en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/657044 Comments by iaindale https://www.conservativehome.com/thecolumnists/2019/07/iain-dale-the-hustings-from-manchester-to-belfast-and-on-to-nottingham.html#IDComment1076732984 A year is a long time in politics! Fri, 5 Jul 2019 10:49:38 +0000 https://www.conservativehome.com/thecolumnists/2019/07/iain-dale-the-hustings-from-manchester-to-belfast-and-on-to-nottingham.html#IDComment1076732984 https://www.conservativehome.com/thecolumnists/2019/03/iain-dale-zombie-may-and-her-zombie-cabinet.html#IDComment1070561449 I decided that my life was heading in a different direction and I didn't want to spend the next five years flogging what I thought was probably a dead horse. Fri, 22 Mar 2019 12:41:16 +0000 https://www.conservativehome.com/thecolumnists/2019/03/iain-dale-zombie-may-and-her-zombie-cabinet.html#IDComment1070561449 https://www.conservativehome.com/thecolumnists/2019/03/iain-dale-zombie-may-and-her-zombie-cabinet.html#IDComment1070559686 Given I haven't applied to be on the Apprved list, I cannot see how I have been denied access to it. I came off the list in 2010 at my own request and haven't reapplied since. Fri, 22 Mar 2019 11:50:11 +0000 https://www.conservativehome.com/thecolumnists/2019/03/iain-dale-zombie-may-and-her-zombie-cabinet.html#IDComment1070559686 https://www.conservativehome.com/thecolumnists/2019/03/iain-dale-zombie-may-and-her-zombie-cabinet.html#IDComment1070559622 Yes. It's what I'm best at. Fri, 22 Mar 2019 11:48:45 +0000 https://www.conservativehome.com/thecolumnists/2019/03/iain-dale-zombie-may-and-her-zombie-cabinet.html#IDComment1070559622 https://www.conservativehome.com/thecolumnists/2019/03/iain-dale-zombie-may-and-her-zombie-cabinet.html#IDComment1070559618 I don't write the headlines. Fri, 22 Mar 2019 11:48:31 +0000 https://www.conservativehome.com/thecolumnists/2019/03/iain-dale-zombie-may-and-her-zombie-cabinet.html#IDComment1070559618 https://www.conservativehome.com/thecolumnists/2018/06/iain-dale-madeley-thinks-he-got-the-better-of-williamson-i-beg-to-differ.html#IDComment1062479117 Indeed, and I am not defending Williamson for his refusal to answer the question. But if you terminate an interview you've lost. Pure and simple. Fri, 1 Jun 2018 10:17:51 +0000 https://www.conservativehome.com/thecolumnists/2018/06/iain-dale-madeley-thinks-he-got-the-better-of-williamson-i-beg-to-differ.html#IDComment1062479117 https://www.conservativehome.com/thecolumnists/2018/06/iain-dale-madeley-thinks-he-got-the-better-of-williamson-i-beg-to-differ.html#IDComment1062479077 Consider me bovvered. Fri, 1 Jun 2018 10:16:21 +0000 https://www.conservativehome.com/thecolumnists/2018/06/iain-dale-madeley-thinks-he-got-the-better-of-williamson-i-beg-to-differ.html#IDComment1062479077 https://www.conservativehome.com/thecolumnists/2018/06/iain-dale-madeley-thinks-he-got-the-better-of-williamson-i-beg-to-differ.html#IDComment1062476282 I wouldn't normally reply to bollocks like this but why don't you ask the Prime Minister if I made it easy for her in October. Ask Sajid Javid if he thinks I ask toadying questions. Ask Priti Patel or Rob Halfon if they think I am a soft interviewer or make it easy for them. What I don't do is go into an interview intending to have a row or be rude. If you do that as an interviewer don't be surprised if politicians won't come on your show. Fri, 1 Jun 2018 08:21:13 +0000 https://www.conservativehome.com/thecolumnists/2018/06/iain-dale-madeley-thinks-he-got-the-better-of-williamson-i-beg-to-differ.html#IDComment1062476282 http://www.conservativehome.com/thecolumnists/2017/05/iain-dale-why-arent-the-liberal-democrats-doing-better-in-these-election-polls.html#IDComment1043849887 I write this column on a Thursday morning so I'm afraid I couldn't have included that detail. I was quite shocked at the hostility to a lot of the manifesto. I wonder if it will be reflected in the opinion polls. Fri, 19 May 2017 09:21:54 +0000 http://www.conservativehome.com/thecolumnists/2017/05/iain-dale-why-arent-the-liberal-democrats-doing-better-in-these-election-polls.html#IDComment1043849887 http://www.conservativehome.com/thecolumnists/2017/05/iain-dale-why-arent-the-liberal-democrats-doing-better-in-these-election-polls.html#IDComment1043849740 You are right. It was indeed the one in Park Place. I actually wrote this shortly before the lunch took place and I had been led to believe it was the one on Piccadilly. Fri, 19 May 2017 09:18:43 +0000 http://www.conservativehome.com/thecolumnists/2017/05/iain-dale-why-arent-the-liberal-democrats-doing-better-in-these-election-polls.html#IDComment1043849740 