This is the perfect encapsulation of the old cultural world of the 20th-century ‘anti-establishment’ establishment

The once irreverent editor can now be relied on to parrot the official, centrist line.

Ian Hislop is solidified in a lost world.

A satire show continuing uninterrupted for 35 years is a bad sign in itself.

HIGNFY has ossified around hislop, baking him into it like a little loony winter apple.

Private Eye , HIGNFY and Hislop himself are among these non-functioning institutions.

Satire and snark only operate effectively if you are satirically snarky about everybody and everything.

Instead of chucking bottles at Musk and Farage , it's a pitiful sight.