Editing Ian Hislop (section)

=== Political views ===
Hislop has mocked all major British political parties during his career. Appearing on ''[[Question Time (TV programme)|Question Time]]'' on 18 September 2008, he praised [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]] Treasury spokesman [[Vince Cable]] for his analysis of the [[2008 financial crisis]], and expressed support for the Liberal Democrats, jocularly stating "I'm standing for them".<ref>{{cite episode |series= Question Time|network= [[BBC]]|airdate= 18 September 2008|title=18 September 2008}}</ref>

In a 2009 "Five minutes with" interview with Matthew Stadlen for [[BBC News]], Hislop stated that if he were required, "at the point of a gun", to stand in an election for any British political party, he would stand for the fictional "Vince Cable for [[Chancellor of the Exchequer|Treasurer]] Party".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7783644.stm |title=Five minutes With Ian Hislop |work=BBC News |date=30 December 2008 |access-date=28 April 2010}}</ref> After the formation of the [[Cameron–Clegg coalition|coalition government in 2010]], Hislop remarked in an interview, "I like the idea of this coalition neutralising the loonies on both sides".<ref>{{cite news|title=Ian Hislop: Humorist, historian –he's a national treasure|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/8168828/Ian-Hislop-Humorist-historian-hes-a-national-treasure.html|newspaper=The Telegraph|access-date=9 April 2014|location=London|first=Elizabeth|last=Grice|date=30 November 2010}}</ref>

He has also been highly critical of the leadership of the [[European Union]], calling for a referendum on the [[Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe]] in a 2003 recording of ''Have I Got News for You''.<ref>{{cite episode |title=HIGNFY S25E04 – Alexander Armstrong, Mark Steel & Phil Hammond |url=http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xs91k1_hignfy-s25e04-alexander-armstrong-mark-steel-phil-hammond_fun |access-date=20 May 2015 |series=Have I Got News for You|network=BBC |station=1 |year= 2003|season= 25|number= 4}}</ref> However, referring to Britain's vote to [[Brexit|leave the European Union]], Hislop said on ''[[Question Time (TV programme)|Question Time]]'' that "after an election or a referendum, even if you lose the vote, you are entitled to go on making the argument".<ref name="BBC Brexit1">{{cite news|title=Ian Hislop: 'Remainers are entitled to go on making the argument'|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36742691|access-date=14 December 2016|work=Question Time|via=BBC News|date=8 July 2016}}</ref> A joke on the front of ''Private Eye'' titled "BREXIT LATEST" mocking the reaction to Brexit received "fifty or so" letters of complaint in the next issue.<ref>{{cite news|title=Stop Bashing Brexit|work=[[Private Eye]]|issue=1432|date=November–December 2016|location=Pressdram Ltd|page=22}}</ref> Hislop mocked this, saying that "There was one [letter] from a vicar, too, who told me that it was time to accept the victory of the majority of the people and to stop complaining. ... I wrote back and told him that this argument was a bit much, coming from a church that had begun with [[Twelve Disciples|a minority of 12]]."<ref name="Age of outrage">{{cite news|last1=Hislop|first1=Ian|title=The age of outrage|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2016/12/age-outrage|access-date=14 December 2016|work=[[New Statesman]]|date=5 December 2016}}</ref> He has expressed dismay over the level of public debate in the aftermath of Britain's vote to leave the EU and the election of [[Donald Trump]], describing it as [[Orwellian]] in nature, saying that "one is unsure whether to feel relieved at the sense of ''[[déjà vu]]'' or worried about the possibility of [[The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte#First as tragedy, then as farce|history repeating itself, not as farce, but as tragedy again]]".<ref name="Age of outrage" />