Derek Jameson went on to make a successful career as a broadcaster after editing a host of newspapers including the Daily Express and the News of the World. He recently returned to live in Worthing after spending five years in Florida. He explains: “The Americans are warm, friendly, hospitable and they love the Brits but they’re still not like us — fact is that most of them are barking.” The man Private Eye once dubbed Sid Yobbo says: “Yes, still alive and raising hell, acutely aware that most of my contemporaries have hopped the twig.” The only questions puzzling him on his birthday are: “Should I borrow a few bob to rescue the bankrupt Press Gazette? And whatever happened to Piers Morgan’s big ideas? Pip. pip.” Derek Jameson is 77 today.
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