Iain Dale

Profile: Full name: Iain Dale Area of interest: Politics Journals/Organisation: The Daily Telegraph Email: iain@iaindale.com Personal website: http://www.iaindale.co.uk Website: http://iaindale.com Blog: http://iaindale.blogspot.com | http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/iain_dale/index.html Representation: Harriman House | Specialist Speakers Networks: http://twitter.com/#!/iaindale | http://www.facebook.com/people/Iain_Dale/520145318

Biography: About: As well as a column for the Daily Telegraph, now ended, he is best known for his long-running political blog, Iain Dale’s Diary, expanded in July 2011 into Dale & Co, a blogging platform, showcasing more than 100 writers who all have editorial independence Education: Ashdon County Primary School; Saffron Walden County High School; University of East Anglia: German, Linguistics, and Teaching English as a Foreign Language (BA Hons) Career: Opened Politico's Bookstore and Coffee House in Westminster in 1997 and then extended the brand with a publishing and web design businesses which he sold to Methuen Publishing in 2003. The bookstore was closed in 2004 and relocated as a mail-order business, with Methuen re-opening the bookstore as the Westminster Bookshop. The Politico's Bookstore business was sold by Dale to Harriman House in 2006. Stood as Conservative MP for Norfolk North, 2005; David Davis' chief of staff in the last Conservative Party leadership campaign see: Iain Dale.co biography Current position/role: Editor of Dale & Co : http://iaindale.com also writes/written for: The Daily Telegraph Other roles/Main role: publisher of Total Politics Other activities: Disclosures: Viewpoints/Insight: Broadcast media: Since September 2010, he has hosted a regular evening show on London's LBC Radio channel - LBC 97.3 Radio presenter (Mon-Fri 7-10pm) Video: Director of Live Programming, Channel presenter, and host of Vox Politix on webcast television station 18DoughtyStreet.com ~ (wikipedia info) iaindale.co: TV / Radio Controversy/Criticism: Awards/Honours: Nominated for Political Blog of the Year Award by The Guardian, 2005 Scoops: Other: First openly gay Conservative selected as a Parliamentary candidate

Books & Debate: Bill Clinton Joke Book - Uncensored (Robson Books, 1998) ISBN 1861051948; Dictionary of Conservative Quotations (Methuen, 1999) ISBN 1902301153; Memories of Maggie: A Portrait of Margaret Thatcher (Politicos Publishing, 2000) ISBN 190230151X; Conservative Party Manifestos 1900-1997 (Routledge, 2000) ISBN 0415205891; Labour Party General Election Manifestos 1900-1997 (Routledge, 2000) ISBN 0415205905; Liberal Party General Election Manifestos 1900-1997 (Routledge, 2000) ISBN 0415205913; The Tony Blair New New Labour Joke Book (Robson Books, 2002) ISBN 186105579X; Ann Widdecombe in Conversation (Politicos Media, 2003) ISBN 1904734014; Michael Foot at 90 (Politicos Media, 2003) ISBN 1904734006; The Politico's Book of the Dead (Methuen, 2003) ISBN 1842750682; Prime Minister Portillo & Other Things that Never Happened... (Methuen, 2003) ISBN 1842750690; The Political Legacy of Margaret Thatcher (Methuen, 2003) ISBN 1842750259; Times Guides to the House of Commons: Vol 4. 1929-1935 (Methuen, 2003) ISBN 184275033X; Times Guides to the House of Commons: V. 2. Complete Election Statistics for January 1910, December 1910 and 1918 (Methuen, 2004) ISBN 1842750348; Margaret Thatcher: A Tribute in Words & Pictures (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2005) ISBN 0297851152; Iain Dale's Guide to Political Blogging in the UK (Iain Dale, 2006) ISBN 1904734189; The Little Red Book of New Labour Sleaze (Politicos Media, 2nd edition, 2007) ISBN SBN: 190564132X Latest work: 500 of the Most Witty, Acerbic and Erudite Things Ever Said About Politics (Harriman House, 1st edition 2007) ISBN 1905641311 / OCLC 154747027 iaindale.co: books Speaking/Appearances: iaindale.co: speaking Debate:

Journals: Column name: Remit/Info: Politics Section: Role: Columnist Pen-name: Email: iain@iaindale.com Website: http://www.iaindale.com/contributors/iain-dale Commissioning editor: Day published: Regularity: Column format: Average length:

Articles: A second life for UK political blogging? - The mainstream media have sapped the strength of the independent blogosphere. Group blogs may revive it - 13th May 2011 This was meant to be the internet election. So what happened? - Twitter is useless as a campaigning tool and hardly any candidates are writing blogs - 27th April 2010 Who'd be an MP these days? Me, actually - Despite the current contempt for Parliament, the next intake of MPs will have a unique opportunity to change politics for the better - 14th October 2009 Top 100 most influential Right-wingers: David Cameron's winning ways - Once again, the Leader of the Opposition has topped the list of influential Right-wingers - 6th October (with Brian Brivati) Tory bedfellows can be anyone except homophobes - On Thursday I spent an hour signing letters to Tory MPs inviting them to attend a late night "Pride Party" at a gay nightclub in Canal Street in Manchester during the Tory party conference in October - 28th June 2009 We are failing the test of civilisation - The state is creating powers for itself in the face of a relatively small threat. Placing life before liberty brings life without liberty - 22nd May 2009 Budget: Back to Labour's class war roots - Darling's nod to the old left with his tax bombshell for top earners fails to disguise Labour's mismanagement of the public finances - 22nd April 2009 Fatal flaws of the PM's pitbull - The likes of Damian McBride have no one to save them after making so many enemies - 13th April 2009 Political blogs thrown centre stage by email 'smear' row - Political blogging has been thrown into the spotlight by the row surrounding emails sent by Gordon Brown's advisor Damian McBride. Here is our guide to this online maze of words - 11th April 2009 The Tories should remember how they revived our docks - Twenty years after the repeal of the Dock Labour Scheme, the Tories mustn't underestimate the impact one small act of deregulation can have on the economy - 10th April 2009 Russia: land of bright lights and killer blogs - I've just spent four days in Russia, a country I last visited as a 13-year-old schoolboy 33 years ago. Just writing that sentence makes me feel old - 15th December 2008 Tories are turning their backs on McCain - why many Conservatives are breaking the habit of a lifetime and declaring support for the Democrats - 10th October 2008 David Cameron's shadow cabinet reshuffle - 26th September 2008 Unions and Cameron need each other - When Tories seemed to lose touch with the working class, support from unions waned. Now Cameron knows that to win, he needs votes back - 12th September 2008 Tories must harness power of internet - Obama has raised millions and contacted millions via his website; now the Tories need to get online quickly - 29th August 2008 Policy Exchange is still top think tank - Right-of-centre think tanks are thriving. As the Tories grow in strength, so do donations and they are raising money like never before - 15th August 2008 archive

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