Iain Dale's Diary

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Saturday, August 23, 2008

How to Annoy Your Fellow Passengers...

Mike Rouse has an entertaining piece about his bank holiday rail journey to Wales, full of witty observations about his fellow passengers a...

Friday, August 22, 2008

SNP Select Glenrothes By Election Candidate

The SNP has tonight selected its candidate for the Glenrothes by election. He is Peter Grant , the leader of Fife Council. Labour is having ...

Alex Salmond & Margaret Thatcher: The Truth

I hadn't quite realised what a stink my interview with Alex Salmond had caused in Scotland until I heard that the First Minister himsel...

I Miss My Combine Harvester

This weekend, weather permitting, I hope to be driving a combine harvester on my father’s farm near Saffron Walden. I suspect that there ar...

Total Politics: Boris, Alex Salmond and Dowdy Female MPs

The September issue of Total Politics is now available online. We're delighted that in addition to WH Smith Travel outlets at stations ...

Know Your Place, Says Polly

The History Channel debate was hugely enjoyable. More than one hundred people packed into the Marble Room at the Royal Society to hear a pa...

Top 10 Northern Irish Blogs

1. Slugger O'Toole 2. Three Thousand Versts 3. A Pint of Unionist Lite 4. Redemption's Son 5. Conor's Commentary 6. Everything U...

Thursday, August 21, 2008

The Importance of British History

Having been on Any Questions last week, I now get to play the Jonathan Dimbleby role tonight when I chair a panel discussion at the Royal S...

Ways of Driving Traffic to Paul Waugh's Blog: No 94

Paul Waugh of the Evening Standard (who writes an excellent blog ) will have caused a few male blood pressures to raise this morning, not to...

Top 20 MP Blogs

1. John Redwood 2. Tom Harris 3. Tom Watson 4. Nadine Dorries 5. Lynne Featherstone 6. Adam Price MP 7. John McDonnell 8. Kerry McCarthy 9....

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Every Little Bit of Inflation Helps...

Since I gave up gazzling gallons of Lemon Lucozade (not good for diabetes, you see) my drink of choice is now sparkling mineral water with s...

How Many Kids Has This Happened To?

I had this email just now from a friend of mine. It speaks for itself. My son had an offer from London University based on a BBC but when he...

Does Gordon's Visit Signal the End of the Gold Rush

[tongue firmly in cheek] Have you noticed how since Gordon Brown congratulated our olympians for their gold medal haul, we haven't won a...

A World Without America Revisited

Tim Montgomerie's new AmericaInTheWorld site launched this week, with the aim of countering the growing tide of anti-americanism in thi...

A Little Silliness to Brighten Your Morning

HOW TO START EACH DAY WITH A POSITIVE OUTLOOK 1. Open a new file in your computer. 2. Name it 'Gordon Brown'. 3. Send it to the Recy...

Top 20 Green Blogs

1. The Daily (Maybe) 2. Two Doctors 3. Another Green World 4. Coventry Green Voice 5. George Monbiot 6. Green Ladywell 7. Philobiblon...

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

5 Live & A State Funeral for Lady Thatcher

I'm doing an hour long phone-in on 5 Live's Richard Bacon programme at midnight tonight on the subject of whether Margaret Thatcher ...

Ed Davey Part 2

You may recall this extract from Ed Davey’s twaddle a few days ago: “Third, we must respond enthusiastically to the strong leadership shown ...

Let's Avoid This Buttock-Clenching Spectacle

I don't know about you, but I find some of these post race trackside interviews very uncomfortable viewing indeed. Should athletes reall...

Top 30 Media Blogs

Over the last month you have been voting for your favourite political blogs. Here's the first one to be released. Overall, more than 60 ...

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