Iain Dale - The Whole Show

Are smaller parties getting a fair crack of the whip?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour's Barry Gardiner, former Tory MP Stephen Hammond, trade unionist Mary Bousted and Guardian columnist Sir Simon Jenkins.

Will the Tory tax-cutting manifesto change anything?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour's James Murray, Conservative peer and pollster Lord Hayward, commentator Nimco Ali and journalist Antonello Guerrera.

Is Labour's private schools policy making you more or less likely to vote for them?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are the Liberal Democrat peer and Business and Trade spokesperson Lord Chris Fox, the Green Party peer Baroness Jenny Jones, the writer and political commenator Benedict Spence and the Institute for Government's senior fellow Sam Freedman.

What will Rishi Sunak's D-Day blunder mean for the election?

80 years on from D-Day, should we be alive to modern threats to democracy?

Is Keir Starmer right to say he'll never use private healthcare?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Stephen Bush from the Financial Times, political commentator Salma Shah, former Labour MP and minister Parmjit Dhanda and former Conservative MP and minister Steve Norris.

Why are the main parties so negative about immigration?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Green Party deputy leader Zack Polanski, Lib Dem Munira Wilson, the Telegraph's Annabel Denham and Polly Toynbee from The Guardian.

How much will new Reform UK leader Nigel Farage shake up the election?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour's Stella Creasy, Conservative Sir Alan Duncan, Gina Miller from the True and Fair Party and POLITICO Europe's Anne McElvoy.

Will the Labour Party let Diane Abbott stand?Joining Iain on Cross Question this evening are Conservative MP Nickie Aiken, Labour's Siobhain McDonagh, Liberal Democrat Sarah Olney and Robert Shrimsley of the Financial Times.

Reaction to Michael Gove announcing he is standing down as an MP. The International Court of Justice ordering Israel to stop its campaign in the city of Rafah. Are Labour being ambitious enough? Iain's Friday night Open Phone-in.

Should there be TV election debates every week?Plus, Sir Robin Niblett takes your calls on the main parties' approaches to China and Russia!

Rishi Sunak calls the election for the 4th of July!In perhaps the first election debate, on the day Rishi Sunak called the general election, Iain Dale was joined on Cross Question by Conservative Steve Baker, Labour's Anneliese Dodds, Liberal Democrat Alistair Carmichael and Richard Thomson from the SNP.

Why should we pay respects to the late Iranian president?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Green MP and former leader Caroline Lucas, Alba Party leader and former Scottish first minister Alex Salmond, Conservative MP Heather Wheeler and social entrepreneur and Baptist minister Reverend Steve Chalke.

Have lessons been learned from the infected blood scandal?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP and chair of the home affairs select committee Dame Diana Johnson, Conservative MP Tom Hunt, the GMB union's general secretary Gary Smith and Christian Calgie from the Daily Express.

Which party do you trust more on small boats and asylum policy? Can it be at all reasonable to target Israel's 20 year-old Eurovision performer? Iain's Friday night Open Phone-in.

Is Britain right to continue exporting arms to Israel? Plus the Union of Jewish Students' President Edward Isaacs takes your calls, hours after meeting with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

Who wins when a right wing MP defects from the Tories to Labour?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative MP and Northern Ireland minister Steve Baker, Labour MP and shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson, crossbench peer and disability rights campaigner Tanni Grey-Thompson and Mail on Sunday columnist Dan Hodges.

Labour's Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves takes your calls!Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative MP and foreign affairs committee chair Alicia Kearns, Labour MP Andy McDonald, Sunday Telegraph columnist Janet Daley and pollster Joe Twyman.

What do the local election results mean?

Should police officers be armed?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Telegraph political editor Ben Riley-Smith, Lib Dem MP Christine Jardine, Conservative MP Jo Gideon and Labour campaigner and former MP Parmjit Dhanda.

Labour's Louise Haigh takes your transport calls!

Is the Scottish government falling apart?

Can Ukraine win the war with the West's help?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are SNP MP and former broadcaster John Nicolson, Conservative MP and energy minister Andrew Bowie, pollster Scarlett Maguire and comedian Dom Joly.

Do older people get a hard time?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour's Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones, Bloomberg's Ailbhe Rea, Conservative MP Craig Whittaker and former Conservative comms director Giles Kenningham.

Rwanda policy ping pong and are you a patriot?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Lib Dem MP Munira Wilson, social policy analyst Rakib Ehsan and Guardian columnist Zoe Williams.

Retail giant Theo Paphitis takes your calls

Can the UK have any influence over what Netanyahu does next?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour's Stella Creasy, Conservative Rachel Maclean, Lib Dem Lord Razall and Luke Tryl from the More in Common think tank, which aims to tackle social divisions.

