Health Secretary causes outrage, the Prince of Wales nicknamed 'One Pint Willy' & should Olly Alexander still be the UK's Eurovision entry?
Dec 21, 2023•2 hr 29 min
Junior doctors strike again, UN voting on a ceasefire & would you charge your family members for Christmas dinner?
Dec 20, 2023•2 hr 31 min
Scotland puts up income tax for higher earners, trans guidance for schools & is it time to consider changing the law on assisted dying?
Dec 19, 2023•2 hr 30 min
Is Israel going too far? How badly does domestic abuse affect children? Will the Church of England get with the times on gay marriage?
Dec 18, 2023•2 hr 29 min
Israeli Ambassador says there will be no two-state solution, CWU boss takes your calls & is there discrimination against older women with younger partners?
Dec 14, 2023•2 hr 26 min
UN General Assembly calls for a ceasefire & does Ricky Gervais go too far? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour candidate and former Shadow Health Secretary Heidi Alexander, LBC presenter Ali Miraj, trade unionist Mary Bousted and Editor of City AM Andy Silvester.
Dec 13, 2023•2 hr 14 min
Live analysis as the Commons votes on the Government's Rwanda plan & do we pay enough attention to homeless people? Joining Iain on Cross Question this evening are Conservative peer and former Refugees Minister Lord Harrington, SNP MP and culture spokesperson John Nicolson, Director of the centre-right Reform think tank Charlotte Pickles and the New Statesman's Harry Lambert. Plus: an interview with Policing Minister Chris Philp on the Rwanda Safety Bill vote.
Dec 12, 2023•2 hr 23 min
Will the Tory right kill the Rwanda plan and would a Johnson-Farage partnership be your dream ticket or your idea of hell? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative MP Bob Seely, comedian and journalist Ava Vidal, businessman Paul Drechsler and Labour MP Beth Winter.
Dec 11, 2023•2 hr 23 min
Do you accept Boris Johnson's apology? The Guardian's John Crace takes your calls! Is there such a thing as too much discipline?
Dec 07, 2023•2 hr 24 min
Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick resigns - are the Conservatives falling apart? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative MP and Defence Select Committee Chair Robert Courts, Labour's Shadow Environment Secretary Steve Reed, broadcaster Afua Hagan and comedian Geoff Norcott.
Dec 06, 2023•2 hr 23 min
Why won't they ditch the Rwanda plan? And why are electric cars so unpopular? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative MP Chris Clarkson, political commentator Ella Whelan, writer for The Times Oliver Kamm and Labour MP Rachael Maskell.
Dec 05, 2023•2 hr 24 min
Immigration should be celebrated & will the licence fee survive? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Plaid Cymru's Westminster Leader Liz Saville-Roberts, Bloomberg's Head of Politics and Economics Stephanie Flanders, Conservative MP Flick Drummond and civil liberties campaigner Silkie Carlo.
Dec 04, 2023•2 hr 22 min
Anger over Hamas-supporting Oakland residents & why do we feel sad when celebrities die?
Nov 30, 2023•2 hr 23 min
Shadow Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds takes your small business calls & should we talk about rejoining the EU? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour's Stella Creasy, former No10 Comms Director Guto Harri, DUP MP Jim Shannon and Observer columnist Martha Gill.
Nov 29, 2023•2 hr 20 min
Minimum service levels for teachers and will universities go meat-free? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative Party Deputy Chairman Brendan Clarke-Smith, Labour Shadow Foreign Office Minister Catherine West, economist Vicky Pryce and ConservativeHome's Angus Parsad-Wyatt.
Nov 28, 2023•2 hr 28 min
Are consultants getting special treatment? And do you want a funeral when you die? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are LGBT+ safeguarding campaigner Jayne Ozanne, Labour MP Khalid Mahmood, Conservative MP Richard Graham and free speech campaigner Baroness Fox.
