Post Mortem
By Richard Brooks
27th November 2025
The Post Office Horizon IT Scandal
The first forensic account of how the Post Office, the British government and a global IT company ruined the lives of thousands of innocent people. Private Eye tells the story of the political, institutional, professional and personal failures, written in the hope that the lessons of the Post Office scandal will guard against such abuses in future. With a foreword by Sir Alan Bates.
In This Issue
Why Burnham must resign immediately even though he’s not prime minister yet... Disaster for Labour as Labour wins by-election... Why Andy Burnham is a shameless opportunist, by Boris Johnson... Why social media/fossil fuel/smoking is not at all bad for you... World delighted for Musk... Versailles Ironyometer blows up... Social media ban hits Nurseryland... World Cup ‘hydration break’ criticised... Call You And Yours: how miserable has your summer been so far?, as told to Craig Brown
Bleak house
A children’s home had just one child – and still it failed them
Screen test
What the under-16s social media ban means
What a chancer
Richard Desmond’s big lottery loss
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Bleak house
A children’s home had just one child – and still it failed them
Screen test
What the under-16s social media ban means
What a chancer
Richard Desmond’s big lottery loss
Read these stories and much more - only in the magazine. Subscribe here to get delivery direct to your home and never miss an issue!
