Cross Question with Iain Dale

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative MP Andrea Leadsom, Labour MP John McDonnell, Lib Dem MP Layla Moran & journalist Polly Toynbee.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour peer Lord Andrew Adonis, journalist Ella Whelan, Conservative MP Kevin Hollinrake and Green Party member of the London Assembly Zack Polanski.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative Party Co-Chairman and Conservative MP Amanda Milling, Labour MP Andrew Gwynne, Reverend & the Makers singer Jon McClure & political consultant and author Alex Deane.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative MP and Chair of the Science and Technology Select Committee Greg Clark, SNP MP Tommy Sheppard, political commentator Denise Headley & Economics Editor for the Spectator Kate Andrews.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour Party Chair Anneliese Dodds, Conservative MP David Davis, journalist Paul Mason & historian David Starkey.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP and Shadow Home Secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds, Director of the Academy of Ideas Baroness Claire Fox, NHS Doctor and broadcaster Dr Phil Hammond and political commentator Mahyar Tousi.

Cross Question with Iain Dale returns with former Conservative Home Secretary Amber Rudd, SNP Westminster Leader Ian Blackford, journalist Yasmin Alibhai-Brown and Shabnam Nasimi, Director of Conservative Friends of Afghanistan.

Green Party Leadership Hustings

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP Rosie Duffield, former Conservative MP Stewart Jackson, Senior Reporter for the i Benjamin Butterworth & LBC listener Ulf in Hamburg.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Green Party Co-leader Sian Berry, Institute for Economic Affairs Director General Mark Littlewood, and LBC listeners Simon in Southampton and Erin in Scarborough.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are former Conservative cabinet minister David Mellor, journalist Ross Clark and LBC listeners Bushra in Ruislip & Chris in Richmond.

Iain Dale is joined by candidates for the position of General Secretary for Unite the Union Sharon Graham and Gerard Coyne. Candidate Steve Turner declined to appear.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening is Conservative MP Andrea Jenkyns, Deputy Green Party Leader Amelia Womack, Race on the Agenda's Maurice McCleod & Tax Payer's Alliance Chief Exec John O'Connell.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative MP Andrea Leadsom, LBC presenter Denise Headley, UnHerd Executive Editor Freddie Sayers, and former Jeremy Corbyn adviser Andrew Fisher.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative member of the London Assembly Shaun Bailey, journalist Ian Birrell, Director of UK in A Changing Europe Anand Menon and Liberal Democrat Peer Baroness Sal Brinton.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP Barry Gardiner, journalist Oz Katerji, former Conservative and Change UK MP Anna Soubry and Co-founder of Conservatives Against Racism For Equality Albie Amankona.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP Navendu Mishra, Conservative MP for Pauline Latham, political commentator Jonathan Lis, and Vice Chair of the Local Government Association and Liberal Democrat Leader of Cotswold District Council Joe Harris.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP Yasmin Qureshi, Conservative MP Richard Holden, Telegraph columnist Madeline Grant and Chairman and Chief Executive of the Hippodrome Casino Simon Thomas.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP Charlotte Nichols, Conservative MP Chris Skidmore, Sunder Katwala from the pro-equality thinktank British Future and Executive Editor of ConservativeHome Mark Wallace.

Joining Iain Dale on this special Business Cross Question are CBI President Lord Bilimoria, Emma Jones who founded Enterprise Nation, smoked salmon mogul and former MEP Lance Forman and John Elliott, Executive Chairman of manufacturing company EBAC.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are former MEP and environmentalist Stanley Johnson, Labour MP Ben Bradshaw, Conservative MP Harriet Baldwin and barrister and author Hashi Mohamed.

Joining Iain Dale on this special International Cross Question are Steven Erlanger from the New York Times in Brussels, Borzou Daragahi from the Independent in Instanbul, Stefanie Bolzen from Die Welt and Mitchell Reiss, former Director of Policy Planning for George Bush.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Shadow Employment Rights and Protections Secretary and Labour MP Andy McDonald, Conservative MP Ben Everitt, UK Director for Human Rights Watch Yasmine Ahmed, and CEO of UK Music and former special advisor to Matt Hancock, Jamie Njoukou-Goodwin.

Joining Iain Dale on this special Young People Cross Question are Youth Rep on the Labour NEC Lara McNeill, Chair of Broxbourne Young Conservatives Tom Culley, Young Liberals Policy Officer & Women's Rep Janey Little, Young Greens Executive Member Kelsey Trevett & Young Scots for Independence's National Vice Convener Charlotte Armitage.

