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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Oct 14, 2025 • 2h 31min
What should happen to the asylum seeker who threatened to kill Nigel Farage?
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.
Oct 13, 2025 • 2h 31min
What needs to be done to make the peace in Gaza last into the long-term?
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.
Oct 9, 2025 • 2h 30min
Are you optimistic about peace in the Middle East?
Are you optimistic about peace in the Middle East?
Oct 8, 2025 • 2h 31min
Do moves like wanting to abolish stamp duty make the Conservatives sound more appealing again?
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.
Oct 7, 2025 • 2h 30min
Has Robert Jenrick stoked racial tensions by calling out a community's ethnic make-up?
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.
Oct 6, 2025 • 2h 29min
What good can the Conservatives possibly get from echoing Reform's policies?
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.
Oct 2, 2025 • 2h 18min
Reaction to the Manchester synagogue terror attack
Reaction as we learn more about the terror attack outside a synagogue in Manchester.
Oct 1, 2025 • 2h 25min
If Hamas rejects Trump's plan, what should happen next?
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.
Sep 30, 2025 • 2h 29min
Is it sensible for Starmer to try to challenge Farage on national identity issues?
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.
Sep 29, 2025 • 2h 37min
Donald Trump announces his Gaza peace plan
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 commentator Michael Crick.
