Iain Dale's Diary

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Wednesday, May 25, 2005

New Beginnings

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As some of you will have gathered by now, I have a new job. On Tuesday I start work as Chief of Staff to David Davis. I have therefore regre...
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Tuesday, May 24, 2005

Captions Please

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In the absence of anything scintillating to write today I thought I'd invite your thoughts for a caption for this splendiferous picture ...
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Sunday, May 22, 2005

Lunchtime in Roughton

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This lunchtime I held a thank you lunch for 60 of my campaign team who did so much for my election campaign. It was held in Roughton at the ...

Hoodless Hoodies

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Charles Clarke is taken to task today in the Sunday Telegraph today for teling 6 lies in a 2 minute Today programme interview. Should provi...

Auntie Auntie Shame on You

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The David Davis for Leader Blog www.daviddavisleader.blotspot.com has an interesting post on today's antics by the BBC... The BBC'...
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Saturday, May 21, 2005

Ready for the Weekend, Sir?

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Just arrived in Swanton Abbott for the weekend after a tortuous journey. Because of the ridiculous roadworks on the A11 I drove up the A12 a...
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Friday, May 20, 2005

Portillo & Osborne

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Got the shock of my life tonight when Michael Portillo said nice things about David Davis on the Andrew Neil programme. He certainly gave th...
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Bad Road Day/Week/Month

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I really can't believe this. Apparently the A11 is going to be closed for 9 weeks from 8pm to 6am for an eight mile stretch between Bart...
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Bad Hair Day

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Have you seen Anne McGuire's hair on Question Time ?!!! To think, she probably paid some Edinburgh 'stylist' a fortune for that!
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Wednesday, May 18, 2005

Depressing Debate

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I have just witnessed the most depressing debate on Newsnight about the European Constitution. Paxo had wheeled in two twenty somethings wh...
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Going Up!

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'Kin awesome, as they say in the East End. Zamora's second goal was out of this world. Cardiff here I come! 2-0, by the way. I feel ...

Come on You Irons!

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This evening will be spent biting my nails as West Ham aim to beat Ipswich to claim a place in the playoff final in Cardiff next weekend. An...
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Low Taxes

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I was once described in The Observer as a "Total Taxcutter". Madsen Pirie of the excellent Adam Smith Institute has an interesti...
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Tuesday, May 17, 2005

DD Blog

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For those interested in these things there is now a David Davis Blog, which you can find in the links down the left hand side. And before an...
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Monday, May 16, 2005

Promotion for Norman

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I see Norman Lamb has been appointed Trade & Industry spokesman in Charles Kennedy's new team. Congratulations are in order, but Nor...
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Sunday, May 15, 2005

Two new Blogs

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There's a new Conservative Leadership Blog and also an interesting new one from my friend Tim Montgomerie who runs Conservativehome.com...
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More EU Madness

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To understand why this country should question its whole relationship with the EU click on this link http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jh...
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Tieing up the Modernisers

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I've just watched the Politics Show piece by Jo-Anne Nadler on what the word 'Moderniser' means in the Tory Party. Judging from...
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The Sunday Papers

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Much about the Tory leadership in the Sunday papers. David Davis will have rather liked the flattering, nay fawning, profile of him by Melis...
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Saturday, May 14, 2005

Nanny Statism

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Classic feature headline in The Grauniad today... Turnout is Really About Class - Compulsory Voting would Give the Less Well Off a Stronger...
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