http://www.conservativehome.com/thecolumnists/2017/04/iain-dale-theres-only-so-far-that-labour-can-fall-in-the-polls-i-think-weve-reached-that-point-now.html#IDComment1042839045 Your father taught me history for three years! A great man! I would love to have done it, but it just wasn't possible for all sorts of reasons. Fri, 28 Apr 2017 19:49:43 +0000 http://www.conservativehome.com/thecolumnists/2017/04/iain-dale-theres-only-so-far-that-labour-can-fall-in-the-polls-i-think-weve-reached-that-point-now.html#IDComment1042839045 http://www.conservativehome.com/platform/2016/10/iain-dale-yes-its-partisan-but-olivers-referendum-memoir-is-one-of-the-best-political-books-of-the-year.html#IDComment1031779296 Oh, and does putting an asterisk in the word wanker really make you any better than me. Pathetic. It's a word which sums you up rather well. Jog on. Tue, 11 Oct 2016 23:05:20 +0000 http://www.conservativehome.com/platform/2016/10/iain-dale-yes-its-partisan-but-olivers-referendum-memoir-is-one-of-the-best-political-books-of-the-year.html#IDComment1031779296 http://www.conservativehome.com/platform/2016/10/iain-dale-yes-its-partisan-but-olivers-referendum-memoir-is-one-of-the-best-political-books-of-the-year.html#IDComment1031779258 See above. Oh, and what I actually did was pull him away from a Camera by his rucksack. But don't let the facts get in the way of your utter prejudice. Twat. Tue, 11 Oct 2016 23:04:03 +0000 http://www.conservativehome.com/platform/2016/10/iain-dale-yes-its-partisan-but-olivers-referendum-memoir-is-one-of-the-best-political-books-of-the-year.html#IDComment1031779258 http://www.conservativehome.com/platform/2016/10/iain-dale-yes-its-partisan-but-olivers-referendum-memoir-is-one-of-the-best-political-books-of-the-year.html#IDComment1031771104 Oh do piss off and grow a sense of humour. Tue, 11 Oct 2016 19:22:09 +0000 http://www.conservativehome.com/platform/2016/10/iain-dale-yes-its-partisan-but-olivers-referendum-memoir-is-one-of-the-best-political-books-of-the-year.html#IDComment1031771104 http://www.conservativehome.com/platform/2016/10/iain-dale-yes-its-partisan-but-olivers-referendum-memoir-is-one-of-the-best-political-books-of-the-year.html#IDComment1031771061 Idiot. You think I own Hodder? Tue, 11 Oct 2016 19:21:13 +0000 http://www.conservativehome.com/platform/2016/10/iain-dale-yes-its-partisan-but-olivers-referendum-memoir-is-one-of-the-best-political-books-of-the-year.html#IDComment1031771061 http://www.conservativehome.com/thecolumnists/2016/10/iain-dale-ukip-is-in-danger-of-becoming-a-laughing-stock.html#IDComment1031496156 I cut my political teeth on the council estates of Norwich North and Norwich South, Fri, 7 Oct 2016 08:20:42 +0000 http://www.conservativehome.com/thecolumnists/2016/10/iain-dale-ukip-is-in-danger-of-becoming-a-laughing-stock.html#IDComment1031496156 http://www.conservativehome.com/thecolumnists/2016/07/iain-dale-cecil-showed-it-to-a-norwich-north-lady-and-she-exclaimed-just-look-at-the-purple-head-on-that.html#IDComment1026451134 He was offered PUSS at International Trade Fri, 22 Jul 2016 09:56:59 +0000 http://www.conservativehome.com/thecolumnists/2016/07/iain-dale-cecil-showed-it-to-a-norwich-north-lady-and-she-exclaimed-just-look-at-the-purple-head-on-that.html#IDComment1026451134 http://www.conservativehome.com/thecolumnists/2016/05/iain-dale-vote-leave-should-stop-fretting-about-farage-whos-likely-to-be-a-better-debater-than-boris-or-gove.html#IDComment1020987911 You've made that up. The stand above the away fans is where families sit. It never happened. Be ashamed of yourself. Fri, 13 May 2016 08:13:16 +0000 http://www.conservativehome.com/thecolumnists/2016/05/iain-dale-vote-leave-should-stop-fretting-about-farage-whos-likely-to-be-a-better-debater-than-boris-or-gove.html#IDComment1020987911 http://www.conservativehome.com/thecolumnists/2016/05/iain-dale-vote-leave-should-stop-fretting-about-farage-whos-likely-to-be-a-better-debater-than-boris-or-gove.html#IDComment1020987866 I purposely didnt go to the Millwall game! Fri, 13 May 2016 08:12:25 +0000 http://www.conservativehome.com/thecolumnists/2016/05/iain-dale-vote-leave-should-stop-fretting-about-farage-whos-likely-to-be-a-better-debater-than-boris-or-gove.html#IDComment1020987866 http://www.conservativehome.com/thecolumnists/2016/04/iain-dale-hunt-and-morgan-on-the-one-side-and-the-vote-leave-campaign-on-the-other-make-idiots-of-themselves-over-the-eu.html#IDComment1018118062 Sorry, M. It was an April fool... I shall be back next week. Fri, 1 Apr 2016 14:49:57 +0000 http://www.conservativehome.com/thecolumnists/2016/04/iain-dale-hunt-and-morgan-on-the-one-side-and-the-vote-leave-campaign-on-the-other-make-idiots-of-themselves-over-the-eu.html#IDComment1018118062