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By Iain Dale I understand why so many people are disillusioned with politics and politicians, but that being said, politics never fails to amaze,...
By Iain Dale Eighteen months really is a long time in politics. Yesterday I was clearing out some papers and came across a copy of the New Statesman...
By Iain Dale If you want to kill a snake in the grass, the best thing to do is cut its head off. That’s what Kemi Badenoch has done to Robert...
By Iain Dale For those of us on the centre-right, who have always regarded our alliance with the United States as central to our defence and security...
By Iain Dale It was in the interval of watching a Cliff Richard concert in Cardiff last night that I learned that Brian Hayes had died at the age...
By Iain Dale Sometimes I think: “Is it me, or is the world going mad?” This weekend is one of those occasions. We’ve had weeks of the...
By Iain Dale On Tuesday, the Prime Minister spoke at the Labour Party conference, telling us how much he loves this 'beautiful, tolerant, diverse...
By Iain Dale It’s rare that I scroll through Twitter and exclaim: “Oh no!” But I did that this morning when I saw that my former LBC colleague...
By Iain Dale This afternoon’s three hour debate in the House of Commons showed Parliament at both its best and worst. There were some excellent...
By Iain Dale There are so many anniversaries related to the Second World War that some of them tend to escape many people’s notice. This year we...
By Iain Dale In the world of political debate, it’s rare to find an issue so polarising that it shatters all hope of common ground. My colleague,...
15 July 2025, 15:59 | Updated: 15 July 2025, 16:16 By Iain Dale The older you get, the more a birthday leads you to think about how many more of...
8 July 2025, 15:54 By Iain Dale Norman Tebbit was a giant among Conservative politicians of the late twentieth century. His image on Spitting Image...
14 June 2025, 19:09 | Updated: 16 June 2025, 08:51 By Iain Dale Most people who lived through the Thatcher years are incapable of a dispassionate...
26 February 2025, 11:41 By Iain Dale Keir Starmer’s defence spending pledge marks a defining moment for his government, delivering a commitment...
11 February 2025, 13:35 By Iain Dale Fifty years ago today Margaret Thatcher was elected leader of the Conservative party by her fellow MPs. This...
What on earth has happened to the once urbane, mild-mannered Robert Jenrick? There was a time when he would have been described as an identikit...