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It's the first Richie Allen show of a brand new week and lots to talk about your when isn't there.

No spin, no filters.

This is your Richie Allen show.

Free Speech Radio like you've never heard it before.

It's the Richie Allen show.

Broadcasting live on richie Allen.com.

UK and multiple platforms around the world.

And now, here's your host, Richie Allen.

Now, for most of the first hour of the program,

I'm going to be chatting about Syria.

And I've invited Tony Gosling on to talk about it.

He is the only British-based journalist I trust

to give me an honest take on what's happening in Syria.

I didn't say that for dramatic effect, I mean it.

He's the only British-based journal who will give me an honest appraisal.

It doesn't matter whether he's right or wrong.

An honest appraisal of what's going on, how he sees it.

He's a former BBC journalist, he's an author, and he co-presents or presents, really,

not at the BCFM politics show out of Bristol.

It's going to be interesting, and I will be reading out your comments as we go along.

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