Iain Dale
@iaindale.bsky.social
LBC Radio presenter
Gob on a Stick
Serial book editor
Co-host of the WHERE POLITICS MEETS HISTORY podcast
Gob on a Stick
Serial book editor
Co-host of the WHERE POLITICS MEETS HISTORY podcast
On my @LBC show...
7pm Phone-in with @KemiBadenoch
8pm Cross Question with
Dan Tomlinson MP
Harriett Baldwin MP
Paul Nowak
Fraser Nelson
9pm Budget reaction from listeners + Aggie Chambre and DIane Abbott
7pm Phone-in with @KemiBadenoch
8pm Cross Question with
Dan Tomlinson MP
Harriett Baldwin MP
Paul Nowak
Fraser Nelson
9pm Budget reaction from listeners + Aggie Chambre and DIane Abbott
November 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM
On my @LBC show...
7pm Phone-in with @KemiBadenoch
8pm Cross Question with
Dan Tomlinson MP
Harriett Baldwin MP
Paul Nowak
Fraser Nelson
9pm Budget reaction from listeners + Aggie Chambre and DIane Abbott
7pm Phone-in with @KemiBadenoch
8pm Cross Question with
Dan Tomlinson MP
Harriett Baldwin MP
Paul Nowak
Fraser Nelson
9pm Budget reaction from listeners + Aggie Chambre and DIane Abbott
Budget Special Cross Question with
@HackneyAbbott
@hbaldwin
@nowak_paul
@FraserNelson
Tonight from 8pm. after Call Kemi, on @LBC.
@HackneyAbbott
@hbaldwin
@nowak_paul
@FraserNelson
Tonight from 8pm. after Call Kemi, on @LBC.
November 26, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Budget Special Cross Question with
@HackneyAbbott
@hbaldwin
@nowak_paul
@FraserNelson
Tonight from 8pm. after Call Kemi, on @LBC.
@HackneyAbbott
@hbaldwin
@nowak_paul
@FraserNelson
Tonight from 8pm. after Call Kemi, on @LBC.
7pm The Ukraine peace deal. Why are we party to selling Ukraine down the river?
735 Minimum rage hike
745 Big Brother Young Farmer
8pm Cross Question with
Kezia Dugdale
Graham Stuart MP
Shevaun Haviland
Camilla Turner
9pm Should jury trials be abolished?
735 Minimum rage hike
745 Big Brother Young Farmer
8pm Cross Question with
Kezia Dugdale
Graham Stuart MP
Shevaun Haviland
Camilla Turner
9pm Should jury trials be abolished?
November 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
7pm The Ukraine peace deal. Why are we party to selling Ukraine down the river?
735 Minimum rage hike
745 Big Brother Young Farmer
8pm Cross Question with
Kezia Dugdale
Graham Stuart MP
Shevaun Haviland
Camilla Turner
9pm Should jury trials be abolished?
735 Minimum rage hike
745 Big Brother Young Farmer
8pm Cross Question with
Kezia Dugdale
Graham Stuart MP
Shevaun Haviland
Camilla Turner
9pm Should jury trials be abolished?
EXCLUSIVE: Tomorrow, @KemiBadenoch will reply to
@RachelReevesMP's Budget Speech. Then she will become the first Opposition leader in history to do an hour long phone-in and respond to your views on the budget.
Tomorrow, live from 7pm, only on
@LBC
.
@RachelReevesMP's Budget Speech. Then she will become the first Opposition leader in history to do an hour long phone-in and respond to your views on the budget.
Tomorrow, live from 7pm, only on
@LBC
.
November 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Tomorrow, @KemiBadenoch will reply to
@RachelReevesMP's Budget Speech. Then she will become the first Opposition leader in history to do an hour long phone-in and respond to your views on the budget.
Tomorrow, live from 7pm, only on
@LBC
.
@RachelReevesMP's Budget Speech. Then she will become the first Opposition leader in history to do an hour long phone-in and respond to your views on the budget.
Tomorrow, live from 7pm, only on
@LBC
.
On my @LBC show...
7pm Why is the Chancellor intent on raising taxes rather than cutting spending?
8pm Cross Question with
Catherine Atkinson MP
Dr Luke Evans MP
Edward Morello MP
Angela Epstein
9pm What are your experiences of prostate cancer?
7pm Why is the Chancellor intent on raising taxes rather than cutting spending?
8pm Cross Question with
Catherine Atkinson MP
Dr Luke Evans MP
Edward Morello MP
Angela Epstein
9pm What are your experiences of prostate cancer?
