Let the people of England speak
The BNP may be odious but, says Rod Liddle, there is something fishy about the arrest of its leader
Mandy: wanted for questioning
Rod Liddle reveals that the South African police want to talk to Peter Mandelson about the attempted coup in Equatorial Guinea
Let’s go nuclear
Rod Liddle says the answer to our energy needs is obvious: cheap and reliable nuclear power. But before we can embrace a sane future we have to overcome the Cold War superstitions of the Green Left
Diary
The Spectator awaits its delivery of manure, though one man is up to his neck already
English hooligans are pussycats
Our soccer fans are by no means the most thuggish in the world, says Rod Liddle, and he’ll glass any smug Scotch git who says they are
One law for the Americans
Rod Liddle on the scandal of the new extradition arrangements that allow the US to snatch British citizens, but leave IRA men safe in America
How Islam has killed multiculturalism
Rod Liddle says that Blair’s great U-turn on immigration has placed the Labour party to the right of Ray Honeyford — the man once vilified as a racist
More destructive than the Luftwaffe
John Prescott is going to destroy large areas of England with new homes, even though more than 700,000 properties — enough to meet housing needs for the next four years — lie vacant. Rod Liddle urges conservatives to resist the terror
Fear of paedophilia makes you fat
Rod Liddle says that the government’s White Paper on public health won’t help the fatties, but if we could overcome our fear of ‘kiddie-fiddlers’, children might be able to reduce their weight on the playing field
The great whitewash
Rod Liddle says that Lord Hutton gave the government the benefit of the doubt, sometimes to the point of appearing either hopelessly naive or a visitor from a kinder, gentler planet
I was 12, she was 13
Rod Liddle on government plans to outlaw the harmless fumblings of teenagers
The hand of history is pointing to the door
The government brought the Hutton inquiry into being by its own shoddy actions. The lying and dissembling of No. 10 has so eroded public trust that, says Rod Liddle, the man responsible – Tony Blair – must go
A despicable and cowardly diversion
Rod Liddle defends Andrew Gilligan and says the government's confected outrage has led to tragedy
Back to basic instincts
Dougie Smith is not remotely embarrassed about his sex parties, says Rod Liddle, and there's no reason why he or the Tories should be
Crippling burden
Rod Liddle says small businesses fear they won't be able to afford to install facilities for the disabled
Some are more guilty than other
Rod Liddle says that Labour wants to keep Jeffrey Archer in jail because he is a hate figure from the days of Tory hegemony
They love to hate us
According to international polls, Britain is regarded with contempt but, says Rod Liddle, we attract more refugees than any other Western country
Why is the BBC so scared of the truth?
Rod Liddle switches on the television and is alarmed to find that broadcasters either ignore or deny what we all know is happening
Is green the new blue?
Rod Liddle says the Conservatives would be more successful if they were keener on conserving
The day of the jackals
Rod Liddle raises some disturbing questions about the looting of antiquities from the Iraqi National Museum in Baghdad
Don’t expel Dr Hook
Rod Liddle talks to Abu Hamza and finds a man who claims to be much misunderstood
Black is best
Rod Liddle does not want to be offensive but he believes that blacks are better at soccer than whites - and so does the FA
Loony meets butcher
Rod Liddle on the naivety of those who think Tony Benn is just a charming old leftie
Why not kill Saddam and spare Iraq?
Rod Liddle reveals that in some military quarters there is plenty of enthusiasm for assassinating the Iraqi leader, and reports on some of the methods that might be employed
Diana wins – from beyond the grave
Rod Liddle says the Queen has reason to weep. So does Iain Duncan Smith. The values of the late Princess are imperilling both the monarchy and the Tory party
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