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

Good morning and welcome to the Independent Republic of Mike Graham right here on talk and radio.

The war goes on, ladies and gentlemen.

Are we a nation of sheep or are we a nation of individualists who bulk at the very notion of doing what we are told

and allowing our government in the form of fluorescent jacketed fools to herd us into supplication?

I can tell you which group I'll be joining and it won't be the one that waits for an instruction on how to walk down the road in the right manner, putting left foot

before right and then right foot before left. Yesterday we told you how COVID marshals would be

patrolling our streets, looking for people to order about, how groups of more than six would

be dispersed and possibly fine for having the temerity to enjoy themselves in public.

Well, guess what? Now the cabinet is apparently at war over what we should be doing.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock appears to have morphed into typhoid Mary with his fear-mongering

and over-cautious rule of six. We need to know what you're seeing out there. Have you spotted

any marshals? I know some of you have. Have you spotted any busy bodies? Has anyone told you where to stand and what to do this morning?

So, we want to hear from you. 034449-1,000. We'll be talking to Christopher Snowden from the Institute

for Economic Affairs. And I'm pretty sure I know what he's going to be saying. I'm happy to report

that Borough Market last night was absolutely buzzing with people out and about eating, drinking and making merry. It was a joy to behold. Let's

make this weekend the best one yet for the economy. 034449-1,000. Coming up later on, we've got some

great trade news from Japan as a new deal has been struck for trade. We are also heading over to

Portugal where thousands of British tourists are now rushing to get

home to avoid the quarantine, which was imposed late yesterday afternoon.

And we are joined by Dr. Rikiba San, who has just published a major study into the Black Lives Matter movement

and the phenomenon that seems to have taken hold in this country, although the grip appears

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