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=1677 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1677/current-issue&GUID=552 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-1677/current-issue#Comments Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=in_the_back&issue=1677 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=in_the_back&issue=1677&GUID=552 COMMERCIAL terms agreed in principle for a new data centre on the former steelworks site on the south bank of the Tees show how the publicly funded regeneration of one of the UKs most deprived regions has turned into a £500m-plus enrichment scheme for a couple of local businessmen, and one of the greatest taxpayer rip-offs on record. https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=in_the_back#Comments Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=columnists&issue=1677 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=columnists&issue=1677&GUID=552 A LOOK at where Fifa is getting its World Cup finals money from shows that, while Qatar in 2022 and the one in equally unsuited Saudi Arabia in 2034 showcase sportswashing at its finest, this jamboree in the US, Canada and Mexico is also on full spin. https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=columnists#Comments Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=street_of_shame&issue=1677 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=street_of_shame&issue=1677&GUID=552 “HUNGRY slugs returning after dry weather,” cautioned the BBC News website last Wednesday, while the following mornings Times chimed in to warn: “Ravenous slugs are crawling your way.” https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=street_of_shame#Comments Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=crossword&issue=1677 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1677/crossword&GUID=552 Win £100 in our latest crossword competition <p> https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1677/crossword#Comments Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=cartoons&issue=1677 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1677/cartoons&GUID=552 A few sample cartoons from the latest issue. <p> https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1677/cartoons#Comments Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=lookalikes&issue=1677 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1677/lookalikes&GUID=552 The latest lookalikes in your Private Eye. https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1677/lookalikes#Comments Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=columnists&issue=1677 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1677/columnists&GUID=552 Find out what our columnists are writing about in this weeks Private Eye<p> https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1677/columnists#Comments Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.private-eye.co.uk/?issue=1676 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1676/current-issue&GUID=550 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-1676/current-issue#Comments Wed, 27 May 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=in_the_back&issue=1676 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=in_the_back&issue=1676&GUID=550 COMMUNITIES secretary Steve Reed has set much, ahem, store by rejuvenating high streets across the UK, such as through a Pride of Place initiative run with the devolved governments of Wales and Scotland. Alas, one public body hasnt got the memo on supporting town centres. Yep, its the Post Office. https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=in_the_back#Comments Wed, 27 May 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=hp_sauce&issue=1676 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=hp_sauce&issue=1676&GUID=550 A LAST-MINUTE appeal by the Palace spared Brian from announcing his own pay packet in the Kings Speech. Instead, news that the Sovereign Grant was to be reviewed (and possibly cut) was buried on p101 of the explanatory notes. https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=hp_sauce#Comments Wed, 27 May 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=news&issue=1676 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=news&issue=1676&GUID=550 ELON MUSK only became aware of Rupert Lowes existence in January 2025, but his support for the latters Restore Britain party in the forthcoming Makerfield by-election, said to be on a knife edge between Labour and Nigel Farages Reform UK, could prove decisive. https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=news#Comments Wed, 27 May 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=crossword&issue=1676 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1676/crossword&GUID=550 Win £100 in our latest crossword competition <p> https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1676/crossword#Comments Wed, 27 May 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=cartoons&issue=1676 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1676/cartoons&GUID=550 A few sample cartoons from the latest issue. <p> https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1676/cartoons#Comments Wed, 27 May 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=lookalikes&issue=1676 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1676/lookalikes&GUID=550 The latest lookalikes in your Private Eye. https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1676/lookalikes#Comments Wed, 27 May 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=columnists&issue=1676 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1676/columnists&GUID=550 Find out what our columnists are writing about in this weeks Private Eye<p> https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1676/columnists#Comments Wed, 27 May 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.private-eye.co.uk/?issue=1675 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1675/current-issue&GUID=549 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-1675/current-issue#Comments Wed, 13 May 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=in_the_back&issue=1675 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=in_the_back&issue=1675&GUID=549 IN Saudi Arabias Khamis Mushait prison, 200 Ethiopian men are awaiting execution. Most were sentenced in mass trials without legal representation, according to Ethiopias Tigray Youth Affairs Bureau. https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=in_the_back#Comments Wed, 13 May 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=columnists&issue=1675 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=columnists&issue=1675&GUID=549 WE ARE at the dawn of a crypto revolution, wrote Nigel Farage in the Daily Mail on 31 December last year, and there is an exciting chance to make the UK the worlds premier hub for cryptocurrency and blockchain innovation… Yet the government, the authorities, simply dont seem to care. https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=columnists#Comments Wed, 13 May 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=rotten_boroughs&issue=1675 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=rotten_boroughs&issue=1675&GUID=549 A new Lowe A WAVE of support for Rupert Lowes seaside-based Restore party means its Great Yarmouth First offshoot won all 10 seats it contested in the county and borough elections on 7 May. https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=rotten_boroughs#Comments Wed, 13 May 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=crossword&issue=1675 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1675/crossword&GUID=549 Win £100 in our latest crossword competition <p> https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1675/crossword#Comments Wed, 13 May 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=cartoons&issue=1675 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1675/cartoons&GUID=549 A few sample cartoons from the latest issue. <p> https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1675/cartoons#Comments Wed, 13 May 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=lookalikes&issue=1675 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1675/lookalikes&GUID=549 The latest lookalikes in your Private Eye. https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1675/lookalikes#Comments Wed, 13 May 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=columnists&issue=1675 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1675/columnists&GUID=549 Find out what our columnists are writing about in this weeks Private Eye<p> https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1675/columnists#Comments Wed, 13 May 2026 14:00:00 GMT