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Iain Dale @iaindale.bsky.social · 14h

On my @LBC show

7pm What should happen to the asylum seeker who threatened to kill Nigel Farage and wants to go back to Afghanistan

8pm Cross Question with
@ToniaAntoniazzi
@matthew_elliott
@EllieChowns
@theblackfarmer

9pm Women & Girls banned from Mosque Fun Run

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Iain Dale @iaindale.bsky.social · 23h

New episode of the WHERE POLITICS MEETS HISTORY podcast

63. Piece by Peace

@TessaDunlop calls me a 'pansy' as we discuss peace in the Middle East and the centenery of Lady Thatcher's birth and much more

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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 · 1d

On my @LBC show...

7pm Is there now a momentum for long term peace in the Middle East?

745pm 100 years of Margaret Thatcher

8pm Cross Question with
@AndrewBowie_MP
@TomHayesBmouth
@RebeccaCNReid
@NatashaC

9pm What are the prospects for an independent Palestinian state?

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Iain Dale @iaindale.bsky.social · 1d

If you're from a generation which wasn't alive in the 1980s and you're listening to all the interviews about Margaret Thatcher, and you want to learn more about her, I've written a short biography of her, aimed specifically at you.

Order a signed copy
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Iain Dale @iaindale.bsky.social · 2d

Out on 23 October in Ireland and the UK

THE TAOISEACH

16 essays on the 16 men who have held the office of Taosieach of the Republic of Ireland

Preorder a signed copy
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The Taoiseach ed Iain Dale (Signed by Iain Dale) COMING 23 OCTOBER 2025

Hardback Swift Publishing 23 October 2025 With a foreword from the current Taoiseach, Micheal Martin. The book of the podcast series hosted by Iain Dale, available on all podcast platforms. A chapt...

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Iain Dale @iaindale.bsky.social · 2d

I'll be talking about my Margaret Thatcher biography at the

WANTAGE LITERARY FESTIVAL

4pm Saturday 25 October

Tickets
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Iain Dale @iaindale.bsky.social · 2d

I'll be talking about my Margaret Thatcher biography at the

WELLS FESTIVAL OF LITERATURE

6.15pm Friday 24 October

In conversation with William Waldegrave

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Iain Dale - Margaret Thatcher | Wells Festival of Literature

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Iain Dale @iaindale.bsky.social · 4d

New episode of the WHERE POLITICS MEETS HISTORY podcast

62. Boom Shack a Lack

@Tessadunlop and I discuss the Gaza peace deal, the new Archbishopess of Canterbury and have a lot of laughs along the way.

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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 · 6d

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.

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Iain Dale @iaindale.bsky.social · 7d

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 · 11d

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 · 12d

JUST PUBLISHED: 75 Brexit Benefits by Gullyfoyle.

Order your copy from Politicos here.

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Iain Dale @iaindale.bsky.social · 12d

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 · 14d

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 · 14d

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 · 14d

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 · 15d

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 · 17d

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 · 18d

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 · 19d

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 · 19d

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 · 20d

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 · 20d

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 · 20d

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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