as Private Eye turn 50, and after last week's Frost/Nixon Night on BBC Two, consider that the satire boomers of the early 1960s were so anti-Establishment that they were able to establish themselves in the West End and on the BBC while still in their early twenties, and in some cases while still at university. Look at them now, and do not marvel that they have somehow sold out. They never bought in. Rather, they were born into.

As for Private Eye, I cannot argue against that . Its obvious to any with political nous .Even Hislop is now the BBC cuddley uncle Ian now. Also very similar Is the socialist workers party, trying to con the youth of today they too are radical .with there ready made placards for all occasions.
A state owned nationalised bunch of losers protesting at the drop of a hat. Didn't see them protesting the release of Magrahi. As it was all part of a carve up that the Diplomatic service of this country has as an art form. Mind you with Libya going down the tubes .I bet he wished he'd stayed in that Scottish Guest House, Three squares and the best medical hogwash money could bribe.

The ECJ said in a statement: "A system of licences for the broadcasting of football matches which grants broadcasters territorial exclusivity on a member state basis and which prohibits television viewers from watching the broadcasts with a decoder card in other member states is contrary to EU law."

So I'm thinking...
Then how is it also legal for the BBC to charge people for watching the BBC via a TV Poll Tax?...
More to the point how is it LEGAL (using EU diktat) for the BBC to force people to pay them for merely OWNING a TV even if you DON'T WATCH THE BBC.

Um, the Truth seems to be the protestors belong to the Ivy League upper income non-productive elite that has been the source of Leftist twaddle in this country since the sixties if not before. Foxnews' condemnation barely balances the love from the rest of the networks. As a columnist on Foxnews.com admits they have a few good points, but for the most part it's the usual anti-capitalist twaddle.