November 24, 2025 at 6:07 PM
On my @LBC show...
7pm Why is the Chancellor intent on raising taxes rather than cutting spending?
8pm Cross Question with
Catherine Atkinson MP
Dr Luke Evans MP
Edward Morello MP
Angela Epstein
9pm What are your experiences of prostate cancer?
7pm Why is the Chancellor intent on raising taxes rather than cutting spending?
8pm Cross Question with
Catherine Atkinson MP
Dr Luke Evans MP
Edward Morello MP
Angela Epstein
9pm What are your experiences of prostate cancer?
NEW COLUMN: The Economics of the Madhouse
"There is nothing moral about bankrupting the country. And there is nothing moral about encouraging people to have children they can't afford..."
Read
www.iaindale.com/articles/the...
"There is nothing moral about bankrupting the country. And there is nothing moral about encouraging people to have children they can't afford..."
Read
www.iaindale.com/articles/the...
November 23, 2025 at 10:36 PM
NEW COLUMN: The Economics of the Madhouse
"There is nothing moral about bankrupting the country. And there is nothing moral about encouraging people to have children they can't afford..."
Read
www.iaindale.com/articles/the...
"There is nothing moral about bankrupting the country. And there is nothing moral about encouraging people to have children they can't afford..."
Read
www.iaindale.com/articles/the...
On my @LBC show...
7pm Is banning people with settled status from claiming benefits remotely justifiable?
8pm Why do so many children go missing?
9pm Is the Government right to restrict our right to trial by jury?
7pm Is banning people with settled status from claiming benefits remotely justifiable?
8pm Why do so many children go missing?
9pm Is the Government right to restrict our right to trial by jury?
November 20, 2025 at 6:27 PM
On my @LBC show...
7pm Is banning people with settled status from claiming benefits remotely justifiable?
8pm Why do so many children go missing?
9pm Is the Government right to restrict our right to trial by jury?
7pm Is banning people with settled status from claiming benefits remotely justifiable?
8pm Why do so many children go missing?
9pm Is the Government right to restrict our right to trial by jury?
On my @LBC show...
7pm What should we do if Russian ships & drones continue to breach our waters & airspace?
8pm Cross Question
@lucyfrazer_
@glasgowmurphy
@LiamODellUK
@ce_pickles
9pm International Men's Day. Why do men find it so much harder to talk about feelings?
7pm What should we do if Russian ships & drones continue to breach our waters & airspace?
8pm Cross Question
@lucyfrazer_
@glasgowmurphy
@LiamODellUK
@ce_pickles
9pm International Men's Day. Why do men find it so much harder to talk about feelings?
November 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
On my @LBC show...
7pm What should we do if Russian ships & drones continue to breach our waters & airspace?
8pm Cross Question
@lucyfrazer_
@glasgowmurphy
@LiamODellUK
@ce_pickles
9pm International Men's Day. Why do men find it so much harder to talk about feelings?
7pm What should we do if Russian ships & drones continue to breach our waters & airspace?
8pm Cross Question
@lucyfrazer_
@glasgowmurphy
@LiamODellUK
@ce_pickles
9pm International Men's Day. Why do men find it so much harder to talk about feelings?
7pm Why are so many Brits fleeing the country?
8pm Cross Question with
Sir John Hayes MP
@alexsobel
@alysdenby
@MathewHulbert
9pm The number of couples getting married in the UK continues to fall. Why?
8pm Cross Question with
Sir John Hayes MP
@alexsobel
@alysdenby
@MathewHulbert
9pm The number of couples getting married in the UK continues to fall. Why?
November 18, 2025 at 6:11 PM
7pm Why are so many Brits fleeing the country?
8pm Cross Question with
Sir John Hayes MP
@alexsobel
@alysdenby
@MathewHulbert
9pm The number of couples getting married in the UK continues to fall. Why?
8pm Cross Question with
Sir John Hayes MP
@alexsobel
@alysdenby
@MathewHulbert
9pm The number of couples getting married in the UK continues to fall. Why?
On my @LBC show...
At 8, a special Business themed Cross Question, but first, do you think Labour’s immigration proposals will work, or are they just a hotpotch of inhumane announcements, which will tarnish the name of the United Kingdom
At 8, a special Business themed Cross Question, but first, do you think Labour’s immigration proposals will work, or are they just a hotpotch of inhumane announcements, which will tarnish the name of the United Kingdom
November 17, 2025 at 6:16 PM
On my @LBC show...
