Talk Radio 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 The Home of Common Sense.

It is, of course, talk of radio.

It's a case of here we go again this morning, ladies and gentlemen.

The doomongers from the NHS are already winding up their massive machine of death

to issue dire warnings about a winter of misery and explosion of COVID cases and a new variant that's going

to kill thousands of people. This time it's the NHS Confederation, whoever they are, and their

Chief Executive Matthew Taylor, who reckons we should all be wearing face masks, working from home

and staying away from each other. Why? Of course, to safeguard the NHS. I've got no clue what this

particular branch of the NHS does,

but you can be very sure and bet your bottom dollar that it costs billions and billions of pounds to run.

There's hordes hordes of people apparently working inside of it,

and I still don't really know what it is that they actually do.

As you might expect, of course, they seem obsessed with telling everyone not to get ill

and actually have to use the health service that we're all supposed to be so proud of.

I mean, for heaven's sake, whatever you do, don't get ill.

Just stop coming to the NHS, stop asking for doctors, stop looking for nurses.

Well, I've got a message from Mr Taylor.

You stay home if you want, mate.

Wear a mask while you're at it.

But don't bother telling everybody else what to do. Thanks very much indeed.

We have freedom in this country, and I will not, for one, give it up just because you don't want me to make a doctor have to do his job.

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