Why is there so much shoplifting?
Why is there so much shoplifting? Baroness Sayeeda Warsi takes your calls on Islamphobia. How do you deal with a cancer diagnosis?
Oct 24, 2024•2 hr 27 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
Can Starmer and Trump possibly get along?
Will unions get more freedom to strike - and can the PM possibly get along with President Trump, if he's reelected? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are chair of the Labour Women's Network nd former MP Thangam Debbonaire, Conservative MP and shadow business minister Jerome Mayhew, Liberal Democrat MP Jess Brown-Fuller and political commentator and former head of BBC Westminster Katy Searle.
Oct 23, 2024•2 hr 27 min
Have you ever told someone they're too old to drive?
More information reported about Chris Kaba's past and have you ever had to tell an elderly parent they shouldn't drive anymore? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP Jake Richards, political commentator Jo Tanner, Conservative MP George Freeman and barrister Dr Sam Fowles.
Oct 22, 2024•2 hr 25 min
Should Starmer open talks over reparations?
Should Starmer open talks over reparations? And experts take your calls on osteoporosis. Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP Emily Thornberry, Reform UK MP and deputy leader Richard Tice, social mobility campaigner and former Conservative education secretary Justine Greening and rabbi and author Dr Jonathan Romain.
Oct 21, 2024•2 hr 26 min
Is it smart to bring back HS2?
Is it smart to bring back HS2? Plus, a phone in on poverty in modern Britain with Big Issue founder Lord Bird and campaigner Matthew Torbitt. And how widespread is the old-fashioned attitude that having children should somehow hold women back?
Oct 17, 2024•2 hr 26 min
Controversy over England getting a German football manager & how do we fix our universities?
Controversy over England getting a German football manager & how do we fix our universities? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are shadow development minister and Conservative MP Dame Harriett Baldwin, Green MP Ellie Chowns, journalist and broadcaster Isabel Hilton and Henry Newman, former adviser to Boris Johnson.
Oct 16, 2024•2 hr 25 min
Should we offer weight loss jabs to unemployed obese people?
Should we offer weight loss jabs to unemployed obese people? And how old is too old to have children? Joining Iain on Cross Question this evening are businessman James Reed, Labour MP Jeevun Sandher, former Tory MP and minister Dame Andrea Leadsom and journalist Luke McGee.
Oct 15, 2024•2 hr 25 min
Do we learn enough about black history?
Is the Labour government having to abandon its principles - and do we learn enough about black history? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Green Party deputy leader Zack Polanski, former Tory MP Anna Firth, long-time adviser to Nigel Farage Gawain Towler and Observer columnist Martha Gill.
Oct 14, 2024•2 hr 26 min
Israel's ambassador to the UK takes your calls
The Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom, Tzipi Hotovely, joins Iain for an exclusive LBC phone-in.
Oct 10, 2024•2 hr 25 min
Was dumping James Cleverly a mistake by Tory MPs?
Was dumping James Cleverly a mistake by Tory MPs? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP Stella Creasy, former Conservative MP and minister Steve Baker, broadcaster Jemma Forte and founder of ConservativeHome Tim Montgomerie.
Oct 09, 2024•2 hr 26 min
Could the Tories possibly win the next election?
Could the Tories possibly win the next election? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are leader of the House of Commons and Labour MP Lucy Powell, Conservative peer and former minister Lord Willetts, the Spectator's Cindy Yu and the Guardian's John Crace - whose new book 'Taking the Lead: A Dog at Number 10' is out this week.
Oct 08, 2024•2 hr 26 min
How the October 7th attacks changed the world - and Robert Jenrick takes your calls
How the October 7th attacks changed the world - and Robert Jenrick takes your calls Iain is joined for Cross Question this evening by jeweller and businesswoman Kiki McDonough, Lib Dem chief whip and MP Wendy Chamberlain, Conservative MP and former chief whip Wendy Morton and home affairs commentator and former Yvette Cooper adviser Danny Shaw.
Oct 07, 2024•2 hr 24 min
Do you support the decision to hand sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius?
Do you support the decision to hand sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius? Holocaust historian Professor Sir Richard J. Evans takes your calls on his landmark new book. Plus MPs are set to debate legalising assisted dying later this month.
Oct 03, 2024•2 hr 27 min
How can the Tories make themselves relevant again?
How can the Tories make themselves relevant again? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are entrepreneur Robyn Scott, author and former Labour candidate Paul Richards, Conservative campaigner and broadcaster Albie Amankona and former Ed Miliband adviser Matthew Laza.
Oct 02, 2024•2 hr 25 min
Sam Kiley joins Iain for in-depth coverage of Iran's missile attack on Israel
The international affairs analyst Sam Kiley joins Iain for in-depth coverage of Iran's missile attack on Israel. Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening - along with Sam - are the former UK Middle East Minister Alistair Burt, the Israel-born journalist and author Rachel Shabi and the Liberal Democrats' Cabinet Office spokesperson Sarah Olney
Oct 01, 2024•2 hr 27 min
If an Israeli invasion of Lebanon goes ahead, how should Britain and other western nations respond?
