The ThunderDragon (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Two links in one day! My, I am special! It’s nice to finally be recognised for my obvious brilliance. Please stay around and read some more! And then come back again tomorrow, the day after, and the day after that…
EU Referendum (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
... that shows there is one blogosphere obsession that is even more underreported. It is Tory blogger Iain Dale , who is mentioned 25,429 times on the blogs for every time his name appears in the mass media. With that rebuke in mind, it is our sad task to report, belatedly, that Mr Dale was not shortlisted for the safe Tory seat of Beckenham. That's three Tory associations who...
John Rentoul (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
Iain Dale , Conor Ryan and Amol Rajan , an unholy alliance, all greatly impressed by Gordon Brown's performance at Prime Minister's Questions. So was I. Relaxed, conversational and - blessed relief after such a long drought - with humour. But there was one line that was too good to use. Brown invoked the name of Zac Goldsmith, the dormantly non-dom Conservative candidate, and said that...
Left Outside (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
Paul Sagar discusses the parallels between Afghanistan and Vietnam. Flying Rodent wants the right to eat itself and die. Neil Robertson asks what the Arctic Monkeys can teach us about Iain Dale. Devil’s Kitchen is overjoyed that the Music industry is about to shafted by its own exploitative petard. Owen at The Third Estate claims that the Tax Payer’s [...]
Skuds' Sister's Brother (Free subscription) | yesterday
Or is it just that the council thinks they are? Not my question but one, apparently, posed by Iain Dale. Full details where I found out about it on Owen’s new blog.
And another thing... (Free subscription) | yesterday
WELL-DESERVED hat-tip to Iain Dale, who discovered this video produced by West Sussex County Council, which helpfully explains how to use a mobile phone. This information is necessary because no-one knows how to use a mobile phone unless it’s explained to them by their local council. (”As I press the numbers, so the numbers appear [...]
The Cynical Dragon (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
... to congratulate Paul on striking a deal to have his book published by arch-Tory and Media mogul Iain Dale . Although according to Iain they haven't come up with a title. Suggestions in the comments please.
Liberal Democrat Voice (Free subscription) | yesterday
One of the first publications from Iain Dale’s new Biteback publishing imprint dedicated to political books, The Total Politics Guide to the 2010 General Election (Eds, Greg Callus and Iain Dale) weighs in at just under 300 pages divided into two (unequal) sections: the first is a series of 14 articles examining different aspects of [...]
EU Referendum (Free subscription) | yesterday
... are only one sign. We noted other signs earlier , and that post got a couple of links, one from Iain Dale (thanks) and a very unusual link from Conservative Home . But there has been no significant party political activity about which these sites could report, which has left them in a rather difficult position. There is most definitely a synergy between politicians, political blogs...
The Lone Voice (Free subscription) | yesterday
Blogger Iain Dale, has mentioned on Twitter that he has a book on Mr Flynn in the works, an autobiography of his life. I do hope that Iain covers this in depth, covers his talking about own humble beginnings and poverty whilst now claiming the homeless problem in Newport is exaggerated and I quote his words "a sob in" A man who has joked about how easy farmers have it,...
Mark Reckons (Free subscription) | yesterday
I've just been listening to Iain Dale on Simon Mayo's show discussing the Tory slip in the polls with Peter Riddell. Iain stated that he thinks the main reason why the Tory lead is now averaging in the low double digits rather than the high teens as per a couple of months ago is largely attributed to David Cameron's decision not to have a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty. Now we...
Mike Power's 'Not A Blog' (Free subscription) | yesterday
... been well and truly jumped. Truth is, nobody gives a shit. Mention Nadine Dorries, Paul Staines or Iain Dale to most people and they wouldn't have a clue what you were on about. None of this stuff matters in the end. 99% of people on the web would rather read about the women Tiger Woods has fucked or about the death of a member of a poxy boy-band. It's the law of diminishing returns...
Bryan Appleyard (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
It has long been my view that if you spend too much time in political - in the narrow sense - circles you go mad. I now fear for the stability of uber-blogger Iain Dale and David Davis. Commenting on Copenhagen etc, Iain quotes an article by Davis in The Independent. Davis says some blandly sane things in the paragraph in question, but also this: 'It is simply unacceptable for...
Tory Radio (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
The latest edition of the Seven Days Show with myself and Iain Dale is now online. To listen make sure you click the play button above, or subscribe to Tory Radio on I-Tunes. In this weeks show we talk about toilet paper in the Commons (always one for an adult discussion myself), The Speaker, and of [...]
Norfolk Blogger (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
... years that they should be punished and in some cases be tarnished (and I particularly feel for Iain Dale in the case) with not having had a good result in difficult circumstances, only for a newcomer who doesn't have the nerve or the passion to fight a no hope seat waltz in waving a Tory membership card and get selected for plum seats. The first question I would be asking of these...
