Rod Liddle to become Indy editor

[SeanMacGabhann]

Ouch

Coffin - nail combo?

[Jah Lush]

Definitely a move in the wrong direction.

[????]

Great...oh well, only leaves The Times for me

[????]

My beef is that he's Millwall

[mockney piers]

Oh dear. That leaves me now totally without a choice for a paper; well a daily, I still have the trusty Eye.

[bon3yard]

It seems that being a monumental bellend is a prerequisite for the position of dailies editor. Gary Bushell to take the helm at the Mail anyone?

[david_carnell]

Paul Dacre is enough of a bell-end as it is. Appointing Bushell might cause the world to implode due to stupidity.

[JetSetWilly]

oh dear, but lets wait until it actually happens. i suppose i might have to go back to the guardian, hopefully its taken its head from out of its ass in my absence.

[mockney piers]

Indeed it looks like a long way off being a done deal thank goodness.

Mind you if it carries on with tabloid trash like http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/basshunter-too-clingy-says-big-brother-housemate-katia-1864368.html then I might have to consider boycotting it regardless.

For a paper that said it wouldn't even do royal reporting, how low is schleb big brother reporting sinking?!?

[RosieH]

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> My beef is that he's Millwall

My beef is that he's a cunt

[vinceayre]

When this monumental event happens the amount of seizures and strokes in East Dulwich is going to hit an all time high.

Lets be honest most news papers are now crap as they have all sacked so many staff and pick up most of their news via google and the AP.

The only papers worth reading are the FT and Evening Standard for gossip, although now I read far more on-line that I do IRL.

I wonder how many people he will offend with his first op ed, its bound to be sexist racist and homophobic.

[bon3yard]

Unfortunately with the Newspaper industry currently in a seemingly terminal nosedive directly linked to reduced income, the only recourse left to the qualities is to appeal to a broader readershit(heh, typo?)in the hope of riding out the storm. I indulge in an Observer on a Sunday if its got that Food supplement thingy & usually hide a copy of Razzle deep within its pages.

[vinceayre]

I don't know if I should be more shocked about some one actually admitting to reading the Observer or the fact that no one buys porn any more....its free on the net.

['bout now]

I hide my Observer inside my Razzle, less embarrassing.

[RosieH]

I hide my Telegraph inside my Filament magazine - but I have to fold it really small, and it's like that law of 7 folds or something, because the inserts for walk in baths always fall on the floor, rendering my lady-porn cool obsolete.

[woofmarkthedog]

He also sounds like a cheap German supermarket

Which is not good

W**F

*adds depth to the debate*

[Magpie]

I quite like Rod Liddle's writing, in the vein of Julie Burchill he's not afraid to shake things up a bit. Not sure whether he would make a great Editor of a national daily though.

He was of course a resident of these parts at one point.

[mockney piers]

I had a bit of a chat with him down the CPT once. He's actually a nice enough bloke, we talked about his trip to Israel and Palestine and the thoughtful docementary he made.

His column however is rubbish and yes I think he does do it on purpose.

Mind you I can't stand Julie Burchill's writing either, but I have a feeling she'd be a terrible erstwhile drinking companion down the pub.

[flapjackdavey]

I once saw him salivating outside the Cheeseblock .

[bon3yard]

Phwoaar, thats got my dander up.

[flapjackdavey]

yeah he was dribbling on the window . lol

[Sue]

I was going to say, that's not a song, then I realised, a) this isn't the song thread and b) I'm pissed :))

[Fear 'n boozin]

pye seems to think it's Lebedev and Matthew Freud, with a major rediesign early this year. Joy. Freesheet? Gawd. Still, at least he doesn't like his father-in-laws news channel:

Fox News

[RosieH]

Aaaghh - My Head Might Explode

Which oh which to despise more, the twat-faced fucker or the paper reporting on the twat-faced fucker? Quids, I might need some help on this one...

[????]

In all reality, on the whole all he's guilty of is spending too much time on one of the more traditionally supported footbal teams' forums and baiting Guardinitsas online by challemging orthodox liberal views...ain't so bad way to behave ;-).

Good piece on this in yesterday's Observer (which I accidentally bought instead of the NOTW) which concluded the freedom of speech the middleclass parts of internet is 'free' as long as you tow the liberal line...if you don't as a journalist/public face they'll be massive twitter/facebook campaigns launched against you...