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Iain Dale @iaindale.bsky.social · 5h

Iain Dale @iaindale.bsky.social · 11h

On my @LBC show...

7pm Has @KemiBadenoch started to turn things around?

8pm Cross Question with @AmberRudd Leoni Cooper AM, @JOwusuNepaul @AmberRuddUK

9pm Lenny Henry says black people in Britain deserve £18 trillion in reparations.

Iain Dale @iaindale.bsky.social · 1d

New episode of the WHERE POLITICS MEETS HISTORY podcast

61. Never Ending Tory

@Tessadunlop & I talk Tory conferences past, French PMs and the Czech elections.

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Where Politics Meets History

Politics Podcast · Updated weekly · Join broadcaster Iain Dale and historian Dr Tessa Dunlop as they take a fresh look at the biggest news of the week - through the lens of history. Because nothing is...

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Iain Dale @iaindale.bsky.social · 5d

New episode of the WHERE POLITICS MEETS HISTORY podcast

60. Don't Look Back in Anger

@Tessadunlop and I discuss the Manchester terror attack and the virtues of Stanley Baldwin.

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60. Don't Look Back in Anger

Podcast Episode · Where Politics Meets History · 03/10/2025 · 42m

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Iain Dale @iaindale.bsky.social · 6d

JUST PUBLISHED: 75 Brexit Benefits by Gullyfoyle.

Order your copy from Politicos here.

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Iain Dale @iaindale.bsky.social · 6d

New episode of the Iain Dale All Talk podcast

334. President Mary Robinson

As the Irish presidential election campaign is underway, Iain exhumes a 2012 interview from the LBC archives with President Mary Robinson.

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334. From the archive: Mary Robinson

Podcast Episode · Iain Dale All Talk · 02/10/2025 · 46m

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Iain Dale @iaindale.bsky.social · 8d

Top Ten Things Overheard at the Labour Party Conference

10. FFS, do we really have to come back to Liverpool for the sixth year in a row?

9. I’m sure Andy Burnham just fluttered his eyelashes at me

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Top Ten Things Overheard at the Labour Party Conference

Or possibly not...

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Iain Dale @iaindale.bsky.social · 8d

On my @LBC show, live from Liverpool

7pm Is Starmer's strategy to fight Reform the right one?

8pm Cross Question with @SKinnock @MickWhelanASLEF Zoe Grunewald

9pm Does Labour need Angela Rayner back?

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Iain Dale @iaindale.bsky.social · 8d

New episode of the WHERE POLITICS MEETS HISTORY podcast

59. Bridge Moldova Troubled Water

@Tesadunlop and I talk patriotism, memorable moments from Labour conferences and the Moldovan election

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59. Bridge Moldova Troubled Water

Podcast Episode · Where Politics Meets History · 30/09/2025 · 57m

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Iain Dale @iaindale.bsky.social · 9d

New episode of the PRESIDENTS, PRIME MINISTERS, MONARCHS & DICTATOR podcast

221. Isaias Afwerki - Eritrea (1991-)

I talk to @JHillAuthor about the current president of Eritrea, who had led the country into poverty and repression.

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221. Isaias Afwerki – Eritrea (1991-)

Podcast Episode · Presidents, Prime Ministers, Monarchs & Dictators · 29/09/2025 · 28m

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Iain Dale @iaindale.bsky.social · 11d

Next Saturday (4 Oct) I'm appearing at two literary festivals...

10am Cuckfield, West Sussex
7.30pm Warwick Words Literary Festival

Both talking about my Margaret Thatcher book.

Buy tickets here
www.iaindale.com/events

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Iain Dale @iaindale.bsky.social · 12d

New episode of the WHERE POLITICS MEETS HISTORY podcast

58. Swaneater
@tessadunlop and I jostle over whether 'King of the North' Andy Burnham poses a threat to Keir Starmer... and if Bristol used to have its own time zone!

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Where Politics Meets History

Politics Podcast · Updated weekly · Join broadcaster Iain Dale and historian Dr Tessa Dunlop as they take a fresh look at the biggest news of the week - through the lens of history. Because nothing is...

