Tuesday, January 31, 2006

The Unexpected Benefits of Buying a Magazine You've Already Read

I bought the current issue of Private Eye (20th Jan - 2nd Feb), despite already having read it at my parents' house. Yes, it was a foolish mistake; a mistake, furthermore, that has cost me £1.40. However, this £1.40 was worthwhile in order to demonstrate the old 'a week is a long time in politics' truism. On page 8, following a long series of allegations about the drinking, lying, and sexual habits of leading Lib Dems comes the following:

"There are no drinking and shagging stories about Mark Oaten, MP for Winchester and one of the serious candidates for the leadership of the Lib-Dems (if that's not a contradiction in terms)."

Ha!

Unless I'm being incredibly naive, and this is the Eye being knowing and suggestive, and using innuendo to such a high degree that it's all but invisible, but that's hardly their style. They normally just publish it, with as much detail, hearsay and cruelty as they can squeeze in.

2 comments:

  1. Talking of private eye, did anyone see the Politics awards last night? What was Hislops beard all about?

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  2. Hislop's Beard? Sounds like something out of a low production value sci-fi epic, probably involving a lengthy quest.

    A fascinating article about Hislop's Beard is here on this link.

    Bald men with beards. When will we learn?

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