Do you accept Boris Johnson's apology? The Guardian's John Crace takes your calls! Is there such a thing as too much discipline?
Dec 07, 2023•2 hr 24 min•Transcript available on Metacast Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick resigns - are the Conservatives falling apart? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative MP and Defence Select Committee Chair Robert Courts, Labour's Shadow Environment Secretary Steve Reed, broadcaster Afua Hagan and comedian Geoff Norcott.
Dec 06, 2023•2 hr 23 min•Transcript available on Metacast Why won't they ditch the Rwanda plan? And why are electric cars so unpopular? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative MP Chris Clarkson, political commentator Ella Whelan, writer for The Times Oliver Kamm and Labour MP Rachael Maskell.
Dec 05, 2023•2 hr 24 min•Transcript available on Metacast Immigration should be celebrated & will the licence fee survive? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Plaid Cymru's Westminster Leader Liz Saville-Roberts, Bloomberg's Head of Politics and Economics Stephanie Flanders, Conservative MP Flick Drummond and civil liberties campaigner Silkie Carlo.
Dec 04, 2023•2 hr 22 min•Transcript available on Metacast Anger over Hamas-supporting Oakland residents & why do we feel sad when celebrities die?
Nov 30, 2023•2 hr 23 min•Transcript available on Metacast Shadow Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds takes your small business calls & should we talk about rejoining the EU? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour's Stella Creasy, former No10 Comms Director Guto Harri, DUP MP Jim Shannon and Observer columnist Martha Gill.
Nov 29, 2023•2 hr 20 min•Transcript available on Metacast Minimum service levels for teachers and will universities go meat-free? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative Party Deputy Chairman Brendan Clarke-Smith, Labour Shadow Foreign Office Minister Catherine West, economist Vicky Pryce and ConservativeHome's Angus Parsad-Wyatt.
Nov 28, 2023•2 hr 28 min•Transcript available on Metacast Are consultants getting special treatment? And do you want a funeral when you die? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are LGBT+ safeguarding campaigner Jayne Ozanne, Labour MP Khalid Mahmood, Conservative MP Richard Graham and free speech campaigner Baroness Fox.
Nov 27, 2023•2 hr 23 min•Transcript available on Metacast Immigration figures are up, Nadine Dorries takes your calls on 'The Plot' & Gideon Falter takes your calls on antisemitism
Nov 23, 2023•2 hr 22 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ring Rachel Reeves, Cross Question & why has Netanyahu's government rewarded Hamas with a truce? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are the Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer, the Conservative MP and Nottinghamshire County Council leader Ben Bradley, the editor of the centre-right news commentary site CapX Alys Denby and the Plaid Cymru MP Ben Lake.
Nov 22, 2023•2 hr 23 min•Transcript available on Metacast International support for Ukraine, Cross Question & should protesting outside abortion clinics be allowed? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are the Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer, the Conservative MP and Nottinghamshire County Council leader Ben Bradley, the editor of the centre-right news commentary site CapX Alys Denby and the Plaid Cymru MP Ben Lake.
Nov 21, 2023•2 hr 21 min•Transcript available on Metacast Which taxes should be cut, Cross Question & at what age should a child be given a phone? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour peer Baroness Shami Chakrabarti, political commentator Tim Montgomerie, barrister Chris Daw KC and the Conservative MP Greg Smith.
Nov 20, 2023•2 hr 22 min•Transcript available on Metacast PM under pressure to sack Suella Braverman, former head of the British Army Lord Dannatt takes your calls & will Donald Trump get another term?
Nov 09, 2023•2 hr 23 min•Transcript available on Metacast Rishi Sunak accepts pro-Palestine march will go ahead on Armistice Day, Cross Question & why are British women the most likely to binge drink? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are PoliticsHome political reporter Nadine Batchelor-Hunt, Editor-in-Chief of the UnHerd site Freddie Sayers, Labour's Leader in the House of Lords Baroness Smith and Conservative MP David Simmonds.
Nov 08, 2023•2 hr 22 min•Transcript available on Metacast King's Speech falls a bit flat, Cross Question & why is the ban on conversion therapy not going ahead? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative MP Heather Wheeler, New European Editor-at-Large Matt d'Ancona, Labour MP Barry Gardiner and broadcaster Angela Epstein.
Nov 07, 2023•2 hr 24 min•Transcript available on Metacast Suella Braverman says rough sleeping is a 'lifestyle choice', Cross Question & new plans for 40% of train services to run during strikes Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour's Lucy Powell, businessman Juergen Maier, Conservative peer and former Health Minister Lord Bethell and the FT's Whitehall Editor Lucy Fisher.
Nov 06, 2023•2 hr 22 min•Transcript available on Metacast Israeli troops reach Gaza City, Judge Nicholas Mostyn takes your calls on Parkinson's & is the Cockney accent disappearing?
Nov 02, 2023•2 hr 22 min•Transcript available on Metacast Italian PM says world leaders are 'tired' of Ukraine, Cross Question & does the NHS need more private sector help? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are political commentator Salma Shah, Green Party Deputy Leader Zack Polanski, Sam Freedman from the Institute for Government and former Conservative MP Jessica Harrington.
Nov 01, 2023•2 hr 22 min•Transcript available on Metacast Covid enquiry turns ugly, Cross Question, working parents criticised & extended interview with the Palestinian Ambassador to the UK Joining Iain Dale on LBC this evening are Mail columnist Sarah Vine, Conservative MP Sir John Redwood, Liberal Democrat education spokesperson Munira Wilson and Zoë Grünewald from the New Statesman.
Oct 31, 2023•2 hr 26 min•Transcript available on Metacast Netanyahu rules out a ceasefire in Gaza, Cross Question & do you live in a dental desert? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative MP Tim Loughton, former Labour MP Mary Creagh, LBC presenter and mental health campaigner Natasha Devon & Will Atkinson from ConservativeHome.
Oct 30, 2023•2 hr 21 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast '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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast