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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 United Kingdom of the day, and use that personification to send up ...
26. Okt. 2021 · The purpose of the Private Eye prime ministerial parody was to render its subject unserious. When the subject manages that all by themselves, satire might be seen to have died.
- Martin Farr
Sarah Vain, a parody of journalist Sarah Vine, writes an egocentric column in which she often refers to the brilliance of her now ex-husband and his likely accession to the role of Prime Minister (Sarah Vine was married to Michael Gove).
26. Okt. 2021 · Private Eye at 60: the prime ministerial parodies that tell a history of modern Britain. Martin Farr, Senior Lecturer in Contemporary British History, Newcastle University. 26 October...
13. Nov. 2021 · Private Eye at 60: the prime ministerial parodies that tell a history of modern Britain. 14 November 2021 by particularkev. Martin Farr, Newcastle University The fortnightly magazine Private Eye turns 60 this year.
27. Okt. 2021 · One of the magazine’s most popular and longest features has been the prime ministerial parody. Commenting on the state of politics, it provides a potted political history of Britain.
Main article: Prime Minister parodies (Private Eye) Harold Macmillan was Prime Minister when the magazine began publication. His popular soubriquet was "Supermac". This nickname was coined in the 1950s when the cartoonist ' Vicky ' of the News Chronicle first depicted Macmillan dressed as the comic-book character Superman.
