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Ladies and gentlemen, please remain standing for the singing of our national anthem. We said Britain is just a small island that no one pays attention to.

A former colony won the right to determine its own destiny. Hello and welcome to Mid-Atlantic the show where we look at the news and the views from one side of the Atlantic from the perspective of the other.

My name is Royfield Brown and I'm ably assisted by my two brothers from another mother.

Over in Dublin, we have...

Mid-Atlantic, political and cultural chit-chat from across the pond.

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This show is sponsored by John Burns, who'd like to highlight the work of Virgin Unite,

the independent charitable arm of the Virgin Group.

The primary aims of the foundation are to make sustainable change through economic development towards tough

social and environmental issues. These include addressing the issue of delivering health care

to rural parts of Africa. If you'd like to find out more,

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You were hanging out with stars yesterday.

I was loving it up like you would not believe.

So what happened? It was good, yeah. It's a very good evening.

Julian Rintut and Stephen Mangan were sitting in front of me.

Oh, you fancy that Manganeezer, don't you?

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