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Eyeballs

Edited by Marcus Berkmann

12th October 2012

A double vision of Dumb Britain and Commentatorballs

A collection of the best of Private Eye's Dumb Britain and Commentatorballs, edited by Marcus Berkmann and illustrated by Robert Thompson and Penelope Beech.








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Private Eye Issue 1685
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Article on BBC not about Celebrity Traitors shock... Ugly scenes as politics breaks out at party conferences... Doomsday Irony clock one ironic minute closer to Ironygeddon... The Grim Brandeath strikes again... Leaky defence costs Man City victory... Call for end to decade of division proves divisive... Can Britain learn from the Russian budget?... Does Strictly really need three viewers?... ‘BBC DG could be AI in the future’ say all presenters... The 90s: art and fashion, as told to Craig Brown

Money pits
The astonishing costs of prison repairs

No incentive
How the farm subsidy scheme became a total farce

Catching the Sun
Kemi Badenoch’s media charm offensive

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