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Labour has good idea shock From the new Private Eye, out now.

Raynor Winn’s new book: The Garden Path

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12 Covers of Christmas! Day 11: Today’s cover comes from December 1996. The labels on the presents in the sleigh read: Electronic Tagman, Crackdown on Trivial Pursuits, Extra Homework, and Junior Curfew Set.

Just fancy that! Time Person of the Year. From the new Private Eye, out now.

New from Gnomemart: Wrist Bike Bell. Fed up with other pedestrians dawdling along, looking at their phones? Just one ring on the Wrist Bike Bell and hey presto! The pavement is yours as they dive out of the way thinking a Lime bike is about to run them over! From the new Private Eye, out now.

Tory-run Slough has “lost track” of 500 people living in temporary accommodation, meaning it underestimated its spending by £10m. It blames staff turnover and incompetence, and a new IT system; but while the blunder was spotted in October 2024, officers have only just fessed up to councillors.

12 Covers of Christmas! Day 10: Today’s cover comes from December 2024. 🎵 I saw 300 small ships come sailing in 🎵

Quentin Tarantinho-ho-ho From the Private Eye archive. Issue 887, December 1995.

Commentatorballs: collecting the very best of the wisdom of pundits. These are all real quotes from real commentators. Watch ‘An Evening with Private Eye 2025’ in full, on Private Eye’s YouTube channel now.

12 Covers of Christmas! Day 9: Today’s cover comes from December 2017. Whatever happened to the campaign for a Turkey’s Vote?

The Eye’s TV reviewer, ‘Remote Controller’, gives their take on the Christmas schedules in the new Private Eye, in shops now.

How to know if you have the superflu From the new Private Eye, out now.

Before fat jabs From the Private Eye Annual 2025. ➡️ Available to buy now: www.private-eye.co.uk/books/annual

12 Covers of Christmas!  Day 8: Today’s cover comes from December 2020, the year Father Christmas came to superspread some joy.

The managing director of Teesside airport is running the publicly owned business while holding a remarkable conflict of interest: he’s also on the books of an investor who tried to buy the airport and has snaffled up a large swathe of adjacent land. Full story in the new Private Eye, out now.

The new Lily Allen album: decoded. Private Eye tried to get to the bottom of the biggest mystery in popular music.... Who is Lily Allen making references to?

12 Covers of Christmas!  Day 7: Today’s cover comes from December 2000. Are those snowmen still waiting on the platform today? They will be if it’s Southern Rail.

Christmas Special: Adoration of the MAGA The new Private Eye is out now

Spare a thought this festive season for those who will be spending the Yuletide period all on their own, with no family to visit them. People like ‘A’, who will spend this Christmas without any of his titles. From the new Private Eye, out now.

Christmas Special: Adoration of the MAGA The new Private Eye is out now

Post Mortem, by Private Eye’s Richard Brooks, chronicling how the Post Office scandal and cover-up developed and later unravelled, is on sale now at all good bookshops. ➡️ Available at: private-eye.co.uk/books

12 Covers of Christmas! Day 6: Today’s cover comes from December 2018. In the spirit of the cartoon, instead of being delivered through letterboxes, this one arrived late and was thrown over garden fences.

Christmas tree … ✅ Letter to Father Christmas … ✅ Private Eye Christmas Special… in shops and with subscribers from Friday. IT’S PRIVATE EYE WEEK!

How Bond cars evolved through the decades.  From the Private Eye Annual 2025.  ➡️ Available to buy now: www.private-eye.co.uk/books/annual

12 Covers of Christmas! Day 5: Today’s cover comes from November 2013. A savage take on that year’s John Lewis advert.

Following the controversy over the edited Trump speech, the BBC has been lambasted for its negative and biased portrayal of the leader of a prominent right-wing government… An Evening with Private Eye 2025, out now on YouTube.

Salisbury poisoning report concludes Putin approved terror operation From the new Private Eye, out now.

12 Covers of Christmas! Day 4: Today’s cover comes from December 1990 and with a reminder to buy the Private Eye Annual 2025, Private Eye Christmas cards, and the new Private Eye tote bag.

“I’ve reason to believe you have a wood-burning stove” From the new Private Eye, out now.

12 Covers of Christmas! Day 3: Today’s cover comes from December 1964, one month after the UK's first ever drink-driving ad.

Crown Prosecution Service Xmas dinner From the Private Eye archive. Issue 1069, December 2002.

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12 Covers of Christmas! Day 2: Today’s cover comes from December 2005, but it was just as relevant in 2006… and 2007… and 2008… and 2009… and 2010… and… (continued page 94)

With Christmas fast approaching, we’ll be revisiting a selection of our favourite Eye covers from the past 64 years... THE 12 COVERS OF CHRISTMAS!

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Lookalike: Malone and Leith From the new Private Eye, out now.

Turmoil in Northamptonshire with police, fire and crime commissioner Danielle Stone lambasted over her leadership of the scandal-hit force she was elected to improve and scrutinise. 🧵1/4

Nvidia and OpenAI are driving an increasingly circular AI investment frenzy. But if the momentum falters, the UK’s increasingly entangled tech sector could be pulled into the fallout. Full story by the Eye’s new business columnist ‘Gold Digger’ in the latest issue.

Catch Eye hack Adam Macqueen in The Prince vs the Paper: Dispatches, which aired earlier this evening. ➡️ Now available to catch up on Channel 4 streaming For more scoops, scandals and Fleet Street shenanigans, read Street of Shame in Private Eye, every fortnight.

Politicians stunned that politicians lie to the public From the new Private Eye, out now.

Number crunching: Individuals arrested within five days for suspected manslaughter after fire apparently related to building materials ripped through seven Hong Kong apartment blocks v individuals arrested over Grenfell From the new Private Eye, out now.

Kerber’s People: It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas From the new Private Eye, out now.

“It’s quicker than a jury - and more fun!” From the new Private Eye, out now.

It’s party season! The new Private Eye is out now.

Are you suffering from a problem with your housing? Well, now you can solve the problem with the patented Private Eye method of dealing with the housing crisis… From the new Private Eye, in shops now.

It’s party season! The new Private Eye is out now.

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