{"id":115640,"date":"2021-03-05T13:03:22","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T13:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=115640"},"modified":"2021-03-05T13:03:22","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T13:03:22","slug":"jeremy-paxman-defends-shooting-squirrels-while-sitting-on-the-toilet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/jeremy-paxman-defends-shooting-squirrels-while-sitting-on-the-toilet\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeremy Paxman defends shooting squirrels while sitting on the TOILET"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Jeremy Paxman defends shooting squirrels with an air rifle while sitting on the TOILET &#8211; claiming &#8216;they&#8217;re a menace&#8217; that &#8216;kill all sorts of things&#8217;<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The broadcaster, 70, branded the rodents a &#8216;menace&#8217; that scare off songbirds\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Ex-Newsnight host, of Oxfon, shrugged off suggestions he was being &#8216;cruel&#8217;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He clarified that he perches on the loo seat when he takes aim at the squirrels\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As Newsnight&#8217;s forensic inquisitor, Jeremy Paxman&#8217;s crosshairs were trained on prevaricating politicians unarmed with the answers to tough questions.<\/p>\n<p>But now retired from the rough-and-tumble of political interviews, he has turned his guns on a new menace &#8211; squirrels, which he shoots with an air rifle from his toilet.<\/p>\n<p>The broadcaster this week defended his habit of picking off the pests while perched on the loo, branding the rodents a &#8216;menace&#8217; that scare off songbirds.<\/p>\n<p>The 70-year-old, who lives in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, shrugged off suggestions he was being &#8216;cruel&#8217;, responding: &#8216;They&#8217;re annoying me.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/03\/05\/11\/40080232-9329577-Speaking_to_comedian_Richard_Herring_right_-a-31_1614945488386.jpg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Speaking to comedian Richard Herring (right), Jeremy Paxman\u00a0defended his habit of picking off squirrels while perched on the loo, branding the rodents a &#8216;menace&#8217; that scare off songbirds<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to comedian Richard Herring, he explained: &#8216;You turn around &#8211; not while I&#8217;m having a c**p of course &#8211; just sitting on the loo if it&#8217;s by the window.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;You sit on the loo with the lid down. With an air rifle you can pop, pop off a squirrel or two.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>That Paxman opens fire on squirrels from his toilet was first revealed in the introduction of his 2016 memoir, A Life In Questions.<\/p>\n<p>Justifying the practice, he told Herring: &#8216;They&#8217;re always getting on the bird feeder.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I love song birds and I can&#8217;t stand the fact that squirrels are always driving them off.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;They kill all sorts of things. For example they kill trees &#8211; entire trees are killed by squirrels. They&#8217;re a menace.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Grey squirrels are allowed to be culled in Britain via means such as shooting, providing it is done in a humane way.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/03\/05\/11\/40080260-9329577-image-m-26_1614945170862.jpg\" height=\"420\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/03\/05\/12\/40080264-9329577-File_photo_of_a_squirrel-a-2_1614947274660.jpg\" height=\"420\" width=\"305\"><\/p>\n<p>That Paxman opens fire on squirrels from his toilet was first revealed in the introduction of his 2016 memoir, A Life In Questions<\/p>\n<p>Paxman presented the BBC&#8217;s current affairs programme, Newsnight, from 1989 to 2014, during which time he gained a reputation as a ferocious interviewer.<\/p>\n<p>As the interviewee this week, he also cast a withering eye over an array of issues, including giving his unvarnished opinion on the BBC.<\/p>\n<p>He claimed &#8216;any fool&#8217; can read the news and attacked vain reporters more interested in being on television than &#8216;letting the story tell itself&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8216;I think news reading is an occupation for an articulated suit. I can&#8217;t see any point in reading the news at all.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Reading aloud, do you remember reading aloud at school? That&#8217;s what it is. I don&#8217;t think it has any grandeur or skill or anything to it. Any fool can do it.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>And the current University Challenge host, which airs on BBC2, said: &#8216;I think I come down on the side of the world would not be a better place if the BBC didn&#8217;t exist, but it is an immensely frustrating organisation.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-9329577\/Jeremy-Paxman-defends-shooting-squirrels-air-rifle-sitting-TOILET.