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•Transcript available on Metacast Will forcing the Veterans Minister to name whistleblowers put people off of ever exposing wrongdoing again? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are the former Conservative Cabinet Minister Justine Greening, Green Party peer Baroness Jenny Jones, the chair of the Dignity in Dying campaign Rabbi Dr Jonathan Romain and the Daily Telegraph columnist Tim Stanley.
Mar 26, 2024•2 hr 16 min•Transcript available on Metacast Has the UN Security Council vote made a Gaza ceasefire more or less likely? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour's Shadow Cabinet Minister Nick Thomas-Symonds, Conservative peer Lord Andrew Robathan, Spiked Online columnist Ella Whelan and Momentum co-founder James Schneider.
Mar 25, 2024•2 hr 14 min•Transcript available on Metacast Should we stop sending British-made weapons to Israel? Plus, Green Party peer and former leader Baroness Natalie Bennett takes your calls.
Mar 21, 2024•2 hr 28 min•Transcript available on Metacast Whose fault is it that rents are rocketing so quickly? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour's shadow transport secretary Louise Haigh, Conservative MP and former minister Brendan Clarke-Smith, Mail on Sunday columnist Dan Hodges and political correspondent for the Independent Zoë Grünewald.
Mar 20, 2024•2 hr 15 min•Transcript available on Metacast Is antisemitism at our universities getting out of control? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are government minister Esther McVey, SNP MP and home affairs spokesperson Alison Thewliss, non-affiliated peer Baroness Hoey and Liberal Democrat campaigner Mathew Hulbert.
Mar 19, 2024•2 hr 15 min•Transcript available on Metacast Will they try to get rid of Rishi Sunak? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are writer and director of the British Future think tank on immigration and integration Sunder Katwala, the Spectator's Cindy Yu, comedian Njambi McGrath and former Australian foreign minister Alexander Downer.
Mar 18, 2024•2 hr 15 min•Transcript available on Metacast Should MPs be paid a lot more? Plus, Royal historian Robert Hardman talks the future of the Monarchy and takes your calls. And comedian Geoff Norcott speaks with you about whether university is really worth it.
Mar 14, 2024•2 hr 17 min•Transcript available on Metacast Should the Tories give back Frank Hester's money? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative MP and former sports minister Tracey Crouch, Lib Dem MP and home affairs spokesperson Alistair Carmichael, the Telegraph's Camilla Turner and political commentator Matthew Stadlen.
Mar 13, 2024•2 hr 15 min•Transcript available on Metacast Why did the government take over a day call out racist remarks? Iain Dale is joined on Cross Question by economist and author Grace Blakeley, Labour MP Dame Angela Eagle, investigative journalist and former speechwriter for David Cameron Ian Birrell and Conservative MP Alexander Stafford.
Mar 12, 2024•2 hr 15 min•Transcript available on Metacast Should the Tories be in any way concerned as Lee Anderson joins Reform UK? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative MP and chair of the Treasury Committee Harriet Baldwin, Labour MP Charlotte Nichols, Green Party candidate for Mayor of London Zoe Garbett and lawyer Natasha Hausdorff.
Mar 11, 2024•2 hr 16 min•Transcript available on Metacast Are we being diagnosed by 'fake doctors'?
Mar 07, 2024•2 hr 22 min•Transcript available on Metacast On Budget Day, Labour's Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves takes your calls! Joining Iain Dale for this Budget Day special Cross Question panel are economist Ann Pettifor who co-authored the Green New Deal and used to advise John McDonnell, Shevaun Haviland from the British Chambers of Commerce, author and Oxford University economist Linda Yueh and financial entrepreneur and former Bank of England adviser Roger Gewolb.
Mar 06, 2024•2 hr 21 min•Transcript available on Metacast Is now the right time to cut taxes? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative MP and chair of the One Nation group of backbench Tories Damian Green, Labour MP Nadia Whittome, social commentator and author Nels Abbey and Annabel Denham from the Telegraph.
Mar 05, 2024•2 hr 19 min•Transcript available on Metacast Are the Tories heading for total wipeout? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are SNP MP and former Westminster leader Ian Blackford, Conservative MP and former minister Vicky Ford, barrister and broadcaster Hashi Mohamed and Reform UK's candidate for Mayor of London Howard Cox.
