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Cross Question with Iain Dale

Iain Dale is joined by a panel of senior politicians and commentators to answer listener questions on the biggest stories of the week. Debate, in-depth discussion and laughs all guaranteed!
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Episodes

Lucy Powell, David Gauke, Lionel Barber & Stephanie Flanders

Lucy Powell - Shadow Business & Consumer Affairs Minister & Labour & Co-op MP for Manchester Central | David Gauke - Former Treasury Member and Conservative MP | Lionel Barber - Former Editor of the Financial Times & Host of the LBC Podcast 'What Next?' | Stephanie Flanders - Senior Executive Editor at Bloomberg and head of Bloomberg Economics

Mar 03, 202151 min

Nadhim Zahawi, Shabana Mahmood, Trevor Phillips & Anita Boateng

Nadhim Zahawi- Minister for Vaccine Deployment, Business and Industry & Conservative MP for Stratford-on-Avon | Shabana Mahmood- Labour MP for Birmingham Ladywood | Trevor Phillips- Broadcaster, writer and Chair of Green Park Executive Recruitment | Anita Boateng- Senior Director at FTI Consulting & Former Special Adviser at the Cabinet Office, CCHQ, MoJ & DWP

Dec 09, 202048 min

Kezia Dugdale, Mark Harper, Inaya Folarin Iman & Paul Embery

Kezia Dugdale: Former leader of the Scottish Labour Party and Director of the John Smith Centre for Politics & Public Service | Mark Harper: Conservative MP for the Forest of Dean and leader of the Covid Recovery Group of Conservative MPs | Inaya Folarin Iman: Spiked Online Columnist and Free Speech Union board member | Paul Embery: Trade unionist, writer and author of the recently-published 'Despised: Why the Modern Left Loathes the Working Class'

Dec 02, 202050 min

Harriett Baldwin, Pat McFadden, Miatta Fahnbulleh, Peter Cardwell

Harriett Baldwin - Conservative MP for West Worcestershire, former minister & member of the Treasury Select Committee | Pat McFadden - Shadow Economic Secretary to the Treasury & Labour MP for Wolverhampton South East | Miatta Fahnbulleh - Chief Executive of the New Economics Foundation | Peter Cardwell - Commentator, former SpAd and author of The Secret Life of Special Advisors

Nov 25, 202050 min

Simon Hart, Wes Streeting, Kirsten Oswald & Salma Shah

Simon Hart - Secretary of State for Wales and Conservative MP for Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Wes Streeting - Shadow Schools Minister and Labour MP for Ilford North | Kirsten Oswald - Deputy SNP Westminster Leader and SNP MP for East Renfrewshire | Salma Shah - Political commentator and former special advisor to Sajid Javid when he was Home Secretary

Nov 11, 202050 min

Tom Tugendhat, Catherine West, Ella Whelan & Harry Lambert

Tom Tugendhat: Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee and Conservative MP for Tonbridge and Malling | Catherine West: Labour MP for Hornsey and Wood Green & Shadow Americas Minister | Ella Whelan: Columnist at Spiked Online and Author 'What Women Want' | Harry Lambert: Special Correspondent at The New Statesman

Nov 04, 202050 min

Claire Coutinho, Laurence Fox, Eve Pollard & Jack Dromey

Claire Coutinho (Conservative MP for East Surrey and Parliamentary Private Secretary at HM Treasury), Laurence Fox (Actor and musician), Eve Pollard (Journalist and former newspaper editor) & Jack Dromey (Labour MP for Birmingham Erdington)

Sep 23, 20201 hr 4 min

CROSS QUESTIONS RETURNS: Lucy Frazer, Jonathan Reynolds, Mary Beard & Simon Heffer

CROSS QUESTIONS RETURNS: Lucy Frazer (Justice Minister and Conservative MP for South East Cambridgeshire), Jonathan Reynolds (Shadow Work & Pensions Secretary and Labour MP for Stalybridge and Hyde), Mary Beard (Classicist, broadcaster and feminist campaigner) & Simon Heffer (Historian and Columnist)

Sep 16, 202053 min

BONUS: Coronavirus - Your Questions Answered

BONUS PANEL: Coronavirus - your questions answered with GP & Chair of the Council of the British Medical Association Dr Chaand Nagpaul, President of Population Health at Aetna International Dr Sneh Khemka & Travel Journalist Lisa Francesca Nand

Mar 03, 202048 min

BONUS: Super Tuesday Monday Night Panel

Bonus episode of Cross Question - Joining Iain Dale in the studio for a special panel looking ahead to Super Tuesday are broadcaster and playwright Bonnie Greer, host of the Primarily 2020 podcast and former Obama staffer Karin Robinson, specialist in American studies at UCL Dr Tom Packer and Philip Davies, professor Emeritus of American Studies at De Montfort University and Former Director, Eccles Centre for American Studies at The British Library.

