‘I’m a REMOANER!’ Satirist Ian Hislop says on BBC he will keep on arguing AGAINST Brexit
SATIRIST and journalist Ian Hislop vowed he will continue to speak out against Brexit for what he described as the good of democracy.
Ian Hislop: I won't give up fighting for the remain camp
The editor of Private Eye said he was going to keep on arguing the case for the UK staying within the European Union (EU) and would not not be forced to keep quiet.
Asked on The Andrew Marr Show whether he was a "Remoaner", the ‘Have I Got News for You’ team captain replied “yes”.
Host Eddie Mair, who was filling in for Andrew Marr, asked: “Do you think you should go on moaning about it, or should you get over it?”
Mr Hislop responded: “And suck it up? And what bit of it don’t I get? You lost. Loser. Failing. Sad. Hashtag ‘go home’.
Ian Hislop insisted he would continue to argue the benefits of staying within the EU
Democracy works by people continuing to argue about the issues involved
“I know the arguments but I’m afraid no, I’m going on. As I keep trying to explain to people who are very, very upset about this, democracy works by people continuing to argue about the issues involved.
“When someone wins an election, the opposition doesn’t say that’s it, thank you very much, we’re going home for the next five years.
“You continue with the argument because it is in everyone’s interests for you to present those points of view.”
In December, former footballer Gary Lineker enraged Brexit voters after a distasteful joke about the elderly "dying" as he hosted the BBC’s 'Have I Got News For You'.
Speaking about comments reported by the BBC from Sir Ivan Rogers that it might take up to ten years for Britain to leave the European Union and for a deal to be agreed, Lineker said: “That’s not fair, most the people who voted for it will be dead by then.”
Laughing along Hislop joked: “Young people applauding”.