Last night on 18 Doughty Street I was asked if I had ever grown a beard. I did once, but it was a bit ginger. Anyway while trying to find a photo of that ugly period in my life I happened across this one, which got my two female guests rather excited. They reckoned I must have starred in a gay porn film. I prefered to think of it on a par with that moment in the latest James Bond film when Daniel Thing emerged from the sea. There is no end to my self-delusion, you see.
Anyway, isn't it marvellous that I haven't changed much in the 22 years since this photo was taken? The creams are obviously working well...
UPDATE: What have I started?
UPDATE: OMG, my secret is out. I starred in V...
There is no end to my self-delusion, you see.
ReplyDeleteYou can say that again. The Telegraph article is equally delusional
My God you poor (Daniel) thing politics really has taken its toll!
ReplyDeleteIf it was taken 22 years ago, the reason you were so glowing was obviously the beneficial effect of Mrs T's premiership. I also find I don't look as good now as I did then, no doubt for the same reason.
ReplyDeleteIf you really want to distract us all from the bucket of egg you got on your face after your desperate attempt to needle Tom Watson yesterday, I think pictures of kittens would be a better move.
ReplyDeleteOne for the ladies?
ReplyDeleteBe careful, Iain - you'll getting Peter Ould's hopes up, you know...
Why deny us the full frontal, Iain?
ReplyDeleteA lot of candidates would still be using that photo on their election address!
ReplyDeleteWhat is it they say cameras never do? :-)
ReplyDeleteI `m guessing this photo has been touched up even more than you have Iain.Vanity vanity thy name is Dale
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ReplyDeleteHubba hubba!
ReplyDeleteAbsolute Aqua or Beachboy
ReplyDeleteI agree with Newmania
ReplyDeletelets have a look at your package Dale , I say this a straight man who once dared to strut his stuff in speedos.
Thank god for baggy shorts.
Very nice.
ReplyDeleteHowever, it does nothing to alter the sense that the Conservatives are losing the plot.
Did these ladies say they'd welcome the opportunity to look at Daniel's Thing, or something? Anyway, you still need the services of a good barber.
ReplyDeleteFrom youthful to youthless as my lisping friend put it .
ReplyDeleteI've also found that my looks have waned since 1997...
ReplyDeleteSexy!
ReplyDeleteHowever, I was just 1 year old 22 years ago! ;-)
O/T: Didn't GB say that popular Number 10 petitions would trigger a debate in the house? Lets test this point!
ReplyDeletehttp://petitions.pm.gov.uk/consreform/
quite the stud!
ReplyDeleteAbout as far O/T from gay porn stars as you can get.....
ReplyDeleteDelighted to hear on PM tonight that Mr. Tun, VC, has arrived in the UK to allow him access to his treatment. Well done to all who expressed disgust at the initial decision to refuse him entry - it does show that this Government can be shamed into changing its position.
Iain, is that really you?
ReplyDeleteOK, who did you persuade to pose for the picture?
ReplyDeleteYou could not possibly have been in a gay porn film - no moustache.
ReplyDeleteBut I sympathise with your ginger beard syndrome.
Is that the fabled "Clear Blue Water"
ReplyDeleteMy closer inspection suggests that you take either far too much notice of bogus claims, or are a tad economical with the truth.
ReplyDeleteDidn't you want us to see you in your Speedo's? LoL
ReplyDeleteThings you thought you'd never see No. 94:
ReplyDeleteA blog entitled "one for the Ladies" with a picture of a half-naked Iain Dale underneath.
O wad some Power the giftie gie us. To see oursels as ithers see us.
ReplyDeleteHang on. That's a picture of Peter Duncan.
ReplyDeleteIf you didn't star in a gay porn film, you should have done.....
ReplyDeleteI don't think the creams are working well. And the Carbolic Smoke Ball Hair restorer did not do what it said on the tin.
ReplyDeleteDemand your money back. Not a bad photo though.
Iain - indulge me. Have a look at my little attempt at humour on the back of your "hunk" photo.
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I'm still not voting Tory.
ReplyDeleteAs for the updates, I'd say rather that you look like one of the supporting players in Fantastic Four, and not The Human Torch either.
Steady Iain! One more picture like this and Tom Watson may become your number one fan! PS: where did you get that syrup?!
ReplyDeleteOh come on, you aren't doing too bad. Things happen around the age of 40: merely sniffing a curry adds 10 pounds, and alcohol no longer passes through the liver/kidneys, but instead hangs around until you have to go up a shirt size (or two).
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