Columnist Fed Up With Mandela Coverage: ‘Famous Nice Black Man Dies’

Rod Liddle of Spectator magazine has had enough of Nelson Mandela and South Africa.

The former editor of Radio 4’s Today, who is no stranger to courting controversy with his column in Fraser Nelson’s magazine, prompted a storm of criticism on Twitter with his comments posted hours after Mandela’s death.

Liddle said: “For Christ’s sake BBC, give it a bloody break for five minutes, will you?

“It’s as if the poor bugger now has to bear your entire self-flagellating white post-colonial bien pensant guilt; look! Famous nice black man dies!

“Let’s re-run the entire history of South Africa. That’s better than watching the country we’re in being flattened by a storm.”

He added: “Look; I’m sorry Nelson Mandela is dead.

“It happens quite often to people in their 90s who have been very ill, even famous people, but I’m sure that doesn’t lessen the sadness for many of us. I never met the man but, on balance, I came to the conclusion that he was a force for good rather than ill.

“I think I came to that rather banal and broad brush conclusion 20 years ago, or maybe 15. So, I’m sorry he’s dead, I wish it were otherwise.”

By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.