Will the Labour Party let Diane Abbott stand? Joining Iain on Cross Question this evening are Conservative MP Nickie Aiken, Labour's Siobhain McDonagh, Liberal Democrat Sarah Olney and Robert Shrimsley of the Financial Times.
May 29, 2024•2 hr 33 min
Reaction to Michael Gove announcing he is standing down as an MP. The International Court of Justice ordering Israel to stop its campaign in the city of Rafah. Are Labour being ambitious enough? Iain's Friday night Open Phone-in.
May 24, 2024•2 hr 25 min
Should there be TV election debates every week? Plus, Sir Robin Niblett takes your calls on the main parties' approaches to China and Russia!
May 23, 2024•2 hr 15 min
Rishi Sunak calls the election for the 4th of July! In perhaps the first election debate, on the day Rishi Sunak called the general election, Iain Dale was joined on Cross Question by Conservative Steve Baker, Labour's Anneliese Dodds, Liberal Democrat Alistair Carmichael and Richard Thomson from the SNP.
May 22, 2024•2 hr 28 min
Why should we pay respects to the late Iranian president? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Green MP and former leader Caroline Lucas, Alba Party leader and former Scottish first minister Alex Salmond, Conservative MP Heather Wheeler and social entrepreneur and Baptist minister Reverend Steve Chalke.
May 21, 2024•2 hr 24 min
Have lessons been learned from the infected blood scandal? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP and chair of the home affairs select committee Dame Diana Johnson, Conservative MP Tom Hunt, the GMB union's general secretary Gary Smith and Christian Calgie from the Daily Express.
May 20, 2024•2 hr 23 min
Which party do you trust more on small boats and asylum policy? Can it be at all reasonable to target Israel's 20 year-old Eurovision performer? Iain's Friday night Open Phone-in.
May 10, 2024•2 hr 24 min
Is Britain right to continue exporting arms to Israel? Plus the Union of Jewish Students' President Edward Isaacs takes your calls, hours after meeting with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
May 09, 2024•2 hr 24 min
Who wins when a right wing MP defects from the Tories to Labour? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative MP and Northern Ireland minister Steve Baker, Labour MP and shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson, crossbench peer and disability rights campaigner Tanni Grey-Thompson and Mail on Sunday columnist Dan Hodges.
May 08, 2024•2 hr 23 min
Labour's Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves takes your calls! Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative MP and foreign affairs committee chair Alicia Kearns, Labour MP Andy McDonald, Sunday Telegraph columnist Janet Daley and pollster Joe Twyman.
May 07, 2024•2 hr 24 min
What do the local election results mean?
May 03, 2024•2 hr 18 min
Should police officers be armed? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Telegraph political editor Ben Riley-Smith, Lib Dem MP Christine Jardine, Conservative MP Jo Gideon and Labour campaigner and former MP Parmjit Dhanda.
Apr 30, 2024•2 hr 24 min
Labour's Louise Haigh takes your transport calls!
Apr 29, 2024•1 hr 40 min
Is the Scottish government falling apart?
Apr 25, 2024•2 hr 26 min
Can Ukraine win the war with the West's help? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are SNP MP and former broadcaster John Nicolson, Conservative MP and energy minister Andrew Bowie, pollster Scarlett Maguire and comedian Dom Joly.
Apr 24, 2024•2 hr 25 min
Do older people get a hard time? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour's Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones, Bloomberg's Ailbhe Rea, Conservative MP Craig Whittaker and former Conservative comms director Giles Kenningham.
Apr 23, 2024•2 hr 27 min
Rwanda policy ping pong and are you a patriot? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Lib Dem MP Munira Wilson, social policy analyst Rakib Ehsan and Guardian columnist Zoe Williams.
Apr 22, 2024•2 hr 28 min
Retail giant Theo Paphitis takes your calls
Apr 18, 2024•2 hr 29 min
Can the UK have any influence over what Netanyahu does next? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour's Stella Creasy, Conservative Rachel Maclean, Lib Dem Lord Razall and Luke Tryl from the More in Common think tank, which aims to tackle social divisions.
Apr 17, 2024•2 hr 24 min
Kemi Badenoch takes your calls on the Cass review, prayer in schools, conversion therapy and Brexit. Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative MP and deputy chairman Angela Richardson, SDLP MP Claire Hanna, historian Tessa Dunlop and acting editor at ConservativeHome Henry Hill.
Apr 16, 2024•2 hr 26 min
Liz Truss on her mini-budget, Trump vs Biden and her 'unfinished business' Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative former foreign minister Sir Alan Duncan, Labour's leader in the House of Lords Baroness Smith, author and broadcaster Matthew Syed and Whitehall editor at the Financial Times Lucy Fisher.
Apr 15, 2024•2 hr 26 min
'Aggressive begging', Bill Browder and Evgenia Kara-Murza, Question Marks and prison reform
Apr 11, 2024•2 hr 29 min
Are we letting children down over gender care? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Imam Ajmal Masroor, Lib Dem director of communications Baroness Grender, barrister and former Conservative MP Jerry Hayes and the Spectator's James Heale.
Apr 10, 2024•2 hr 31 min
Should protesters stay away from Keir Starmer's house? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative peer Lord Marland, City AM's Alys Denby, Labour candidate Kevin Craig and political commentator Jonathan Lis.
Apr 09, 2024•52 min
Is it just 'middle class lefties' fighting more private sector involvement in the NHS?
Apr 08, 2024•2 hr 31 min
Is it fair to give more lenient sentences to people who grew up in poverty? Plus, comedian Matt Forde takes your calls!
Apr 04, 2024•2 hr 27 min
Should we stop sending weapons to Israel? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are broadcaster Gavin Esler, author and former Labour official Richard Power-Sayeed, businesswoman and former Cameron adviser Sarah Southern and political commentator Michael Brown - who used to be a Conservative MP.
Apr 03, 2024•2 hr 28 min
How can aid be safely taken into Gaza if humanitarian workers are being killed by Israeli airstrikes? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are author Jonn Elledge, former Conservative MP Angela Knight, general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union Matt Wrack and columnist Grant Tucker.
Apr 02, 2024•2 hr 30 min
Should the UK consider legalising assisted dying? Plus, Conservative Peer Lord Tony Sewell takes your calls on racism in Britain.
Mar 28, 2024•2 hr 14 min
How satisfied are you with the NHS? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Liberal Democrat MP Sarah Olney, Lawyer and Activist Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu, Conservative Peer Baroness Tina Stowell and Director of the Reform Think Tank, Charlotte Pickles.
Mar 28, 2024•2 hr 14 min