Hi, Cross Question listener, We’ve got another brand new podcast we think you’ll enjoy. ‘I’ve Been Thinking’ is a new weekly show hosted by Peter Frankopan. As well as being a best-selling author (Silk Roads), Professor of Global History and Oxford and voted as one of the World’s Top 50 Thinkers, Peter uses this podcast to speak with some incredible guests looking at topics from around the world that help understand and explain the past, present and future. Guests include former Director of the FBI James Comey and Chinese artist & activist Ai Weiwei. This is a taster of what you can expect from the show. If you like what you hear please search for I’ve Been Thinking with Peter Frankopan on Global Player or wherever you get your podcasts.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative MP Mark Harper, broadcaster Afua Adom, Olivia Utley from the Telegraph and environmentalist and writer Sir Jonathon Porritt.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are former Lib Dem MP Norman Lamb, Spiked Online columnist Ella Whelan, Labour MP Khalid Mahmood and Conservative MP Nickie Aiken.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative MP Bim Afolami, Director of the Centre for Policy Studies Robert Colvile, Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff and Green Party Member of the London Assembly Zack Polanski.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are former Scottish First Minister and Alba Party leader Alex Salmond, Conservative MP and former Cabinet minister Dame Andrea Leadsom, former Lib Dem leader Sir Vince Cable and Novara Media's Rivkah Brown.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are journalist and author Petronella Wyatt, former Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon, political commentator Ash Sarkar & distinguished history professor Sir Richard Evans.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Guardian columnist and author Owen Jones, former Brexit Party MEP and Conservative minister Ann Widdecombe, former Conservative minister and founder of the Social Mobility Pledge Justine Greening & Labour peer Lord Andrew Adonis.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are SNP MP Angus MacNeil, businessman Charlie Mullins, former Conservative health minister Edwina Currie & Interim Director of Liberty Gracie Mae Bradley

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP Emma Hardy, Conservative peer Lord Peter Lilley, New Statesman Editor-In-Chief Jason Cowley & political commentator Dominique Samuels.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative MP, former cabinet minister and Chair of the Science & Technology Select Committee Greg Clark, Labour MP and Shadow Minister for Domestic Abuse & Safeguarding Jess Phillips, Guardian Columnist Zoe Williams & former Brexit Party MEP, member of the House of Lords and Director at the Academy of Ideas Baroness Claire Fox.

Hi Cross Question fans – we have a new True Crime podcast we think you’ll enjoy called ‘If It Bleeds It Leads’ Could you be a criminal? What separates the way you think, from the criminal mind? Join the world’s leading professor of criminology, Prof. David Wilson and star of Silent Witness Emilia Fox as they discover what’s really going on behind some of the most notorious crimes. What do you do with have-a-go heroes who try to stop you robbing a bank? What's it like inside an escalating prison riot? And how do you deal with Britain’s most infamous hitman telling you he's been ordered to kill you? In this podcast series you’ll hear from offenders, the police, crime experts and investigators as we delve into the workings of the criminal mind. Here’s a sneaky peak and the first Episode drops on Monday 14th June. If you like what you hear search for ‘If It Bleeds It Leads’ on Global Player or wherever you get your podcasts.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP Barry Gardiner, Observer Chief Leader Writer Sonia Sodha, Conservative MP Damian Hinds and Mail on Sunday Deputy Political Editor Mikhailova.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are journalist Suzanne Moore, former Labour Home Secretary and For The Many co-host Jacqui Smith, political commentator and former special advisor Salma Shah and biographer Tom Bower.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are journalist and LBC presenter Rachel Johnson, author and poet Michael Rosen, economist and author Linda Yeuh & Director of the Conservative Friends of Afghanistan Shabnam Nasimi.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are former Conservative cabinet member Rory Stewart, journalist Nadine Batchelor-Hunt, comedian Geoff Norcott and human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening is political commentators Darren Grimes and Paul Mason, former Labour MP Caroline Flint & Conservative MP for Bolton West Chris Green.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening is former Conservative MP and de facto deputy prime minister Sir David Lidington, Labour MP Siobhain McDonagh, Financial Times Chief Political Commentator and UK Editor at Large Robert Shrimsley & the Mirror's Fleet Street Fox Susie Boniface.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening is Labour MP Rebecca Long-Bailey, historian and Telegraph columnist Simon Heffer, political commentator and columnist for the i newspaper Yasmin Al-Alibhai -Brown & Conservative MP Tobias Ellwood.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis, Labour MP Diane Abbott, Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday columnist Sarah Vine, and Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this week are Labour MP Wallasey Dame Angela Eagle, UK Youth CEO Ndidi Okezie, broadcaster India Willoughby & Deputy Chair of the Conservative MP and Conservative MP Lee Rowley.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this week are former Labour Foreign Secretary and Labour MP for Nottingham South Dame Margaret Beckett, Conservative MP for the Isle of Wight Bob Seely, ex-footballer and mental health campaigner Clarke Carlisle, and journalist and campaigner Joan Smith.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this week are Shadow Attorney General and Labour Peer Lord Charlie Falconer, Conservative MP for Wealden Nus Ghani, Lib Dem MP for Richmond Park Sarah Olney & Plaid Cymru Westminster Leader and MP for Dwyfor Meirionnydd for Liz Saville-Roberts.

Andrea Leadsom - Former Business Secretary, former Environment Secretary, former Leader of the House of Commons and Conservative MP for South Northamptonshire | James Harding - Editor and Co-founder of Tortoise, former Director of BBC News | Lisa Nandy - Shadow Foreign Secretary and Labour MP for Wigan | George Monbiot - Columnist for The Guardian and environmental campaigner

Jeremy Corbyn, Dr Liam Fox, Stewart Hosie and Layla Moran

Joining Iain on Cross Question this evening is Green Party MP for Brighton Pavillion Caroline Lucas, Associate Editor at Daily Mail & LBC presenter Andrew Pierce, General Secretary of the Communication Workers Union Dave Ward and Fay Jones, Conservative MP for Brecon and Radnorshire Fay Jones.

Emily Thornberry - Shadow International Trade Secretary and Labour MP for Islington South and Finsbury | James Sunderland - Conservative MP for Bracknell | Christine Jardine - Lib Dem MP for Edinburgh West, who is the party Treasury spokesperson | Ben Riley-Smith - Political Editor at The Daily Telegraph