Today I am talking to Iain Dale, former parliamentary candidate, political commentator, pundit, blogger, founder of Total Politics and the managing director of publishing company Biteback Publishing.
Iain is also well known for his regular appearances on BBC and Sky News commenting on the political events of our times.
Today I’m not going to ask Iain to guide us through the intricacies of Tory policy – but, consistent with the rest of my series of political podcasts with a small ‘p’, we covered a number of issues including the role of partisan blogging, the dangers of Twitter, why Iain interviewed Nick Griffin, David Davis & David Cameron, voter engagement, negative campaigning, an English Parliament, how new MPs can improve parliament and the prospect of a hung parliament and would George Osborne stand aside for Vince Cable?
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Podcasts coming up this week: Twenty Minutes with Old Holborn (Independent), Tom Harris MP (Labour), @LazyHyena (Ed of GuyNEWS, disaffected anarcho-feminist or something) Geoffrey Woollard (Independent) and Tom Williams (Labour) who is too young to vote at this election but who has demonstrated considerable enthusiasm for politics.
I believe that Iain Dale has an independent mind and is more independent-minded that some in the Tory party who toe the party line too much. But the traditional party line still rules our Iain and he dodged some of your more awkward questions. The George Osborne/Vince Cable one was a good example. And Nick Clegg for Home Secretary – what a joke. ‘Where were we?,’ as Iain said. However, I listened to the end. Well done, both of you.
Geoffrey Woollard, Independent, South East Cambridgeshire.
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