Yes indeed, @FraserNels, about Rod Liddle. What? Oh. Yes, see, the thing is, Liddle may be a bit of a turn-on for ladies of a certain age, or so I am informed by my better half, but the fact is he hasn't looked like that for twenty years at least. And ladies of a certain age wouldn't look at him if he did (I am instructed to add).
So why does he look like a 25-year old trainee hack on the CoffeeHouse website? Is it in his contract? Eh? Eh? What's he got on you, Fraser?
Courage, man. Bite the bullet. Tell him you're the boss and you're changing his picture forthwith because you're running a current affairs magazine, not a history journal. Defend yourself against any protestations and threats by pleading force majeure, making it clear that, as Editor, it is your job to respond to pressure from an important section of your readership - and anyway, tell him, it's in his own interest, assuming that he wants to hang on to the position of Spectator Heart-throb (former title-holder Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson) and attract grown-up women with brains as opposed to the sort of bimbo who would be attracted by a bloke who looks like that old photo. Hang on. I've spotted a snag, there.
Wait - a voice over my shoulder... a dispute about tactics... Oh, for f... "Fraser Nelson is the Official Spectator Phwoar. Liddle is only the Vice-Phwoar."
Oh, sod it. Never mind. As you were, Fraser.
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