Battle for Britain (Private Eye) Battle for Britain (Private Eye) Battle for Britain was a comic strip cartoon published in the fortnightly satirical magazine "Private Eye" in the United Kingdom during the 1980s. It depicted Margaret Thatcher's second term of office as Prime Minister, but with the politicians shown as British soldiers or Nazi officials, as in a comic of the Second World War. The strip was attributed to Monty Stubble, which was a "nom de plume" of editor Ian Hislop, and to his artistic collaborator Nick Newman. The name "Monty Stubble" is a play on the film-title "I Was Monty's Double"; the film being
Ron Greenwood He was survived by his widow, Lucy. He is buried in the Town Cemetery at Sudbury in Suffolk. Ron Greenwood Ronald Greenwood CBE (11 November 1921 – 9 February 2006) was an English football player and manager, best known for being manager of the English national football team from 1977 until 1982, as well as being manager of West Ham United for 13 years, a time during which the club gained much of its fame. That of England manager was his final role in football. Ron Greenwood was born in the village of Worsthorne, near Burnley, Lancashire, but moved to