From Private Eye Issue 1258 - 19 March - 1 April 2010
OSCAR NEWS
by Our Showbiz Staff Baz Bambigboy-George Osborne
EVERYONE had tipped him to romp home with the big prize. But when it comes to decision time, the voters turned en masse against Cameron's multi-billion pound, over-hyped juggernaut, Avatory, the fantasy about a world where odd-looking blue people triumph against the odds.
What appears to have swung the vote is director Cameron's increasing unpopularity, due to his arrogance and control freakery. "In the end," said one Westminster showbiz insider, "we all wanted anyone but Cameron - so we gave it to the person who dislikes him most, and (cont. p.94)
THE VOICE OF REASON Solon, (born c. 630 BCE—died c. 560 BCE), Athenian statesman, known as one of the Seven Wise Men of Greece (the others were Chilon of Sparta, Thales of Miletus, Bias of Priene, Cleobulus of Lindos, Pittacus of Mytilene, and Periander of Corinth). Solon ended exclusive aristocratic control of the government, substituted a system of control by the wealthy, and introduced a new and more humane law code. He was also a noted poet.
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