Iain Dale holds a unique position in the Conservative blogosphere. He is not a "my-party-right-or-wrong" die hard, and yet neither does he embrace the futile posturing of the anti-Cameroons that form the bulk of Conservative Home postings. His politics are, I sense, to a great degree truly the "Liberal-Conservative" ideology that David Cameron positions himself as holding, and even though we may q...
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CicerosSongs on 25th Feb 2009 (via cicerossongs.blogspot.com)
According to Iain Dale, David Cameron’s Conservative HQ people have thrown three of the most prominent Tory bloggers, including the rather impressive Conservative Home, from their website.
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TomWatson on 16th Aug 2008 (via tom-watson.co.uk)
Iain Dale covers last night's story of the resignation of a Conservative adviser over controversial comments on race. The quote was taken from this interview.Dale and the Tory blogosphere, are outraged at the "lack of backbone" by the Mayor who, they believe, should've stood by his man. Conservative Home goes further in McGrath's defence in an event which is bound to have the right in knots for da...
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TheosBlog on 18th Jul 2008 (via regentsparklabour.blogspot.com)
From the sounds of it, this Ian Oakley affair has stunned most of the Conservative blogosphere into speechlessness... Sara Bedford:Tonight I set myself the task of checking all 267 blogs listed as Conservative on the Total Politics web site to see if I was doing them a disservice. Not a pleasant task, I can tell you! Of those 267, just four mention Ian Oakley at all. Iain Dale Conservative Home Ke...
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SimO on 11th Aug 2008 (via feeds.feedburner.com)
You might enjoy: Phil Hendron in Dizzy Thinks: “I’m a criminal get me out of here” Iain Dale in Iain Dale’s Diary: Cabinet Government Must Return Under Cameron John Stafford in Conservative Home: The decline and death of Party membership...
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CommentCentral on 20th Aug 2009 (via timesonline.typepad.com)
In response to Iain Lindley's request, Iain Dale has published the list of the top 100 Conservative blogs; as opposed to those who are right of centre and not aligned to the Conservative Party. This list is useful and I'm pleased that I have come in at number 39. The list is as follows: TOP 100 Conservative Blogs 1 Iain Dale 2 Conservative Home 3 Dizzy Thinks 4 Burning our Money 5...
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AndrewAllison on 7th Sep 2008 (via andrew-allison.blogspot.com)
Anyone who wants to know how thin the veneer of reasonableness that David Cameron has applied to the Conservative Party is should read Iain Dale's latest piece for the Daily Telegraph. You may recall the late 1990s as a time when the new Labour government could not be touched and the Tories were a rabble. Not Iain. He remembers it as something close to a Golden Age when Eric Forth and John Be...
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LiberalEngland on 27th Oct 2008 (via liberalengland.blogspot.com)
Iain Dale has published the list of what he calls the top 50 right wingers. Top of the pile, for goodness sake, is David Cameron. Why? Cameron remains top this year because he is the leader that has taken the Conservative party back into contention. Right - so the best right winger is the one who has taken his party on a forced march into leftie liberal la la land. Gawd help us all. You can get so...
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Ranting Stan on 1st Oct 2008 (via rantingstan.blogspot.com)
Conservative leader says he wants people with no background in Tory politics to consider standing as candidates for parliament David Cameron today hinted at a desire to clear out the Conservative old guard when he said he wanted people with no background in Tory politics to consider standing for parliament as Conservative MPs. In a move that suggests he feels the modernisation of the Conservative ...
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Guardian on 24th May 2009 (via guardian.co.uk)
Iain Dale prophetic? Was Iain Dale being prophetic at 08:24 this morning, or had he had a tip off about David Cameron’s agenda for today? Either way, whilst I admire David Cameron’s gesture (to help Gordon get out of the shit), I hope he doesn’t end up signing a blank cheque. :: :: ::
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CurlysCornerShop on 30th Sep 2008 (via curly15.wordpress.com)