Each year in the USA the police shoot and kill between 1300 and 1400 people. That’s more than three a day. In the United Kingdom, the police shoot and kill…wait for it… an average of two people, not ...

The Pantiles area of Tunbridge Wells is full of chichi restaurants and bands playing on a Sunday afternoon. I have to be careful about saying the worst thing as the last time I did, it scuppered my ...

New year is a good time to start afresh, so we've got two new innovations for my LBC eveninf radio show.

There are a number of consequences to this, many of them very worrying for those of us who believe in a world order of international norms. Iain Dale's Substack is a reader-supported publication. To ...

Iain Dale presents evening show on LBC Radio and is the author or editor of more than 50 books. Read more ...

Iain Dale presents evening show on LBC Radio and is the author or editor of more than 50 books. Read more ...

It was in the interval of watching a Cliff Richard concert in Cardiff last night that I learned that Brian Hayes had died at the age of 87. I knew he was ill, but it was still something of a shock, ...

Here were my predictions for 2024.

Today is publication day for my new book THE PRIME MINISTERS 1721-2020 - THREE HUNDRED YEARS OF POLITICAL LEADERSHIP. It was lovely to get an invite to mark the occasion to go on the TODAY PROGRAMME ...

If you are a fan of counterfactual history, and you wonder what might have happened in May 1940 had Lord Halifax become prime minister rather than Winston Churchill, then you will love this book. The ...

The current political consensus appears to be that the next election is Reform’s to lose. According to one veteran Tory strategist the Tories are approaching an “Extinction Level Event”. Political ...

This article by Mary Beard was written for The Observer. couple of decades is a very long time in politics. Twenty years ago, I seethed with rage at the “crimes” of George W Bush. These days, compared ...