Greed

I enjoy Private Eye. Most issues have one or two items that make me laugh out loud.

But at its heart Private Eye is about the dismal side of human nature. Story after story after story tells how people with wealth and/or influence feather their own or their "friends" nests.

There are many millionaires who would still be rich after giving away enough each year to support 10, 100 or 1000 families in comfort. Yet they call for the abolition of the 50% tax rate; complain about people on welfare and complain about EU laws that prevent them from making their staff work longer hours.

Greed seems to be an inevitable part of human nature - survival of the fittest.

Just as killing is the nature of lions.