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Appease applause
Sir, Many thanks for yet another great cover, which says publicly what many people, including the European leaders, are currently only able to say privately (Eye 1656). Thank goodness there is still someone who is able to speak truth to power. Please keep up the excellent work.
PHIL BURGESS, Devon.
Sick joke
Sir,
Your new front cover (Eye 1656) had the most horrifying effect on our Siamese cat, Bijou. Being Scottish, I shall wait till it dries out before reading the rest of the contents rather than dig into my sporran to produce a few bawbees to purchase a new copy.
KENNY WALKER, Blackness, Scotland.
Reich and wrong
Sir,
Why do you not just have a swastika on the front of your journal and rebrand it as Mein Kampf? Fascism is alive and well in Private Eye then.
The rampant antisemitism is deeply upsetting and boring. First the ridiculous front page (Eye 1655), then a letter from Gaza which could come straight out of Dr Josef Mengele (Eye World, Eye 1655). Then In the City (Eye 1655) the UK buys fruit and veg from Israel! A tiny country of 7.5m Jews among a world population of 8.2bn! So, three pages – no Jews no news is your new theme.
MARTIN MULLANE.
Voice for the choiceless
Sir,
May I add my voice to the countless others who have expressed their thanks in recent times for your esteemed organ’s thorough and unapologetic coverage of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza?
As an educator, I am ashamed to say that fear for my career prospects leaves me unwilling to express my political voice in the way I otherwise would. Your coverage keeps me well-informed amongst the propaganda and whataboutery. Thank you.
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Fisherman
Sir,
We saw the attached in a cafe in Svolvær, Norway. Clearly your esteemed editor has a lucrative side-hustle up in the Lofoten Islands fishery.
TREVOR JONES.
Ex-pat answers
Sir,
The last episode of your podcast mocked the many expat British columnists who produce doomy reports on the state of Britain from their homes abroad. In the same episode, you commented on the failures of Scotland under the SNP; a theme expanded on in the latest edition of the Eye, which paints the country as a tyrannical police state where dissenting views are ostracised (“Terf Times”, p36, Eye 1656).