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Russell Brand guilty verdicts: How has another public figure been allowed to get away with so much for so long? Joining Iain Dale are former British Ambassador to the U.S. Lord Kim Darroch, Whitehall Editor of the Financial Times Lucy Fisher, former Conservative Northern Ireland Minister Steve Baker, plus former SNP MP John Nicolson.

Call Kemi: Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch takes LBC listeners' calls. Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the Labour MP and Science and Technology Committee chair Dame Chi Onwurah, the Conservatives' Shadow Women and Equalities Minister Joy Morrissey, women's safety campaigner Jamie Klingler, plus the political consultant Dr Tim Hames.

Will Trump's expected midterms defeat make him even more unpredictable and dangerous for the world? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Democrats Abroad UK's vice-chair George King, the American broadcaster Tom Rivers, Labour MP and Commons Foreign Affairs Committee member Alex Ballinger, plus the Conservative peer and Lords International Relations Committee member Baroness Stephanie Fraser.

Have Shabana Mahmood's migration reform changes wiped out any claim that she's tough on immigration? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the Labour MP and Defence Committee chair Tan Dhesi, the Conservatives' Shadow Development Minister Wendy Morton, journalist and broadcaster Christina Patterson, plus the executive chair of the Bright Blue think-tank Ryan Shorthouse.

Why is there such a stigma against landlords? Joining Iain Dale are Institute of Economic Affairs Director Lord Daniel Hannan, Entrepreneur Emma Sinclair MBE, former Shadow Chancellor and Labour MP John McDonnell, plus Director of Common Wealth Mathew Lawrence.

Is John Healey's Budget anywhere near radical enough?

What will the outcome of Israel's election mean for the country - and the world? Joining Iain Dale are Liberal Democrats' Justice Spokesperson Jess Brown-Fuller, Labour MP Jon Trickett, Editor of ConservativeHome Giles Dilnot, plus Reform UK MP Andrew Rosindell.

Do you agree with Iain that we will see a December General Election? Also joining Iain Dale are Labour MP Seema Malhotra, Chair of the advisory body Intertrade UK Baroness Arlene Foster, foreign correspondent Ian Birrell, plus business owner and activist Gina Miller.

How vulnerable are your job and livelihood to AI technology? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the former Labour MP and minister Caroline Flint, Conservative peer and former minister Lord Tariq Ahmad, The Sun's political correspondent Tom Scotson, plus the columnist Martha Gill.

Should we listen to Trump and go "full blast" and "drill, baby, drill"? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the journalist and broadcaster Rachel Shabi, Reform UK's London Assembly member Alex Wilson, the Conservatives' Shadow Solicitor General Jerome Mayhew, plus Labour MP Ruth Jones.

Do you back the government sending the RAF to defend our Saudi allies from the Houthi threat? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the Conservatives' Shadow National Security Minister Alicia Kearns, former Downing Street Director of Communications during Keir Starmer's premiership James Lyons, businessman and former 'Dragon's Den' investor Richard Farleigh, plus the leader of Northern Ireland's Social Democratic and Labour Party Claire Hanna.

Could the unrest seen in France and elsewhere in Europe spread to the UK? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the Conservative MP and former Cabinet minister Sir Gavin Williamson, the former Channel 4 Head of News Dorothy Byrne, the columnist Angela Epstein, plus Labour MP Mike Reader.

Why are young people seemingly so unwilling to defend this country, if they DO want to offer some form of public service? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the conservative commentator Emily Hewertson, Lib Dem MP Bobby Dean, political journalist Nadine Batchelor-Hunt, plus the former Conservative minister Tim Loughton.

Why are British people seemingly so work-shy? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the presenter of the Daily Expresso podcast JJ Anisiobi, political journalist Zoë Grünewald, the Conservatives' Shadow Treasury Minister Dame Harriett Baldwin, plus the Labour MP Alex McIntyre.

What do you want to hear from the Chancellor in 15 days' time? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are MPs Alex Sobel from Labour, Sarah Bool from the Conservatives and Liz Saville-Roberts from Plaid Cymru, plus the Ukraine-based aid worker and former Tory MP Brooks Newmark.