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
Starmer under pressure over stance on Gaza, Cross Question & what are your family's experiences with sepsis? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour campaigner Ali Milani, author Rachel Shabi, Conservative peer Lord Jackson and assistant editor at the Spectator Cindy Yu.
Oct 25, 2023•2 hr 25 min
UK and Europe at odds over ceasefire in Gaza, Cross Question & what's appropriate for sex education? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are LBC's Washington Correspondent Simon Marks, Conservative MP Jo Gideon, SNP MP Alyn Smith and political commentator and Lib Dem councillor Mathew Hulbert.
Oct 24, 2023•2 hr 22 min
Majority want an election next year, Cross Question and are we all looking after each other enough? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Chair of the Jewish Labour Movement Mike Katz, barrister and author Hashi Mohamed, political reporter at The Sun Noa Hoffman and Conservative peer Lord Greenhalgh.
Oct 23, 2023•2 hr 21 min
Why do some people find it so hard to condemn Hamas? Police Federation Chair Steve Hartshorn takes your calls & how much school discipline is too much?
Oct 19, 2023•2 hr 23 min
Sunak and Starmer reject calls to urge a ceasefire in the Middle East, Cross Question & how important is learning a foreign language? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Crossbench peer and Vice-President of the CBI Lord Bilimoria, Liberal Democrat MP and women and equalities spokesperson Christine Jardine, Rabbi Dr Jonathan Romain and former Conservative MP and Transport Minister Steve Norris.
Oct 18, 2023•2 hr 22 min
'From the river to the sea' chant labelled antisemitic, Cross Question & hundreds feared dead in explosion at a Gaza hospital Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are LBC presenter Rachel Johnson, POLITICO's Jack Blanchard, Labour MP Charlotte Nichols and Conservative MP and Chair of the Treasury Select Committee Harriett Baldwin.
Oct 17, 2023•2 hr 21 min
Rishi Sunak 'sickened' by rise in antisemitic violence in the UK, Cross Question & are 'fat' jokes unacceptable? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative MP Dame Andrea Leadsom, Guardian columnist Zoe Williams, Liberal Democrat Chief Whip Wendy Chamberlain and political commentator Benedict Spence.
Oct 16, 2023•2 hr 22 min
Iain speaks to Yaniv Yaakov, whose brother Yair and nephews were taken hostage from their home in Kibbutz Nir Oz in southern Israel. He will also be joined for a call-in with defence and foreign affairs analyst Michael Clarke.
Oct 12, 2023•2 hr 23 min
Israeli troops mass on the Gaza border, Cross Question & how do we stop the crisis in the Middle East causing social strife in the UK? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are former Labour Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, Jewish Chronicle Editor Jake Wallis Simons, Conservative peer Lord Moylan and Mike Buckley, who works on UK-EU relations.
Oct 11, 2023•2 hr 23 min
Live from Liverpool: Keir Starmer's conference speech, Cross Question & what next for Israel? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question, live from the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, are Labour Shadow Cabinet member Nick Thomas-Symonds, Daily Express political journalist Christian Calgie, former Labour MP Luciana Berger & The Guardian columnist Owen Jones.
Oct 10, 2023•2 hr 26 min
Live from Liverpool: Labour look to prove their economic credentials, Cross Question & what other choices did Israel really have but to defend itself? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question, live from the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, are Labour MP Sarah Jones, the Fire Brigades Union's General Secretary Matt Wrack & political strategist John McTernan.
Oct 09, 2023•2 hr 25 min
Rise in transphobic hate crime, David Gauke takes your calls on the future of the Conservatives & is it OK to dislike female football pundits talking about the men's game?
Oct 05, 2023•2 hr 26 min
Rishi Sunak wants to be the change candidate, Cross Question & Green Party co-leader Adrian Ramsay takes your calls Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are True and Fair Party Leader Gina Miller, Conservative peer Lord Marland, commentator Yasmin Alibhai-Brown and LBC's Political Editor Natasha Clark.
Oct 04, 2023•2 hr 25 min
Live from Manchester: Sunak says the British people don't want an election, Cross Question & are the Tories now the party of Farage? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question, live from the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester, are Tory MP Peter Bone, the Mail on Sunday's Deputy Political Editor Anna Mikhailova & the political pollster James Johnson.
