There’s nothing quite like the Onion in the UK – at least, nothing that I’ve seen. The satire in Private Eye is more focused, and too often flirts with pettiness; Viz is more puerile, and not as funny; the Framley Examiner is more parochial.

parochial (adj) 1: relating to or supported by or located in a parish 2: narrowly restricted in outlook or scope [syn: insular] – source: Thomas Jones: Short Cuts