Rod Liddle
columnist, The Sunday Times, the Sun and the Spectator; author, The Great Betrayal; associate editor, Spectator; former editor, BBC Radio 4 Today programme

Rod Liddle is a columnist who isn’t afraid to shy away from difficult or controversial topics with decades of journalism under his belt. He is currently a columnist for the Sunday Times, the Sun and Spectator, of which he is associate editor.

Liddle was the editor of the BBC Radio 4’s Today programme from 1998 to 2002. He began his career at the  South Wales Echo.

His published works include Too Beautiful for You (2003), The Best of Liddle Britain (co-author, 2007) and Selfish Whining Monkeys (2014) and The Great Betrayal (2019). He has presented a number of  current affairs documentaries on television, including The New Fundamentalists, The Trouble with Atheism and Immigration Is A Time Bomb. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party.

Follow Rod on Twitter @LiddleRod

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