{"product_id":"have-i-said-too-much-9781837360727","title":"Have I Said Too Much? : My Life in Politics \u0026 the Media","description":"\u003cp\u003eAward-winning broadcaster Iain\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDale has led a life full of incident and success but also some very public\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efailures. In this refreshingly honest account of his life and careers in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebusiness, politics and media, he tells all for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the same raw candour that\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eearns him 750,000 weekly listeners, he recounts his journey from driving a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecombine harvester at age eight to driving the national conversation on LBC,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etaking in his encounters with a host of household names, including HM Queen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElizabeth II, Sir Cliff Richard, Kylie Minogue, Joan Rivers, Jeremy Paxman,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOlivia Newton-John, Dame Joan Collins, David Dimbleby, Miranda Hart and twelve\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof our Prime Ministers. Along the way, Iain reflects movingly on coming out at\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eage forty, coming to terms with his thwarted political aspirations and the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eheartbreaking phone-ins that have made him 'the friend they've never met' to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emillions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the ultimate insider's\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eguide to the corridors of power and the pressures of the studio. Whether he's\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enearly throwing up on Margaret Thatcher, coming to blows with senior MPs or\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eaccidentally calling the Archbishop of Canterbury something less than pious on\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elive radio, this is Iain Dale off-air and unfiltered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Iain Dale\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutobiography: arts \u0026amp; entertainment, Politics \u0026amp; government\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 15 Jul 2026 by Biteback Publishing.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Iain Dale","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57322205282682,"sku":"9781837360727","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/4125\/files\/9781837360727.jpg?v=1790686187","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.co.uk\/products\/have-i-said-too-much-9781837360727","provider":"Belfast Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}