Rod Liddle

Temper tantrums at the Spectator

tlambert | September 19, 2009

After Ian Plimer reneged on his agreement to answer Monbiot's questions, the folks at the Spectator have reacted just like Plimer does to criticism -- with name calling and nothing to address the criticism. Spectator columnist Rod Liddle Moonbat ... You pompous, monomaniacal, jackass. ... reminds me a little of the hardline creationists you find jabbering in the backwoods of the Appalachian Mountains Novelist James Delingpole, the man that the Spectator decided was best qualified to review Plimer's book: ineffable barkingness of George Moonbat .... if anyone ever chooses to take any of the…

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