Good evening and welcome to the Independent Republican Mike Grave. You're with the talk. We're on TV, we're on radio, we're online, and we're on your smart speaker.

Coming up in another devastating blows of the Tories,

a new poll shows the reform party are just seven points behind them.

Tories and Labour fighting out over knife crime,

with both pledging a crackdown on zombie knives.

It comes as new figures show 6,000 crimes went unsolved every single day last year.

And something funny happens to English footballers abroad. Stay tuned

for this hilariously, unbelievable clip of Eric Dyer giving an interview to the German press.

Good evening, Britain, and welcome to the Independent Republic of Mike Graham. Right here on Talk TV,

it's been quite the rollicking roller coaster week from calls for Rishy's Toonak to resign to Chinese officials trying to take over free speech

at a British railway station.

Tonight, we've got lots to tell you,

loads to show you, and some incredible guests.

We've even got some swearing parrots.

Plus, it's Burns and I,

and we've got a couple of surprises for you

from north of the border.

So get the whiskey decanter ready. I've got mine. This is the independent republic of Mike Graham.

We are toasting tonight.

Now, it's another day, another headache for Rishi Sunak. And this time, from the pollsters.

Polling by UGov shows Sunak's Tory party plummeting to Ullo's with the Reform Party hot on their heels, just seven points behind.

It's got the Tories on 20%, reform on 13, and Labour way out in front on 48.

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