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Radio host Iain Dale has announced he is to quit his show on LBC to stand for parliament. It is understood the broadcaster will seek to stand as the Conservative candidate in Tunbridge Wells at the forthcoming general election. The 61-year-old revealed his decision live on LBC yesterday evening. He told listeners: “You know how much politics means to me. And if you’ve listened for any length of time, you know I’ve always had two ambitions in life. One was to be a radio presenter and the other was to be an MP. “Last time I tried, the electorate fought back, in quite a major way it has to be sai…