Magister Militum and Private Eye!

[nicknorthstar]

I was reading Private Eye today, and imagine my surprise to find a Wargames Company spoken about in there.

I photographed the page, it's below.

For our overseas readers, Private Eye is a UK political watchdog magazine, very long established and respected. They run a regular feature called Rotten Boroughs that focuses on local politics. Read the piece titled Off Spin.
 

[AndrewBeasley]

I see they missed the bit about MM being closed down so they can concentrate on other tasks (ie the political roles)...

[Doug ex-em4]

Private Eye may promote itself as iconoclastic but it’s a form of journalism and therefore will inevitably get the details wrong

Doug

[nicknorthstar]

I see they missed the bit about MM being closed down so they can concentrate on other tasks (ie the political roles)...

You wouldn't know it from the website. You'd only know it if you are in the hobby and follow them regularly on Social Media. Your point is valid though.

[Dags]

Remind me to tell you the Antwerp bar story involving them and another trader at Partizan, Nick. It's very funny but breaks way too many forum rules to tell it here....

[Cholmondely Percival IV]

Private Eye may promote itself as iconoclastic but it’s a form of journalism and therefore will inevitably get the details wrong

Doug

It’s been a while since I read it. Do they still have Colemanballs, which was mainly about verbal cock-ups by commentators such as the late, great, eponymous David? They also liked to highlight errors in print journalism, though they aren’t usually quite so amusing. If this is still the case, will they feature one of their own?

[nicknorthstar]

Remind me to tell you the Antwerp bar story involving them and another trader at Partizan, Nick. It's very funny but breaks way too many forum rules to tell it here....

You're on.

[dickiegranthum]

Remind me to tell you the Antwerp bar story involving them and another trader at Partizan, Nick. It's very funny but breaks way too many forum rules to tell it here....

Do PM me that story! Would love to hear it

[anevilgiraffe]

Dags, you've picqued too much curiousity there now... 

[Daeothar]

Oh come on! You can't leave us hanging like that now... 

[Dags]

Sorry chaps, even heavily edited couldn't tell it here. And it wouldn't be fair, especially on the other trader involved.

[Tactalvanic]

Well we all have to have some gems of stories in reserve for those direct private in person discussions, and better to consider all involved.

so guess we all have to live without unless we meet up and remember to ask about it..with my memory. Probably not 

So a hanging we shall stay 

Fair's enough.

[Ultravanillasmurf]

I saw that item, and wondered about mentioning it.

That story is going to become legendary,  even if we never find out anymore about it.

[boneio]

The point about cronyism is not unreasonable, but as to the rest - councillors are not paid a salary or employed as such, a combined household allowance to cover expenses of around £65k, for stressful public-facing roles hardly seems offensive - after expenses a lot of that won't be pocketed. MM I'm fairly certain doesn't make enough to pay full time employees or really provide a full living for the owners. Combined, plus other interests - well, that's a lifestyle. But the article appears to be attempting to draw an incompatibility between public service and private (very small) business ownership and if one has even some of the details, that's pretty laughable.

I do like Private Eye but that article is a bit of a miss IMO.