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Iain Dale ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๐ฌ๐ง โ๏ธ
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@LBC 7-10pm Mon-Thu. @WherePolitics Meets History pod. @IainDaleAllTalk pod. Columnist. Author. Substacker. Book Agent: Curtis Brown TV: Arlington Talent
- If FIFA kick Poland out of the World Cup for refusing to play Russia, and allow Russia through on a bye, all other nations should make clear they won't play in Qatar.
- Priti Patel's performance at the despatch box today was dispiriting to say the very least - refusing to answer perfectly reasonable questions and just insulting opposition MPs. It was an affront to Parliament.
- I have no hestitation in saying that Boris Johnson's performance in the House today at PMQs was a disgrace.
- I enjoy my early mornings on @GMB with @Jacqui_Smith1 because theyโre all about civilised discussion. Todayโs was not. It was about closing me down. I decided it wasnโt worth hanging around. Apologies to @kategarraway, @benshephard & @CharlotteHawkns but enough is enough.
- I've been in isolation for 67 days in Kent. I could have driven 158 miles to my house in Norfolk, where in theory I would be safer. I didn't, because the rules apply to me too. The arrogance of "I don't care how it looks" is what riles me. 'Don't do as I do' is rarely a good look
- This is what heroes look like.
- I find it hilarious that some people seem to think that on the first day that Britain is wholly outside the EU it is wholly wrong and inappropriate to have @Nigel_Farage on my programme. They can get stuffed.
- Today is the 25th anniversary of the day I met my partner, John. A day that will live in infamy! We've been through a lot together but we've never had a row and our love for each other remains undiminished by the passage of time.
- Enough with the confected outrage about Sue Gray. When I was a publisher I had many dealings with her. I and everyone she has ever worked with regard her as a woman of total integrity. Exactly the sort of person who'd make a fantastic chief of staff. Starmer has made a good appt.
- The Guardian's front page SAGE story is a perfect illustration of why the public's trust in the media has collapsed. I mean perish the thought that the PM's chief advisor should want to inform himself and report back. He sat in on a meeting. It's his job. FFS.
- If Matt Hancock announces that the 100,000 test figure has been reached (and I have no idea if it has), I can assure you as clear as night follows day, that people will allege that he's fiddled the figures. Just watch.
- Urinating next to PC Keith Palmer's statue was a disgusting thing to do. But to send the man to prison for 14 days shows all that is wrong with our justice system and why our prisons are full. He's not a danger to society and there are other ways of doling out serious punishment.
