A fine man. Editor of the
British satirical magazine
Private Eye, which is the definitive source on all forms of
sleeze,
depravity,
corruption and general
wrong-doing in
Britain today.
One of the permanent team on the superb TV show Have I Got News For You.
Basically, if there's dirt to be known - he knows it, and frequently publishes it - he consequently knows the British libel laws intimately and has some of the busiest defence lawyers in London.
Not a big friend of Mohammed Al-Fayed, owner of Harrods.