[3] In 1984, British tabloid newspaper The Sunday People described Bone as "The Most Dangerous Man in Britain".

[3][4] Ian Bone is the son of a butler, and has said that this background greatly contributed to his later political outlook.

The confrontational style of the paper led to Bone becoming an infamous figure in the politics of the 1980s.

[7] In 2001 he revived The Bristolian, which fielded candidates in the 2003 Bristol city council elections and was runner-up for the Paul Foot Award for investigative journalism in 2005.

[10] In September 2018, Russia Today broadcast footage of Bone doorstepping Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg, shouting "Your daddy is a very horrible person" and "lots of people hate your daddy" at his young children.