Will Putin accept a ceasefire proposal? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are journalist and free speech campaigner Inaya Folarin Iman, Lib Dem MP Munira Wilson, Labour MP Will Stone and former Conservative MP Daniel Kawczynski.
Mar 11, 2025•2 hr 25 min•Transcript available on Metacast How do we keep children safe online? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth, jeweller and businesswoman Kiki McDonough, Conservative MP Rebecca Smith and former Corbyn adviser Andrew Fisher.
Mar 11, 2025•2 hr 25 min•Transcript available on Metacast Why are agencies like the Sentencing Council allowed to handle key issues like criminal sentencing policy? Plus 'Question Marks' sees LBC's US Correspondent Simon Marks takes your calls on all things Trump.
Mar 06, 2025•2 hr 26 min•Transcript available on Metacast Which public spending would you cut first? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are former Conservative minister Dame Tracey Crouch, Labour MP Natalie Fleet, historian Dr Tessa Dunlop and The Spectator's James Heale.
Mar 05, 2025•2 hr 26 min•Transcript available on Metacast Does JD Vance respect the UK? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP Josh Simons, Conservative peer and former defence minister Lord Robathan, theatre director Jude Kelly and Robert Shrimsley from the Financial Times.
Mar 04, 2025•2 hr 25 min•Transcript available on Metacast Can Trump's America still be relied upon as a dependable ally? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Liberal Democrat MP and defence spokesperson Helen Maguire, former Conservative MP and Chief Whip Simon Hart, the Sunday Telegraph columnist Zoe Strimpel and LBC's Political Correspondent Aggie Chambre.
Mar 03, 2025•3 hr 30 min•Transcript available on Metacast Everything you need to hear as the prime minister comes face to face with President Trump.
Feb 27, 2025•3 hr 35 min•Transcript available on Metacast Why don't kids read anymore? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP Yuan Yang, Conservative MP and shadow farming minister Robbie Moore, former Corbyn adviser James Schneider and former Farage adviser Gawain Towler.
Feb 26, 2025•2 hr 24 min•Transcript available on Metacast Is the PM right to cut foreign aid to boost defence? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP Jeevun Sandher, Conservative MP Sir Ashley Fox, podcaster Marina Purkiss and commentator Samuel Kasumu.
Feb 25, 2025•2 hr 26 min•Transcript available on Metacast Where will Ukraine be in a year's time? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP and defence committee chair Tan Dhesi, former Conservative armed forces minister James Heappey, political commentator Suzanne Evans and Sam Freedman from the Institute for Government think tank.
Feb 24, 2025•2 hr 29 min•Transcript available on Metacast Should we cut the foreign aid budget to spend more on defence? Plus, Lord Sumption takes your calls on the state of our justice system. And should we give the Benin bronzes back?
Feb 20, 2025•2 hr 26 min•Transcript available on Metacast When even the US President is now wildly spreading disinformation, how can the damage it does be tackled? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are the new Fire Brigades Union General Secretary Steve Wright, former Conservative minister Paul Scully, former Brexit Party and Conservative MEP Lucy Harris and Labour MP Barry Gardiner.
Feb 19, 2025•2 hr 28 min•Transcript available on Metacast Should we send British troops to peacekeep in Ukraine? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP Dame Siobhain McDonagh, former Conservative MP and minister Tim Loughton, Reform UK member of the London Assembly Alex Wilson and journalist Christina Patterson.
Feb 17, 2025•2 hr 27 min•Transcript available on Metacast Keir Starmer to raise defence spending but is this a good idea?
Feb 17, 2025•2 hr 35 min•Transcript available on Metacast Is Reform UK a serious party? Plus, former KGB spy Jack Barsky takes your calls. And are you changing your mind about assisted dying?
Feb 13, 2025•2 hr 25 min•Transcript available on Metacast If Trump gets his way, does Putin win? Plus, skills minister Baroness Jacqui Smith takes your calls for National Apprenticeship Week. Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are energy consumers minister and Labour MP Miatta Fahnbulleh, former Conservative cabinet minister Sir Ranil Jayawardena, entrepreneur Piers Linney and political scientist Professor Anand Menon.