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Iain Dale @iaindale.bsky.social · 13d

On my @LBC show...

7pm The PM isn't going to COP in Brazil. Should he be?

8pm Ronel Lehman joins me to talk about the challenges facing young people in today's jobs market

9pm More men than ever are having cosmetic surgery. Why? Isn't it a fool's errand?

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Iain Dale @iaindale.bsky.social · 13d

New episode of the PRESIDENTS, PRIME MINISTERS, MONARCHS & DICTATORS podcast

220. Saddam Hussein

I talk to @nadhimzahawi about the brutal rule in Iraw of Saddam Hussein.

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220. Saddam Hussein – Iraq (1979-2003)

Podcast Episode · Presidents, Prime Ministers, Monarchs & Dictators · 24/09/2025 · 45m

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Iain Dale @iaindale.bsky.social · 14d

7pm Is Farage losing the plot? Has Reform UK peaked?

8pm Cross Question with
@BrandonLewis

@BarryGardiner

@Ella_M_Whelan

@Stsantek

9pm How much of a threat to Keir Starmer is Andy Burnham?

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Iain Dale @iaindale.bsky.social · 14d

I'll be speaking at the Rye Arts Festival in East Sussex this Friday at 3pm talking about my Margaret Thatcher book. If you live nearby, do come!

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Iain Dale @iaindale.bsky.social · 14d

New eisode of the IAIN DALE ALL TALK podcast

333. Jeremy Hunt
@Jeremy_Hunt

I talk to former Chancellor & Foreign Secretary Sir Jeremy Hunt, live from the Edinburgh Fringe

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333. Sir Jeremy Hunt

Podcast Episode · Iain Dale All Talk · 24/09/2025 · 1h 12m

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Iain Dale @iaindale.bsky.social · 15d

On my @LBC show...

7pm Trump slags off London at the UN. Bloody cheek, wouldn't you say?

8pm Cross Question with
@munirawilson
@stellacreasy
@drdavidbull
@kafkaswife

9pm What is your experience of autism?

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Iain Dale @iaindale.bsky.social · 15d

New episode of the WHERE POLITICS MEETS HISTORY podcast.

57. Runway like hell

@Tessadunlop gets upset because I want to talk about Gatwick, but we do discuss Palestine, Farage's new policy & Fergie. Best episode so far!

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57. Runway Like Hell

Podcast Episode · Where Politics Meets History · 23/09/2025 · 1h 3m

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Iain Dale @iaindale.bsky.social · 16d

On my @LBC show...

7pm Recognition of Palestine. What impact will it have?

8pm Cross Question with
@GillianKeegan
@CarolineFlint
@amyhart1707
@gordonrayner

9pm Farage's immigration announcement. A step too far?

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Iain Dale @iaindale.bsky.social · 17d

TELEGRAPH COLUMN: Why the Tories need to be worried about the LibDems just as much as Reform,

"In 64 of the 72 LibDem seats the Tories came 2nd. The Tories need to fight Reform but they also need to attract back voters who defected to the LibDems."

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Iain Dale @iaindale.bsky.social · 20d

On my @LBC show

7pm "Call out the military" to deal with immigration says Donald Trump. Could that work here?

8pm Question Marks with @SimonMarksFSN

9pm Americans call out the UK on free speech. What utter hypocrites. Jimmy Kimmel anyone?

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Iain Dale @iaindale.bsky.social · 20d

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Iain Dale @iaindale.bsky.social · 20d

IT'S PUBLICATION DAY

British By-Elections 1769-2025 is out today. 732 pages covering 88 by-elections. Thanks to all 87 contributors who wrote the essays.

Order your signed copy here
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Iain Dale @iaindale.bsky.social · 21d

On my @LBC show

7pm Trump State visit

8pm Cross Question with
@DrDStarkeyCBE
@PennyMordaunt
@GeorgeMonbiot
Lord Maurice Glasman

9pm Trump State visit cont...

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