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=1682 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1682/current-issue&GUID=557 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-1682/current-issue#Comments Tue, 18 Aug 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=in_the_back&issue=1682 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=in_the_back&issue=1682&GUID=557 THERE are dysfunctional public bodies and then there’s Lord (Ben) Houchen’s Tees Valley (TVCA) Authority and its wholly owned South Tees Development Corporation (STDC). https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=in_the_back#Comments Tue, 18 Aug 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=news&issue=1682 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=news&issue=1682&GUID=557 A SURPRISING hero emerged from the account of Fifa president Gianni Infantino’s alleged payoff of his lover when he was general secretary of Uefa, European football’s governing body. https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=news#Comments Tue, 18 Aug 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=columnists&issue=1682 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=columnists&issue=1682&GUID=557 MUCH like Marvel, Fox News has its own cinematic universe �" a cast of characters in which its audience can invest their hopes and fears. 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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-1681/current-issue#Comments Tue, 04 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