Kemi Badenoch takes your calls on the Cass review, prayer in schools, conversion therapy and Brexit.Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative MP and deputy chairman Angela Richardson, SDLP MP Claire Hanna, historian Tessa Dunlop and acting editor at ConservativeHome Henry Hill.

Liz Truss on her mini-budget, Trump vs Biden and her 'unfinished business'Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative former foreign minister Sir Alan Duncan, Labour's leader in the House of Lords Baroness Smith, author and broadcaster Matthew Syed and Whitehall editor at the Financial Times Lucy Fisher.

'Aggressive begging', Bill Browder and Evgenia Kara-Murza, Question Marks and prison reform

Are we letting children down over gender care?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Imam Ajmal Masroor, Lib Dem director of communications Baroness Grender, barrister and former Conservative MP Jerry Hayes and the Spectator's James Heale.

Should protesters stay away from Keir Starmer's house?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative peer Lord Marland, City AM's Alys Denby, Labour candidate Kevin Craig and political commentator Jonathan Lis.

Is it just 'middle class lefties' fighting more private sector involvement in the NHS?

Is it fair to give more lenient sentences to people who grew up in poverty?Plus, comedian Matt Forde takes your calls!

Should we stop sending weapons to Israel?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are broadcaster Gavin Esler, author and former Labour official Richard Power-Sayeed, businesswoman and former Cameron adviser Sarah Southern and political commentator Michael Brown - who used to be a Conservative MP.

How can aid be safely taken into Gaza if humanitarian workers are being killed by Israeli airstrikes?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are author Jonn Elledge, former Conservative MP Angela Knight, general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union Matt Wrack and columnist Grant Tucker.

Should the UK consider legalising assisted dying?Plus, Conservative Peer Lord Tony Sewell takes your calls on racism in Britain.

How satisfied are you with the NHS? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Liberal Democrat MP Sarah Olney, Lawyer and Activist Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu, Conservative Peer Baroness Tina Stowell and Director of the Reform Think Tank, Charlotte Pickles.

Will forcing the Veterans Minister to name whistleblowers put people off of ever exposing wrongdoing again?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are the former Conservative Cabinet Minister Justine Greening, Green Party peer Baroness Jenny Jones, the chair of the Dignity in Dying campaign Rabbi Dr Jonathan Romain and the Daily Telegraph columnist Tim Stanley.

Has the UN Security Council vote made a Gaza ceasefire more or less likely?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour's Shadow Cabinet Minister Nick Thomas-Symonds, Conservative peer Lord Andrew Robathan, Spiked Online columnist Ella Whelan and Momentum co-founder James Schneider.

Should we stop sending British-made weapons to Israel?Plus, Green Party peer and former leader Baroness Natalie Bennett takes your calls.

Whose fault is it that rents are rocketing so quickly?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour's shadow transport secretary Louise Haigh, Conservative MP and former minister Brendan Clarke-Smith, Mail on Sunday columnist Dan Hodges and political correspondent for the Independent Zoë Grünewald.

Is antisemitism at our universities getting out of control?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are government minister Esther McVey, SNP MP and home affairs spokesperson Alison Thewliss, non-affiliated peer Baroness Hoey and Liberal Democrat campaigner Mathew Hulbert.

Will they try to get rid of Rishi Sunak?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are writer and director of the British Future think tank on immigration and integration Sunder Katwala, the Spectator's Cindy Yu, comedian Njambi McGrath and former Australian foreign minister Alexander Downer.

Should MPs be paid a lot more?Plus, Royal historian Robert Hardman talks the future of the Monarchy and takes your calls.And comedian Geoff Norcott speaks with you about whether university is really worth it.

Should the Tories give back Frank Hester's money?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative MP and former sports minister Tracey Crouch, Lib Dem MP and home affairs spokesperson Alistair Carmichael, the Telegraph's Camilla Turner and political commentator Matthew Stadlen.

Why did the government take over a day call out racist remarks?Iain Dale is joined on Cross Question by economist and author Grace Blakeley, Labour MP Dame Angela Eagle, investigative journalist and former speechwriter for David Cameron Ian Birrell and Conservative MP Alexander Stafford.

Should the Tories be in any way concerned as Lee Anderson joins Reform UK?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative MP and chair of the Treasury Committee Harriet Baldwin, Labour MP Charlotte Nichols, Green Party candidate for Mayor of London Zoe Garbett and lawyer Natasha Hausdorff.

Are we being diagnosed by 'fake doctors'?

On Budget Day, Labour's Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves takes your calls!Joining Iain Dale for this Budget Day special Cross Question panel are economist Ann Pettifor who co-authored the Green New Deal and used to advise John McDonnell, Shevaun Haviland from the British Chambers of Commerce, author and Oxford University economist Linda Yueh and financial entrepreneur and former Bank of England adviser Roger Gewolb.