Rod Liddle has died at the age of 66. In 2019, Fraser Nelson, then-editor of The Spectator, wrote about the foolishness of those who thought he could tell Rod what to say:The power of editors is comically overstated. I thought I’d go down with Rod Liddle, that he and I would drive like Thelma and Louise over the cliff in the name of free speechGood writing seeks to inform, to entertain, to make people think – but not convert anyone to a particular point of view. I thought I’d go down with Rod Liddle, that he and I would drive like Thelma and Louise over the cliff in the name of free speech. Over the past ten years, I’ve had the great pleasure of meeting many readers, and their most common plea is ‘Don’t tone down Rod’.