Rod Liddle

Rod Liddle is associate editor of The Spectator. He writes a weekly column in the magazine, as well as contributing to The Sunday Times and The Sun.

My new plan: let’s pay people benefits for not moving here

30 May 2015 9:00 am

Yet another exciting discovery from the world of Islamic science. As you are probably aware, Islamic culture has always paid…

Benefits for people who don’t live here? Great idea

28 May 2015 1:00 pm

Yet another exciting discovery from the world of Islamic science. As you are probably aware, Islamic culture has always paid…

Let’s set the cops on barbaric fox-hunters

23 May 2015 9:00 am

Among those deeply disappointed with the Conservative party’s victory on 7 May was Britain’s diverse and vibrant community of wild…

Let’s set the cops on barbaric fox-hunters

21 May 2015 1:00 pm

Among those deeply disappointed with the Conservative party’s victory on 7 May was Britain’s diverse and vibrant community of wild…

What Labour needs to do is estrange its awful voters

16 May 2015 9:00 am

And so now we have to suffer the epic delusions, temper tantrums and hissy fits of the metro-left. They simply…

Labour must estrange its awful voters

14 May 2015 1:00 pm

And so now we have to suffer the epic delusions, temper tantrums and hissy fits of the metro-left. They simply…

After Miliband’s ‘tablet of stone’ stunt, I may just spend election day in the pub

9 May 2015 9:00 am

You have the advantage over me. You know the result of the general election, whereas I do not — a…

Miliband’s tablet of stone may cost him my vote

7 May 2015 1:00 pm

You have the advantage over me. You know the result of the general election, whereas I do not — a…

Here’s everything Islamophobic that I have to say, all at once

2 May 2015 9:00 am

A couple of weeks back I wrote an article headed: ‘Call me insane, but I’m voting Labour.’ Among the many…

Warning: this column may soon be illegal

30 April 2015 1:00 pm

Listen http://rss.acast.com/viewfrom22/theelectionwhereeverybodyloses/media.mp3 A couple of weeks back I wrote an article headed: ‘Call me insane, but I’m voting Labour.’ Among…

Gunboats are the humanitarian answer to Libya's refugee crisis

25 April 2015 9:00 am

More than a thousand migrants have died attempting to get into Europe over the past week, including 900 who perished…

Will jailing Katie Hopkins save the lives of migrants? I have my doubts

23 April 2015 1:00 pm

More than a thousand migrants have died attempting to get into Europe over the past week, including 900 who perished…

Call me insane, but I’m voting Labour

18 April 2015 9:00 am

Quite often when I deliver myself of an opinion to a friend or colleague, the reply will come back: ‘Are…

Call me insane, but I’m voting Labour

16 April 2015 1:00 pm

Quite often when I deliver myself of an opinion to a friend or colleague, the reply will come back: ‘Are…

Whose fault is the jihadi bride? Certainly not her astonishing dad

11 April 2015 9:00 am

Like you, I suspect, I have been terribly worried these last few weeks over the plight of 15-year-old Amira Abase.…

The jihadi bride and her astonishing dad

9 April 2015 1:00 pm

Like you, I suspect, I have been terribly worried these last few weeks over the plight of 15-year-old Amira Abase.…

How Ukip became the incredible disappearing party

28 March 2015 9:00 am

The establishment drive to marginalise Ukip has been under way for three months now, and it has having its effect.…

How to make a political party vanish

26 March 2015 3:00 pm

The establishment drive to marginalise Ukip has been under way for three months now, and it has having its effect.…

I have absolutely no sympathy for liberals who find themselves being called 'right-wing'

21 March 2015 9:00 am

This week I would like you to share the deep pain of a liberal who has been called ‘right-wing’. This…

Liberal absolutism may be the worst kind of all

19 March 2015 3:00 pm

This week I would like you to share the deep pain of a liberal who has been called ‘right-wing’. This…

It’s dark days for dogs and their owners

14 March 2015 9:00 am

So who is poisoning all the doggies, then? I assumed, when the first horrible reports came through from Crufts, that…

It’s dark days for dogs and their owners

12 March 2015 3:00 pm

So who is poisoning all the doggies, then? I assumed, when the first horrible reports came through from Crufts, that…

Oh joy! Sean Penn has tried to crack a joke

28 February 2015 9:00 am

What a pleasure it is to see the Hollywood actor Sean Penn neck deep in PC ordure. The rodentine thespian…

That’ll teach you to attempt a joke, Sean

26 February 2015 11:30 am

What a pleasure it is to see the Hollywood actor Sean Penn neck deep in PC ordure. The rodentine thespian…

It’s not Netanyahu’s fault that Jews in Europe are afraid

21 February 2015 9:00 am

Have you seen the prices for houses in Israel? Astronomical, mate. You wouldn’t believe it. An arid and perpetually embattled…