So female politicians don't want to host HIGNFY?

The implication that women are too cowardly to host the quiz show is ridiculous - they're busy in a ceaseless battle against trivialisation.

Left-wing - not gender - bias is ruining a hit BBC show

If you think women aren't able to cope on TV comedy panel shows, then have I got news for you: you're wrong.

And so is Conservative MP Nadine Dorries, who has turned down all requests to appear on the BBC panel show Have I Got News For You since her one and only appearance in 2012 because, she claims, it is "too vicious" for most female guests.

Women too modest to host HIGNFY, Hislop claims

BBC show's team captains say low number of guest slots given to female politicians is because they refuse to appear.

It's not funny being the only woman on a TV panel show

If Have I Got News For You has problems finding female guests, maybe it's because the potential pitfalls are all too obvious.

Is it all over for Have I Got News For You?

In its 28-year history, HIGNFY has had 109 guest presenters, of that number 25 have been women.

Odd to reflect that not so long ago there were mutterings HIGNFY had run out of steam. Then came Brexit. And Trump. And who knows what lies ahead next year? That said, it can still seem a little stale on those nights when Merton and Hislop rest too heavily on our familiarity with their respective personas. Tonight's episode gathers highlights, including, presumably, Jo Brand's silencing-the-boys admonishment moment.

Paul Merton still fears HIGNFY will be canned

The comedian, who has been on the show since its launch in 1990, says he 'can't afford to be complacent'.

HIGNFY attacked for anti-Tory bias

Have I Got News for You makes five times more jokes about the Tories than Labour, a Sun probe discovered. Conservative MPs branded the BBC show propaganda yesterday.