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Across the UK, online and on DAB, the Independent Republic of Mike Graham on talk radio.

A mid-morning dance with the devil from the farmer of fury.

Dangerous mid-morning debate with the great dictator. The Independent Republic of Mike Graham on Talk Radio.

Good morning and welcome to the Independent Republic of Mike Graham right here on Talk Radio.

Waking up this morning, I was hoping the world might have returned to normal after yesterday's madness,

but I fear we are still in cloud cuckoo land. People are still up in arms at a cartoon of Serena Williams.

Feminists are all upset because Boris Johnson's girlfriend keeps being described as blonde,

despite the fact that she is actually blonde. And the police are still too busy answering phone calls about hate crimes that aren't

crimes to arrest any drug dealers in South Yorkshire. Meanwhile, in the Independent Republic,

we've got more important things to worry about. Like, hate preacher and ISIS sympathiser,

Anjim Chowdry being released from prison next month after serving only half of his sentence,

and despite being

called dangerous by the prisons minister. Plus, the Russians are amassing 300,000 troops in

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