How do we define disability?
How do we define disability? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are author Rachel Shabi, Labour MP Charlotte Nichols, Tory peer Baroness Stowell and The Spectator's James Heale.
Jun 30, 2025•2 hr 28 min
Iain Dale - The Whole Show
Always punchy, always opinionated, you can find Iain Dale in the Evening live on LBC Monday to Thursday from 7pm. Cross Question, LBC's political panel debate show, features from Monday to Wednesday. On Thursday, a phone-in with top guests from the world of politics, academia, media and entertainment.
Episodes
Air India plane crash: what we know
Air India plane crash: what we know Plus, shadow chancellor Mel Stride takes your calls
Jun 12, 2025•2 hr 27 min
Is your police force running out of money?
Is your police force running out of money? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP and treasury committee member Rachel Blake, Conservative MP and shadow business minister Dame Harriett Baldwin, journalist and author Duncan Weldon and economist and broadcaster Liam Halligan.
Jun 11, 2025•2 hr 30 min
Should we ban halal and kosher slaughter?
Should we ban halal and kosher slaughter? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Plaid Cymru MP Liz Saville-Roberts, Conservative shadow technology secretary Alan Mak, general secretary of the University and College Union Jo Grady and ConservativeHome editor Giles Dilnot.
Jun 10, 2025•2 hr 29 min
Has the winter fuel u-turn made Starmer stronger or weaker?
Has the winter fuel u-turn made Starmer stronger or weaker? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP Andy McDonald, the Conservative peer and former Defence Minister Lord Andrew Robathan, Green Party peer Baroness Jenny Jones and former Brexit Party & Tory MEP Lucy Harris. If you've never donated blood before, what has put you off of doing so? If you have, what persuaded you to donate for the first time?
Jun 09, 2025•2 hr 29 min
Does the Reform chairman's resignation show Farage is the biggest barrier stopping the party gaining power?
Does the resignation of Zia Yusuf as chairman of Reform UK show that Nigel Farage is the biggest barrier which might halt his own rise to power? Former Foreign Secretary Sir Jeremy Hunt takes your calls on Britain's place in the world. Was the sentences given to 80 year-old Bhim Kohli's teenage killers too lenient? Plus reaction to a dramatic, public fall-out between Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
Jun 05, 2025•2 hr 29 min
The Lib Dem leader takes your calls
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey joins Iain in studio to take calls from LBC listeners. Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are the Conservative peer and former Ofsted chief inspector Baroness Amanda Spielman, Labour MP and Defence Select Committee chair Tan Dheshi, the Liberal Democrats' Home Affairs spokesperson Lisa Smart and LBC's own Political Editor Natasha Clark. Plus how did you deal with being diagnosed with a serious illness as a younger person?
Jun 04, 2025•2 hr 30 min
Do you wake up early enough?
Do you wake up early enough? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP Tom Hayes, writer and campaigner Melissa Benn, Conservative MP Sir Alec Shelbrooke and Poppy Coburn from The Telegraph.
Jun 03, 2025•2 hr 29 min
Is our country well-defended?
Is our country well-defended? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are former Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy, Conservative MP Harriet Cross, Green peer and former leader Natalie Bennett and commentator Ella Whelan.
Jun 02, 2025•2 hr 29 min
Have you ever tried to stop a fare-dodger?
Have you ever tried to stop a fare-dodger?
May 29, 2025•2 hr 28 min
Are resident doctors losing your support?
Are resident doctors losing your support? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP Chris Curtis, Reform UK London Assembly member Alex Wilson, Naomi Smith from the campaign group Best for Britain and commentator Angela Epstein.
May 28, 2025•2 hr 30 min
Does Farage represent the working class?
Does Farage represent the working class? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are broadcaster David Aaronovitch, former Conservative culture secretary Lucy Frazer, journalist Oli Dugmore and entrepreneur Emma Sinclair.
May 27, 2025•2 hr 30 min
Should sex offenders be chemically castrated?
Should sex offenders be chemically castrated?
May 23, 2025•2 hr 36 min
How many more u-turns will we get from this government?
How many more u-turns will we get from this government? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are former Channel 4 News boss Dorothy Byrne, shadow culture minister and Conservative MP Saqib Bhatti, Labour MP Steve Race and City AM columnist Jamila Robertson.
May 21, 2025•2 hr 29 min
Will Israel listen to David Lammy's condemnation?
Will Israel listen to David Lammy's condemnation? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn, shadow health minister and Conservative MP Dr Luke Evans, Rachel Cunliffe from the New Statesman and political commentator Charlie Downes.
May 20, 2025•2 hr 30 min
Is the new EU deal a 'betrayal'?
Is the new EU deal a 'betrayal'? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP Mark Ferguson, Conservative MP and shadow paymaster general Richard Holden, Liberal Democrat MP Victoria Collins and Times columnist Matthew Syed.
May 19, 2025•2 hr 28 min
Is Trump actually a barrier to peace in Ukraine?
Is Trump actually a barrier to peace in Ukraine?
May 15, 2025•2 hr 29 min
How do we stop prisons overflowing?
How do we stop prisons overflowing? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative peer Lord Brady, Labour MP Naushabah Khan, political commentator and former Conservative adviser Salma Shah and journalist Zoë Grünewald.
May 14, 2025•2 hr 32 min
Has Keir Starmer got his dog whistle out?
Has Keir Starmer got his dog whistle out? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP and science committee chair Chi Onwurah, Conservative shadow cabinet office minister Alex Burghart, general secretary of the GMB union Gary Smith and Times journalist Cindy Yu.
May 12, 2025•2 hr 30 min
Is the UK-US trade deal a Brexit win?
Is the UK-US trade deal a Brexit win?
May 08, 2025•2 hr 28 min
Should you be able to drive a train at eighteen?
Should you be able to drive a train at eighteen? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP Barry Gardiner, Conservative MP and shadow housing minister David Simmonds, barrister and author Dr Charlotte Proudman and London Standard columnist Emily Sheffield.
May 07, 2025•2 hr 29 min
104-year-old WWII veteran takes your calls!
104-year-old WWII veteran takes your calls! Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Lib Dem MP Sarah Olney, former Conservative MP and minister Laura Farris, human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell and businessman and former independent Mayor of Middlesbrough Andy Preston.
May 06, 2025•2 hr 26 min
Which bits of your identity are you proud of?
Which bits of your identity are you proud of?
May 01, 2025•2 hr 26 min
Is net zero realistic?
Is net zero realistic? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP Preet Kaur Gill, former Conservative MP and minister Greg Hands, former Gogglebox star and Labour campaigner Josh Tapper and journalist and businessman Tim Hames.
Apr 30, 2025•2 hr 29 min
Trump's first hundred days: tragedy or triumph?
Trump's (second) first hundred days: tragedy or triumph? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are former first minister of Northern Ireland Baroness Foster, Labour MP Peter Prinsley, SNP MP Stephen Gethins and political commentator Samantha Smith.
Apr 29, 2025•2 hr 28 min
Tory leader Kemi Badenoch back to take your calls!
Tory leader Kemi Badenoch back to take your calls! Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP Alex Sobel, Conservative peer Lord Ranger, City AM opinion editor Alys Denby and imam and broadcaster Ajmal Masroor.
Apr 28, 2025•2 hr 29 min
Time to fine the headphone-dodgers?
Time to fine the headphone-dodgers? Plus, Jonathan Dimbleby takes your calls.
Apr 24, 2025•2 hr 29 min
Is Trump giving up on peace in Ukraine?
Is Trump giving up on peace in Ukraine? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Lib Dem MP Layla Moran, former Conservative MP and minister Sir Robert Buckland, comedian and journalist Ava Vidal and businessman and political commentator Lance Forman.
Apr 23, 2025•2 hr 29 min
Is the government trying to copy Nigel Farage?
Is the government trying to copy Nigel Farage? Joining Iain Dale for this special edition of Cross Question to mark Earth Day are Green Party leader Adrian Ramsay, Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice, climate change lawyer Tessa Khan and clean energy businessman Michael Liebreich.
Apr 22, 2025•2 hr 29 min
Do you have sympathy for teachers?
Do you have sympathy for teachers? Plus Frank Gardner tells us how about his experience traveling as a disabled person
Apr 17, 2025•2 hr 31 min
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