At 8, a special Business themed Cross Question, but first, do you think Labour’s immigration proposals will work, or are they just a hotpotch of inhumane announcements, which will tarnish the name of the United Kingdom
At 8, a special Business themed Cross Question, but first, do you think Labour’s immigration proposals will work, or are they just a hotpotch of inhumane announcements, which will tarnish the name of the United Kingdom
On my @LBC show...
7pm If not Keir, then who?
8pm Cross Question with
@ranil
@SKinnock
@zoesqwilliams
@james_a_reed
9pm Should Shamima Begum be allowed to return?
7pm If not Keir, then who?
8pm Cross Question with
@ranil
@SKinnock
@zoesqwilliams
@james_a_reed
9pm Should Shamima Begum be allowed to return?
November 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
On my @LBC show...
7pm If not Keir, then who?
8pm Cross Question with
@ranil
@SKinnock
@zoesqwilliams
@james_a_reed
9pm Should Shamima Begum be allowed to return?
7pm If not Keir, then who?
8pm Cross Question with
@ranil
@SKinnock
@zoesqwilliams
@james_a_reed
9pm Should Shamima Begum be allowed to return?
On my @LBC show
7pm Call Kemi Badenoch
8pm The challenges for Britain dealing with China and India with @vincecable
9pm What do you make of the Rachel Reeves landlord farrago?
7pm Call Kemi Badenoch
8pm The challenges for Britain dealing with China and India with @vincecable
9pm What do you make of the Rachel Reeves landlord farrago?
October 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
On my @LBC show
7pm Call Kemi Badenoch
8pm The challenges for Britain dealing with China and India with @vincecable
9pm What do you make of the Rachel Reeves landlord farrago?
7pm Call Kemi Badenoch
8pm The challenges for Britain dealing with China and India with @vincecable
9pm What do you make of the Rachel Reeves landlord farrago?
On my @LBC show...
7pm Kemi skewers Keir on tax rises at PMQs. Is putting taxes wrong?
8pm Cross Question with
Chris Murray MP, Greg Smith MP, Aggie Chambré, Timandra Harkness
9pm £500 handout to a criminal deportee, yet only £2.5 million for Jamaica. Shurely shome mishtake.
7pm Kemi skewers Keir on tax rises at PMQs. Is putting taxes wrong?
8pm Cross Question with
Chris Murray MP, Greg Smith MP, Aggie Chambré, Timandra Harkness
9pm £500 handout to a criminal deportee, yet only £2.5 million for Jamaica. Shurely shome mishtake.
October 29, 2025 at 6:27 PM
On my @LBC show...
7pm Kemi skewers Keir on tax rises at PMQs. Is putting taxes wrong?
8pm Cross Question with
Chris Murray MP, Greg Smith MP, Aggie Chambré, Timandra Harkness
9pm £500 handout to a criminal deportee, yet only £2.5 million for Jamaica. Shurely shome mishtake.
7pm Kemi skewers Keir on tax rises at PMQs. Is putting taxes wrong?
8pm Cross Question with
Chris Murray MP, Greg Smith MP, Aggie Chambré, Timandra Harkness
9pm £500 handout to a criminal deportee, yet only £2.5 million for Jamaica. Shurely shome mishtake.
On my @LBC show
7pm Hurricane in Jamaica
8pm Cross Question with
Claire Coutinho MP, Peter Swallow MP, Theresa Bischof, Connie Shaw
9pm Is ''Woke" dead? Interview with
@PiersMorgan
about his book.
7pm Hurricane in Jamaica
8pm Cross Question with
Claire Coutinho MP, Peter Swallow MP, Theresa Bischof, Connie Shaw
9pm Is ''Woke" dead? Interview with
@PiersMorgan
about his book.
October 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM
On my @LBC show
7pm Hurricane in Jamaica
8pm Cross Question with
Claire Coutinho MP, Peter Swallow MP, Theresa Bischof, Connie Shaw
9pm Is ''Woke" dead? Interview with
@PiersMorgan
about his book.
7pm Hurricane in Jamaica
8pm Cross Question with
Claire Coutinho MP, Peter Swallow MP, Theresa Bischof, Connie Shaw
9pm Is ''Woke" dead? Interview with
@PiersMorgan
about his book.
Do you live in or near Oxford?
On Friday 7 November at 7.30pm I'll be talking about my MARGARET THATCHER book at St Barnabas Church.
Book tickets here
www.universe.com/sign-in?redi...
On Friday 7 November at 7.30pm I'll be talking about my MARGARET THATCHER book at St Barnabas Church.
