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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Dec 17, 2025 • 2h 32min
Call Kemi: Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch takes your calls
Call Kemi: Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch takes your callsJoining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Conservative Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister Andrew Rosindell, Liberal Democrat Shadow Attorney General Ben Maguire, historian and broadcaster Dr Tessa Dunlop and the social entrepreneur Samuel Kasumu.
Dec 16, 2025 • 2h 30min
Why would anyone in this country possibly want Trump to win his legal case against the BBC?
Why would anyone in this country possibly want Trump to win his legal case against the BBC?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are MPs Charlotte Nichols from Labour and Sarah Bool from the Conservatives, Baroness Jenny Jones from the Green Party and the former adviser to Boris Johnson, Guto Harri.
Dec 15, 2025 • 2h 30min
How can Jewish people around the world be made to feel safer, when atrocities keep occurring?
How can Jewish people around the world be made to feel safer, when atrocities keep occurring?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the Conservatives' Shadow Transport Secretary Richard Holden, Labour MP Tony Vaughan, political commentator Salma Shah and The Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee.
Dec 10, 2025 • 2h 33min
Are resident doctors being irresponsible to still be considering striking next week, given the scale of the flu outbreak?
Are resident doctors being irresponsible to still be considering striking next week, given the scale of the flu outbreak?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Labour's Cabinet Office Minister Josh Simons, former Conservative Cabinet Minister Sir John Redwood, the tech entrepreneur Judith McMinn and the political commentator Benedict Spence.
Dec 9, 2025 • 2h 31min
Do you recognise Trump's portrayal of London as a city significantly harmed by immigration?
Do you recognise Trump's portrayal of London as a city which has been significantly harmed by immigration?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Labour Muslim Network chair Ali Milani, MPs Harriet Cross from the Conservatives and Will Stone from Labour, and the think-tanker Phoebe Arslanagić-Little.
Dec 8, 2025 • 2h 30min
How can more young people be got into work?
How can more young people be got into work?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the former Conservative Education Secretary Justine Greening, Labour MP Dame Chi Onwurah, Anna Sabine from the Liberal Democrats & The Spectator's James Heale.
Dec 4, 2025 • 2h 29min
Does excluding countries from sport and culture really achieve anything? Plus Rory Stewart takes listeners' calls
Does excluding countries from sport and culture really achieve anything?Author and podcaster Rory Stewart joins Iain in the studio to take LBC listeners' calls.
Dec 3, 2025 • 2h 30min
How should the war in Ukraine best be brought to an end?
How should the war in Ukraine best be brought to an end?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Labour MP Chris Curtis, former Conservative Cabinet minister Theresa Villiers, Democratic Unionist Party MP Jim Shannon and the homelessness campaigner Matthew Torbitt.
Dec 2, 2025 • 2h 30min
Do you support the planned reforms to the justice system?
Do you support the planned reforms to the justice system?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Channel 4's former Head of News Dorothy Byrne, Labour MP Andrew Pakes, the Centre for Policy Studies' Emma Revell and the former Conservative adviser Tom Skinner.
Dec 1, 2025 • 2h 28min
Are you concerned by the claims that Rachel Reeves misled the public about the country's finances?
Are you concerned by the claims that Rachel Reeves misled the public about the country's finances?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Labour MP Polly Billington, the Liberal Democrats' group leader in Liverpool Carl Cashman, Conservative peer Lord Robert Hayward and ConservativeHome's Henry Hill.
