Iain Dale toadies

Iain Dale has just been on The World at One toadying to Julie Kirkbride following her announcement that she's standing down, with no acknowledgement of the case against her at all.

According to him, she did nothing wrong and has been hounded by the media.

Excuse me, she connived with her unlamented husband to claim for two second homes between them. If he is a thief, so is she.

She had to go. Also gone is any credibility Iain Dale had as an objective political commentator.