Iain Dale
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Iain Dale | |
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Born | Cambridge, England | 15 July 1962
Alma mater | University of East Anglia |
Occupations |
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Years active | 1998–present |
Political party | Conservative (until 2010) |
Spouse |
John Simmons (m. 2015) |
Website | Official website |
Iain Dale (born 15 July 1962) is a British broadcaster, author and political commentator, and a former publisher and book retailer. He has been a blogger since 2002. He was the publisher of the Total Politics magazine between 2008 and 2012, and the managing director of Biteback Publishing until May 2018.[1] Since September 2010, he has hosted a regular discussion show on the radio station LBC. He was named Radio Presenter of the Year at the Arqiva Commercial Radio Awards in both 2013 [2] and 2016.[3]
Early life and education
Dale was born in Cambridge and grew up in Essex, where he attended Ashdon County Primary School and Saffron Walden County High School. After a gap year in which he worked as a nursing assistant at the Werner Wicker Klinik in West Germany, he read German, linguistics and teaching English as a foreign language at the University of East Anglia; his course included a year in which he taught English at the gymnasium in Besigheim. He was awarded an upper second class honours BA in 1985.[4]
Career
Early career
Dale was a research assistant to the Conservative Member of Parliament Patrick Thompson (1985–87), the public affairs manager for the British Ports Federation (1987–89), a financial journalist with Lloyd's List (1989–90) and then the deputy managing director of the Waterfront Partnership and the managing director of the Waterfront Conference Company (1990–96).
Writing career
Dale wrote a fortnightly column for The Daily Telegraph from 2007 to 2009. He has also written for The Guardian, The Independent, GQ, The Spectator, Attitude and the New Statesman.
Between 2006 and 2013, Dale wrote a weekly diary column for the Eastern Daily Press. In December 2018, it was announced that he would contribute a new weekly column to both the Eastern Daily Press and its Archant stablemate, the East Anglian Daily Times.
Dale has written or edited 46 political books. This includes co-authoring, in May 2006, a book with fellow blogger Paul Staines (responsible for the Guido Fawkes website) about alleged instances of sleaze from the Labour government since it took office in 1997.[5] A second edition was published in June 2007.[6]
Dale has written histories of
Broadcasting career
Dale got his break in radio on
Dale was a stand-in presenter for the London radio station
phone-in shows, and on 22 June 2010 fronted LBC's budget coverage.In late July 2010, Dale started a six-week stint on LBC covering for
Dale formerly presented Planet Politics on Oneword Radio. He was also the chief presenter on the failed internet TV station 18 Doughty Street.
Dale was shortlisted for Speech Radio Programme of the Year at the 2013
Dale currently co-hosts a weekly political and current affairs podcast, entitled For The Many, alongside Jacqui Smith.
Dale has often appeared on television programmes such as
Blogging career
Dale wrote a blog titled Iain Dale's Diary. It was nominated by The Guardian for the Political Blog of the Year Award in 2005.[8]
In July 2011, Dale started a collaborative blog site, Dale & Co, with many contributors from the political spectrum, including himself. He continues to author a blog entitled West Ham Till I Die, in which he writes on West Ham United.[9]
Dale writes a weekly diary column for the website ConservativeHome,[10] where he also publishes his annual list of the '100 most influential people on the Right'.[11]
Other work
In 1997, Dale opened Politico's Bookstore and Coffee House in Westminster, selling political books, memorabilia and novelty items. The shop spawned sister publishing and web design businesses that shared the Politico's brand. In 1998, he expanded his operation with the creation of a publishing division, Politico's Publishing, which he sold to Methuen Publishing in 2003. In 2004, he announced the closure of his bricks-and-mortar outlet and relocated his business to Kent as a mail-order operation. Later that year, Methuen re-opened his former premises as the Westminster Bookshop.
In 2006, Dale sold his Politico's Bookstore business to Harriman House. In 2012, he relaunched Politico's online as part of his
Political career
In May 2005, Dale stood in the general election as the Conservative candidate for North Norfolk, losing to the Liberal Democrat incumbent, Norman Lamb. Subsequently, Dale acted as the chief of staff to the losing leadership candidate David Davis in the run-up to the 2005 Conservative Party leadership campaign.[12]
In August 2006, it was confirmed that Dale had been added to the Conservative A-List of candidates to fight the next general election.[13] He unsuccessfully applied for the Conservative candidacy for the safe seat Maidstone and The Weald.[14]
In October 2009, Dale ran for selection for the Conservative safe seat of Bracknell[15] in order to succeed Andrew MacKay, who stepped down at the 2010 general election. Dale came third in the run-off ballot behind Rory Stewart and the eventual winner Philip Lee.
