On Saturday Keir Starmer will celebrate his first anniversary as prime minister. Well, when I say ‘celebrate’, that’s perhaps overdoing it. Perhaps ‘mark it’ is more accurate, because he hasn’t got a ...

Further collections of interview with Margaret Thatcher be found here 19 60-79, 1979-90 KERA Interview with Lee Cullum (1991) ...

Today is publication day for my new book THE PRIME MINISTERS 1721-2020 - THREE HUNDRED YEARS OF POLITICAL LEADERSHIP. It was lovely to get an invite to mark the occasion to go on the TODAY PROGRAMME ...

Taken in March in our back garden in Kent. Taken from a passing train at Tonbridge station by Radio Kent presenter Dominic King. At Dan's wedding in October. With cousin Richard Dale, on a visit to ...

I have already been approached by some fairly well known politicos but would welcome your suggestions too. Just leave a comment here or drop me an email. In the end, it is inevitable that the podcast ...

I’m not sure many people found it very convincing though. From what I know of the subject I cannot see how it is possible to defend HMRC’s action with any degree of logic. Fine, if there was an issue, ...

Some of you may have heard of the Loan Charge. Most of you probably haven’t. Mark my words, it is a scandal which eclipses the Post Office scandal, of which it is very redolent. It has, however, ...

Because of eyesight issues which affected me earlier in the year I have probably read fewer books this year than any other year in my life, But here are ten I have really enjoyed and would recommend ...

Last Sunday I featured in the Sunday Times Homes supplement in their Times & Space feature. Our house near Tunbridge Wells in Kent isn’t beautiful by any stretch of the imagination, but when my ...

This morning, a friend sent me this piece, which had appeared on his Facebook feed from someone called Sean McCarney. To me it summed up the whole Brexit debate, and indeed most of my own reasons for ...

Here were my predictions for 2024.... 1. The general election will take place in November or early December WRONG 2. Labour will win a majority of between 30 and 60 seats WRONG 3. The LibDems more ...

This will be the fourth year I have hosted IAIN DALE ALL TALK at the Edinburgh Fringe and I'm delighted to be back! There are so far 13 shows booked, all at the Edinburgh International Conference ...