Iain Dale - The Whole Show

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.

Episodes

October 16, 2025 147 mins

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Are you optimistic about peace in the Middle East?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Reaction as we learn more about the terror attack outside a synagogue in Manchester.

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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.

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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.

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September 29, 2025 156 mins

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.

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Has Starmer's government stopped taking climate change seriously?

Finito Education's Ronel Lehmann takes listeners' calls on tackling Britain's youth unemployment crisis.

Plus Iain asks why people consider having cosmetic surgery.

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What benefit is Nigel Farage getting from his apparent political devotion to Donald Trump?

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the former Conservative Cabinet minister Sir Brandon Lewis, Labour MP Barry Gardiner, political commentator Stella Tsantekidou and the columnist Ella Whelan.

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What's your reaction to Trump's verbal attack on London today?

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the Reform UK chairman Dr David Bull, Liberal Democrat frontbencher Munira Wilson, Labour MP Stella Creasy and the Daily Telegraph political journalist Poppy Coburn.

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Will recognising Palestine make Middle East peace more or less likely?

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the influencer and TV personality Amy Hart, former Conservative Education Secretary Gillian Keegan, former Labour minister Caroline Flint and the Daily Telegraph's associate editor Gordon Rayner.

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Should we follow Trump's advice and use the military to stop channel migrants?

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Are you proud or embarrassed at Britain rolling out the red carpet for Trump?

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the Labour peer and Trump inauguration attendee Lord Maurice Glasman, the former Conservative Cabinet minister Dame Penny Mordaunt, The Guardian columnist George Monbiot and the historian and broadcaster David Starkey.

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Kemi Badenoch answers your questions on Reform UK defections, Tommy Robinson, Mandelson and more!

Iain Dale is joined for Cross Question by Labour Party chair Anna Turley, broadcaster Sir Trevor Phillips, billionaire businessman and philanthropist John Caudwell and Conservative shadow development minister Wendy Morton.

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Should Reform continue accepting defections from unpopular Tories?

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Independent MP Jeremy Corbyn, Conservative Shadow Environment Secretary Victoria Atkins, the businessman Steve Rigby & LBC presenter Rachel Johnson.

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