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Iain Dale - The Whole Show
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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Episodes
Why are so many Brits fleeing this country? 18.11.2025 2:28:35
Why are so many Brits fleeing this country? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the Labour MP Alex Sobel, Conservative MP Sir John Hayes, Alys Denby from the business newspaper City AM and the political commentator and Liberal Democrat activist Mathew Hulbert.
Would the government's new asylum reform plans be the deterrent it says it claims, or is it just totally inhumane? 17.11.2025 2:30:27
Would the government's new asylum reform plans be the deterrent it says it claims, or is it just totally inhumane? Joining Iain Dale for a business-themed special edition of Cross Question are the wealth manager Gina Miller, drinks producer boss and hotelier Steve Perez, fine jeweller Kiki McDonough and the inventor and entrepreneur Richard Browning.
Could removing incentives for buying electric vehicles stop you buying one? 13.11.2025 2:29:53
Could removing incentives for buying electric vehicles stop you buying one? Journalists Jonathan Dimbleby and Peter Oborne take listeners' calls on the war in Gaza and on Palestine's future.
If Labour were to oust Keir Starmer, who would you want to replace him? 12.11.2025 2:31:30
If Labour were to oust Keir Starmer, who would you want to replace him? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the Labour Health Minister Stephen Kinnock, James Reed of the employment agency Reed, former Conservative Cabinet minister Sir Ranil Jayawardena and The Guardian columnist Zoe Williams.
Would you support the two-child benefit cap being scrapped? 11.11.2025 2:30:31
Would you support the two-child benefit cap being scrapped? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the Spiked Online editor Tom Slater, the New Statesman's associate political editor Rachel Cunliffe, Labour MP Natasha Irons and the Conservative MP Sir Alec Shelbrooke.
What should - and shouldn't - the BBC do in the future? 10.11.2025 2:30:46
What should - and shouldn't - the BBC do in the future? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the Green Party MP Siân Berry, Conservative peer Lord James Bethell, former Brexit Party and Conservative MEP Lucy Harris and the political commentator Matthew Stadlen.
Call Kemi: Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch takes your calls 30.10.2025 2:31:25
Call Kemi: Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch takes calls from LBC listeners. The former Cabinet minister Sir Vince Cable also takes calls, on his new book about growing Chinese and Indian economic and political power.
Is putting taxes up just a coward's way out? 29.10.2025 2:29:32
If the Chancellor raises taxes in next month's Budget, is this just a coward's way out? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are MPs Chris Murray from Labour and Greg Smith from the Conservatives, writer and comedian Timandra Harkness and LBC's political correspondent Aggie Chambré.
What role should the UK play in helping Jamaica recover from Hurricane Melissa? 28.10.2025 2:30:09
What role should the UK play in helping Jamaica recover from the damage which Hurricane Melissa will cause? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the Conservative Shadow Energy Security Secretary Claire Coutinho, Labour MP Peter Swallow, the Good Growth Foundation's Theresa Bischoff and the Free Speech Union's Connie Shaw.
Who do you blame for the prisons chaos over the weekend? 27.10.2025 2:30:00
Who do you blame for the prisons chaos over the weekend, which saw the Epping asylum seeker sex offender wrongly released? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the Lib Dem deputy leader Daisy Cooper, Conservative Shadow Defence Minister Mark Francois, the LabourList website editor Emma Burnell and the entrepreneur and commentator Jamila Robertson.
Would you support seeing knife arches in all schools? How else should youth violence be tackled? 22.10.2025 2:29:06
Would you support seeing knife arches in all schools? How else should youth violence be tackled? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the climate policy campaigner Scarlett Westbrook, the former Conservative minister Paul Scully, Labour MP Sarah Smith and the political commentator and strategist Matthew Lesh.
Would you support the state pension triple lock being scrapped? 21.10.2025 2:31:47
Would you support the state pension triple lock being scrapped? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Conservative peer Baroness Rachel Maclean, Labour MP Calvin Bailey, the economist Liam Halligan and the podcaster Jemma Forte.
