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Rod Liddle

Whoever invented the referendum deserves a kicking

They are not ‘democracy at work’ — they are a recourse for tyrants

9 April 2016

9:00 AM

9 April 2016

9:00 AM

My favourite quote of the year so far comes from the author Fay Weldon. ‘If this were an all-woman society,’ she said, ‘we wouldn’t have television. We’d just have lots of nice cushions.’ Fay was making the point that it’s men who do all the -inventing and most of the work.

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