Comments on: The County Press Appears In Private Eye

By: Descendent

Descendent — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:58:41 +0000

I confess it was me who sent the ‘Guides delighted…’ headline to P.E. – I’m rather pleased it didn’t go un-noticed, but equally I’m surprised anyone felt it worth further attention on here and in Percy’s column…

I might take up sending newspaper clippings to Private Eye more regularly – they paid me £10 for it!

Of course, if the IW Council took up the practice of deliberately printing similar errors in that rubbish little ‘infozine’ of theirs, it could be a nice little earner…

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By: Sal

Sal — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:10:26 +0000

I read this morning that ‘Percy Sutson’ thinks the humour of the headline went over our heads?

Not so ‘Percy’ my dear fellow, it is the ‘humour contained therein’ that had us laughing in the first place – hence the praise.

Good to see you’re still logging on to VB! Are you all still having to take it in turns to access the Internet though?

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By: Sad Owl

Sad Owl — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:38:10 +0000

This did make me chuckle heartily.

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By: DDH

DDH — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:41:05 +0000

Well spotted Mike Starke is my guess.

I hope it’s our squeaky clean council keeping us out of the eye rather than the far worse shenanigans elsewhere around the UK.

Our officer salaries and consultants fees remain a real cause for concern.

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By: simon

simon — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:25:00 +0000

Yes, since Joe ‘Vera’ Duckworth left, it’s been sadly missing.

Here are a couple from back in the good old days of 2007.

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By: Sal

Sal — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:47:26 +0000

True enough – it’s been a long time though – not sure that Steve Beynon has had a single mention yet since he rose to the position of Chief Exec.

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By: Alan T

Alan T — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:44:59 +0000

There are often interesting things about the Isle of Wight council in the ‘Rotten Boroughs’ section of PE

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