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In the online version of Private Eye:
- Cameron’s cash... Why Ashcroft is just the tip of the Tory donations iceberg
- Carbon cop-out... The men making a big fat profit from pollution trading
- Bulger abuse... How the papers simply made it up over Jon Venables
- Pseudo Names latest: Thanks for the memories, writes Sue Veneer

In the latest edition of the magazine:
- Crying shame: M.D. on Labour’s pitiful record on baby mortality
- Porn again: Anne Widdecombe’s porn past revealed as she slams the Lib Dems!
- Good Morning, You’re Fired: What’s really happening over at ITV

Next issue on sale: 30th March.

JUNK BONDS TO CARBON COP-OUT

CARBON emissions trading might be useless at tackling climate change but it is proving to be highly profitable for the financial engineers behind it – men like the godfather of pollution trading, an American called Richard Sandor, who was one of the founders of financial derivatives in the 1980s at junk bond trader Drexel Burnham Lambert.

IT’S A BIT RICH: CAMERON’S CASH

LORD Ashcroft might be the Tories’ highest profile donor and tax avoider, but he’s not alone. The latest Electoral Commission report shows David Cameron has also recruited Mike Peagram, who has given £52,801, so buying membership of the “Leader’s Group” and access to lunches, dinners and receptions with Dave and other senior party figures.

FLEET STREET MAKES IT UP

WHAT did Jon Venables do to get himself returned to prison? It was more a case of what didn’t he do according to the papers, which occupied the days after the news emerged by taking wild stabs in the dark while pretending they didn’t want their readers to do the same.

Percentage of adults under 30 the government aims to get into higher education

Percentage of graduates surveyed this year who have “little confidence” of finding a job for which they are qualified


‘He’s a real pussycat’ says BNP’s secret election weapon, Mrs Nick Griffin… Lax House of Lords rules mean Lucan cannot be prosecuted … Should Balls be taught in schools?... Those Oscar Frock Shocks with our fashion editor Sally Cow… Christopher Hitchens diary, as told to Craig Brown

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Issue No: 1258
Date: 19th March 2010
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