On 17 June 2010, Dale announced on his blog that he was resigning from the Conservative Party candidates list and would not be standing at any forthcoming parliamentary election.[16] On 14 December 2010, Dale announced that he was quitting both blogging at Iain Dale's Diary and party politics.[17][18]
In the
Electoral history
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Norman Lamb | 31,515 | 53.4 | +10.7 | |
Conservative | Iain Dale | 20,909 | 35.5 | −6.3 | |
Labour | Phil Harris | 5,447 | 9.2 | −4.1 | |
UKIP | Stuart Agnew | 978 | 1.7 | +0.6 | |
Independent | Justin Appleyard | 116 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 10,606 | 18.0 | +17.1 | ||
Turnout | 58,965 | 73.0 | +2.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +8.5 |
Personal life
Dale has been openly gay since he was 40.
Police caution for assault
On 24 September 2013, Dale became involved in a scuffle with Manchester pensioner Stuart Holmes, an anti-nuclear protester, on the Brighton seafront.[26] Holmes' placard had appeared on-screen behind Damian McBride, during an interview with McBride on breakfast television, coinciding with the Labour Party annual conference there.[27] McBride, a former special advisor to Gordon Brown, is one of Dale's authors at Biteback Publishing. Dale, who was not involved in the television interview, attempted to physically remove Holmes from the shot, resulting in the two men grappling on the ground. On 26 September, Dale accepted a police caution for the assault.[28] Sussex Police had interviewed both men about the incident.[29]
Dale subsequently posted an apology "to Mr Holmes, Mr Miliband [then-Labour Party leader], the Police, my family, friends and colleagues".[30]
Bibliography
Dale has edited, compiled or written over forty books:
- Unofficial Book of Political Lists, Robson Books, 1997[31]
- As I Said to Denis: The Margaret Thatcher Book of Quotations, Robson Books, 1997[32]
- The Blair Necessities, Robson Books, 1998
- Bill Clinton Joke Book, Robson Books, 1998
- Tony Blair New Labour Joke Book, Robson Books, 1998[33]
- Dictionary of Conservative Quotations, Politico's Publishing, 1999
- Wit & Wisdom of Tony Banks, Robson Books, 1999
- Labour Party General Election Manifestos 1900–97, Routledge 1999[34]
- Liberal Party General Election Manifestos 1900–97, Routledge, 1999
- Conservative Party General Election Manifestos 1900–1997, Routledge, 1999[35]
- Memories of Maggie, Politico's Publishing, 2000[36]
- Tony Blair New New Labour Joke Book (2nd ed), Robson Books, 2000
- Directory of Political Lobbying, Politico's Publishing, 2001
- Directory of Political Websites, Politico's Publishing, 2001
- Directory of Think Tank Publications, Politico's Publishing, 2001
- Memories of the Falklands, Politico's Publishing, 2002
- Prime Minister Portillo & Other Things That Never Happened, Politico's Publishing, 2003
- Times Guides to the House of Commons 1906–10, Politico's Publishing, 2003
- Times Guides to the House of Commons 1929–35, Politico's Publishing, 2003
- Directory of Political Lobbying, Politico's Publishing, 2003
- Politico's Book of the Dead, Politico's Publishing, 2003
- Margaret Thatcher: A Tribute in Words & Pictures, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2005
- Little Red Book of New Labour Sleaze, Politico's Media, 2006
- Big Red Book of New Labour Sleaze, Harriman House, 2007
- 500 of the Most Witty, Acerbic & Erudite Things Ever Said About Politics, Harriman House, 2007
- Guide to Political Blogging in the UK, Harriman House, 2007
- Little Book of Boris, Harriman House, 2007[37]
- Total Politics Guide to Political Blogging 2008–9, Total Politics, 2008
- Total Politics Guide to Political Blogging 2009–10, Biteback Publishing, 2009[38]
- Total Politics Guide to the General Election, Biteback Publishing, 2009
- Total Politics Guide to Political Blogging 2010–11, Biteback Publishing, 2010
- Margaret Thatcher: In Her Own Words, Biteback Publishing, 2010[39]
- Talking Politics: Political Conversations With Iain Dale, Biteback Publishing, 2010[40]
- West Ham United: When Football Was Football, Haynes Publishing, 2011[41]
- Prime Minister Boris and Other Things That Never Happened, Biteback Publishing, 2012[42]
- The Bigger Book of Boris, Biteback Publishing 2011[43]
- Memories of the Falklands, Biteback Publishing (March 2012)
- Norwich City: When Football Was Football, Haynes Publishing (April 2012)[44]
- The Margaret Thatcher Book of Quotations, Biteback Publishing (August 2012)[45]
- The Blogfather: The Best of Iain Dale's Diary, Biteback Publishing (December 2012)[46]
