ConHome Diary: How Does Boris Get Away With It & Is Dave More Wilson Than Macmillan?
- 26 Feb 2016
Listening to the Prime Minister last Friday night, when he announced his EU deal, there’s no doubt that he talked a good game. He did it again on Marr and he did it again in the Commons on Monday. Whatever you think of the content of what he said, he’s at his best when his bac...
ConHome Diary: The LibDems Who Are Voting Out & The Exit of Tim Montgomerie
- 19 Feb 2016
On Newsnight Evan Davis called Tim Montgomerie “the most well-known Tory who isn’t an MP”. So his resignation as a Tory Party member is news, no matter what some might say. The editor of this site has described it as akin to ending a marriage. What Tim’s critics need to unders...
ConHome Diary: Zac Needs To Get Pumped Up
- 12 Feb 2016
The EU Referendum campaign continues albeit with the Prime Minister still rigging things in his favour. He still feels free to opine on the issue and yet bans any minister who takes a different view from speaking. His ridiculously pathetic attempt to scare us into believing th...
Why the PM Is Pushing Me Towards the Brexit
- 5 Feb 2016
Like many of you, I guess, I haven’t yet decided on which way to vote in the EU Referendum. David Camerson’s so-called deal isn’t helping me make up my mind. Frankly, if you go into a renegotiation asking for very little, you can expect to receive even less. The Prime Ministe...
VIDEO: World Cancer Day: How Cancer Has Affected Me
- 4 Feb 2016
World Cancer Day: Iain Dale’s Story Today is World Cancer Day and LBC is proudly supporting Cancer Research UK Watch Iain share his story and donate now to show your support #ADayToUnite Posted by LBC on Thursday, 4 February 2016 This is a video to mark World Canc...
WATCH: My Response to David Cameron's "Renegotiation" (Or Hoodwinking the British People)
- 2 Feb 2016
My response to David Cameron’s EU “renegotiation”.
A Visit to the Brilliant Ebbsfleet Academy & The Difference a Good Head Teacher Can Make
- 28 Jan 2016
When I was a parliamentary candidate I used to enjoy visiting local schools. I always learned something. Of course academies that time were a mere glint in Andrew Adonis’s eye. On Wednesday I visited an academy for the first time. It came about following an invitation from on...
Cecil Parkinson 1931-2016: An Obituary & Personal Memories
- 25 Jan 2016
Iain pays tribute to one of his political mentors Embed from Getty Images Cecil Parkinson, who died today at the age of 84, belonged, albeit fleetingly, to that unfortunate group of politicians known as ex future Prime Ministers. At the peak of his political powers in mid ...
ConHome Diary: Seumas' Power Grab, Crispin's Poppers & Margaret's Ostrich
- 22 Jan 2016
The appointment of Seamus Milne as Jeremy Corbyn’s Director of Strategy raised many eyebrows at the time. A Labour friend of mine who knows about these things told me: “Within a few months he’ll have complete control, you just watch the purge of anyone who dares to confront hi...
ConHome Diary: Who Will Lead the LEAVE Campaign?
- 15 Jan 2016
On Wednesday afternoon I hosted the first of Alex Salmond’s weekly phone-ins on my LBC Drivetime show. Whenever you do something new on the radio there’s always a slight nervousness that it might not work and go terribly wrong. Let’s put it this way, some politicians are more ...
WATCH: The Inaugural Alex Salmond Phone-in on LBC
- 13 Jan 2016
This is the full length video of the inaugural Alex Salmond phone-in which I hosted today on LBC. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Good reaction on Twitter too.
ConHome Diary: Winston McKenzie Enters the Big Brother House
- 8 Jan 2016
So serial party defector Winston McKenzie has joined the Big Brother house. What could possibly go wrong? He’s been a member of every political party apart from Labour. In the autumn he left UKIP to join the poor old English Democrats. What on earth did they do to deserve that...
It Shouldn't Happen to a Radio Presenter 43: Interviewing Katie Hopkins
- 8 Jan 2016
Any words are superfluous. Judge for yourself.
It Shouldn't Happen to a Radio Presenter 42: How to Lose a Listener
- 6 Jan 2016
Today we were talking (yet again) about Jeremy Corbyn’s Shadow Cabinet reshuffle. A listener phoned in to tell me how clever he had been, as a Conservative, to vote for Corbyn in the Labour leadership election. I lost my rag a little and told him he was being pathetic. It ...
My Interview with Simon Danczuk on the 'Sexting' Scandal
- 4 Jan 2016
My full, ten minute, interview with Simon Danczuk from today’s LBC Drive show. The reaction on Twitter was highly unusual, with both Danzcuk supporters and opponents commending me for the questions I asked. That doesn’t happen very often.
My 10 Resolutions for 2016
- 1 Jan 2016
Not to buy a new car. Read more for pleasure, rather than because it’s my job. Do more TV. Go abroad more often. Lose another half a stone in weight. Ditch ‘I Want it That Way’ as my Karaoke song and find another one. Start writing a new book… and think of somet...
My Predictions for 2016
- 31 Dec 2015
This time last year I made my predictions for 2015. I got 8 out of 10 right (see HERE for proof!). Not sure I’ll do as well this year. Here goes… The EU Referendum will be held in July. The ‘Stay’ Campaign will prevail, but by a margin of 55-45 or less. Nigel ...
The Twenty Best or Most Memorable Books I've Published Over the Last Seventeen Years
- 30 Dec 2015
Back in 1998 I started Politico’s Publishing. I made a very big mistake in 2003 by selling it to Methuen. I thought I had taken it as far as I could and the list would benefit from being part of a bigger company. Wrong, wrong, wrong. Within two months I knew I had done the wro...
Attitude Column: Why Do Gay People Think That Old Age Is For Other People?
- 22 Dec 2015
I don’t know how many men over the age of seventy read this magazine, but what I do know is that the twenty somethings who read it will have given very little thought to what happens when they get old. In ‘gayworld’, old age is a faraway place which merits very little thought....
My Predictions For 2015 - How Did I Do?
- 20 Dec 2015
Back on 31 December 2014 I wrote THIS article giving ten predictions for 2015. So, let’s see how I did… Three political party leaders will resign by the end of the year. CORRECT Norwich City will be promoted to the Premier League. CORRECT At least one politician associ...