If an Israeli invasion of Lebanon goes ahead, how should Britain and other western nations respond? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question, live from Birmingham - where the Conservative Party Conference is taking place - are the former Tory Cabinet Minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan, the former Conservative policy advisor Tom Skinner and the pollster Scarlett Maguire.
Sep 30, 2024•2 hr 29 min
Can the West have any influence on what Israel does?
Can the West have any influence on what Israel does?
Sep 26, 2024•2 hr 29 min
Would invading another sovereign nation be a move from Israel which its allies simply cannot allow to go unchallenged?
The prospect of Israel invading Lebanon and Kemi Badenoch takes your calls Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are former Conservative Party Chairman Greg Hands, former Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale, economist and broadcaster Liam Halligan and the journalist and author Christina Patterson.
Sep 25, 2024•2 hr 31 min
Are you convinced by the Prime Minister's pledge to rebuild the country?
Are you convinced by the Prime Minister's pledge to rebuild the country? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question, live from the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, are the Technology and Culture Minister Sir Chris Bryant, the University and College Union General Secretary Jo Grady and the newly-elected Labour MP Calvin Bailey.
Sep 24, 2024•2 hr 28 min
What does the government need to do during this conference to make you feel more upbeat about the future under Labour?
What does the government need to do during this conference to make you feel more upbeat about the future under Labour? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question, live from the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, this evening are the Paymaster General Nick Thomas-Symonds, the Communication Workers Union's General Secretary Dave Ward and the newly-elected Labour MP Mike Tapp.
Sep 23, 2024•2 hr 29 min
What happens next between Israel and Lebanon?
What happens next between Israel and Lebanon?
Sep 19, 2024•2 hr 29 min
Wes Streeting talks NHS reform and James Cleverly takes your calls on his campaign
Wes Streeting talks NHS reform and James Cleverly takes your calls on his campaign Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative peer Baroness Morgan, Lib Dem MP Josh Babarinde, businessman and finance commentator David Buik and political commentator and former Labour adviser Scarlett MccGwire.
Sep 18, 2024•2 hr 28 min
Grant Shapps takes your calls on defence and Tom Tugendhat takes your calls on his campaign
Grant Shapps takes your calls on defence and Tom Tugendhat takes your calls on his campaign Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour peer Baroness Hodge, Conservative former MP Theresa Villiers, campaigner Jovan Owusu-Nepaul and broadcaster and former Number 10 comms adviser Guto Harri.
Sep 17, 2024•2 hr 25 min
Is the sentence for Huw Edwards too lenient?
Is the sentence for Huw Edwards too lenient? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Tory former MP and minister Paul Scully, journalist and former Mirror editor Alison Phillips, Labour MP Barry Gardiner and businessman Steve Rigby.
Sep 16, 2024•2 hr 27 min
Are you glad to see the assisted dying bill introduced in the House of Lords?
With Councils struggling to cope with the rising cost of Special Educational Needs how are we supposed to fix this? and are you glad to see the assisted dying bill introduced in the House of Lords? Finally a delightful Open Phone-in to end the week
Jul 26, 2024•2 hr 30 min
Is Netanyahu now personally damaging to Israel and its international reputation?
Is Netanyahu now personally damaging to Israel and its international reputation? Joining Iain Dale for Cross Question are the Unison General Secretary Christina McAnea, the Conservative MP Andrew Rosindell, the newly-elected Green MP Dr Ellie Chowns, and The Times' senior political correspondent Geri Scott.
Jul 24, 2024•2 hr 35 min
Should Labour think again on the two-child benefit cap?
Should Labour think again on the two-child benefit cap? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are SNP chief whip Kirsty Blackman, newly-elected Lib Dem MP Lisa Smart, FT political editor George Parker and Sophia Gaston from the Policy Exchange think tank.
Jul 23, 2024•2 hr 30 min
Question Marks: LBC's US correspondent takes your calls!
Question Marks: LBC's US correspondent takes your calls! Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative shadow transport minister Dr Kieran Mullan, Labour MP Josh Simons, political commentator Jo Phillips and Danny Sriskandarajah, chief executive of the New Economics Foundation think tank.
Jul 22, 2024•2 hr 29 min
After the Leeds Riots, why do so many blame Multiculturalism?
After the Leeds Riots, why do so many blame Multiculturalism? and with Donald Trump saying he 'has god on his side'... What has god ever done for you? Finally a delightful Open Phone-in to end the week
Jul 19, 2024•2 hr 30 min
Are Starmer's plans to tackle illegal migration sensible?
Are Starmer's plans to tackle illegal migration sensible? Plus Nusrit Mehtab, Former Superintendent in the Metropolitan Police takes your calls...
Jul 18, 2024•2 hr 32 min
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