Mar 04, 2024•2 hr 21 min•Transcript available on Metacast Simon Marks takes your US election questions!
Feb 29, 2024•2 hr 26 min•Transcript available on Metacast Is it for politicians to tell protesters they've 'made their point'? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are housing minister and Conservative MP Lee Rowley, Novara Media's Ash Sarkar, shadow Cabinet Office minister and Labour peer Baroness Chapman and Adam Hawksbee from the Onward think tank.
Feb 28, 2024•2 hr 20 min•Transcript available on Metacast Does the Conservative Party have an Islamophobia problem? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative MP Katherine Fletcher, political commentator Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, former race adviser to Boris Johnson Samuel Kasumu and Lib Dem MP and chief whip Wendy Chamberlain.
Feb 27, 2024•2 hr 20 min•Transcript available on Metacast How do we stop our prisons filling up? Plus, joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening to talk about the Tories kicking out Lee Anderson, and much else besides, are political sketchwriter for the Daily Mail Quentin Letts, Conservative MP Anna Firth, chair of the Labour Muslim Network Ali Milani and Labour MP Siobhain McDonagh.
Feb 26, 2024•2 hr 19 min•Transcript available on Metacast Is Parliament giving in to extremists? Plus: we talk defence with journalist and British Army reservist Peter Apps - he takes your calls about his book: 'Deterring Armageddon: A Biography of NATO'.
Feb 22, 2024•2 hr 20 min•Transcript available on Metacast Chaos in the Commons over the ceasefire vote - is the speaker in trouble? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are broadcaster Sir Trevor Phillips, Conservative MP Matt Warman, social activist Nimco Ali and Labour MP Barry Gardiner.
Feb 21, 2024•2 hr 24 min•Transcript available on Metacast Could the UK defend the Falklands? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative MP and former minister Sir Conor Burns, SNP MP and cabinet office spokesperson Kirsty Blackman, Sunday Telegraph columnist Zoe Strimpel and Rob Blackie, the Lib Dem candidate for Mayor of London.
Feb 20, 2024•2 hr 20 min•Transcript available on Metacast Has Israel gone too far? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are former Labour MP and minister Caroline Flint, Conservative MP and chair of the environment committee Sir Robert Goodwill, LBC presenter Natasha Devon and commentator Angela Epstein.
Feb 19, 2024•2 hr 20 min•Transcript available on Metacast David Cameron vs the Republicans, small business clinic and surname discrimination
Feb 15, 2024•2 hr 22 min•Transcript available on Metacast Protesters target Tory MP's home and do younger people enjoy Valentine's Day? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative police and crime commissioner for Bedfordshire Festus Akinbusoye, broadcaster and psychotherapist Lucy Beresford, Liberal Democrat prospective parliamentary candidate Josh Babarinde and Emma Revell from the Centre for Policy Studies think tank.
Feb 14, 2024•2 hr 21 min•Transcript available on Metacast Broadcasting legend Steve Wright dies at 69 Joining Iain Dale on a special edition of Cross Question focusing on foreign affairs are former UK ambassador to the US Lord Darroch, defence and security expert Professor Michael Clarke, journalist, broadcaster and founder of the China Dialogue Trust Isabel Hilton and former Middle East minister Alistair Burt.
Feb 13, 2024•2 hr 20 min•Transcript available on Metacast Labour under fire over Rochdale candidate comments and is Trump a threat to peace? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are broadcaster and DJ Liz Kershaw, Josh Simons from the Labour Together think tank, independent London mayoral candidate Rayhan Haque and political commentator Suzanne Evans.
Feb 12, 2024•2 hr 17 min•Transcript available on Metacast Starmer drops his green investment pledge and Putin's 'number one enemy' takes your calls
Feb 08, 2024•2 hr 24 min•Transcript available on Metacast Plans to fix the dental crisis and ignoring calls from your boss Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Green Party peer and former leader Baroness Bennett, Conservative MP and former chief whip Wendy Morton, broadcaster Paul Mason and political commentator Benedict Spence.
Feb 07, 2024•2 hr 26 min•Transcript available on Metacast Loopholes in our asylum system and naughty kids Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative peer and former cabinet minister Baroness Morgan, Labour MP and former leadership contender Rebecca Long-Bailey, FT journalist Jim Pickard and businessman David Buik.
Feb 06, 2024•2 hr 24 min•Transcript available on Metacast