Book tickets here
www.universe.com/sign-in?redi...
October 26, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Do you live in or near Oxford?
On Friday 7 November at 7.30pm I'll be talking about my MARGARET THATCHER book at St Barnabas Church.
Book tickets here
www.universe.com/sign-in?redi...
On Friday 7 November at 7.30pm I'll be talking about my MARGARET THATCHER book at St Barnabas Church.
Book tickets here
www.universe.com/sign-in?redi...
On my @LBC show
7pm Has Trump finally seen the light over Putin?
8pm The university lecturers strike. Phone with the leader of the UCU @DrJoGrady
9pm The government is delaying reforms to special needs education. What reforms does it need?
7pm Has Trump finally seen the light over Putin?
8pm The university lecturers strike. Phone with the leader of the UCU @DrJoGrady
9pm The government is delaying reforms to special needs education. What reforms does it need?
October 23, 2025 at 4:51 PM
On my @LBC show
7pm Has Trump finally seen the light over Putin?
8pm The university lecturers strike. Phone with the leader of the UCU @DrJoGrady
9pm The government is delaying reforms to special needs education. What reforms does it need?
7pm Has Trump finally seen the light over Putin?
8pm The university lecturers strike. Phone with the leader of the UCU @DrJoGrady
9pm The government is delaying reforms to special needs education. What reforms does it need?
On my @LBC show...
7pm Should all schools install knife arches?
Cross Question with
@paulscullymp
@matthewlesh
@sarahsmithlab
Scarlett Westbrook
9pm Should we all do more for charity - not just giving more money, but also our time?
7pm Should all schools install knife arches?
Cross Question with
@paulscullymp
@matthewlesh
@sarahsmithlab
Scarlett Westbrook
9pm Should we all do more for charity - not just giving more money, but also our time?
October 22, 2025 at 5:21 PM
On my @LBC show...
7pm Should all schools install knife arches?
Cross Question with
@paulscullymp
@matthewlesh
@sarahsmithlab
Scarlett Westbrook
9pm Should we all do more for charity - not just giving more money, but also our time?
7pm Should all schools install knife arches?
Cross Question with
@paulscullymp
@matthewlesh
@sarahsmithlab
Scarlett Westbrook
9pm Should we all do more for charity - not just giving more money, but also our time?
Dr @Tessadunlop and I will be recording WHERE POLITICS MEETS HISTORY at 4pm.
If you have a question for us, email wherepoliticsmeetshistory@global.com or leave a voicenote on 07557187929.
And don't forget to listen to the current episode!
If you have a question for us, email wherepoliticsmeetshistory@global.com or leave a voicenote on 07557187929.
And don't forget to listen to the current episode!
October 15, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Dr @Tessadunlop and I will be recording WHERE POLITICS MEETS HISTORY at 4pm.
If you have a question for us, email wherepoliticsmeetshistory@global.com or leave a voicenote on 07557187929.
And don't forget to listen to the current episode!
If you have a question for us, email wherepoliticsmeetshistory@global.com or leave a voicenote on 07557187929.
And don't forget to listen to the current episode!
On my @LBC
7pm Rachel Reeves blames her economic woes. Desperate stuff, or completely fair?
8pm Cross Question with
@MikeTappTweets @CPhilpOfficial @OliDugmore @Lara_e_Brown
9pm Do Vets get an unfair rap?
7pm Rachel Reeves blames her economic woes. Desperate stuff, or completely fair?
8pm Cross Question with
@MikeTappTweets @CPhilpOfficial @OliDugmore @Lara_e_Brown
9pm Do Vets get an unfair rap?
October 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
On my @LBC
7pm Rachel Reeves blames her economic woes. Desperate stuff, or completely fair?
8pm Cross Question with
@MikeTappTweets @CPhilpOfficial @OliDugmore @Lara_e_Brown
9pm Do Vets get an unfair rap?
7pm Rachel Reeves blames her economic woes. Desperate stuff, or completely fair?
8pm Cross Question with
@MikeTappTweets @CPhilpOfficial @OliDugmore @Lara_e_Brown
9pm Do Vets get an unfair rap?
