Across the UK, online, on DAB and on your smart speaker, the Independent Republic of Mike Graham right here on Talk Radio.

It is a beautiful morning. The sun is streaming in through the windows of the studio today.

Some would have you believe there are dark clouds on the horizon.

But I'm here to tell you this morning that it's all going to be okay.

All we have to do is to continue to hold the government's feet to the fire

and make sure they do what they promised they would do

once the vaccine gets to enough people.

We know that that's what Boris Johnson wants to do.

We know that Sage scientists are trying to convince him

that we should keep the lockdown for as long as physically

possible because of course we might end up, as you heard Brendan O'Neill say just before the

news with Julia Hartley Brewer, having some form of risk. My goodness me, we might catch something

if we walk outside. My goodness me, if you get on the tube, you might catch something. You might

catch something if you go on a plane. You might catch something if you go and play tennis. You might catch something. You go and watch football. Coming up this morning, we're joined by

John Rental, Chief Political Commentator at the Independent. We'll get his take on this week in politics.

Another bad one for Sakeer Stama, I'd have to say. And also on the big debate hosted by me

between Peter Hitchens and Dan Hodges in our TV studios. That is now available for you to watch

after this show of course on YouTube. 034449-1,000. Also, he's also got something to say

about what happens next for Nigel Farage because the May elections look as if they are going to

go ahead. A question is going to be how how is the Reform UK party going to do?

We're also talking to NHS reform this morning with the news that four and a half million

people are on a waiting list for routine procedures. Nearly 250,000 of those have been waiting

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