close Cancel email WhatsApp link share Share bookmark SaveTributes have poured in for Rod Liddle, the broadcaster and journalist famed for his acerbic columns, who has died after a short illness, at the age of 66. John Humphrys, a Today presenter during Liddle’s editorship, told The i Paper: “Rod was wonderful to work with. Humphrys, who remained friends with Liddle after the editor left the BBC, added: “Rod became one of the greatest columnists I was ever privileged to read. Jeremy Clarkson, Liddle’s fellow Sunday Times columnist, added: “He was a fine writer and always a joy to bump into”. In 2019, Liddle used his column to suggest planning elections for a time when Muslims cannot vote.