Iain Dale

Iain Dale presents the Evening Show on LBC Radio and has twice been Radio Presenter of the Year. Iain is a regular pundit on Good Morning Britain, Politics Live and Newsnight. He co-hosted the award winning ‘For the Many’ podcast and now presents ‘Where Politics Meets History’ with Tessa Dunlop and ‘Iain Dale All Talk’. Iain writes for various publications including the New Statesman, the Newspaper and the Daily Telegraph

He spent 20 years in publishing and runs an online bookshop www.politicos.co.uk. He is Patron of the Fowey Literary Festival.
Iain has written or edited more than 60 books , the latest being The DICTATORS, WHY CAN’T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG, THE PRIME MINISTERS, THE PRESIDENTS, ON THIS DAY IN POLITICS, KINGS & QUEENS and BRITISH GENERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGNS 1830-2019. In June 2025 his biography of Margaret Thatcher was published by Swift Press.

He is a non-executive director of the Lending Standards Board and an ambassador for the Royal Osteoporosis Society and Diabetes UK. He is visiting professor of politics and broadcasting at the University of East Anglia, and in July 2025 was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Kent for services to political broadcasting.