Rod Liddle
British journalist, born 1960 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rod Liddle (born 1 April 1960) is an English journalist,[5] and an associate editor of The Spectator. He was an editor of BBC Radio 4's Today programme. His published works include Too Beautiful for You (2003), Love Will Destroy Everything (2007), The Best of Liddle Britain (co-author, 2007) and the semi-autobiographical Selfish Whining Monkeys (2014). He has presented television programmes, including The New Fundamentalists, The Trouble with Atheism, and Immigration Is A Time Bomb.
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Born | (1960-04-01) 1 April 1960 (age 64) |
Education | Prior Pursglove College |
Alma mater | London School of Economics |
Occupation(s) | Journalist, broadcaster |
Political party | Labour (until 2016)[1][2][3] SDP (2019–present)[4] |
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Children | 3 |
Liddle began his career at the South Wales Echo, then worked for the Labour Party, and later joined the BBC. He became editor of Today in 1998, resigning in 2002 after his employers objected to one of his articles in The Guardian. He currently writes for The Sunday Times, The Spectator and The Sun, among other publications.
Prior to the the 2024 United Kingdom General Election, Liddle announced that he would be standing as a candidate for the SDP in Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland[6], held at the time of the election by Sir Simon Clarke, a Conservative.