Rod Liddle played the politics of hatred - we should be honest about his legacy

Rod Liddle played the politics of hatred - we should be honest about his legacy Submitted by Peter Oborne on Wed, 08/05/2026 - 11:05 Tributes praised a 'great journalist', but very few touched on the fact that he was also a racist, a bigot and an Islamophobe 'Truth-teller for our times', or racist and bigot? Newspaper columnist Rod Liddle (Photo/X) Off Few public figures this year have enjoyed as resounding a send off as the newspaper columnist Rod Liddle. This year, few public figures have enjoyed as resounding a send-off as the newspaper columnist Rod Liddle.