The UK's number one best-selling news and current affairs magazine, edited by Ian Hislop https://www.private-eye.co.uk Copyright Private Eye https://www.private-eye.co.uk/?issue=1681 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1681/current-issue&GUID=556 Find out whats in the latest edition of Private Eye. Selected highlights from the UK's number one best-selling news and current affairs magazine including our top stories, cartoons, the Eye crossword, Dumb Britain, Lookalikes, Colemanballs and much more. Plus added extras including our online shop for subscriptions offers, binders and back issues plus the eyePlayer, Covers Library, Blog and Classifieds. https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1681/current-issue#Comments Wed, 05 Aug 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=in_the_back&issue=1681 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=in_the_back&issue=1681&GUID=556 IT IS two years since Bill Trotter died in hospital after what his family says was a catalogue of failures and cover-ups. 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Selected highlights from the UK's number one best-selling news and current affairs magazine including our top stories, cartoons, the Eye crossword, Dumb Britain, Lookalikes, Colemanballs and much more. Plus added extras including our online shop for subscriptions offers, binders and back issues plus the eyePlayer, Covers Library, Blog and Classifieds. https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1680/current-issue#Comments Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=columnists&issue=1680 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=columnists&issue=1680&GUID=555 “NBC and ABC fake news have both said that they would not cover this speech,” complained Donald Trump 20 minutes into his televised address on 16 July. “They and others in the media are part of a plot.” https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=columnists#Comments Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=hp_sauce&issue=1680 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=hp_sauce&issue=1680&GUID=555 EVEN though he’s limiting any scrutiny to the friendliest of outlets as he prepares to fight himself in the Clacton by-election, Nigel Farage still can’t get his story straight about the financial support he has received from Christopher Harborne and George Cottrell. https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=hp_sauce#Comments Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=street_of_shame&issue=1680 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=street_of_shame&issue=1680&GUID=555 IN SELLING his exciting vision of a more devolved UK, Andy Burnham has been helped by a toothless local press that struggles to hold his claims to account. https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=street_of_shame#Comments Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=crossword&issue=1680 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1680/crossword&GUID=555 Win £100 in our latest crossword competition <p> https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1680/crossword#Comments Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=cartoons&issue=1680 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1680/cartoons&GUID=555 A few sample cartoons from the latest issue. <p> https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1680/cartoons#Comments Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=lookalikes&issue=1680 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1680/lookalikes&GUID=555 The latest lookalikes in your Private Eye. https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1680/lookalikes#Comments Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=columnists&issue=1680 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1680/columnists&GUID=555 Find out what our columnists are writing about in this weeks Private Eye<p> https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1680/columnists#Comments Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.private-eye.co.uk/?issue=1679 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1679/current-issue&GUID=554 Find out whats in the latest edition of Private Eye. Selected highlights from the UK's number one best-selling news and current affairs magazine including our top stories, cartoons, the Eye crossword, Dumb Britain, Lookalikes, Colemanballs and much more. Plus added extras including our online shop for subscriptions offers, binders and back issues plus the eyePlayer, Covers Library, Blog and Classifieds. https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1679/current-issue#Comments Wed, 08 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=columnists&issue=1679 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=columnists&issue=1679&GUID=554 WHAT will Andy Burnham do about maternity services in England, which in the words of Baroness Amos are “not set up to deliver consistently safe, high-quality and compassionate care” and “not fit for the now and not fit for the future”? https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=columnists#Comments Wed, 08 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=hp_sauce&issue=1679 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=hp_sauce&issue=1679&GUID=554 FOR all its professed commitment to “sovereign” tech capability, the UK government is remarkably ready to waive the rules to accommodate US data company Palantir. https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=hp_sauce#Comments Wed, 08 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=news&issue=1679 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=news&issue=1679&GUID=554 IT SAYS much about Reform UK’s senior figures that the spokesman put out to defend Nigel Farage’s undeclared acceptance of support from one-time jailbird “Posh” George Cottrell was a certain Robert Jenrick. https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=news#Comments Wed, 08 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=crossword&issue=1679 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1679/crossword&GUID=554 Win £100 in our latest crossword competition <p> https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1679/crossword#Comments Wed, 08 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=cartoons&issue=1679 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1679/cartoons&GUID=554 A few sample cartoons from the latest issue. <p> https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1679/cartoons#Comments Wed, 08 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=lookalikes&issue=1679 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1679/lookalikes&GUID=554 The latest lookalikes in your Private Eye. https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1679/lookalikes#Comments Wed, 08 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=columnists&issue=1679 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1679/columnists&GUID=554 Find out what our columnists are writing about in this weeks Private Eye<p> https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1679/columnists#Comments Wed, 08 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT