Where will Ukraine be in a year's time? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP and defence committee chair Tan Dhesi, former Conservative armed forces minister James Heappey, political commentator Suzanne Evans and Sam Freedman from the Institute for Government think tank.
Feb 24, 2025•2 hr 29 min
Should we cut the foreign aid budget to spend more on defence? Plus, Lord Sumption takes your calls on the state of our justice system. And should we give the Benin bronzes back?
Feb 20, 2025•2 hr 26 min
When even the US President is now wildly spreading disinformation, how can the damage it does be tackled? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are the new Fire Brigades Union General Secretary Steve Wright, former Conservative minister Paul Scully, former Brexit Party and Conservative MEP Lucy Harris and Labour MP Barry Gardiner.
Feb 19, 2025•2 hr 28 min
Should we send British troops to peacekeep in Ukraine? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP Dame Siobhain McDonagh, former Conservative MP and minister Tim Loughton, Reform UK member of the London Assembly Alex Wilson and journalist Christina Patterson.
Feb 17, 2025•2 hr 27 min
Keir Starmer to raise defence spending but is this a good idea?
Feb 17, 2025•2 hr 35 min
Is Reform UK a serious party? Plus, former KGB spy Jack Barsky takes your calls. And are you changing your mind about assisted dying?
Feb 13, 2025•2 hr 25 min
If Trump gets his way, does Putin win? Plus, skills minister Baroness Jacqui Smith takes your calls for National Apprenticeship Week. Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are energy consumers minister and Labour MP Miatta Fahnbulleh, former Conservative cabinet minister Sir Ranil Jayawardena, entrepreneur Piers Linney and political scientist Professor Anand Menon.
Feb 12, 2025•2 hr 27 min
Is the Gaza ceasefire about to end? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP and Northern Ireland committee chair Tonia Antoniazzi, LBC presenter Rachel Johnson, Conservative MP Joe Robertson and broadcaster Gavin Esler.
Feb 11, 2025•2 hr 24 min
Are we being too hard on MPs telling jokes on WhatsApp? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative MP and shadow business minister Jerome Mayhew, Lib Dem MP and hospitals and primary care spokesperson Jess Brown-Fuller, president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews and former Labour councillor Phil Rosenberg and political commentator Salma Shah.
Feb 10, 2025•2 hr 26 min
How hard should it be to become a British citizen?
Feb 06, 2025•2 hr 25 min
Would Trump's Gaza plan amount to ethnic cleansing? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP Tom Hayes, Conservative MP and shadow paymaster general Richard Holden, environmentalist Rupert Read and former Tory adviser who now supports Reform UK Emma Barr.
Feb 05, 2025•2 hr 25 min
How should we define Islamophobia? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP Sarah Smith, Conservative MP and shadow business secretary Andrew Griffith, Miqdaad Versi from the Muslim Council of Britain and Times journalist and political commentator Sebastian Payne.
Feb 04, 2025•2 hr 27 min
Should we cosy up to tariff-loving Trump? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP Dan Tomlinson, anti-racism activist Imarn Ayton, broadcaster Albie Amankona and Tory adviser Christopher Howarth.
Feb 03, 2025•2 hr 27 min
Was Trump's anti-diversity scheme message sensible or just offensive? Journalist Rachel Shabi takes your calls on her book on anti-Semitism. And what effect will Trump's extraordinary press conference have on disabled people?
Jan 30, 2025•2 hr 26 min
Is expanding Heathrow key to solving Britain's economic malaise? And is the only solution to universities' funding crisis a big increase in tuition fees? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are former Conservative Transport Secretary Mark Harper, Lib Dem frontbencher Sarah Olney, Telegraph columnist Ella Whelan & the writer and broadcaster Paul Mason.
Jan 29, 2025•2 hr 28 min
Should young rioters have their criminal records wiped? Plus, Bill Browder takes your calls on whether Trump can push Putin to the table. Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are SNP MP Kirsty Blackman, Tory MP Greg Smith, immigration campaigner Zoe Gardner and political commentator James Starkie.
Jan 28, 2025•2 hr 26 min
Why are young people losing faith in democracy? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP and science, innovation and technology committee chair Chi Onwurah, Conservative MP and vice president of the NATO Parliamentary assembly Sir Alec Shelbrooke, commentator and author Nels Abbey and LBC's political editor Natasha Clark.
Jan 27, 2025•2 hr 28 min
Has justice been done in the sentencing of Axel Rudakubana?
Jan 23, 2025•2 hr 26 min
Will Trump's online rants achieve peace? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are defence minister and Labour MP Luke Pollard, former Conservative culture secretary Lucy Frazer, Financial Times columnist Stephen Bush and non-affiliated peer Claire Fox.
Jan 22, 2025•2 hr 24 min
How do you stop 'lone wolves'? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Green MP and co-leader Adrian Ramsay, former Tory MP Anna Firth, academic and Labour commentator Richard Power-Sayeed and broadcaster Angela Epstein.
Jan 21, 2025•2 hr 26 min
On the day of President Trump's second inauguration, we ask what another four years of his presidency will mean for the world. Joining Iain Dale on this special edition of Cross Question are Jennifer Ewing from Republicans Overseas, former minister for the Americas during Trump's first term Sir Alan Duncan, playwright and commentator Bonnie Greer and American journalist and broadcaster Tom Rivers.
Jan 20, 2025•2 hr 26 min
Tory leader Kemi Badenoch takes your calls - and Simon Marks answers your questions ahead of the inauguration.
Jan 16, 2025•2 hr 28 min
Will the Gaza ceasefire last? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative MP and shadow cabinet minister Alex Burghart, broadcaster Anne McElvoy, Labour MP Danny Beales and Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee.
Jan 15, 2025•2 hr 27 min
How can Starmer save his government? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are former Tory MP Jonathan Gullis, Lib Dem MP and chief whip Wendy Chamberlain, Labour councillor and director of the Good Growth Foundation Praful Nargund and London Standard columnist Emily Sheffield.
Jan 14, 2025•2 hr 27 min
Can Trump bring peace in the Middle East? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP Stella Creasy, Conservative MP and shadow farming minister Robbie Moore, TUC general secretary Paul Nowak and social activist and commentator Nimco Ali.
Jan 13, 2025•2 hr 26 min
Were we too hard on Liz Truss?
Jan 09, 2025•2 hr 24 min
Should we take back British jihadis? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Green MP Sian Berry, Tory MP Patrick Spencer, Lib Dem MP Christine Jardine and Sun political correspondent Jack Elsom.
Jan 08, 2025•2 hr 21 min
Is Robert Jenrick being too divisive? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP David Pinto-Duschinsky, former Conservative MP and minister Vicky Ford, the Spectator's Cindy Yu and campaigner and podcaster Mathew Hulbert. How do you deal with a cancer diagnosis?
Jan 07, 2025•2 hr 26 min
Can Elon Musk be ignored? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP Polly Billington, journalist and former Mirror editor Alison Phillips, Conservative peer Lord Ranger and the Spectator's Freddy Gray.
Jan 06, 2025•2 hr 24 min
What would holding another grooming gangs inquiry achieve, how can using the phone while driving be made socially unacceptable again, and should the England men's cricket team boycott its upcoming match against Afghanistan over the Taliban's treatment of women?
Jan 02, 2025•2 hr 28 min