On my @LBC show
7pm What should happen to the asylum seeker who threatened to kill Nigel Farage and wants to go back to Afghanistan
8pm Cross Question with
@ToniaAntoniazzi
@matthew_elliott
@EllieChowns
@theblackfarmer
9pm Women & Girls banned from Mosque Fun Run
7pm What should happen to the asylum seeker who threatened to kill Nigel Farage and wants to go back to Afghanistan
8pm Cross Question with
@ToniaAntoniazzi
@matthew_elliott
@EllieChowns
@theblackfarmer
9pm Women & Girls banned from Mosque Fun Run
October 14, 2025 at 5:21 PM
On my @LBC show
7pm What should happen to the asylum seeker who threatened to kill Nigel Farage and wants to go back to Afghanistan
8pm Cross Question with
@ToniaAntoniazzi
@matthew_elliott
@EllieChowns
@theblackfarmer
9pm Women & Girls banned from Mosque Fun Run
7pm What should happen to the asylum seeker who threatened to kill Nigel Farage and wants to go back to Afghanistan
8pm Cross Question with
@ToniaAntoniazzi
@matthew_elliott
@EllieChowns
@theblackfarmer
9pm Women & Girls banned from Mosque Fun Run
On my @LBC show...
7pm Is there now a momentum for long term peace in the Middle East?
745pm 100 years of Margaret Thatcher
8pm Cross Question with
@AndrewBowie_MP
@TomHayesBmouth
@RebeccaCNReid
@NatashaC
9pm What are the prospects for an independent Palestinian state?
7pm Is there now a momentum for long term peace in the Middle East?
745pm 100 years of Margaret Thatcher
8pm Cross Question with
@AndrewBowie_MP
@TomHayesBmouth
@RebeccaCNReid
@NatashaC
9pm What are the prospects for an independent Palestinian state?
October 13, 2025 at 5:21 PM
On my @LBC show...
7pm Is there now a momentum for long term peace in the Middle East?
745pm 100 years of Margaret Thatcher
8pm Cross Question with
@AndrewBowie_MP
@TomHayesBmouth
@RebeccaCNReid
@NatashaC
9pm What are the prospects for an independent Palestinian state?
7pm Is there now a momentum for long term peace in the Middle East?
745pm 100 years of Margaret Thatcher
8pm Cross Question with
@AndrewBowie_MP
@TomHayesBmouth
@RebeccaCNReid
@NatashaC
9pm What are the prospects for an independent Palestinian state?
If you're from a generation which wasn't alive in the 1980s and you're listening to all the interviews about Margaret Thatcher, and you want to learn more about her, I've written a short biography of her, aimed specifically at you.
Order a signed copy
www.politicos.co.uk/products/mar...
Order a signed copy
www.politicos.co.uk/products/mar...
October 13, 2025 at 8:34 AM
If you're from a generation which wasn't alive in the 1980s and you're listening to all the interviews about Margaret Thatcher, and you want to learn more about her, I've written a short biography of her, aimed specifically at you.
Order a signed copy
www.politicos.co.uk/products/mar...
Order a signed copy
www.politicos.co.uk/products/mar...
I'll be talking about my Margaret Thatcher biography at the
WANTAGE LITERARY FESTIVAL
4pm Saturday 25 October
Tickets
wantageliteraryfestival.co.uk/saturday-25-...
WANTAGE LITERARY FESTIVAL
4pm Saturday 25 October
Tickets
wantageliteraryfestival.co.uk/saturday-25-...
October 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I'll be talking about my Margaret Thatcher biography at the
WANTAGE LITERARY FESTIVAL
4pm Saturday 25 October
Tickets
wantageliteraryfestival.co.uk/saturday-25-...
WANTAGE LITERARY FESTIVAL
4pm Saturday 25 October
Tickets
wantageliteraryfestival.co.uk/saturday-25-...
On my @LBC show...
7pm Has @KemiBadenoch started to turn things around?
8pm Cross Question with @AmberRudd Leoni Cooper AM, @JOwusuNepaul @AmberRuddUK
9pm Lenny Henry says black people in Britain deserve £18 trillion in reparations.
7pm Has @KemiBadenoch started to turn things around?
8pm Cross Question with @AmberRudd Leoni Cooper AM, @JOwusuNepaul @AmberRuddUK
9pm Lenny Henry says black people in Britain deserve £18 trillion in reparations.
October 8, 2025 at 5:08 PM
On my @LBC show...
7pm Has @KemiBadenoch started to turn things around?
8pm Cross Question with @AmberRudd Leoni Cooper AM, @JOwusuNepaul @AmberRuddUK
9pm Lenny Henry says black people in Britain deserve £18 trillion in reparations.
7pm Has @KemiBadenoch started to turn things around?
8pm Cross Question with @AmberRudd Leoni Cooper AM, @JOwusuNepaul @AmberRuddUK
9pm Lenny Henry says black people in Britain deserve £18 trillion in reparations.