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

We are, it would appear, ladies and gentlemen, on the brink.

Seven months since the first lockdown in March, it is becoming more and more clear that we are heading into another one.

This morning, Northern Ireland looks poised to announce that schools will close for a two-week circuit breaker,

which will also result in the closure of restaurants and pubs apart from takeaways,

no sale of alcohol beyond 8 p.m

what's all that about and no sport either pretty much and the reason apparently seven coronavirus

related deaths on Tuesday now i don't know what coronavirus related means but i'd very much like to know

what coronavirus related means because i presume it means they may not have

been entirely due to coronavirus. Meanwhile, Boris Johnson faces off against Sarkir Stama today at

Prime Minister's questions after the Labour leader controversially called for a full lockdown because

he says the Prime Minister is no longer following scientific advice. Really? Well, that's news to the people of Liverpool

who were out in the streets celebrating the last few hours of freedom last night and all the

other people around the country who seem to be incapable and unable to do any of the things

that they used to be able to do yesterday. Boris has called Starmers' intervention politicking with

the virus and accused the opposition leader of

careering all over the place like a broken shopping trolley. Whatever decision is taken in the coming

days, it is sure to be a fiery Prime Minister's questions today. And we'll bring it to you

live for Talk Radio's political correspondent, Charlotte Ivers. Of course, we want to hear from you.

We need your stories. We need what you're hearing. We need what you're seeing. We need to know what you're being told. We're hearing more and more stories

from people saying that they're being warned that they might be being made redundant coming up

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