Rod Liddle
How long can our MPs ignore what’s in their backyard?
It is surely only a matter of time before someone with a mischievous glint in their eye invites the Labour…
Now even Fifa’s dinosaurs have learned to cry racism
Are all white women really prostitutes who should be avoided, as some children at those schools in Birmingham were apparently…
Did anyone really think that Qatar won the World Cup fairly?
I suppose the appalling shock to the soul that was occasioned by the allegation that Qatar bribed its way to…
Labour has proved that it speaks for London – and nowhere else
So, now almost all the votes have been counted — except for those in the Islamic Republic of Tower Hamlets, where…
Reasons to love your German neighbours
Should we be worried about the vast numbers of German-born people living covertly in the United Kingdom? The Office for…
I wish to apply for the position of chairman of the BBC
To: Karen Moran, HR Director, BBC Dear Ms Moran, I have decided to give up on the gardening this year,…
With Paxman gone, there are even fewer reasons to like the BBC
In a double blow for the beleaguered BBC, the corporation has lost three of its most compelling attractions in little…
We’ve proved that mice despise women. But are we sure that dogs love war?
Apparently, mice think that women are useless. I don’t mean that they think women mice are useless — they’re keen…
David Moyes couldn’t deal with the pomposity of Manchester United
I took my youngest son to a football match on Easter Monday. It used to be something I wryly called…
The Nigel Evans case proves juries are smarter than our liberal elite
You may remember this little gem of a story from a month or so back. Justifiably worried at the ramping…
I think in my attitude towards breastfeeding, I’ve found the perfect middle ground
What attitude should we take towards women who wish to breastfeed their babies in public? Older, more conservative readers may…
The occasional ex-fascist is the least of the BBC’s problems
Duncan Weldon’s past – as a Labour adviser and elsewhere – doesn’t affect his ability to do the job
Damn. I should have seized my chance to appear on BBC3
Are there enough black and minority ethnic people on our television screens? The comedian Lenny Henry thinks not and has…
Children with a severe case of the excuses
There is a beautiful symmetry to all things, I think, and probably related somehow to the concept of karma. Only…
You shouldn’t lose your children for disagreeing with Boris Johnson
Do your children have a bleak and nihilistic view of the world? It’s hard to tell, really, when they spend…
When is a protest not a protest? When we decide to call it a revolution
It’s ages since I last went on a decent demo and had a bit of a dust-up with the pigs.…
Neknominations – this is what the internet is for
Wouldn’t it be boring if everyone behaved much as you behave? If everyone expressed themselves similarly? Let a thousand flowers…
We buy dogs to reflect ourselves. So who’s buying all these killer pitbulls?
I’ve called the doggie hospital three times now to find out how Jessie’s getting on. She’s just come round, at…
Won’t some other quango come to the rescue of poor Sally Morgan?
Can someone please explain to me why the BBC newsreaders were not wearing black armbands last weekend when reporting the…
Why I’m on board for the homophobic bus
London has long since lost its allure for me — altogether too many cars, foreigners, cyclists, middle-class liberals and people…
If Lord Rennard looked more like Orlando Bloom, none of this would have happened
When I was promoted to being editor of a programme at the BBC, back in the late 1990s, my line…
What would Dawkins and de Botton do?
Two years ago this week the philosopher Alain de Botton unveiled his proposals for a giant gilded tower in central…
Once more, the spectre of Enoch Powell is raised to stop debate about immigration
One of the genuine seasonal pleasures to be enjoyed as 2013 slipped around the U-bend was Enoch Powell making his…
Try my resolution for 2014: ignore the internet
At last, it has been scientifically proved that Jesus Christ is better than Muhammad. We’d always known that our lad…
The strange disappearance of Gordon Brown
It may come as a grave surprise to you that, when it was offered as a prize in a charity…
