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“Arise, Dame Gluey!”

“Arise, Dame Gluey!” Readers of the North Yorks Enquirer may be delighted and amused to see that Councillor Theresa ‘Gluey’ NORTON (a frequent ‘star’ of Enquirer reportage) has been recognised for her “Services to the Adhesives Industry” in Private Eye’s [...]

January 9, 2023 Private Eye, Scarborough Borough Council

Gluey Eye – Again!

Gluey Eye – Again! During the past three-and-a-half years of embarrassment arising from the unprecedented incompetence of the SIDDONS administration (supported, of course, by a small contingent of rogue Officers), a variety of North Yorks Enquirer contributors have highlighted a [...]

November 30, 2022 Private Eye, Scarborough Borough Council

A Poke in the Eye for Cain

A Poke in the Eye for Cain It is always a pleasure to see the nation’s premier exposeur of disgraceful conduct in public life – the Private Eye magazine – confirm and widely publicise the transgressions of North Yorkshire ‘personalities’ [...]

April 23, 2020 North Yorkshire Police, Private Eye

The ‘PRIVATE EYE’ Collection

The ‘PRIVATE EYE’ Collection In recent years, the investigative-journalism of the CORRUPTION BUSTERS – supported by a growing number of researchers, analysts and informants – has drawn the attention of the country’s pre-eminent political exposé magazine PRIVATE EYE. In the [...]

April 23, 2020 Private Eye

Private Eye on Flamingo Land

Private Eye on Flamingo Land With customary panache – and impeccable timing – Private Eye magazine has been keeping watch on Iconic Leisure Ltd, alias Flamingo Land – the regular donor to the Conservative Party that has now become the [...]

May 2, 2019 Private Eye, Scarborough Borough Council

The All-Seeing ‘Eye’

The All-Seeing ‘Eye’ Scarborough Borough Council’s attempts to keep secret the names of the seven magnificent individuals ‘deemed’ to be “unreasonably persistent complainants” (i.e. those with legitimate grievances against the Council for whom all avenues of redress continue to be [...]

December 24, 2018 Private Eye, Scarborough Borough Council

SBC – in the Eye AGAIN!

SBC – in the Eye AGAIN! For the second time this month, Scarborough Borough Council has made it into the pages of the Private Eye magazine, this time on its old stamping ground – the ‘Rotten Boroughs’ column – where [...]

February 22, 2018 Private Eye, Scarborough Borough Council

The Futurist takes a Curtain Call – in the Eye

The Futurist takes a Curtain Call – in the Eye The sheer stupidity of the ‘directing minds’ at Scarborough Borough Council has found recognition once more in the pages of the nation’s best-loved satirical magazine – Private Eye. Readers who [...]

February 7, 2018 Private Eye, Scarborough Borough Council

Here’s One In The (Private) Eye For KITSON & Co.

Here’s One In The (Private) Eye For KITSON & Co. Private Eye’s ‘Rotten Boroughs’, the nation’s sharpest and most feared exposer of dodgy Councils, has once again highlighted Scarborough Borough Council. This time, it is the STASI-like behaviour of Legal [...]

November 30, 2017 Private Eye, Scarborough Borough Council

Private Eye Humiliates Scarborough Borough Council – Yet Again

Private Eye Humiliates Scarborough Borough Council – Yet Again an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on Scarborough Borough Council’s latest national humiliation – hard on the heels of the erupting SAVILE/JACONELLI scandal. ~~~~~ The Private Eye ‘Rotten [...]

January 7, 2015 Private Eye