Oct 03, 2023•2 hr 25 min
Live the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester: whose vision is controlling the Conservative Party, Cross Question & are you a workaholic? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Conservative MP Anthony Browne, social mobility campaigner and former Education Secretary Justine Greening & the Onward think-tank's director Sebastian Payne.
Oct 02, 2023•2 hr 26 min
Rishi Sunak dodges questions on HS2, infected blood victim Mark Ward takes your calls & have we lost touch with the natural world?
Sep 28, 2023•2 hr 20 min
Patients want a regular family doctor, Cross Question & are 'drug consumption rooms' a good idea? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are former Green Party Leader Baroness Bennett, businessman Sir Martin Sorrell, Conservative peer Baroness Fall and Akiko Hart, Interim-Director of the civil liberties organisation Liberty.
Sep 27, 2023•2 hr 19 min
Suella Braverman says multiculturalism has failed, Cross Question & have you had a good experience with NHS cancer care? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Crosshbench peer and former diplomat Lord Darroch, former Boris Johnson adviser Alex Crowley, foreign policy expert Sophia Gaston and journalist Jo Phillips.
Sep 26, 2023•2 hr 17 min
Sunak refuses to deny reports he's planning to scrap inheritance tax, Cross Question & why is gay conversion therapy not being banned? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Crossbench peer and legendary Paralympian Tanni Grey-Thompson, social commentator and former Boris Johnson adviser Samuel Kasumu, Emma Revell from the centre-right CPS think tank and former Labour adviser Tom Hamilton.
Sep 25, 2023•2 hr 19 min
Parents not bothering to send their kids to school, Lib Dem Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper takes your calls & is university worth the money?
Sep 21, 2023•2 hr 26 min
Green policy shift from Rishi Sunak, Cross Question & is there any hope for freedom in Iran? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP and former Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, Conservative MP Angela Richardson, former Telegraph editor Lord Moore and Founder of the Oasis Charitable Trust and Baptist minister Steve Chalke.
Sep 20, 2023•2 hr 25 min
UK could become 'associate member' of EU, Cross Question and how do we make social care work more attractive? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are comedian and writer Dom Joly, Conservative MP and Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Alicia Kearns, Labour MP Siobhain McDonagh and Matthew Lesh of the Institute of Economic Affairs.
Sep 19, 2023•2 hr 25 min
Labour defends its 'votes at 16' plan, Cross Question & are electric cars useless? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are the SNP's Ian Blackford, historian Dr Tessa Dunlop, Conservative MP Bim Afolami and musician turned podcaster Winston Marshall.
Sep 18, 2023•2 hr 27 min
PM goes wobbly on the pensions triple lock, Cross Question & why are so many kids being excluded from school? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are green energy entrepreneur Dale Vince, social activist and commentator Nimco Ali, Conservative MP Vicky Ford and Labour MP Barry Gardiner.
Sep 13, 2023•2 hr 24 min
Labour's Angela Rayner pledges to ban zero-hours contracts, Cross Question & do parents of seriously ill children get enough support? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative MP and former Justice Secretary Sir Robert Buckland, Independent Metro Mayor of North Tyne Jamie Driscoll, Novara Media's Ash Sarkar and columnist Grant Tucker.
Sep 12, 2023•2 hr 26 min
Alleged spying in Parliament, Cross Question and are some dog breeds inherently dangerous? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour's Shadow Attorney General Emily Thornberry, Conservative MP Jonathan Gullis, journalist and broadcaster David Aaronovitch and Sunday Telegraph columnist Zoe Strimpel.
Sep 11, 2023•2 hr 23 min
Manhunt for escaped prisoner, MP Dawn Butler takes your calls & should schools relax their uniform policy during the cost of living crisis?
Sep 07, 2023•2 hr 24 min
Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves takes your calls, Cross Question & do we need a 'Minister for Men'? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative Party Chairman Greg Hands, Liberal Democrat MP Layla Moran, human rights barrister Dr Charlotte Proudman and Dan Hodges from the Mail on Sunday.
Sep 06, 2023•2 hr 25 min