Nov 27, 2023•2 hr 23 min
Immigration figures are up, Nadine Dorries takes your calls on 'The Plot' & Gideon Falter takes your calls on antisemitism
Nov 23, 2023•2 hr 22 min
Ring Rachel Reeves, Cross Question & why has Netanyahu's government rewarded Hamas with a truce? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are the Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer, the Conservative MP and Nottinghamshire County Council leader Ben Bradley, the editor of the centre-right news commentary site CapX Alys Denby and the Plaid Cymru MP Ben Lake.
Nov 22, 2023•2 hr 23 min
International support for Ukraine, Cross Question & should protesting outside abortion clinics be allowed? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are the Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer, the Conservative MP and Nottinghamshire County Council leader Ben Bradley, the editor of the centre-right news commentary site CapX Alys Denby and the Plaid Cymru MP Ben Lake.
Nov 21, 2023•2 hr 21 min
Which taxes should be cut, Cross Question & at what age should a child be given a phone? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour peer Baroness Shami Chakrabarti, political commentator Tim Montgomerie, barrister Chris Daw KC and the Conservative MP Greg Smith.
Nov 20, 2023•2 hr 22 min
PM under pressure to sack Suella Braverman, former head of the British Army Lord Dannatt takes your calls & will Donald Trump get another term?
Nov 09, 2023•2 hr 23 min
Rishi Sunak accepts pro-Palestine march will go ahead on Armistice Day, Cross Question & why are British women the most likely to binge drink? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are PoliticsHome political reporter Nadine Batchelor-Hunt, Editor-in-Chief of the UnHerd site Freddie Sayers, Labour's Leader in the House of Lords Baroness Smith and Conservative MP David Simmonds.
Nov 08, 2023•2 hr 22 min
King's Speech falls a bit flat, Cross Question & why is the ban on conversion therapy not going ahead? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative MP Heather Wheeler, New European Editor-at-Large Matt d'Ancona, Labour MP Barry Gardiner and broadcaster Angela Epstein.
Nov 07, 2023•2 hr 24 min
Suella Braverman says rough sleeping is a 'lifestyle choice', Cross Question & new plans for 40% of train services to run during strikes Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour's Lucy Powell, businessman Juergen Maier, Conservative peer and former Health Minister Lord Bethell and the FT's Whitehall Editor Lucy Fisher.
Nov 06, 2023•2 hr 22 min
Israeli troops reach Gaza City, Judge Nicholas Mostyn takes your calls on Parkinson's & is the Cockney accent disappearing?
Nov 02, 2023•2 hr 22 min
Italian PM says world leaders are 'tired' of Ukraine, Cross Question & does the NHS need more private sector help? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are political commentator Salma Shah, Green Party Deputy Leader Zack Polanski, Sam Freedman from the Institute for Government and former Conservative MP Jessica Harrington.
Nov 01, 2023•2 hr 22 min
Covid enquiry turns ugly, Cross Question, working parents criticised & extended interview with the Palestinian Ambassador to the UK Joining Iain Dale on LBC this evening are Mail columnist Sarah Vine, Conservative MP Sir John Redwood, Liberal Democrat education spokesperson Munira Wilson and Zoë Grünewald from the New Statesman.
Oct 31, 2023•2 hr 26 min
Netanyahu rules out a ceasefire in Gaza, Cross Question & do you live in a dental desert? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative MP Tim Loughton, former Labour MP Mary Creagh, LBC presenter and mental health campaigner Natasha Devon & Will Atkinson from ConservativeHome.
Oct 30, 2023•2 hr 21 min
Iain sits in for Matt Frei on Saturday mid-morning, and speaks to Matt in Tel Aviv, a former Deputy Commander of the IDF in Gaza Amir Avivi, the former de facto UK Ambassador of the Palestinian Territories Sir Vincent Fean and leading defence expert Shashank Joshi. He also takes your calls, including those from Palestinians who were born in Gaza fearing for the safety of their relatives still in the strip.
Oct 28, 2023•2 hr 23 min
Former NatWest boss 'breached data rules' over Nigel Farage, osteoporosis experts take your calls & should a tattoo hold you back?
Oct 26, 2023•2 hr 20 min