Should the government now change the law to force Prince Andrew out of the royal family entirely? 20.10.2025 2:30:14
Should the government now change the law to force Prince Andrew out of the royal family entirely? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the drag artist Colin Seymour (a.k.a. 'Crystal'), Conservative peer Lord Gavin Barwell, former UKIP deputy chairman Suzanne Evans and Liberal Democrat MP Joshua Reynolds.
If you were Chancellor, whose taxes would you want to put up? 16.10.2025 2:27:42
If you were Chancellor, whose taxes would you want to put up? The chair and deputy chair of police officers' representative body, the Police Federation of England and Wales, take LBC listeners' calls.
Why is the Chancellor only now blaming Brexit for Britain's economic woes? 15.10.2025 2:30:05
Why is the Chancellor only now blaming Brexit for Britain's economic woes? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Labour's Immigration Minister Mike Tapp, Conservative Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp, The Spectator's Lara Brown and the New Statesman's Oli Dugmore.
What should happen to the asylum seeker who threatened to kill Nigel Farage? 14.10.2025 2:30:49
What should happen to the asylum seeker who threatened to kill Nigel Farage? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are 'The Black Farmer' Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones, Labour Tonia Antoniazzi, Green Party House of Commons leader Dr Ellie Chowns and the Conservative peer and political strategist Lord Matthew Elliott.
What needs to be done to make the peace in Gaza last into the long-term? 13.10.2025 2:30:45
What needs to be done to make the peace in Gaza last into the long-term? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the Conservative Shadow Scotland Secretary Andrew Bowie, Labour MP Tom Hayes, journalist Rebecca Reid and LBC's own Political Editor Natasha Clark.
Are you optimistic about peace in the Middle East? 09.10.2025 2:29:38
Are you optimistic about peace in the Middle East?
Do moves like wanting to abolish stamp duty make the Conservatives sound more appealing again? 08.10.2025 2:31:17
Do moves like wanting to abolish stamp duty make the Conservatives sound more appealing again? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question is the former Home Secretary Amber Rudd, the Labour London Assembly member Leonie Cooper, the campaigner Jovan Owusu-Nepaul and the economist Dr Linda Yueh.
Has Robert Jenrick stoked racial tensions by calling out a community's ethnic make-up? 07.10.2025 2:29:41
Has Robert Jenrick stoked racial tensions by calling out a community's ethnic make-up? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the political commentator and ConservativeHome founder Tim Montgomerie, Tory MP Joe Robertson and the campaigner Albie Amankona.
What good can the Conservatives possibly get from echoing Reform's policies? 06.10.2025 2:28:55
What good can the Conservatives possibly get from echoing Reform's policies? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the Conservative commentator and former Big Brother contest Emily Hewertson, Conservative Shadow Cabinet minister Alex Burghart and the Guido Fawkes political journalist Adam Cherry.
Reaction to the Manchester synagogue terror attack 02.10.2025 2:18:20
Reaction as we learn more about the terror attack outside a synagogue in Manchester.
If Hamas rejects Trump's plan, what should happen next? 01.10.2025 2:25:19
If Hamas rejects Trump's plan, what should happen next? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the new Green Party deputy leader Rachel Millward, Labour councillor Sebastian Salek, family lawyer and former Conservative MP Jessica Harrington and the PoliticsHome reporter Tom Scotson.
Is it sensible for Starmer to try to challenge Farage on national identity issues? 30.09.2025 2:29:00
Is it sensible for Sir Keir Starmer to try to challenge Nigel Farage on issues related to national identity? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question - live from the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool - are Care Minister Stephen Kinnock, the General Secretary of the train drivers' union ASLEF Mick Whelan and the political journalist Zoë Grünewald.
Donald Trump announces his Gaza peace plan 29.09.2025 2:36:55
Live coverage of US President Donald Trump's announcement of his peace plan for Gaza, alongside the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Joining Iain on Cross Question - live from the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool - are the Labour peer and Skills Minister Baroness Jacqui Smith, the General Secretary of the University and College Union Jo Grady and the political journalist and commenta...
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