{"id":246030,"date":"2026-01-19T09:32:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T09:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/246030\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T09:32:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T09:32:07","slug":"steve-coogan-says-reform-uk-are-anti-human-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/246030\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Coogan says Reform UK are ‘anti-human rights’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cI am worried about the erosion of human rights and viewing the idea of human rights as some sort of impediment and how Reform<\/a> are anti-human rights because they think it\u2019s some red tape bureaucracy,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I really worry about how the post-war consensus on what constituted the idea of human rights, the Geneva Conventions<\/a>, the idea that you to try and aspire to some sort of decency even in war, seems to be going out the window.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow it\u2019s like you can do what the fuck you like. And that I find really disturbing. The idea that nation states can say we can just kill people even if they surrender. That it\u2019s an entirely legitimate act of war to summarily execute someone who is not a threat in that moment. And somehow that you justify it by saying they represent an overarching existential threat, therefore I have the right to kill them. It is fucking dangerous. And that bothers me.\u201d<\/p>\n

In this week\u2019s Big Issue, Coogan is interviewed alongside Saipan co-star \u00c9anna Hardwicke, who plays Roy Keane in the new film, and directors Glenn Leyburn and Lisa Barros D\u2019Sa.<\/p>\n

\u201cEarly on, [the film\u2019s narrative] was 60-40 in favour of Roy [Keane]. And I wanted it to be more even-handed,\u201d Coogan said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce that happened, I wanted to be on Team Mick for the purposes of the film. I do think there is merit on both sides.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe old clich\u00e9 that it was not the winning but the taking part is something Mick was embracing, whereas Roy Keane was fed up of the idea of the plucky underdog. He wanted to kick against that. And he did.\u201d<\/p>\n

But, as well as detailing how he pushed for the film to give more credit to McCarthy \u2013 whose team,\u00a0without star player Keane,\u00a0only missed out on a World Cup quarter final after a penalty shootout defeat to Spain \u2013 Coogan also revealed he has a new and more appreciative outlook on life.<\/p>\n

\u201cI try to be a bit more grateful and a bit more\u2026 epicurean is a word I learned not that long ago, which is living in the moment and life being in small things,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn this moment, I\u2019m healthy, I\u2019m happy, I\u2019m having a nice cup of tea. So I\u2019m trying to reframe things in a way.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeyond that, I love walking my dog\u2026 just like Roy Keane! And I\u2019m very grateful that I\u2019m able to earn a living by expressing myself. That is a privilege and I never take that for granted.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Read the full interview with Steve Coogan, \u00c9anna Hardwicke, Lisa Barros D\u2019Sa and Glenn Leyburn in this week\u2019s Big Issue magazine, on sale now. Saipan is released in cinema on 23 January.<\/p>\n

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