From 1964 until his death, Sir Alec Douglas-Home was referred to as Baillie Vass, after his photograph was mistakenly captioned as such in the Aberdeen Evening Express. [24] I had to adamantly insist that any question of the repatriation of a British criminal from Brazil must be a matter for the federal police authorities of Brazil to decide." Trouser presses are another item commonly placed on lists or used in adverts, as an example of pointless extravagance or silly tat. Wilson, A. N. (2016). "5: Brenda". The Queen. London: Atlantic Books. ISBN 9781786490681. OCLC 937454213.

In London the Foreign Office Latin American department noted: "Scotland Yard now realise that they were wrong to take it upon themselves to send their officers to Rio de Janeiro without first informing and consulting the appropriate departments in Whitehall. Shome mishtake, shurely? Ed)" is supposedly a blue pencil by the editor, who is slurring a little after lunch. It may have allusions to the late Bill Deedes (Lord Deedes), who did slur that way. He was also the eponymous "Dear Bill" that the fictional Denis Thatcher was forever writing to while his wife Margaret was in government. These articles were actually written by John Wells. Alceste Diocletian Penumbra is a spoof octogenarian poet, often appearing in the Literary Review "What You Didn't Miss Pt. 94". He is described as a leading member of the undeservedly little-known, Cambridge-based "Recherche Group" and hailed both as "the one solitary genius of the post-post-modern age" and "the world's first ante-post-modernist". His anthologies include Concrete Faxes (his debut), Einstein Agogo, Than With Whom What Other (A Challenge to Scansion), and Shriven by the Zodiac.The Daily Express newspaper has been lampooned as the Daily Getsworse. In previous years, it was called the Daily Titsbychristmas, referring to how it was increasingly copying the style of The Sun, before Express Newspapers launched the down-market Daily Star in November 1978. Since the 2016 UK EU referendum, in which the Express supported Leave, it has also been dubbed The Daily Brexpress. Slipper helped to set up the Robbery Squad, which later merged into the Flying Squad. [ citation needed]

The robber, however, successfully argued against extradition because he had a Brazilian dependant - a young son, Michael, by his girlfriend Raimunda.a b Brown, Craig (2004). This is Craig Brown (newed.). London: Ebury. p.392. ISBN 0091896061. OCLC 56457577. The Tony Blair Faith Foundation was similarly known as Drawing All Faiths Together, abbreviated to "Daft". Papineau, David (4 May 2017). "8". Knowing the Score: How Sport Teaches Us about Philosophy (and Philosophy about Sport). [London]. ISBN 9781472123541. OCLC 999624509. {{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link) Dale, Iain (10 May 2010). "In Conversation with Andrew Neil". Total Politics. Archived from the original on 13 June 2013 . Retrieved 7 September 2012. Slipper did not tell the Home Office, the Foreign Office, or Brazilian authorities why he was going to Brazil, to stop the Daily Express scoop "leaking" out;

Dave Spart is a parody of a stereotypical left-wing agitator who featured in editions of the 1970s and from time to time since (for example, after the 2011 England riots and following the split in Jeremy Corbyn's Shadow Cabinet over the bombing of Syria and military intervention against ISIL). Occasionally, his sister, Deirdre Spart, has offered her views. Private Eye often refers to real-life leftist activists as "Spartists", itself a parody of the left-wing Spartacist League. Ken Livingstone is sometimes lampooned as Ken Leninspart. Robert Maxwell, another perennial litigant against the Eye, was referred to as Cap'n Bob and the Bouncing Czech, [17] [20] the latter apparently conferred by Harold Wilson. [21] Maxwell was a Czech émigré, notably overweight and ebullient (also, a cheque which is returned due to insufficient funds is said to have "bounced"). The Brazilians offered to hand over Biggs in exchange for Timothy Ross, who they said was a terrorist who had returned to Britain; Elizabeth II was regularly referred to as "Brenda" and Charles III as "Brian". Historically, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh was "Keith", Princess Margaret (Brenda's younger sister) was "Yvonne", and Diana, Princess of Wales, was "Cheryl"–a satire on the perceived nature of Royal affairs as a soap opera. [22] [23] Mr Madeupname. Sometimes used when referring to an improbable interviewee (often) in a tabloid newspaper article.He was involved in the investigation of the Shepherd's Bush murders in which three unarmed policemen were shot dead in Shepherd's Bush in August 1966, for which three men were later convicted.

Despite rumours, Biggs remained untraced until 1974, when he gave an interview to the Daily Express. The newspaper passed his location on to the police, and Biggs was captured on 1 February. Slipper travelled to Brazil, where he attempted to arrest Biggs in a hotel in Rio de Janeiro, with the words "Long time no see, Ronnie." But the Brazilian government turned down the request for extradition, on the grounds that Biggs was to become the father of his pregnant Brazilian girlfriend's child (Michael Biggs, to be born 16 August 1974), and Slipper was forced to return home empty-handed. Famously, Slipper was photographed on the plane home, sleeping next to an empty seat, and was christened "Slip-up of the Yard" by the press. [1] 1981 Scots Guardsmen kidnapping [ edit ] 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). After being sentenced to 30 years imprisonment in 1964, Biggs escaped from Wandsworth Prison in 1965. Biggs travelled via Paris to Spain and then Melbourne, Australia, where, despite plastic surgery to alter his appearance, he was identified by his dental records after visiting a dentist. Sullivan, Andrew (5 October 1997). "God Help the Queen". The New York Times . Retrieved 14 August 2019. The family of Ronnie Biggs, one of the robbers he hunted, paid tribute to the man known as Slipper of the Yard.Evgeny Lebedev, who publishes The Independent and The Evening Standard, is frequently referred to as "Two Beards", in an "allusion to his alleged closeted homosexuality–though one of his former employees suggests that he might not understand exactly what the name means." [37] Prime Minister Harold Wilson was always named as "Wislon", a name also later applied to A. N. Wilson. Occasionally he was referred to as "Lord Loinwash" an anagram of Harold Wilson. The fortnightly British satirical magazine Private Eye has long had a reputation for using euphemistic and irreverent substitute names and titles for people, groups and organisations and has coined a number of expressions to describe sex, drugs, alcohol and other aspects of human activity. Over the years these names and expressions have become in-jokes, used frequently in the magazine without explanation. Some have passed into general usage and can be found in other media and everyday conversation. The defunct Financial Services Authority (FSA), invariably referred to as "The Fundamentally Supine Authority" in reference to its reluctance to act and its seemingly close relationship with the industry it was supposed to regulate, often contrasting its performance with the swift and draconian methods of its United States counterparts. Had he had gone through informal Interpol channels Biggs could have been handed over to Scotland Yard "within a short period without little or any publicity", avoiding complex extradition attempts;