Mar 02, 202044 min

Bob Blackman, Caroline Flint, Ella Whelan and Oz Katerji

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this week are Conservative MP for Harrow East Bob Blackman, former Labour MP for Don Valley Caroline Flint, journalist and commentator Ella Whelan, and Oz Katerji, journalist and host of Corbynism: The Post Mortem podcast.

Feb 12, 202052 min

BONUS: Irish Election Panel

Bonus episode of Cross Question - Joining Iain Dale in the studio for a special panel looking ahead to the Irish general election are Irish journalist and academic Pádraig Belton; Irish journalist and commentator Finn McRedmond; and Ben Kelly, who covers Irish politics for the Independent. Joining the panel from Ireland is Richard Chambers, journalist at Virgin Media News.

Feb 07, 202021 min

Jack Dromey, Claire Fox, Peter Bone and Jemma Forte

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this week are Labour MP for Birmingham Erdington Jack Dromey, former Brexit Party MEP, Director of Academy of Ideas and Author of 'I find that Offensive!' Claire Fox, Conservative MP for Wellingborough and Rushden Peter Bone, and Broadcaster and Writer Jemma Forte.

Feb 05, 202047 min

BONUS: Iowa Caucuses Panel

Bonus episode of Cross Question - Joining Iain Dale for a special panel looking ahead to the Iowa Caususes are Dr Jan Halper-Hayes, Republican Commentator and former advisor to Donald Trump's transition team; Professor Robert Singh, Professor of Contemporary US Politics at Birkbeck, University of London; Dr Cristina Dragomir, Lecturer in US Politics and Policy at Queen Mary University of London; and Sarah Elliott, Chair of Republicans Overseas UK.

Feb 03, 202044 min

Penny Mordaunt, Anna Soubry, Stephen Kinnock and Matthew Elliott

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this week are Conservative MP for Portsmouth North and former Defence Secretary Penny Mordaunt, former Conservative and Change UK MP Anna Soubry, Labour MP for Aberavon Stephen Kinnock, and Editor-at-Large at Brexit Central and former CEO of Vote Leave Matthew Elliott.

Jan 29, 202049 min

BONUS: Monday Night Panel on Post-Brexit Trade

Bonus episode of Cross Question - Joining Iain Dale for a special panel on Post-Brexit Trade are David Henig, UK Director of the UK Trade Policy Project at the European Centre for International Political Economy and Former International Trade Negotiator; Shanker Singham, Chief Executive of Competere and the Director of International Trade and Competition Unit at the Institute of Economic Affairs; Catherine McBride, economist for The Brexit Pledge, former Senior Economist at the Institute of Econ...

Jan 27, 202045 min

Shaun Bailey, Trevor Phillips, Steve Bloomfield and Shabnam Nasimi

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this week are Conservative candidate for Mayor of London Shaun Bailey, broadcaster and former Chair of the Commission for Racial Equality Trevor Phillips, Deputy Editor of Prospect Magazine Steve Bloomfield and Shabnam Nasimi, Conservative activist and Director of Conservative Friends of Afghanistan.

Jan 22, 202047 min

Suella Braverman, Simon Marks, David Van Day and Konstantin Kisin

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this week are Suella Braverman, Conservative MP for Fareham & former Brexit minister, LBC's Washington Correspondent Simon Marks, Comedian and free speech campaigner Konstantin Kisin and David Van Day, former Dollar singer and now Conservative councillor in Thurrock

Jan 15, 202051 min

BONUS: Monday Night Panel on tensions with Iran

Bonus episode of Cross Question - Iain Dale is joined in the studio by an expert panel to discuss tensions with Iran: - Lord Lamont - Former Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the UK's Trade Envoy to Iran - Lucy Fisher - Defence Editor at The Times - Seema Kennedy - Former Conservative MP for South Ribble who grew up in Iran - Patrick Wintour - Diplomatic Editor for the Guardian

Jan 14, 202047 min
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