Comic Fin Taylor has been criticised for joking that Glastonbury must be ‘bombed’ to eliminate Jeremy Corbyn supporters.
The 30-year-old comedian made the joke on Friday night time’s episode of Have I Obtained Information For You, with host Victoria Coren Mitchell elevating the subject of Corbyn being re-admitted to the Labour Party, but losing the whip.
Taylor, who was on Ian Hislops’s group, stated: ‘I really feel like we had an opposition for 19 days and now it’s over once more, he simply gained’t keep in his field.
‘My relationship with Corbyn is like Bob Dylan, in that I solely hate him a lot due to his followers.’
After complaining that Dylan followers are ‘so dogmatic’ of their opinions that he’s the best musician of all time, he continued: ‘Individuals who like Corbyn, it’s like, what, it’s 200,000 individuals within the Labour Celebration which are fanatics.
‘So all you’ve received to do is, subsequent 12 months, bomb Glastonbury, hopefully Dylan’s headlining. Two birds, one stone.’
The comic joked in regards to the impending backlash (Image: BBC)
After fun from the viewers, Hislop joked: ‘Properly, that’s the tip of your profession’, with Taylor saying: ‘Oh, my week on Twitter subsequent week goes to be pretty.’
He referenced the approaching controversy, as he tweeted forward of the present: ‘Again on HIGNFY tonight, 9pm BBC one. YES we talked about Corbyn, and NO I can’t WAIT to listen to all of your pretty suggestions!!!!!!!’
Journalist Daybreak Foster tweeted in regards to the joke, writing: ‘Joan Bakewell claims Corbyn “broke the legislation” on Have I Obtained Information for You” & comic Fin Taylor says he hates Corbyn supporters and would bomb 200,000 of them at Glastonbury, then “Ooh my week on Twitter will probably be enjoyable.” Desperately unhappy, courting controversy cos nobody’s heard of you.’
Author Hussein Kesvani added: ‘Properly, i suppose it’s time for Fin Taylor to go on the Triggerpod-Spiked-Spectator-Query Time carousel.’
Some urged their followers to complain in regards to the bombing joke, sharing hyperlinks to the BBC complaints course of.
Many tweets famous {that a} joke that Jo Model made on BBC Radio 4 about throwing battery acid at politicians, after a milkshake was thrown over Nigel Farage, was investigated by the BBC government complaints unit, and was ruled to have been inappropriate for the show.
Others on social media merely stated the joke was not humorous, with one publish studying: ‘Have you ever thought of making use of for Spitting Picture?’ and Ross McCafferty tweeting: ‘Having watched the clip, I don’t assume Fin Taylor is a stranger to bombing.’
Taylor has but to handle the backlash, though he favored a sarcastic tweet studying: ‘Comedy is a *very* critical career. I feel it’s best to report this apparent terrorist menace to the police.’
Viewers additionally complained on social media about Labour Celebration peer Joan Bakewall claiming it was ‘applicable’ that Corbyn denied the whip.
She stated: ‘It’s fairly applicable that he’s not given the whip now due to the report… it was discovered he’d behaved towards the legislation, he broke the legislation.’
Metro.co.uk has contacted a rep for Have I Obtained Information For You and Fin Taylor for remark.
Have I Obtained Information For You continues on Friday nights on BBC One.
