[3] On 28 May 2024, he announced that he was quitting his LBC roles to run as an MP in the 2024 United Kingdom general election,[4][5] only to abandon his campaign three days later.

This includes co-authoring, in May 2006, a book with fellow blogger Paul Staines (responsible for the Guido Fawkes website) about alleged instances of sleaze from the Labour government since it took office in 1997.

[9] Dale has written histories of West Ham United, the football team he supports, and Norwich City for Haynes Publishing, and in 2015, wrote a book called The NHS: Things That Need to be Said for Elliott & Thompson.

His most recent book was co-edited by the former Labour Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, and is a collection of biographical essays of every female MP elected to the House of Commons since 1918 entitled Honourable Ladies.

In late July 2010, Dale started a six-week stint on LBC covering for Petrie Hosken and Andrew Pierce, which later turned into a regular show.

Dale has often appeared on television programmes such as Newsnight, The Andrew Marr Show, Jeremy Vine and Good Morning Britain.

[13] Dale wrote a weekly diary column for the website ConservativeHome until 2021,[14][15] where he also published his annual list of the '100 most influential people on the Right' through to 2018.

In 1997, Dale opened Politico's Bookstore and Coffee House in Westminster, selling political books, memorabilia and novelty items.

[1] In May 2005, Dale stood in the general election as the Conservative candidate for North Norfolk, losing to the Liberal Democrat incumbent, Norman Lamb.

[19] In October 2009, Dale ran for selection for the Conservative safe seat of Bracknell[20] in order to succeed Andrew MacKay, who stepped down at the 2010 general election.

On 17 June 2010, Dale announced on his blog that he was resigning from the Conservative Party candidates list and would not be standing at any forthcoming parliamentary election.

[24] On 28 May 2024, Dale announced he would run for selection as a Conservative candidate in the 2024 general election,[5] in the seat of Tunbridge Wells, where he lives.

[25] On 31 May he announced that he had decided not to put his name on the shortlist after comments he had made about Tunbridge Wells, two years earlier, emerged online.

Dale, who was not involved in the television interview, attempted to physically remove Holmes from the shot, resulting in the two men grappling on the ground.

[36] He entered into a civil partnership with his long-term partner John Simmons on 15 June 2008 at Wadhurst Castle in East Sussex[37] which was then converted to a marriage in 2015.