Quote Originally Posted by jackal2 View Post
I’d just like to see more comedians of the same ilk from the opposite/different perspective, to cater for all views and tastes, which a national broadcaster should do. Hopefully they are out there, and if they aren’t, then perhaps it’s precisely because there’s not enough opportunities for them to get a break.
This article suggests the reason is that right wing comedians just aren't particularly funny:

The BBC does not book rightwing comedians for its shows because they are not funny enough, according to an individual involved in making some of the corporation’s best-known comedy programmes. On Monday the Daily Telegraph claimed that the new BBC director general, Tim Davie, was preparing to axe left-leaning comedy shows, such as Radio 4’s The Now Show and Have I Got News For You because they are “unfairly biased against the Tories, Donald Trump and Brexit”, as part of a push to make the corporation’s output appeal to a broader audience. The BBC comedy insider disputed this story, telling the Guardian there had already been substantial pressure from BBC executives over the last 18 months to find pro-Tory, pro-Brexit comedians. Instead, the source said the real issue is that many of the Conservative-leaning performers considered by BBC producers “aren’t very good”. The insider added: “Internally we’ve been asked to make sure we have more balance across our shows – we are constantly on the look out but there aren’t many people who have those viewpoints on the comedy circuit. Tell me the names that we’re missing out on? Some people aren’t very good. The issue is a shortage of rightwing comics.”

I'm sure it will be dismissed because it's from The Guardian, but personally I don't thing right wing views and comedy go together well.