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Welcome and good morning. This is the Independent Republic of Mike Graham and of course we are the home of common sense. We are the place where you hear the truth, the whole truth and nothing about the truth. We talk on a very auspicious day today because there's an awful lot going on once again in the news business. The big story for me, it's not the one you think it is. It's not the one that you think we're going to talk about all day. No, it's not that one at all. It's a completely

different one. It's the one that's all about the national strikes that are looming, because

the RMT union yesterday voted with just about over 50% of their members. It's a strike. We don't know when, we don't know how long for, we don't know exactly what they're

going to do, but what we think they're going to do is make it impossible for people to get

anywhere at any possible time. They're going to stop the trains from running, they're going to

stop some boats from sailing, they're going to stop food deliveries happening, they might cause

blackouts. It could be that you won't be able to get a train after 7 o'clock or before 7 o'clock in the morning. It's going to be an absolute nightmare. The Civil Service Union are going to join in.

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