rotten boroughs

Top stories in this issue (1637):

WEST NORTHANTS
Fresh questions have emerged about the actions of the police in the case of wife-beating former council leader Jonathan Nunn.

THURROCK
The council has threatened legal action against the Association of Public Service Excellence and 23 local authorities for "negligent" advice.

ENFIELD
A council committee chair who gained notoriety for multiple appearances in Rotten Boroughs has finally been removed from his post.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE
A pompous email arrives from the office of Ian Sollom MP, following our story in the last issue about the Lib Dem leader of Cambridgeshire county council.

NEWCASTLE
Chaotic scenes as the former council leader and five other Labour members have quit the party and now sit as Independents.

SEFTON
A Labour councillor for more than 30 years has escaped jail after pleading guilty to having produced 160 indecent images of children.


Next issue on sale: 4th December 2024

This website is updated on the Friday after a new issue is released.

You can subscribe here and have the magazine delivered to your home every fortnight.

To read all these stories in full, please buy issue 1637 of Private Eye - you can subscribe here and have the magazine delivered to your home every fortnight.

Next issue on sale: 4th December 2024
gnitty
MORE TOP STORIES ONLINE
Covering Drax
Covering Drax
Troubled times at the energy firm
In The Back, Issue 1635
Fact check
Fact check
How Allison Pearson ended up with cops at the door
Street Of Shame, Issue 1637
It’s a wash!
It’s a wash!
Fifa’s human rights problems
In The Back, Issue 1637
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
ONLY IN THE MAGAZINE
Private Eye Issue 1637
In This Issue
Trump sets out plan for first 100 minutes in office… Pearsongate: Is this the biggest threat to freedom of speech the world has ever known?… Turkeys vote resoundingly for Christmas… Democrats ‘failed to understand concerns of ordinary billionaires'… BIDEN TO START WW3 BEFORE TRUMP DOES… The Dail-Xi Beijingograph: Nothing bad happens… The Service of Holy Resignation of An Archbishop… Jamie Oliver's recipe for disaster… Nigel Slater's magic moments, as told to Craig Brown

Right up front
Kemi Badenoch's self-promotion at the Post Office inquiry

Leagues apart
MD on the NHS's sack race

Rays of sunshine
The Florida supremacy in Trump's US

Read these stories and much more - only in the magazine. Subscribe here to get delivery direct to your home and never miss an issue!
ONLY £2.99
SUBSCRIBE HERE
NEXT ISSUE ON SALE
4th December 2024
WHY SUBSCRIBE?
Private Eye Issue 1636
MORE FROM PRIVATE EYE