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The Independent Republic of Mike Graham on Talk Radio.

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

And so it begins. In the early hours of this morning, Flyby announced it was going into administration due to a sharp fall in bookings due to the coronavirus outbreak.

And I suspect it would be the first of many international companies that suffer at the hands of this still spreading virus.

As Italy practically goes into lockdown, they've shut all their schools, they've banned people from kissing each other.

Airlines are canceling flights all over the world.

The collapse of Flyby, one of the world's biggest airlines, could have a knock-on effect on Britain's regional airports

and the 1,400 additional jobs on top of the 2,400 staff who are ready

in line to lose theirs. There's talk of Parliament shutting down for months, more Six Nations

Games have been postponed, and even Sony and Nike are shutting down their operations in the

UK. Don't say, I didn't tell you. Now, this is not about me going on about how brilliantly

correct I'm always

are about making these kind of predictions. But what it is about is that somebody I think needs

to get to grips with this particular coronavirus problem because without getting to grips

with it, companies may do things which they might later regret. The big question is, who's next?

We'll be asking veteran financial commentator David

Buick, of course. 0344-491,000. Coming up, we'll be looking ahead to the budget next week as the

government prepares to betray motorists and reverse their promised freeze on fuel duty, and we'll

be finding out why the new Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden is on the warpath with the BBC. As usual,

we are live streaming on YouTube, on Facebook and on Twitter,

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