I watched this live, I’m not at all surprised to see it making an impact online. Why is it so very rare now for people of integrity to cut through BS and seek truth?

[@ashleighnoel9857]

❤ Ian such passion! Private had done an excellent job in investigating this 👏🏽