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How Much Do You Really Know About Irish Politics & History?
- 19 Oct 2025
Thursday sees the publication of my new book THE TAOISEACH. Back in 2021, I edited a book called The Prime Ministers. It was a collection of 55 essays, each written by a different historian, politician or journalist, on the 53 men and two women who had held the office o...
We Must Root Out the Cancer of Antisemitism
- 3 Oct 2025
This was my openiong monoogue from last evening's LBC show. I hadn't prepared it. I just spoke from the heart. On Tuesday, the Prime Minister spoke at the Labour Party conference, telling us how much he loves this 'beautiful, tolerant, diverse country'. You might th...
Mr Dale's Diary: Victory over the Cancellers, The Pig, Delightful Rye and Sadness
- 28 Sep 2025
Tomorrow I will score a small victory of sorts. Last year some small minded Scousers decided they would get me banned from performing in a live event with Jacqui Smith and Lisa Nandy at the Royal Philharmonic in Liverpool. All over a book I had had the temerity published eight...
Telegraph Column: Why the Tories Need to Worry About the LibDems as well as Reform
- 21 Sep 2025
The current political consensus appears to be that the next election is Reform’s to lose. According to one veteran Tory strategist the Tories are approaching an “Extinction Level Event”. Political commentators are lining up to write off any hope of a Conservative revival, a...
A Tribute to John Stapleton
- 21 Sep 2025
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 John Stapleton had died at the age of 79. John had made a name for himself in the 1980s and 1990s as a consummate TV host, whether on Watchdog, ...
Without the Battle of Britain, we could all now be speaking German? So why do we ignore its importance?
- 15 Sep 2025
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 have quite rightly marked the 80th anniversaries of VE and CJ day in 1945. But today, I would argue is even more important than those, and witho...
Press Release: 'Call Kemi' to Host Monthly Phone-in on LBC
- 15 Sep 2025
Conservative Leader Kemi Badenoch to host monthly phone-in on LBC, presented by Iain Dale Call Kemi starts Tuesday 16th September at 8pm Available across the UK on LBC and the LBC app LBC, the UK’s leading commercial news talk brand, has announced...
Mr Dale's Diary: Starmer's Reshuffle, Gay Corrie, Nadine Defects & DizzyThinks
- 7 Sep 2025
Reshuffle in haste, repent at leisure. I suspect that will be what people conclude about Keir Starmer’s reshuffle. It bore all the hallmarks of being scribbled on the back of a fag packet. If you’re going to relaunch your government (for the fourth time in litt...
Starting out on my Mounjaro Journey, but Will I Live to Regret It?
- 24 Aug 2025
Dear all I have always been sceptical of ‘fad’ diets. I remember the Cambridge diet in the 1980s. The 5-2 diet in the noughties, and plenty in between. I never questioned their short term effectiveness, but they were obviously unhealthy and no one could ever stick to them f...
Why Lewis Goodall is 100% Wrong on 100% Inheritance Tax
- 22 Aug 2025
99+ Why Lewis Goodall is 100% Wrong on 100% Inheritance Tax 100% inheritance tax is legalised robbery - and a flawed premise that should be scrapped altogether Iain Dale Aug 22, 2025 My colleague, the brilliant political co...
No, All Must NOT Have Prizes
- 17 Aug 2025
I don’t envy my friend Jacqui Smith having to look after the university sector. In some ways it ought to be one of the most enjoyable jobs I government. But then you read the lead story on page 2 of today’s Sunday Times and you realise what she’s up against. She’s up against i...
The Dale Diary - Fun on the Fringe, Glasgow Travails & Finding David Dale
- 9 Aug 2025
I’m on the train back to London after a week in Scotland, first hosting my ALL TALK show at the Edinburgh Fringe, and secondly researching my family ancestry in Ayrshire. I’ve much enjoyed the week, but I’m very much looking forward to getting home and being reunited with the ...
My Tribute to James Whale
- 4 Aug 2025
Today, the world of broadcasting lost an original. James Whale was an icon, a titan of an industry which is full of fakes. He was a pioneer, someone who wasn’t afraid to innovate or try new things, even if sometimes they failed. Iain Dale's Substack is a re...
The Dale Diary 2: When will I join Reform &The Surreality of Women's Football,
- 30 Jul 2025
I rarely watch women’s football. I just don’t find it as exciting as the men’s game as it’s slower and the skill levels are just not the same. Having said that, I recognise that the game has increased in popularity in recent years and crowds are burgeoning. But to pretend that...
Receiving an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Kent
- 25 Jul 2025
[Scroll in 1.09.00 for the Oration and 1.20.00 for my speech] Three years ago I got an email out of the blue from an academic at the University of Kent asking if I would accept an honorary degree in recognition of my services to political broadcasting and civic...
On the Spectrum - We All Need to Understand More About Autism & ADHD
- 20 Jul 2025
Over the years, I have done countless phone-ins on my LBC radio show about people who have some form of autism or ADHD diagnosis. They range from children in the early years, to people in their 60s or 70s who have been diagnosed. Many older people tell me that their diagnosis ...
The Older I Get...
- 15 Jul 2025
The older you get, the more a birthday leads you to think about how many more of them you’ve got left. Today is my 63rd birthday and I’m in a melancholy rather than a celebratory mood. I suppose I could celebrate the fact that I’ve made it to 63, given that too many of my cont...
A Tribute to Norman Tebbit
- 8 Jul 2025
Norman Tebbit was a giant among Conservative politicians of the late twentieth century. His image on Spitting Image as the ‘Chingford Skinhead’ belied the reality that he was an immensely kind, softly spoken man, who sadly never reached his full political potential. Had he not...
Keir Starmer, Welfare and His First Year in Power
- 29 Jun 2025
On Saturday Keir Starmer will celebrate his first anniversary as prime minister. Well, when I say ‘celebrate’, that’s perhaps overdoing it. Perhaps ‘mark it’ is more accurate, because he hasn’t got a huge amount to celebrate, as various of the Sunday papers aren’t slow in poin...
The Tablet Reviews my Margaret Thatcher Book
- 7 Jun 2025
By Adrian Smith It’s Margaret Thatcher’s centenary this year. For anyone middle-aged or older it seems impossible – is it really 100 years since she was born, and 35 years since she left office? For Iain Dale she’s still very much alive, and yet in this short biography he p...