Have I Got News For You: Ian Hislop rips into Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak and calls for them to resign amid Partygate Scan**l
Posted by  badge Boss on Apr 15, 2022 - 10:52PM
He called out Tory party members for defending the PM (Picture: BBC/Getty)

has called for and to resign after being fined for attending parties during lockdown.

The TV panellist did not hold back on Have I Got News For You, during the pandemic crystal clear.

In fact, he wants the for ‘supporting’ and defending their actions.

The Prime Minister and chancellor were handed fixed penalty notices, as was the PM’s wife Carrie Johnson, for having social gatherings during the height of the pandemic.

Mr Johnson is facing pressure to resign after having a 56th birthday party, which he claimed he only attended for nine minutes.

Ranting on HIGNFY tonight, Hislop began: ‘We’ve got another six parties to go. All the attention’s on this one and everyone’s going, “Oh god, woke BBC lefties, can’t you get over it?” And I’m thinking, “Yeah woke lefty Lord Wolfson, the Tory justice minister who’s just resigned, there’s a snowflake. Tory QC, member of the House of Lords”.’

Ian Hislop was not holding back (Picture: BBC)

He continued: ‘He’s resigned. Why hasn’t Boris? Why hasn’t Rishi? Why hasn’t Carrie? Are you allowed to resign as his wife?

‘And why hasn’t the entire Tory party resigned, all of them? They supported him, why don’t they leave now? They’re the party of law and order.’

He later referred to how former health secretary Matt Hancock resigned after being caught breaking social distancing rules for kissing a colleague.

Viewers at home were totally here for how the panellists ripped into the Tories tonight, saying they ‘thoroughly enjoyed’ the spectacle.

‘Ian Hislop is on the ball,’ wrote one, with another replying: ‘Always.’

‘Ian Hislop is right, why haven’t they resigned!’ tweeted another.

The Conservative party has been and public figures after being found to have broken lockdown rules.

The likes or Rylan Clark and Kathy Burke have also called for Mr. Johnson to resign