Rod Liddle. Not The Chap "Independent" Readers Will Want!

It was this afternoon that my brother alerted me to the news that Rod Liddle has been found to have a further unpleasant streak to the ones he has already.

It seems that the guy who cheated on his now ex-wife during their Honeymoon (and allegedly did other nasty things), made nasty sexist comments about Harriet Harman, has been mentioning support for the BNP's policy on Black and Asian membership, as well as some racist and misogynistic comments, it seems. What is worse is that he has also tried to deny it!

I wonder if some on the unreconstructed Right-Wing who were smug about the outburst from many quarters are going to be laughing now!

I also wonder if Rod Liddle has a career in front-line journalism, let along as Editor of The Independent? Mind you, similar nasty right-wing columnists have got away with some unpleasant comments in the past in that they are still media pundits, so maybe not!