The Independent Republic of Mike Braille on Talk Radio.

Now let us, without further ado, say a very good Monday morning to Mr. John Redwood,

because of Edwin, Conservative, MP, for Wokingham, member of the COVID Recovery Group.

John, a very good morning to you.

Good morning, Mike.

I'm feeling quite good today, John.

I mean, every Monday is a different sort of roller coaster ride for me. This particular Monday, I'm thinking

we had a great weekend with England getting through to the Euro semi-finals. It looks as though Boris Johnson's

finally going to say what we've been urging him to say this afternoon. What do you make of it all?

Yeah, I share your optimism. The sun has even managed to shine after weeks of cold and rain.

So maybe things are looking up, Mike.

Your independent republic always sounds great,

but of course I have to live in the monarchy of the United Kingdom

and we get an awful lot of advice from our medical advisors

which point in the other direction to freedom.

Yes.

I mean, I don't know whether it was the kind of just the change in staff that was needed.

But Matt Hancock leaving and Sajid Javid coming in does seem to have sort of slightly

turbocharged Boris Johnson to go back to the opening up the economy, remembering that we're

not just dealing with COVID, that we have to get all sorts of other things fixed as well.

I think there's a bit of coincidence about that. I think you can't just simply blame Matt Hancock.

Matt Hancock was the voice for Witty and Valance, the principal scientific and medical advisors in the government,

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