This is Talk Radio across the UK, online, on DAB and on your smart speaker, the Independent Republic of Mike Graham, on Talk Radio.

Good morning, welcome to the Independent Republic of Mike Graham right here on Talker Radio.

Thank goodness the rain finally seems to have stopped, but the gloom still hasn't lifted.

Welcome to another day in the home of common sense, where we will attempt to instill some practical ideas into this government of complete and utter fools,

led by a man that thought Matt Hancock should have stayed on

in his job on Friday and is now claiming that he fired him on Saturday.

Oh really?

I'm not sure about that, Boris.

Thanks very much indeed for your input.

Wimbledon has started and I'll be talking about that later on.

Plus England.

I'm playing the Germans tonight at Wembley to see if they can move into the next round

of the Euros where they might get knocked out by somebody else.

UAper are firmly in command at the home of football and have changed all the plugs.

Plus, there's thousands of their officials living at large in a host of London hotels, doing whatever they want and going wherever they like.

It's great, isn't it?

Of course, we are still in the middle of a pandemic, as any politician will tell you.

Me will be talking to former England manager, Sam Allendez, and 73 times caps Sol Campbell after last night's excitement.

It's going to have to be something special tonight for everybody to watch.

It's a 5 o'clock kickoff, of course.

We'll bring you all of it as it happens right here on talk radio, commentary live, of course, on Talk Sport.

Up first this morning, though, we've got Brendan Chiltern, the acceptable phase of the Labour Party.

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