Smaller parties take your questions! Iain Dale is joined on Cross Question by political commentator Femi Oluwole, Conservative peer Lord Jackson, former Labour comms adviser Scarlett MccGwire and historian and columnist Tim Stanley.
Jul 01, 2024•2 hr 28 min
What good reason is there for Joe Biden NOT to drop out of US Presidential race?
Jun 28, 2024•2 hr 24 min
Podcaster and former Tory MP Rory Stewart takes your calls! Plus, phone-ins on Trump vs Biden and Ed Davey wanting to ban smoking but legalise cannabis.
Jun 27, 2024•2 hr 28 min
Should politicians be banned from gambling on elections? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are crossbench peer and businessman Lord Bilimoria, freelance journalist Zoë Grünewald, national chair of the Labour Muslim Network Ali Milani and former Conservative MP and Foreign Office minister Alistair Burt.
Jun 26, 2024•2 hr 28 min
How could we bring down knife crime? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative peer and former education secretary Nicky Morgan, general secretary of the National Education Union Daniel Kebede, Green peer and former party leader Natalie Bennett and Henry Hill from ConservativeHome.
Jun 25, 2024•2 hr 29 min
Former Labour leader Neil Kinnock takes your calls & has Farage blown it? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are former Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale, political commentator Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, UnHerd political editor Tom McTague and former Conservative adviser Charlie Rowley.
Jun 24, 2024•2 hr 30 min
Will the Tory betting scandal change voters' minds? Plus, a special LBC youth hustings with 18-21 year olds from across the political spectrum.
Jun 20, 2024•2 hr 25 min
Is it all over for Rishi Sunak? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour's Bell Ribeiro-Addy, commentator Samuel Kasumu, Liberal Democrat peer Baroness Kramer and journalist Rachel Wearmouth.
Jun 19, 2024•2 hr 29 min
Who's winning the debate on tax? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour candidate Sir Stephen Timms, Sebastian Payne from the Onward think tank, broadcaster and author Christina Patterson and pollster James Johnson.
Jun 18, 2024•2 hr 25 min
What do Reform UK mean by 'essential immigration'? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour's Shadow Environment Secretary Steve Reed, Conservative David Simmonds, commentator Ella Whelan and clean energy entrepreneur Juliet Davenport.
Jun 17, 2024•2 hr 30 min
Could this election be terminal for the Conservative Party?
Jun 14, 2024•2 hr 26 min
Is Labour's manifesto exciting enough?
Jun 13, 2024•2 hr 26 min
Are smaller parties getting a fair crack of the whip? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour's Barry Gardiner, former Tory MP Stephen Hammond, trade unionist Mary Bousted and Guardian columnist Sir Simon Jenkins.
Jun 12, 2024•2 hr 28 min
Will the Tory tax-cutting manifesto change anything? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour's James Murray, Conservative peer and pollster Lord Hayward, commentator Nimco Ali and journalist Antonello Guerrera.
Jun 11, 2024•2 hr 29 min
Is Labour's private schools policy making you more or less likely to vote for them? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are the Liberal Democrat peer and Business and Trade spokesperson Lord Chris Fox, the Green Party peer Baroness Jenny Jones, the writer and political commenator Benedict Spence and the Institute for Government's senior fellow Sam Freedman.
Jun 10, 2024•2 hr 32 min
What will Rishi Sunak's D-Day blunder mean for the election?
Jun 07, 2024•2 hr 34 min
80 years on from D-Day, should we be alive to modern threats to democracy?
Jun 06, 2024•2 hr 30 min
Is Keir Starmer right to say he'll never use private healthcare? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Stephen Bush from the Financial Times, political commentator Salma Shah, former Labour MP and minister Parmjit Dhanda and former Conservative MP and minister Steve Norris.
Jun 05, 2024•2 hr 30 min
Why are the main parties so negative about immigration? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Green Party deputy leader Zack Polanski, Lib Dem Munira Wilson, the Telegraph's Annabel Denham and Polly Toynbee from The Guardian.
Jun 04, 2024•2 hr 28 min
How much will new Reform UK leader Nigel Farage shake up the election? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour's Stella Creasy, Conservative Sir Alan Duncan, Gina Miller from the True and Fair Party and POLITICO Europe's Anne McElvoy.
Jun 03, 2024•2 hr 29 min
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