Private Eye
Private Eye - as you'd expect - has had a field day in the wake of the London riots.
Making fun of the great and good is the Eye's stock in trade - but some of them deserve to be made to look ridiculous - not least that old phoney 'Lord John Prescott of Hull'.
Here's an extract from a article which 'spoofs' the reaction of prominent public figures - to all the violence and looting.
What They Said
Prominent Figures Give Their Verdict On The Riots That Have Shocked Britain
John Prescott
There can be no excuse for this behaviour and no justificating of what happened but the blame for the riotising and lootifying has to be put squarely at the feet of the Tory government who don't give a damn about the working classes because they all went to private public schools and swan around in big houses playing croquet and having affairs with their secretaries dressing up in ermine robes and giving themselves titles forgetting about the really disadvantaged people of Britain such as myself.
Inside the latest Private Eye are also to be found - the thoughts of Ken Livingstone (Boris Johnson's to blame) - Patrick Mercer MP (call in the army) - Desmond Morris (go back to nature - modern living is the cause) - and Reverend J.C. Flannel (I feel everyone's pain).
Making fun of the great and good is the Eye's stock in trade - but some of them deserve to be made to look ridiculous - not least that old phoney 'Lord John Prescott of Hull'.
Here's an extract from a article which 'spoofs' the reaction of prominent public figures - to all the violence and looting.
What They Said
Prominent Figures Give Their Verdict On The Riots That Have Shocked Britain
John Prescott
There can be no excuse for this behaviour and no justificating of what happened but the blame for the riotising and lootifying has to be put squarely at the feet of the Tory government who don't give a damn about the working classes because they all went to private public schools and swan around in big houses playing croquet and having affairs with their secretaries dressing up in ermine robes and giving themselves titles forgetting about the really disadvantaged people of Britain such as myself.
Inside the latest Private Eye are also to be found - the thoughts of Ken Livingstone (Boris Johnson's to blame) - Patrick Mercer MP (call in the army) - Desmond Morris (go back to nature - modern living is the cause) - and Reverend J.C. Flannel (I feel everyone's pain).
