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Iain Dale - The Whole Show

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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.

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Jul 11, 2026

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Episodes

What will Rishi Sunak's D-Day blunder mean for the election? 07.06.2024

What will Rishi Sunak's D-Day blunder mean for the election?

80 years on from D-Day, should we be alive to modern threats to democracy? 06.06.2024

80 years on from D-Day, should we be alive to modern threats to democracy?

Is Keir Starmer right to say he'll never use private healthcare? 05.06.2024

Is Keir Starmer right to say he'll never use private healthcare? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Stephen Bush from the Financial Times, political commentator Salma Shah, former Labour MP and minister Parmjit Dhanda and former Conservative MP and minister Steve Norris.

Why are the main parties so negative about immigration? 04.06.2024

Why are the main parties so negative about immigration? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Green Party deputy leader Zack Polanski, Lib Dem Munira Wilson, the Telegraph's Annabel Denham and Polly Toynbee from The Guardian.

How much will new Reform UK leader Nigel Farage shake up the election? 03.06.2024

How much will new Reform UK leader Nigel Farage shake up the election? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour's Stella Creasy, Conservative Sir Alan Duncan, Gina Miller from the True and Fair Party and POLITICO Europe's Anne McElvoy.

Will the Labour Party let Diane Abbott stand? 29.05.2024

Will the Labour Party let Diane Abbott stand? Joining Iain on Cross Question this evening are Conservative MP Nickie Aiken, Labour's Siobhain McDonagh, Liberal Democrat Sarah Olney and Robert Shrimsley of the Financial Times.

Reaction to Michael Gove announcing he is standing down as an MP 24.05.2024

Reaction to Michael Gove announcing he is standing down as an MP. The International Court of Justice ordering Israel to stop its campaign in the city of Rafah. Are Labour being ambitious enough? Iain's Friday night Open Phone-in.

Should there be TV election debates every week? 23.05.2024

Should there be TV election debates every week? Plus, Sir Robin Niblett takes your calls on the main parties' approaches to China and Russia!

Rishi Sunak calls the election for the 4th of July! 22.05.2024

Rishi Sunak calls the election for the 4th of July! In perhaps the first election debate, on the day Rishi Sunak called the general election, Iain Dale was joined on Cross Question by Conservative Steve Baker, Labour's Anneliese Dodds, Liberal Democrat Alistair Carmichael and Richard Thomson from the SNP.

Why should we pay respects to the late Iranian president? 21.05.2024

Why should we pay respects to the late Iranian president? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Green MP and former leader Caroline Lucas, Alba Party leader and former Scottish first minister Alex Salmond, Conservative MP Heather Wheeler and social entrepreneur and Baptist minister Reverend Steve Chalke.

Have lessons been learned from the infected blood scandal? 20.05.2024

Have lessons been learned from the infected blood scandal? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP and chair of the home affairs select committee Dame Diana Johnson, Conservative MP Tom Hunt, the GMB union's general secretary Gary Smith and Christian Calgie from the Daily Express.

Which party do you trust more on small boats and asylum policy? 10.05.2024

Which party do you trust more on small boats and asylum policy? Can it be at all reasonable to target Israel's 20 year-old Eurovision performer? Iain's Friday night Open Phone-in.

Is Britain right to continue exporting arms to Israel? 09.05.2024

Is Britain right to continue exporting arms to Israel? Plus the Union of Jewish Students' President Edward Isaacs takes your calls, hours after meeting with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

Who wins when a right wing MP defects from the Tories to Labour? 08.05.2024

Who wins when a right wing MP defects from the Tories to Labour? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative MP and Northern Ireland minister Steve Baker, Labour MP and shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson, crossbench peer and disability rights campaigner Tanni Grey-Thompson and Mail on Sunday columnist Dan Hodges.

Labour's Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves takes your calls! 07.05.2024

Labour's Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves takes your calls! Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative MP and foreign affairs committee chair Alicia Kearns, Labour MP Andy McDonald, Sunday Telegraph columnist Janet Daley and pollster Joe Twyman.

What do the local election results mean? 03.05.2024

What do the local election results mean?

Should police officers be armed? 30.04.2024

Should police officers be armed? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Telegraph political editor Ben Riley-Smith, Lib Dem MP Christine Jardine, Conservative MP Jo Gideon and Labour campaigner and former MP Parmjit Dhanda.

Labour's Louise Haigh takes your transport calls! 29.04.2024

Labour's Louise Haigh takes your transport calls!

Is the Scottish government falling apart? 25.04.2024

Is the Scottish government falling apart?

Can Ukraine win the war with the West's help? 24.04.2024

Can Ukraine win the war with the West's help? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are SNP MP and former broadcaster John Nicolson, Conservative MP and energy minister Andrew Bowie, pollster Scarlett Maguire and comedian Dom Joly.

Do older people get a hard time? 23.04.2024

Do older people get a hard time? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour's Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones, Bloomberg's Ailbhe Rea, Conservative MP Craig Whittaker and former Conservative comms director Giles Kenningham.

Rwanda policy ping pong and are you a patriot? 22.04.2024

Rwanda policy ping pong and are you a patriot? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Lib Dem MP Munira Wilson, social policy analyst Rakib Ehsan and Guardian columnist Zoe Williams.

Retail giant Theo Paphitis takes your calls 18.04.2024

Retail giant Theo Paphitis takes your calls

Can the UK have any influence over what Netanyahu does next? 17.04.2024

Can the UK have any influence over what Netanyahu does next? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour's Stella Creasy, Conservative Rachel Maclean, Lib Dem Lord Razall and Luke Tryl from the More in Common think tank, which aims to tackle social divisions.

Kemi Badenoch takes your calls 16.04.2024

Kemi Badenoch takes your calls on the Cass review, prayer in schools, conversion therapy and Brexit. Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative MP and deputy chairman Angela Richardson, SDLP MP Claire Hanna, historian Tessa Dunlop and acting editor at ConservativeHome Henry Hill.

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