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Good morning and welcome to the Independent Republic of Mike Graham right here on Talk Radio.

Welcome to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,

ladies and gentlemen, I'd like you to join me in congratulating the new Prime Minister of this country, someone who has worked tirelessly for the cause, someone who has achieved great

things over the past two years, and someone who has a firm grip on the reality of doing a job

at the very peak of her powers. I am referring, of course, to Ms. Carrie Simmons,

not just the fiancé of the Prime Minister,

but the very heart and soul of the nation.

I can't remember which representation she recognises, though,

as far as constituencies go,

because I don't remember if anybody actually voted for her.

Now, it's all very well having advisors in Downing Street. It's all very well having the Dominic Cummings of this world. It's all very well having, you know, chief spads that recognize that they

work for different ministers. But to have a woman who happens to be the paramour of the Prime

Minister who moved into Downing Street rather unwisely, as I said, before they had even announced

their engagement and certainly before they had even announced their engagement, and certainly before

they had ever considered the idea that it might well be that she was going to be having a child

with him and indeed getting married to him, she now appears to be running the country as well.

It's great, isn't it?

Boris Johnson is now so weak that he can't just not run the country, He can't even run his own family. If he was in the Sopranos, he'd probably be sent off in exile to run a casino in some deep and dark and distant

part of Nevada. This morning we'll have far more important things to talk about, however, after

yesterday's show. I was very humbled by a series of calls about some of the most vulnerable

people in our community and what lockdown is doing to them. We heard from one woman

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