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeremy Paxman defends shooting squirrels with an<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":115639,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23056],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Jeremy Paxman defends shooting squirrels while sitting on the TOILET - Pre Coin News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/jeremy-paxman-defends-shooting-squirrels-while-sitting-on-the-toilet\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jeremy Paxman defends shooting squirrels while sitting on the TOILET - Pre Coin News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Jeremy Paxman defends shooting squirrels with an\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/jeremy-paxman-defends-shooting-squirrels-while-sitting-on-the-toilet\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pre Coin News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-03-05T13:03:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"mediabest\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ccelebrities40080240-0-image-a-29_1614945252417.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"mediabest\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/jeremy-paxman-defends-shooting-squirrels-while-sitting-on-the-toilet\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/jeremy-paxman-defends-shooting-squirrels-while-sitting-on-the-toilet\/\",\"name\":\"Jeremy Paxman defends shooting squirrels while sitting on the TOILET - Pre Coin News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-03-05T13:03:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-03-05T13:03:22+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ad0e9920e03d3b41c7ad02a18375d76a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/jeremy-paxman-defends-shooting-squirrels-while-sitting-on-the-toilet\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/jeremy-paxman-defends-shooting-squirrels-while-sitting-on-the-toilet\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/jeremy-paxman-defends-shooting-squirrels-while-sitting-on-the-toilet\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"World News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/category\/world-news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Jeremy Paxman defends shooting squirrels while sitting on the TOILET\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/\",\"name\":\"Pre Coin News\",\"description\":\"precoinnews.com\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ad0e9920e03d3b41c7ad02a18375d76a\",\"name\":\"mediabest\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f5f13cb3b94fc348d515c0951f6ca073?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f5f13cb3b94fc348d515c0951f6ca073?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"mediabest\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Jeremy Paxman defends shooting squirrels while sitting on the TOILET - Pre Coin News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/jeremy-paxman-defends-shooting-squirrels-while-sitting-on-the-toilet\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Jeremy Paxman defends shooting squirrels while sitting on the TOILET - Pre Coin News","og_description":"Jeremy Paxman defends shooting squirrels with an","og_url":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/jeremy-paxman-defends-shooting-squirrels-while-sitting-on-the-toilet\/","og_site_name":"Pre Coin News","article_published_time":"2021-03-05T13:03:22+00:00","author":"mediabest","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_image":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ccelebrities40080240-0-image-a-29_1614945252417.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"mediabest","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/jeremy-paxman-defends-shooting-squirrels-while-sitting-on-the-toilet\/","url":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/jeremy-paxman-defends-shooting-squirrels-while-sitting-on-the-toilet\/","name":"Jeremy Paxman defends shooting squirrels while sitting on the TOILET - Pre Coin News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2021-03-05T13:03:22+00:00","dateModified":"2021-03-05T13:03:22+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ad0e9920e03d3b41c7ad02a18375d76a"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/jeremy-paxman-defends-shooting-squirrels-while-sitting-on-the-toilet\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/jeremy-paxman-defends-shooting-squirrels-while-sitting-on-the-toilet\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/jeremy-paxman-defends-shooting-squirrels-while-sitting-on-the-toilet\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"World News","item":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/category\/world-news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Jeremy Paxman defends shooting squirrels while sitting on the TOILET"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/","name":"Pre Coin News","description":"precoinnews.com","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ad0e9920e03d3b41c7ad02a18375d76a","name":"mediabest","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f5f13cb3b94fc348d515c0951f6ca073?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f5f13cb3b94fc348d515c0951f6ca073?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"mediabest"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115640"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115640\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}