Gollum (MaA 81-83, LaA 83-86)

BEEN lent a copy of a recent Private Eye, in which "The New Coalition Academy" contains this item:


And Steve's not the sole Old Blue in the pillory, as "Pseuds Corner" includes this from Nick Foulkes (ThB 76-83):

And while it may be pushing it a little to suggest that one of the finest achievements of democracy is the freedom to buy a Hermes headscarf or even a Louis Vuitton suitcase, I can't help but think that if more people had the means and opportunity to tell the time on a Cartier watch or sign their name using a Montegrappa pen, then the world would be just that little bit less unstable.