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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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Jan 13, 2025 • 2h 26min
Can Trump bring peace in the Middle East?
Can Trump bring peace in the Middle East?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP Stella Creasy, Conservative MP and shadow farming minister Robbie Moore, TUC general secretary Paul Nowak and social activist and commentator Nimco Ali.

Jan 9, 2025 • 2h 24min
Were we too hard on Liz Truss?
Were we too hard on Liz Truss?

Jan 8, 2025 • 2h 21min
Should we take back British jihadis?
Should we take back British jihadis?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Green MP Sian Berry, Tory MP Patrick Spencer, Lib Dem MP Christine Jardine and Sun political correspondent Jack Elsom.

Jan 7, 2025 • 2h 26min
How do you deal with a cancer diagnosis?
Is Robert Jenrick being too divisive?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP David Pinto-Duschinsky, former Conservative MP and minister Vicky Ford, the Spectator's Cindy Yu and campaigner and podcaster Mathew Hulbert.How do you deal with a cancer diagnosis?

Jan 6, 2025 • 2h 24min
Can Elon Musk be ignored?
Can Elon Musk be ignored?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP Polly Billington, journalist and former Mirror editor Alison Phillips, Conservative peer Lord Ranger and the Spectator's Freddy Gray.

Jan 2, 2025 • 2h 28min
What would holding another grooming gangs inquiry achieve?
What would holding another grooming gangs inquiry achieve, how can using the phone while driving be made socially unacceptable again, and should the England men's cricket team boycott its upcoming match against Afghanistan over the Taliban's treatment of women?

Jan 1, 2025 • 2h 32min
Reaction to the New Orleans terror attack plus should the school curriculum be made more fun?
Reaction to the New Orleans terror attack, should the school curriculum be made more fun, and is Dry January becoming a fashion statement?

Dec 30, 2024 • 2h 30min
Who would you nominate for a New Year honour?
Who would you nominate for a New Year honour?

Dec 29, 2024 • 1h 37min
What will President Trump's approach be to the war in Ukraine?
Iain Dale sits in for Lewis Goodall on LBC and speaks to Greg Swenson of Republican overseas about what Trump will do in Ukraine once he becomes President and to journalist Hyunsu Yim in Seoul about the over 170 people killed in South Korea's worst plane crash in years.

Dec 27, 2024 • 2h 23min
Why are so many going sober for January?
Standing in for James O'Brien, Iain Dale challenges David Gauke, the Chair of the Ministry of Justice Independent Sentencing Review, over his comments that inmates should be put in a low-security jails to ease the prison crisis. Also, he asks whether you will partake in dry January as one-third of male adults will go sober next month. In the final hour, Iain speaks to former Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party and MP for Stoke-on-Trent North Jonathan Gullis about what the defeated tories are doing for work as he asks listeners how hard it is to change jobs. All of that and more on this episode of the Iain Dale whole show podcast.