- Memories of Margaret Thatcher, Biteback Publishing (April 2013)
- Politico’s Guide to the 2015 General Election, Biteback Publishing (September 2014)
- Seat by Seat, Biteback Publishing (February 2015)
- Gay Shorts (Collected Attitude Columns), Biteback Publishing (February 2015)
- The NHS: Things That Need to be Said, Elliott & Thompson (February 2015)[47]
- Prime Minister Corbyn and Other Things That Never Happened, Biteback Publishing, (September 2016)
- The Honourable Ladies Volume 1: Women MPs 1918–1996, Biteback Publishing (September 2018)
- The Honourable Ladies Volume 2: Women MPs 1997–2019, Biteback Publishing (November 2019)[48]
- The Big Book of Boris, Biteback Publishing (October 2019)[49]
- The Bernard Ingham Diaries: The Slow Downfall of Margaret Thatcher (ed. Iain Dale), Biteback Publishing (June 2019)
- Why Can't We All Just Get Along, HarperCollins (August 2020)[50]
- The Prime Ministers 1721–2020: Three Hundred Years of Political Leadership, Hodder & Stoughton (November 2020)
- Prime Minister Priti & Other Things That Never Happened, Biteback Publishing (July 2021)[51]
- The Presidents 1789–2021: 250 Years of American Political Leadership, Hodder & Stoughton (November 2021)[52]
- On This Day in Politics – British Political History in 365 Days, Allen & Unwin (October 2022)
- Kings and Queens – 1200 Years of English & British Monarchs, Hodder & Stoughton (September 2023)
- British General Election Campaigns 1830–2019: The 50 General Election Campaigns That Shaped Our Modern Politics, Biteback Publishing (March 2024)
References
- ^ a b "Total Politics Becomes Part of Dods – Iain Dale". www.iaindale.com. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
- ^ "The full winners list : Arqiva awards 2013". Radio Today. 2013.
- ^ "Arqiva Commercial Radio awards 2016 winners announced". Radio Centre. 2016.
- ^ "Interview with Iain Dale Part 1". Political Promise (blog). 14 April 2011. Archived from the original on 24 April 2011. Retrieved 14 April 2011.
- ISBN 1-904734-16-2.
- ISBN 978-1-905641-32-1. Archived from the originalon 27 September 2007.
- ^ "2014 Radio Academy Awards Full winners". Radio Today. 2014.
- TheGuardian.com.
- ^ "West Ham Till I Die". Iain Dale (blog). Retrieved 17 January 2011.
- ^ "Iain Dale - Conservative Home". Conservative Home. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
- ^ "Iain Dale's 100 most influential people on the Right 2017. May tops it. Davis is second. And Davidson third". Conservative Home. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
- ^ "Tory Conference at a glance". BBC News. 6 October 2005. Retrieved 5 January 2010.
- ^ "ConservativeHome's Seats & Candidates blog: The A-list top-up".
- ^ Public Service Announcement, Iain Dale's Diary
- ^ Why I'd Like to be MP For Bracknell Iain Dale's Diary, 29 September 2009
- ^ Iain Dale's Diary: A Candidate No Longer. Iaindale.blogspot.com (17 June 2010). Retrieved on 2011-04-23.
- ^ "The Time Has Come to Stop Blogging (And Party Politics)". Iain Dale's Diary (blog). 14 December 2010. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
- ^ Anthony Barnett "Au revoir, Iain Dale" Archived 3 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Our Kingdom (Open Democracy), 14 December 2010
- ^ "I voted Leave, but Brexit Doesn't Mean we Lose Everything European – Including Our Identity". Retrieved 29 June 2018.
- ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ Iain Dale's Diary: Crispin Blunt Comes Out. Iaindale.blogspot.com (27 August 2010). Retrieved 23 April 2011.
- ^ Grew, Tony, Iain Dale to enter into a civil partnership, PinkNews, 27 May 2008
- ^ "On This Day I Got Married – Iain Dale". www.iaindale.com. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
- ^ "Iain Dale - Biteback Publishing". www.bitebackpublishing.com. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ "The Ups And Downs of Life". www.iaindale.com. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ Heather Saul "Verbal battles over Damian McBride's memoirs at the Labour party conference escalate into fisticuffs as publisher fights protester", The Independent, 24 September 2013
- ^ "Iain Dale wrestles nuclear protester", telegraph.co.uk, 24 September 2013
- ^ "Iain Dale receives assault caution over Brighton scuffle", BBC News, 26 September 2013
- ^ "Damian McBride publisher Iain Dale quizzed over Brighton scuffle", BBC News, 25 September 2013
- ^ Dale, Iain. "Statement and Apology". Retrieved 27 September 2013.
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