Probably at least partly that time in 2005 when he was arrested & cautioned after physically assaulting his pregnant (now ex-) girlfriend. Or his 2006 Spectator article with the charming gems below, or quite a number of other times when a tart turn of phrase & an ability to meet a deadline seemed the only possible excuses to publish him.

There are some real laugh out loud moments in that article! Both the author and Liddle are very funny but, annoyingly, it doesn't say who the author is. Do you know who she is?

Replying to earlier posts - "Screaming Mimis" is WW2 slang.

These are the original screaming mimis.

german screaming mimis firing

If you heard the screaming mimis they might give you the screaming mimis - or even the screaming habdabs

😱😂

I know. It’s a horrible position to be in

Yep.

That'll be it.

In many areas these days small c conservative knocks progessive outta the park, but certainly where women's rights are concerned

Each to their own, but I can't support someone who was cautioned for assault against his partner who was pregnant at the time, or his lenient attitude towards a teacher who groomed a pupil. However much I might agree with some of what he says about the trans "debate", I suspect we come at it from very different angles.

Having read the whole article I've realised Liddle was originally a Labour supporter with 'interesting' views on feminism.

Maybe it was this. I agree with you that previous 'right wing loons' like Liddle and Toby Young now appear to be the voice of sanity.

https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/rod-liddle-maybe-i-was-wrong-to-say-i-wouldn-t-sleep-with-harriet-harman-6725173.html

Lots of good stuff but pissed off with the punching down on teachers. And yes, it's punching down. We're not a 'gullible lot', we're mostly women often raising society's children and getting the boot put in from all angles. Having to listen to complaints that there aren't enough men in schools, and when there is one they're treated like gods and promoted to senior leadership within a couple of years. Every day thousands of teachers quietly explain to children (most of whom enter school full of 'boys do this and that's for girls'), that boys and girls can like whatever they want. It just doesn't make headlines and they have to do it quietly, as everything they do is judged by fucking everyone.

God, that felt good.

He talks sense on this issue. I don’t have to agree with him about everything, or indeed anything, else to agree with him on this.

I had a quick look. He is certainly not very 'pure'.

He had a run in with Trans Media Watch in 2015 who had their complaint held up by the PCC.

He really doesn't like Jolyon. 🤣

He's a member of the SDP.

I'm open to changing my mind on mimis, screaming drama lama's, me me type's, Zombie Apocalypse, they all fit. 😂

Oh is RL not an 'approved source', we can't listen to someone who doesn't past the purity test, oh deary no. 🙄

You know that Rod Liddle is a member of the Labour Party?

I think he speaks utter sense every week.

Just because he's GC doesn't detract from the fact that he's human garbage.

My reply, “hidden until MN can take a look at it”, contained a link to an Urban Dictionary definition of “MiMi” as someone that makes every conversation all about them, talks over other people incessantly, etc. Your definition makes much more sense given the context, though!

This is so true! I really enjoy listening to Rod Liddell on times radio. I do t always agree with him.

I couldn't find out what mimis means but I took it to mean Zombies or something. 😂

I took it to be the same as a "screaming queen" - overly camp, attention seeking men cosplaying as a caricature of women.

After a bit of trawling through Urban Dictionary (that ahem well-known scientifically founded and reliable source) I found this:

”a person who is very self-involved and constantly talks about themselves, their likes, their hobbies etc. while never really listening or caring about anything the person they are talking to has to say unless it related to them (the mimi). This person absolutely despises talkative persons because she hates having to listen to other people and it takes up time that they (the mimi) could be using to talk about themselves.

Classic signs of the mimi are:

1. no eye contact while listening
2. someone who talks over you when they realize you're about to talk so that you shut up
3. someone who rambles on and on even though the person they are talking to is clearly not listening.”

Sounds more like it than ethereal Australian spirits.

Interesting choices of pronoun in that main paragraph, though. They - they - they - they - they - she - they - they …

Oo that’s like me with toilets! I looked at what actually went on in them. Being safe is not conducive to inclusive design which is based on theory.