Feb 12, 2025•2 hr 27 min•Transcript available on Metacast Is the Gaza ceasefire about to end? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP and Northern Ireland committee chair Tonia Antoniazzi, LBC presenter Rachel Johnson, Conservative MP Joe Robertson and broadcaster Gavin Esler.
Feb 11, 2025•2 hr 24 min•Transcript available on Metacast Are we being too hard on MPs telling jokes on WhatsApp? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative MP and shadow business minister Jerome Mayhew, Lib Dem MP and hospitals and primary care spokesperson Jess Brown-Fuller, president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews and former Labour councillor Phil Rosenberg and political commentator Salma Shah.
Feb 10, 2025•2 hr 26 min•Transcript available on Metacast How hard should it be to become a British citizen?
Feb 06, 2025•2 hr 25 min•Transcript available on Metacast Would Trump's Gaza plan amount to ethnic cleansing? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP Tom Hayes, Conservative MP and shadow paymaster general Richard Holden, environmentalist Rupert Read and former Tory adviser who now supports Reform UK Emma Barr.
Feb 05, 2025•2 hr 25 min•Transcript available on Metacast How should we define Islamophobia? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP Sarah Smith, Conservative MP and shadow business secretary Andrew Griffith, Miqdaad Versi from the Muslim Council of Britain and Times journalist and political commentator Sebastian Payne.
Feb 04, 2025•2 hr 27 min•Transcript available on Metacast Should we cosy up to tariff-loving Trump? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP Dan Tomlinson, anti-racism activist Imarn Ayton, broadcaster Albie Amankona and Tory adviser Christopher Howarth.
Feb 03, 2025•2 hr 27 min•Transcript available on Metacast Was Trump's anti-diversity scheme message sensible or just offensive? Journalist Rachel Shabi takes your calls on her book on anti-Semitism. And what effect will Trump's extraordinary press conference have on disabled people?
Jan 30, 2025•2 hr 26 min•Transcript available on Metacast Is expanding Heathrow key to solving Britain's economic malaise? And is the only solution to universities' funding crisis a big increase in tuition fees? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are former Conservative Transport Secretary Mark Harper, Lib Dem frontbencher Sarah Olney, Telegraph columnist Ella Whelan & the writer and broadcaster Paul Mason.
Jan 29, 2025•2 hr 28 min•Transcript available on Metacast Should young rioters have their criminal records wiped? Plus, Bill Browder takes your calls on whether Trump can push Putin to the table. Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are SNP MP Kirsty Blackman, Tory MP Greg Smith, immigration campaigner Zoe Gardner and political commentator James Starkie.
Jan 28, 2025•2 hr 26 min•Transcript available on Metacast Why are young people losing faith in democracy? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP and science, innovation and technology committee chair Chi Onwurah, Conservative MP and vice president of the NATO Parliamentary assembly Sir Alec Shelbrooke, commentator and author Nels Abbey and LBC's political editor Natasha Clark.
Jan 27, 2025•2 hr 28 min•Transcript available on Metacast Has justice been done in the sentencing of Axel Rudakubana?
Jan 23, 2025•2 hr 26 min•Transcript available on Metacast Will Trump's online rants achieve peace? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are defence minister and Labour MP Luke Pollard, former Conservative culture secretary Lucy Frazer, Financial Times columnist Stephen Bush and non-affiliated peer Claire Fox.
Jan 22, 2025•2 hr 24 min•Transcript available on Metacast How do you stop 'lone wolves'? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Green MP and co-leader Adrian Ramsay, former Tory MP Anna Firth, academic and Labour commentator Richard Power-Sayeed and broadcaster Angela Epstein.
Jan 21, 2025•2 hr 26 min•Transcript available on Metacast On the day of President Trump's second inauguration, we ask what another four years of his presidency will mean for the world. Joining Iain Dale on this special edition of Cross Question are Jennifer Ewing from Republicans Overseas, former minister for the Americas during Trump's first term Sir Alan Duncan, playwright and commentator Bonnie Greer and American journalist and broadcaster Tom Rivers.
Jan 20, 2025•2 hr 26 min•Transcript available on Metacast