Rod Liddle

England

Contributor at The Sunday Times

Associate Editor at The Spectator

Journalist. Just honest.

Articles

My modest proposal

1 week ago | spectator.com.au | Rod Liddle

It’s surely time we dropped our cynicism and got behind the government’s National Abortion Drive, another noble attempt to kickstart our floundering economy. The United Kingdom has made great strides of late in this area, recently overtaking France in the number of abortions performed annually, the figures showing the largest increase since this sort of stuff was legalised.
My modest proposal

1 week ago | spectator.co.uk | Rod Liddle

It’s surely time we dropped our cynicism and got behind the government’s National Abortion Drive, another noble attempt to kickstart our floundering economy. The United Kingdom has made great strides of late in this area, recently overtaking France in the number of abortions performed annually, the figures showing the largest increase since this sort of stuff was legalised. The door, then, is already ajar. All we need to do is push a little.
Does the BBC doubt Iran wanted a nuke?

1 week ago | spectator.com.au | Rod Liddle

I don’t monitor this stuff all the time. It would be soul destroying. All that happens is that I tune in, often by accident, and there is something which once again betrays the long term, institutional, anti-Israel bias of the BBC. So, Friday night’s television news and the Middle East Correspondent Lucy Williamson.
Does the BBC doubt Iran wanted a nuke?

1 week ago | spectator.co.uk | Rod Liddle

I don’t monitor this stuff all the time. It would be soul destroying. All that happens is that I tune in, often by accident, and here something. Something which once again betrays the long term, institutional, anti-Israel bias of the BBC. So, Friday night’s television news and the Middle East Correspondent Lucy Williamson. Reporting on the Israeli rocket attack upon Iran’s nuclear bases, Lucy told us that Israel ‘says’ Iran is working towards a nuclear bomb. Attribution, you see.
How good was Brian Wilson?

2 weeks ago | spectator.com.au | Rod Liddle

I recently did an online quiz to name the 100 biggest selling pop and rock acts in the USA. The Beatles came top – the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Queen and so on, along with the homegrown stuff: Elvis, the Eagles and Chicago. Noticeable by their complete absence were the Beach Boys.
How good was Brian Wilson?

2 weeks ago | spectator.co.uk | Rod Liddle

I recently did an online quiz to name the 100 biggest selling pop and rock acts in the USA. The Beatles came top – the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Queen and so on, along with the homegrown stuff: Elvis, the Eagles and Chicago. Noticeable by their complete absence were the Beach Boys. In the late sixties and early seventies they were often considered superior artists to the Beatles by American critics. I don’t think many would have that view now.
My plan for Prevent

2 weeks ago | spectator.com.au | Rod Liddle

In the autumn of 1940, British cities were being bombed every night by large aeroplanes whose provenance was apparently of some considerable doubt. While the public almost unanimously believed the conflagrations to have been caused by the Luftwaffe, the authorities – right up to the government – refused to speculate.
My plan for Prevent

2 weeks ago | spectator.co.uk | Rod Liddle

In the autumn of 1940, British cities were being bombed every night by large aeroplanes whose provenance was apparently of some considerable doubt. While the public almost unanimously believed the conflagrations to have been caused by the Luftwaffe, the authorities – right up to the government – refused to speculate.
England’s defeat to Senegal might be their worst ever performance

2 weeks ago | spectator.com.au | Rod Liddle

“England, the lions of Autumn are but lambs come the Spring”. That quote is often attributed to Michel Platini, but I remember hearing it still earlier from the wily manager of Yugoslavia, Miljan Miljanic. Either way, it’s always been true. I don’t think I have ever seen a worse performance from an England team than in that 1-3 capitulation to SenegalI have witnessed some astonishingly dire performances from England during countless Springs.
England's defeat to Senegal might be their worst ever performance

2 weeks ago | spectator.co.uk | Rod Liddle

“England, the lions of Autumn are but lambs come the Spring”. That quote is often attributed to Michel Platini, but I remember hearing it still earlier from the wily manager of Yugoslavia, Miljan Miljanic. Either way, it’s always been true. I have witnessed some astonishingly dire performances from England during countless Springs. We may technically now be in Summer but the key is the players can’t be arsed until they are back from their hols.