Iain Dale is one of Britain’s leading political commentators, appearing almost continually on TV and radio. He was formerly the Chief Anchor of the world’s first political internet TV station, 18 Doughty Street and is now the publisher of the monthly magazine, Total Politics. He writes a political column for the Daily Telegraph, a diary for the Eastern Daily Press, a column for GQ magazine, for The Spectator, the House Magazine and Parliamentary Monitor and contributes weekly to The Guardian’s CommentIsFree.
He is a newspaper reviewer for both Sky News and News 24 and appears on Sunday AM with Andrew Marr. ‘Very few indeed are better informed than Iain Dale – his style may be easygoing and humorous but he has a mind like a meat-cleaver’
Iain is Britain’s best recognised and leading political blogger with 70,000 regular readers a month; he is a widely respected journalist, accomplished broadcaster, political commentator and raconteur.
Iain stood as a Conservative candidate at the last election and was Chief of Staff to the Rt Hon David Davis MP in the recent Conservative Party leadership election. He is a former political lobbyist, financial journalist and publisher and was the founder of Politico’s Bookstore. He is the creator and host of the theatre production A Night With Ann Widdecombe, which tours provincial theatres all round the country.
He is a former financial journalist with Lloyds List, and was a political lobbyist before setting up his own political bookselling and publishing company, Politico’s, in the late 1990s. He was a presenter of radio 5 Live’s Sunday Service programme alongside Fi Glover and Charlie Whelan from 2000 to 2004, and presented 5 Live’s 2001 election night documentary Counting Chickens.
The following are among his programme credits: Breakfast with Frost, Today Programme, Simon Mayo Show, Question Time Extra, 5 Live Breakfast, 5 Live Drive, Victoria Derbyshire, the Jon Gaunt Show, The Panel (Irish equivalent of Have I Got News for You), Steve Wright Show, The Sandy Toksvig LBC Show, Newsnight, News at Ten.
Iain has written or edited more than twenty books including Margaret Thatcher: A Tribute in Words & Pictures, the Little Book of Boris, 500 of the Most Acerbic, Witty & Erudite Things Ever Said About Politics and is currently writing two books - 100 People Who Are Screwing Up Britain (And Alastair Campbell is #59) and Who’s Who in the Conservative Party.
Iain’s latest venture is the magazine TOTAL Politics, the magazine which launched on 23rd June at Milbank Tower and had over achieved launch subscription levels before even printing a single page and achieving an interview and a good luck message from PM Gordon Brown for it first edition – unheard of in magazine history. The magazine features the latest in news and comment from Politicos, policy makers and commentators alike.
Iain Dale’s substantial reputation as a wise and witty political observer, publisher, entrepreneur and satirist has made him one of the most popular speakers currently available.
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