Tag: Ian Hislop

What exactly is the point of Private Eye? On the biggest stories of our time – the 'climate crisis', Covid origins, mRNA vaccines – it has taken an unswervingly establishment line, says David Craig. Is the BBC to blame?

Gareth Roberts laments Private Eye's diminished satirical edge, attributing it to complacency and a failure to engage with societal changes, leaving readers nostalgic for its sharper, more impartial past.