Prime Minister Parodies (Private Eye)
Prime Minister parodies are a long-running feature of the British satirical magazine Private Eye, which have been included in the majority of issues since the magazine's inception. The parodies consist of one arch satirical personification of the Prime Minister of the day, and use that personification to send up continuously that Prime Minister's personality and style of leadership, and the personalities and general features of his cabinet. Such are their popularity that the parodies usually find their way into mainstream culture far beyond simply being viewed as a joke within the pages of Private Eye, and are subsequently mentioned often in other journalistic appraisals of the individual in question.
Read more about Prime Minister Parodies (Private Eye): Harold Wilson: Mrs. Wilson's Diary, Edward Heath: Heathco. Newsletter, James Callaghan, Margaret Thatcher: Dear Bill, John Major: The Secret Diary of John Major (aged 47¾), Tony Blair: St Albion Parish News, Gordon Brown: Prime Ministerial Decree, David Cameron: The New Coalition Academy, Audio Parodies
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